Modifies duties and functions of the Joint Committee on Legislative Research

EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
and is intended to be omitted in the law.
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
[TRULY AGREED TO AND FINALLY PASSED]
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 1470
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2026
6122H.02T
AN ACT
To repeal sections 2.040, 2.050, 2.060, 3.010, 3.110, 3.125, 3.140, 3.142, 23.010, 23.020, 23.040,
23.050, 23.060, 23.070, 23.080, 23.090, 23.140, 23.150, 23.160, 23.170, 23.195, and
23.262, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof nineteen new sections relating to the duties
and functions of the joint committee on legislative research.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Sections 2.040, 2.050, 2.060, 3.010, 3.110, 1
3.125, 3.140, 3.142, 23.010, 23.020, 23.040, 23.050, 23.060, 2
23.070, 23.080, 23.090, 23.140, 23.150, 23.160, 23.170, 23.195, 3
and 23.262, RSMo, are repealed and nineteen new sections enacted 4
in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 2.040, 2.050, 2.060, 5
3.010, 3.110, 3.125, 3.140, 3.142, 23.010, 23.020, 23.040, 6
23.050, 23.060, 23.070, 23.080, 23.090, 23.140, 23.150, and 7
23.195, to read as follows:8
2.040. The joint committee on legislative research 1
shall provide copies of, or make available in a web-based 2
electronic format, or both, all laws, measures and 3
resolutions duly enacted by the general assembly and all 4
amendments to the constitution and all measures approved by 5
the people since the last publication of the session laws 6
pursuant to section 2.030, giving the date of the approval 7
or adoption thereof. The joint committee on legislative 8
research shall headnote, collate, index the laws, 9
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resolutions and constitutional amendments, and compare the 10
proof sheets of the printed copies with the original rolls. 11
The revisor of statutes shall insert therein an attestation 12
under the revisor's hand that the revisor has compared the 13
laws, resolutions, constitutional amendments and measures 14
therein contained with the original rolls and copies in the 15
office of the secretary of state and that the same are true 16
copies of such laws, measures, resolutions and 17
constitutional amendments as the same appear in the original 18
rolls in the office of the secretary of state. The joint 19
committee on legislative research shall cause the completed 20
laws, resolutions and constitutional amendments to be 21
printed and bound, or produced in a web-based electronic 22
format, or both. 23
2.050. The complete printed copies of laws, 1
resolutions, constitutional amendments and measures when 2
printed and bound shall be delivered to the revisor of 3
statutes who shall distribute [one copy without cost to each 4
member of the general assembly and one copy each, without 5
cost, to every county circuit clerk, circuit judge, 6
associate circuit judge, prosecuting attorney, and sheriff. 7
One copy each, without cost, shall be delivered to other 8
officers, institutions and agencies who are entitled to 9
copies of the Revised Statutes of Missouri under section 10
3.130, if requested] such copies in accordance with section 11
3.130. 12
2.060. The revisor of statutes may sell copies of the 1
laws and resolutions[, not required by this chapter to be 2
distributed without charge,] at actual cost of printing and 3
binding, as determined by the joint committee on legislative 4
research, plus the cost of delivery, and the money received 5
therefor shall be [paid to the director of revenue and] 6
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deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the 7
statutory revision fund. 8
3.010. [Only upon the adoption of a concurrent 1
resolution by the general assembly] In accordance with 2
Article III, Section 34 of the Constitution of Missouri, the 3
revised statutes of Missouri shall be printed, published and 4
distributed in as many volumes as the committee on 5
legislative research (herein called "the committee") shall 6
determine, and such publication shall be under the direction 7
and supervision of the committee. If an appropriation is to 8
be provided for a general republication of the revised 9
statutes, the general assembly shall adopt a concurrent 10
resolution for such general republication. The [annotations 11
or] supplements to the revised statutes of Missouri may be 12
printed separately and without a concurrent resolution being 13
adopted by the general assembly. The cost of printing, 14
binding and delivery of such [publication] publications 15
shall be paid from funds appropriated from the general 16
revenue for that purpose or, if no appropriation is provided 17
for that purpose, from the statutory revision fund under 18
section 3.142. 19
3.110. The printing and publication of the revised 1
statutes of Missouri, annotations thereto and supplements or 2
pocket parts and the paper used therefor, [shall] may be 3
obtained through the state director of the division of 4
purchasing, as otherwise provided by law. 5
3.125. 1. The committee may publish annual or 1
biennial cumulative or noncumulative supplements or pocket 2
parts to the revised statutes of Missouri in lieu of 3
complete editions thereof except at such times as complete 4
editions are published. Any supplement or edition of pocket 5
parts is subject in all respects to the provisions of this 6
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law relating to the publication of an edition of the revised 7
statutes and the committee has the same powers and duties 8
with respect to the publication thereof. When funds for the 9
printing thereof are duly appropriated by the general 10
assembly or moneys in the statutory revision fund under 11
section 3.142 are available, the committee shall cause to be 12
classified, arranged, numbered and printed in either an 13
edition of the revised statutes or in supplements or pocket 14
parts thereto, in accordance with this chapter, all laws of 15
a general nature adopted at any session of the general 16
assembly. 17
2. The committee shall report to the general assembly 18
whenever called upon, and shall prepare and submit to the 19
general assembly such consolidation, revision and other 20
matters relating to the statutes as can be completed from 21
time to time. 22
3.140. The committee on legislative research may, 1
through the revisor of statutes, sell copies of the revised 2
statutes of Missouri, and any supplement or edition of 3
pocket parts thereto, in print and/or in a web-based 4
electronic format at a price to be determined by the 5
committee, taking into account the cost of printing and 6
binding, producing the statutes and maintaining the website, 7
including the cost of delivery, and the money received 8
therefor shall be paid to the director of revenue and 9
deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the 10
[general revenue fund] statutory revision fund as required 11
under section 3.142. 12
3.142. 1. There is hereby established in the state 1
treasury a revolving fund known as the "Statutory Revision 2
Fund", and which shall receive funds paid to the revisor of 3
statutes for sales of the revised statutes of Missouri or 4
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any supplement thereto, whether in printed, electronic, 5
magnetic, or other form and funds received for any other 6
service for which there is a fee charged by the committee on 7
legislative research. The committee on legislative research 8
shall determine the form and any fees or charges for the 9
statutes or services. The state treasurer shall be 10
custodian of the fund and shall make disbursements from the 11
fund for the costs associated with general republication of 12
the revised statutes of Missouri and its annual supplements 13
if no specific appropriation is provided by the general 14
assembly, and enhancing or producing the electronic form of 15
the revised statutes in a computer readable form, enhancing 16
the electronic processing of computerized legislative 17
drafting and such other purposes authorized by the joint 18
committee on legislative research upon appropriation by the 19
general assembly. Moneys in the fund may also be used at 20
the direction of the committee on legislative research to 21
provide the revised statutes of Missouri and any supplement 22
thereto to public libraries of this state in a computer 23
readable format for use by patrons of the libraries. 24
2. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of 25
any biennium not to exceed twice the cost of providing the 26
annual supplement to the revised statutes of Missouri is 27
exempt from the provisions of section 33.080 relating to 28
transfer of unexpended balances to the ordinary revenue fund. 29
23.010. A permanent joint committee of the general 1
assembly known as the "Committee on Legislative Research", 2
to be comprised of the chairman of the senate appropriations 3
committee [and nine other members of the senate and], the 4
president pro tempore of the senate, two members from the 5
majority party of the senate, the senate minority floor 6
leader, and one member from the minority party of the 7
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senate, the chairman of the house budget committee [and nine 8
other members of the house of representatives], the speaker 9
of the house of representatives, two members of the majority 10
party of the house of representatives, the minority floor 11
leader of the house of representatives, and one member from 12
the minority party of the house of representatives, is 13
established and its offices are in the capitol building, 14
Jefferson City, Missouri. The senate majority members of 15
the committee shall be appointed by the president pro [tem] 16
tempore of the senate [and], the senate minority member 17
shall be appointed by the senate minority floor leader, the 18
house majority members shall be appointed by the speaker of 19
the house [and], and the house minority members shall be 20
appointed by the house minority floor leader. Appointment 21
of each member shall continue during his term of office as a 22
member of the general assembly, or until a successor is 23
appointed to fill the place of any committee member whose 24
term of office has expired. [No major party shall be 25
represented by more than six members from the house nor more 26
than six from the senate on the committee. The general 27
assembly, by a majority vote of the elected members, may 28
discharge any or all of the members of the committee at any 29
time and select their successors.] 30
23.020. The committee shall perform the following 1
services for the members of the general assembly: 2
(1) Provide a research and reference service on 3
legislative problems; 4
(2) Upon written request, make investigation into 5
legislative and governmental institutions of this state or 6
other states to aid the general assembly; 7
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(3) Upon written request, assist and cooperate with 8
any interim legislative committee or commission created by 9
the general assembly; 10
(4) Upon [written] request of the joint committee, 11
draft or aid in drafting revision bills under section 12
23.045, and any resolutions[, memorials] and amendments 13
directly related to any revision bill or the duties and 14
functions of the joint committee on legislative research, 15
and render any other service in connection therewith for any 16
member of the general assembly. 17
23.040. From the time the general assembly of the 1
state convenes until it is adjourned finally, the committee 2
on legislative research, through its representatives, shall 3
give consideration to and service concerning any bill before 4
the general assembly requested by any member of the senate 5
or the house of representatives or any committee of the 6
general assembly having the bills before it for 7
consideration. This service shall continue after 8
adjournment and during any recess or vacation. [Employees 9
of the committee shall not oppose or urge legislation but, 10
upon request, shall assist members of the general assembly 11
as to bills, resolutions and measures, draft them in proper 12
form and furnish to members any available information upon 13
matters which fall within the scope of the duties of the 14
committee.] 15
23.050. 1. The committee [may] shall obtain 1
information upon the needs, organization, functioning, 2
efficiency and financial status of any department of state 3
government or of any institution or agency which is 4
supported in whole or in part by revenue of the state; 5
collect and assemble information concerning the revenue of 6
the state and the tax resources of the state and upon 7
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questions of statewide interest which may reasonably become 8
subjects of legislative action or of legislative 9
consideration; make available such information as is 10
requested by any member or member-elect of the general 11
assembly, provided that personally identifiable information 12
may be excluded in accordance with applicable law. 13
2. The committee shall compile a report of its 14
activities and a detailed account of its expenditures for 15
submission to the general assembly, which report shall be 16
completed at least thirty days prior to the convening of 17
each regular session of the general assembly. The report 18
shall be [mailed to the post-office address of] delivered to 19
each member of the present and forthcoming general assembly 20
and a copy of the report shall be submitted to each state 21
elective officer. The report shall include any 22
recommendations for legislative action as well as any 23
recommendations which the committee desires to make 24
concerning the efficient and economical operation of the 25
state government. 26
23.060. The material, including books and other 1
publications of the research library maintained by the 2
committee, is available to the members of the general 3
assembly. All officers of the state, all departments, 4
commissions and bureaus of the state, and all persons 5
connected therewith, the University of Missouri, the 6
[teachers'] public colleges and universities, and all 7
agencies of the state which are supported in whole or in 8
part by state funds shall give the committee, or its duly 9
authorized representatives, complete access to their records 10
and full information and all reasonable assistance in any 11
matter of research or investigation which, in the judgment 12
of the committee, requires recourse to them or to data 13
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within their knowledge or control; but this section does not 14
compel the disclosure of any records or information which is 15
declared to be privileged or confidential by any other law 16
of this state, unless the committee is specifically 17
authorized to procure the information by a concurrent 18
resolution adopted by the general assembly. 19
23.070. The committee on legislative research shall 1
meet within [ten] thirty days after the convening of each 2
general assembly and organize by selecting a [chairman and a 3
vice chairman] chairperson and vice chairperson, one of whom 4
shall be a member of the senate and one of whom shall be a 5
member of the house of representatives. [Until January of 6
1985, the chairman shall be a member of the house. In 1985 7
the chairman shall be a member of the senate. In 1987 the 8
chairman shall be a member of the house. The chairmanship] 9
The chairpersonship and vice chairpersonship shall alternate 10
between members of the senate and house [each] every two 11
years [after 1987]. The director shall serve as secretary 12
to the committee on legislative research. Unless otherwise 13
directed by the committee, [he] the director shall keep the 14
records of the committee and be subject to the jurisdiction 15
and order of the committee during the vacation or recess of 16
the general assembly. The regular meeting place of the 17
committee shall be in Jefferson City, Missouri, and after 18
its inception and organization it shall regularly meet at 19
least [once every three months] twice a year. A majority of 20
the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum and a 21
majority of a quorum may act for the entire committee. 22
Special meetings of the committee may be called at such time 23
and place within the state as the [chairman] chairperson 24
thereof designates. 25
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23.080. 1. The committee may regularly employ and fix 1
the compensation of a director of research who is competent 2
to assume administration of the necessary activities of the 3
committee under the direction of the committee. The 4
committee may also employ other attorneys, research 5
assistants, clerks and other persons as it deems necessary 6
within the limits of the appropriation made therefor to 7
carry out the provisions of this chapter or to provide 8
assistance for the members and committees of the general 9
assembly. Except for those employees assigned to the 10
oversight division, all employees of the committee shall be 11
under the supervision of the director of research, and he or 12
she shall, as directed by the committee, assign and 13
supervise all work projects of those employees and keep all 14
necessary personnel records for those employees and others 15
of the committee if so directed. All employees of the 16
oversight division shall be under the supervision of the 17
director of the oversight division[, and he shall, as 18
directed by the subcommittee, assign and supervise all work 19
projects of the employees of that division]. 20
2. The committee may provide necessary legal reports 21
and other publications to be kept in the library of the 22
committee and pay for same out of any appropriations made to 23
the committee. The secretary of state and the revisor of 24
statutes shall furnish the librarian, without charge, the 25
number of Missouri statutes and session laws as is desired 26
by the committee to enable it to exchange the statutes and 27
session laws for those of other states. 28
23.090. The committee on legislative research has 1
charge and control of the legislative library and all other 2
space within the capitol assigned to it, including the 3
oversight division. 4
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23.140. 1. Legislation, with the exception of 1
appropriation bills, introduced into either house of the 2
general assembly shall, before being acted upon, be 3
submitted to the oversight division of the committee on 4
legislative research for the preparation of a fiscal note. 5
The staff of the oversight division shall prepare a fiscal 6
note, examining the items contained in subsection 2 and such 7
additional items as may be provided either by joint rule of 8
the house and senate or by resolution adopted by the 9
committee or the oversight subcommittee. 10
2. The fiscal note shall state: 11
(1) The cost of the proposed legislation to the state 12
for the next two fiscal years; 13
(2) Whether or not the proposed legislation will 14
establish a program or agency that will duplicate an 15
existing program or agency; 16
(3) Whether or not there is a federal mandate for the 17
program or agency; 18
(4) Whether or not the proposed program or agency will 19
have significant direct fiscal impact upon any political 20
subdivision of the state; 21
(5) Whether or not any new physical facilities will be 22
required; and 23
(6) Whether or not the proposed legislation will have 24
an economic impact on small businesses. For the purpose of 25
this subdivision "small business" means a corporation, 26
partnership, sole proprietorship or other business entity, 27
including its affiliates, that: 28
(a) Is independently owned and operated; and 29
(b) Employs fifty or fewer full-time employees. 30
3. The fiscal note for a bill shall accompany the bill 31
throughout its course of passage. No member of the general 32
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assembly, lobbyist or persons other than oversight division 33
staff members shall participate in the preparation of any 34
fiscal note unless the communication is in writing, with a 35
duplicate to be filed with the fiscal note or unless 36
requested for information by the fiscal analyst preparing 37
the note. Violations of this provision shall be reported to 38
the chairman of the legislative research committee and 39
subject the fiscal note and proposed bill to subcommittee 40
review. Once a fiscal note has been signed and approved by 41
the director of the oversight division, the note shall not 42
be changed or revised without prior approval of the chairman 43
of the legislative research committee, except to reflect 44
changes made in the bill it accompanies, or to correct 45
patent typographical, clerical or drafting errors that do 46
not involve changes of substance, nor shall substitution be 47
made therefor. Appeals to revise, change or to substitute a 48
fiscal note shall be made in writing by a member of the 49
general assembly to the chairman of the legislative research 50
committee and a hearing before the committee or subcommittee 51
shall be granted as soon as possible. Any member of the 52
general assembly, upon presentation of new or additional 53
material, may, within three legislative days after the 54
hearing on the request to revise, change or substitute a 55
fiscal note, request one rehearing before the full committee 56
to further consider the requested change. The subcommittee, 57
if satisfied that new or additional material has been 58
presented, may recommend such rehearing to the full 59
committee, and the rehearing shall be held as soon as 60
possible thereafter. 61
4. The director of the division, hereinafter provided 62
for, or the director's designees, shall seek information and 63
advice from the affected department, division or agency of 64
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state government and shall call upon the research staffs of 65
the house of representatives and of the senate, and upon the 66
staffs of the house and senate appropriations committees for 67
assistance in carrying out fiscal notes and evaluations of 68
programs selected by the committee, during the interim, and 69
each staff shall supply such information or advice as it 70
deems appropriate in response to the inquiry. The state 71
auditor shall, upon request, cooperate and provide 72
assistance in the conduct of audits and the preparation of 73
reports made in connection therewith. The state auditor 74
may, upon the request of the director or his or her 75
designee, cooperate and provide assistance in the 76
preparation of fiscal notes. 77
5. The staff of the oversight division shall prepare a 78
post-implementation fiscal note for any legislation that has 79
been enacted and fully implemented for two years. All 80
requirements and obligations with respect to the preparation 81
of fiscal notes elsewhere in law shall apply to post- 82
implementation fiscal notes. The express purpose of a post- 83
implementation fiscal note shall be to compare the estimate 84
of the fiscal note relating to the final enacted version of 85
the legislation to the actual experience after the 86
legislation was implemented. To the extent reporting must 87
be implemented at the time of enactment of the legislation 88
by any department, division, or agency of state government 89
in order to comply with the requirements of the eventual 90
post-implementation fiscal note, such reporting shall occur 91
at the time of enactment. 92
23.150. 1. The committee on legislative research 1
shall organize an oversight division to prepare fiscal notes 2
and to conduct program evaluations [of state agencies], 3
including program evaluations involving budget transparency 4
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and accountability. [The committee may form a subcommittee 5
of not less than six members to provide direct supervision 6
of the personnel and practices of the division. The 7
subcommittee shall consist of one-half of the members 8
appointed by the chair from the house which he or she 9
represents and one-half of the members appointed by the vice 10
chair from the house which he or she represents.] 11
2. Within the limits of the appropriations made for 12
this division, the committee [shall] may regularly employ 13
[a] and fix the compensation of the director of the 14
oversight division and other personnel as it deems 15
necessary. The director shall be qualified by training and 16
experience to conduct such evaluations, and he or she shall 17
be directly responsible for those activities. The director 18
of the oversight division, with the consent of the joint 19
committee, may employ personnel necessary to carry out the 20
duties prescribed in this chapter. Persons employed to work 21
in the oversight division shall be professional persons 22
possessing a wide knowledge and demonstrated expertise in 23
governmental programming and financial planning, in 24
conducting program review evaluations and analytic studies, 25
and of federal, state, and local government budgetary 26
processes, laws and regulations of the state of Missouri. 27
23.195. 1. The oversight division of the committee on 1
legislative research shall maintain a register of all state 2
bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of all state 3
agencies and of entities of the state given authority by law 4
to incur indebtedness, whether or not the indebtedness is a 5
liability of the state, including lease purchase agreements 6
of at least ten thousand dollars for personal property which 7
have been issued or entered into by the state of Missouri or 8
by any state agency, authority or institution. Indebtedness 9
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compiled in the register shall include but not be limited to 10
that incurred by the third state building fund, the higher 11
education loan authority, the agriculture and small business 12
revenue authority, the health and education facilities 13
authority, the Missouri economic development commission, the 14
[environment] environmental and energy resources improvement 15
authority, the state-supported educational institutions of 16
higher learning, the bi-state development authority, the 17
several interstate bridge authorities, and any metro 18
transportation districts. The register shall contain all 19
the details concerning the issuance and retirement of such 20
bonds or other evidence of indebtedness, including, but not 21
limited to, the date of issuance and maturity, the name of 22
the issuing state agency, terms and costs of any lease 23
purchase agreement if applicable, the rate of interest, the 24
manner of redemption, the purpose for which issued, and, if 25
retired, the date and manner of retirement. 26
2. The oversight division shall report on the total 27
bonded and other indebtedness including lease purchase 28
agreements of this state and its various agencies, entities, 29
and institutions to the individual members of the general 30
assembly on or before January fifteenth of each year. 31
Copies of the report shall also be delivered to the 32
governor, state auditor, state treasurer, and the state 33
librarian. Copies shall be made available to other 34
interested parties. Such report shall contain sufficient 35
data and information to enable the members of the general 36
assembly to determine the amount of indebtedness outstanding 37
for each purpose for which bonded and other indebtedness has 38
been incurred and the total amount of money which will be 39
necessary to fully repay all principal and interest due on 40
such bonded or other indebtedness or to fulfill the terms of 41
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any lease purchase agreement; including, but not limited to, 42
a summary of all pertinent information contained in the 43
register required by subsection 1 of this section. 44
3. Inclusion of any indebtedness in this register 45
shall not be construed that the indebtedness is, or is not, 46
state indebtedness. 47
4. The state auditor and each state agency and entity 48
shall cooperate fully with the oversight division in 49
collecting information for this register, and shall provide 50
information as requested for inclusion therein. 51
[23.160. 1. As used in this chapter, the 1
term "program evaluation" means a study which 2
determines and evaluates program performance 3
according to program objectives, 4
responsibilities, and duties as set forth by 5
statute or regulation. Program evaluations, in 6
accordance with generally accepted program 7
evaluation standards, shall determine: 8
(1) Whether the program is being performed 9
and administered as authorized or required by 10
law, and whether this action conforms with 11
statutory intent; 12
(2) Whether the objectives and intended 13
benefits are being achieved, and whether the 14
absence of such achievements suggest the need 15
for correction or additional legislation; 16
(3) Benefits derived from any program in 17
relation to the expenditures made therefor; and 18
(4) Whether the program duplicates, 19
overlaps, or conflicts with any other state 20
program. 21
2. As used in this chapter, the term 22
"resources" includes appropriated funds, federal 23
funds, grants, and personnel, and also includes 24
equipment and space, whether assigned, owned or 25
leased. 26
3. As used in this chapter, the term 27
"agency" includes each department and office 28
within the executive branch of government and 29
each identifiable unit thereof, including 30
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institutions of higher learning, and each 31
identifiable unit of the legislative and 32
judicial branches of government.] 33
[23.170. 1. The oversight division of the 1
committee on legislative research shall, 2
pursuant to a duly adopted concurrent resolution 3
of the general assembly, or pursuant to a 4
resolution adopted by the committee on 5
legislative research, conduct program 6
evaluations of agencies as directed by any such 7
resolution. 8
2. The staff of any agency subject to a 9
program evaluation shall fully cooperate with 10
the staff of the oversight division and shall 11
provide all necessary information and assistance 12
for such an evaluation. All records of an 13
agency, unless otherwise expressly declared by 14
law to be confidential, may be inspected by the 15
oversight division staff while conducting the 16
evaluation, and the agency subject to the 17
evaluation shall afford the oversight division 18
staff with ample opportunity to observe agency 19
operations. 20
3. All evaluations shall be completed 21
within one year unless an extension is 22
authorized by the committee, but progress 23
reports shall be made to the committee at least 24
quarterly. 25
4. Any member of the general assembly and 26
any committee of either house of the general 27
assembly may submit requests for program 28
evaluations to the committee on legislative 29
research, and any agency may request an 30
evaluation of its operations. The director of 31
the division shall present program evaluations 32
completed during the previous legislative 33
interim period to appropriate committees of each 34
chamber during early hearings of those 35
committees at the next regular session.] 36
[23.262. 1. Between September first and 1
December first of the calendar year prior to the 2
year in which a program subject to sections 3
23.250 to 23.298 is scheduled to sunset, the 4
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committee shall conduct public hearings 5
concerning but not limited to the application to 6
the program of the criteria provided in section 7
23.268. 8
2. The committee may hold the public 9
hearings prior to September first if the 10
evaluation of the program required in 11
subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 12
23.259 is complete and available to the public.] 13
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