Terms Used In Missouri Laws 105.977

  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the attorney general shall represent the ethics commission in all state appellate or federal appellate or supreme courts, unless the attorney general refuses to pursue such action, in which case, the ethics commission may retain competent counsel for such action.