Terms Used In Missouri Laws 21.090

  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.

If any member elected to either house of the general assembly resigns in the recess thereof, he shall address and transmit his resignation, in writing, to the governor; and when any member resigns during any session, he shall address his resignation, in writing, to the presiding officer of the house of which he is a member, which shall be entered on the journal; in which case, and in all cases of vacancies happening, or being declared, during any session of the general assembly, by death, expulsion or otherwise, the presiding officer of the house in which the vacancy happens shall immediately notify the governor thereof.

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