Missouri Laws 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.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 476.350
- Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
- Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
- 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.
- 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
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
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.