Effective - 02 Jan 1979
476.350. Duties of judicial conference, executive council and circuit judges. — 1. It shall be the duty of said judicial conference and its executive council to study the organization, rules, methods of procedure, and practice of the judicial system of this state, the work accomplished, and the results produced by that system in its various parts and judicial tribunals; the problems of administration confronting the courts and the judicial system in general.
2. It shall be the duty of the presiding judge of each circuit, of the chief justice of the supreme court and of the chief judge of each district of the court of appeals to prepare and submit to the executive council, at such times and in such form as may be specified by rules of the conference, reports setting forth the condition of the docket and the business dispatched and pending in his court or the courts over which he presides, and such other facts pertinent to the business dispatched and pending as the conference or its executive council may deem proper. Such reports shall be public records and rules may be made for publication of the same or summaries thereof.
3. It shall be the duty of said conference through its executive council to make biennially to the general assembly of the state any recommendations it may deem proper for the modification or amelioration of existing conditions, for harmonizing and improving laws, or for amendments to the codes of practice and procedure, and concerning any statute or legislative act which has been declared unconstitutional.
4. The conference may authorize the presiding officer or the executive council to appoint such committees as are necessary to expedite the performance of the duties herein required. The conference may make and adopt such rules as it deems necessary to carry out the purposes and provisions of this law.
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(L. 1943 p. 514 § 5, A.L. 1973 S.B. 263, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Effective 1-02-79
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 476 - Courts — General Provisions
Section 476.001 - Purpose of law.
Section 476.010 - Courts of record.
Section 476.015 - Short title.
Section 476.020 - Courts to keep a seal.
Section 476.030 - Private seal used, when.
Section 476.050 - Records to be kept in English language.
Section 476.056 - Municipal court automation, duties of municipality.
Section 476.057 - Judicial personnel training fund, judicial personnel defined.
Section 476.058 - Court personnel defined — state court administration revolving fund created.
Section 476.060 - Interpreters appointed, when.
Section 476.062 - Court marshals' arrest powers — may carry firearms, when.
Section 476.070 - Power of courts to issue writs.
Section 476.080 - Court or clerk may appoint person to execute process, when.
Section 476.090 - Courts may enforce return of process.
Section 476.100 - No process abated by failure of court to sit.
Section 476.110 - Acts constituting contempt of court.
Section 476.120 - Punishment for contempt.
Section 476.130 - May be punished summarily, when.
Section 476.140 - Commitment for contempt to set forth particulars.
Section 476.150 - Contempt not to be used to enforce civil rights.
Section 476.160 - Parties may be indicted, when.
Section 476.170 - Sittings to be public.
Section 476.180 - Judge interested, not to sit.
Section 476.220 - Judge may call special term for disposition of cause pending.
Section 476.240 - May try civil cases at such special terms.
Section 476.250 - No court to sit on Sunday.
Section 476.260 - Court to audit accounts.
Section 476.265 - Judicial department, budget, procedure for formulation.
Section 476.270 - Expenditures of court to be paid out of county treasury — exceptions.
Section 476.280 - Oath of judges.
Section 476.290 - Judges not to practice law — exception, municipal judges.
Section 476.310 - No judge or clerk to have partner — exception.
Section 476.320 - Judicial conference of the state of Missouri established, members.
Section 476.330 - Conference shall meet, when.
Section 476.340 - Executive council shall be governing body, how formed — members.
Section 476.350 - Duties of judicial conference, executive council and circuit judges.
Section 476.360 - Clerks of various courts shall make reports to executive council.
Section 476.370 - Conference or council empowered to hold hearings.
Section 476.380 - Expense allowance for conference attendance.
Section 476.406 - Employees of twenty-second judicial circuit may work forty-hour week.
Section 476.410 - Transfer of case filed in wrong jurisdiction.
Section 476.419 - Securities, multiple recipients, requirements and limitations on court to divide.
Section 476.450 - Judges may become special commissioners, when — salary or retirement compensation.
Section 476.451 - Definitions.
Section 476.452 - Beneficiaries of special commissioners, benefits, how paid.
Section 476.453 - Judges of six years' service prior to law, eligible.
Section 476.455 - All judges under nonpartisan plan eligible for retirement.
Section 476.460 - Special commissioner subject to temporary duty.
Section 476.470 - Judge not eligible for retirement, when.
Section 476.490 - Expenses of special commissioner.
Section 476.500 - Acceptance by judge — procedure.
Section 476.510 - Practice of law permitted, when, requirements, exceptions.
Section 476.517 - One-time retirement plan election for certain judges.
Section 476.520 - Eligibility requirements.
Section 476.529 - New judges, election for reduced annuity, options.
Section 476.530 - Retirement compensation, how computed.
Section 476.535 - Survivor's benefits, how paid.
Section 476.540 - Refund of contributions, when — reentry into system, how.
Section 476.545 - Early retirement, reduced benefit, how computed.
Section 476.550 - Not eligible for benefits while retired under other plan.
Section 476.555 - Lump sum payments, when.
Section 476.560 - Disqualification by improper behavior.
Section 476.565 - Retiree may practice law, when, requirements, exceptions.
Section 476.575 - Definitions.
Section 476.580 - Retirement benefits, who administers, how paid.
Section 476.585 - No payroll deductions, when — accumulated contributions refunded, when, to whom.
Section 476.590 - Life insurance benefits to be provided judges, retired judges and dependents.
Section 476.601 - Special consultants, duties, compensation.
Section 476.680 - Votes, how counted and canvassed — governor to proclaim results (Clay County).
Section 476.687 - Previous state employment, additional credited service.
Section 476.688 - Compensation to be treated as other benefits.
Section 476.750 - Definitions.
Section 476.756 - Determination of qualification of interpreter.
Section 476.766 - Americans with disabilities act, requirements not to exceed.
Section 476.800 - Definitions.
Section 476.803 - Appointment of interpreters and translators, when — waiver, when — oath required.