Section 3.140

Title I LAWS AND STATUTES

Chapter 3

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   

  3.140.  Sale of revised statutes, procedure for — cost, how determined. — The committee on legislative research may, through the revisor of statutes, sell copies of the revised statutes of Missouri, and any supplement or edition of pocket parts thereto, in print and/or in a web-based electronic format at a price to be determined by the committee, taking into account the cost of printing and binding, producing the statutes and maintaining the website, including the cost of delivery, and the money received therefor shall be paid to the director of revenue and deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.

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(L. 1949 p. 545 § 3.13, A.L. 1953 p. 549, A.L. 1959 S.B. 88, A.L. 1961 p. 463, A.L. 1976 H.B. 1770, A.L. 1977 S.B. 419, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1965)

(1996)  The committee has the power to determine the form and price, which may include a profit, of the statutes, but cannot keep them from the public.  Deaton v. Kidd, 932 S.W.2d 804 (Mo.App. W.D. 1996).