FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 288
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR HENDERSON.
1380S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 478.690, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to associate
circuit judges in the twenty-fourth judicial circuit.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 478.690, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 478.690, 2
to read as follows:3
478.690. 1. There shall be two circuit judges in the 1
twenty-fourth judicial circuit consisting of the counties of 2
Madison, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve and Washington. These 3
judges shall sit in divisions numbered one and two. 4
2. The circuit judges in divisions one and two shall 5
be elected in 1982. 6
3. There shall be one additional associate circuit 7
judge in St. Francois County. The associate circuit judge 8
shall be appointed by the governor and shall serve until 9
January 1, 2027, and until his or her successor is duly 10
elected in 2026. This associate circuit judge shall not be 11
included in the stat utory formula for authorizing additional 12
associate circuit judges per county as provided in section 13
478.320. 14