Effective - 28 Aug 2012
23.170. Evaluations, procedures to require or request — inspection of agency records, exceptions — time limitation for evaluations — presentation of completed evaluations, when. — 1. The oversight division of the committee on legislative research shall, pursuant to a duly adopted concurrent resolution of the general assembly, or pursuant to a resolution adopted by the committee on legislative research, conduct program evaluations of agencies as directed by any such resolution.
2. The staff of any agency subject to a program evaluation shall fully cooperate with the staff of the oversight division and shall provide all necessary information and assistance for such an evaluation. All records of an agency, unless otherwise expressly declared by law to be confidential, may be inspected by the oversight division staff while conducting the evaluation, and the agency subject to the evaluation shall afford the oversight division staff with ample opportunity to observe agency operations.
3. All evaluations shall be completed within one year unless an extension is authorized by the committee, but progress reports shall be made to the committee at least quarterly.
4. Any member of the general assembly and any committee of either house of the general assembly may submit requests for program evaluations to the committee on legislative research, and any agency may request an evaluation of its operations. The director of the division shall present program evaluations completed during the previous legislative interim period to appropriate committees of each chamber during early hearings of those committees at the next regular session.
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(L. 1984 H.B. 1087, A.L. 1985 S.B. 354, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1029)
(1997) Section declared unconstitutional pursuant to article II, section 1 and article IV, section 13 of the Missouri Constitution. State Auditor v. Joint Committee on Legislative Research, 956 S.W.2d 228 (Mo.banc).
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title III - Legislative Branch
Chapter 23 - Committee on Legislative Research
Section 23.020 - Duties of committee.
Section 23.030 - Legislative library — reference service.
Section 23.040 - Service concerning bills.
Section 23.045 - Revision bill, content.
Section 23.156 - Oath required, oversight division employees — violation, penalty.
Section 23.160 - Definition of program evaluation.
Section 23.180 - Powers of committee.
Section 23.259 - Sunsetting of programs, duties of the committee.
Section 23.262 - Public hearings conducted for sunsetting programs, when.
Section 23.268 - Criteria considered by committee.
Section 23.271 - Program reports, content — portions of report to be submitted to state auditor.
Section 23.274 - Exemption for certain agencies, when.
Section 23.277 - Monitoring of legislation during session.
Section 23.280 - Sunset act not to prohibit certain activities of the general assembly.
Section 23.283 - Sunset program to continue until when, procedures for terminated programs.
Section 23.292 - State agencies and officers to provide assistance to committee, when.
Section 23.295 - Division of workforce development to assist displaced employees.
Section 23.298 - Rights and duties not affected by sunsetting of programs.