Section 478.017 Travel allowance for circuit judges.

MO Rev Stat § 478.017 (2019) (N/A)

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Effective 02 Jan 1979, see footnote

478.017. Travel allowance for circuit judges. — 1. Each circuit judge of a judicial circuit composed of a single county which now has or may hereafter have less than two hundred thousand inhabitants and in which circuit court is held in more than one place and each circuit and associate circuit judge of a circuit court which consists of more than one county, in addition to his salary*, shall be reimbursed out of the state treasury for all reasonable and necessary travel and subsistence expenses incurred in holding court at any place in the county of his residence other than the place of his residence.

2. Each circuit and associate circuit judge of a judicial circuit which consists of more than one county, in addition to his salary, shall be reimbursed out of the state treasury for all reasonable and necessary travel and subsistence expenses incurred in holding court in a county other than the county of his residence.

3. Whenever a judge, other than a municipal judge, travels to any place other than to the judge's regular courtroom or courtrooms to hear municipal ordinance violation cases, he shall be reimbursed from the state treasury, in addition to his salary, for his reasonable and necessary travel and subsistence expenses incurred in holding court at such place.

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(L. 1945 p. 1522 § 4, A.L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 164, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)

Effective 1-02-79

*Words "their salaries" appear in original rolls.

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