HOUSE BILL NO. 3181 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE WOODS.
7024H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To repeal section 21.110, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to elections to fill vacancies in the general assembly.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 21.110, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu 2 thereof, to be known as section 21.110, to read as follows: 21.110. If the governor receives any resignation or notice of vacancy, or if he or she 2 is [satisfied] notified of the death of any member of either house, [during the recess,] he or 3 she shall[, without delay,] issue a writ of election within ten days to [supply] fill the vacancy, 4 unless such vacancy occurs less than ninety days before the general election. An election 5 ordered under the provisions of this section shall occur within sixty days of the issuance 6 of the writ. ✔
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
Statutes affected: