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MO HB376

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/30/2013

Primary Sponsor

Lincoln Hough

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Repeals and reenacts section 487.020, RSMo, relating to appointment and compensation of family court commissioners
  • Extends state-paid family court commissioner provisions to the thirty-first judicial circuit, mirroring existing provisions for the eleventh judicial circuit
  • State-paid commissioners in the thirty-first circuit cannot exceed the number of commissioners holding office as of January 1, 2013
  • Family court commissioners must possess the same qualifications as circuit judges and receive compensation and retirement benefits equal to associate circuit judges
  • Appointment of state-paid commissioners remains subject to appropriations

Legislative Description

Allows the Thirty-first Judicial Circuit in Greene County to appoint a family court commissioner whose compensation must be payable by the state without the necessity of reimbursement

Last Action

Referred: Judiciary(H)

2/20/2013

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/20/2013

Full Bill Text

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