361.120. 1. The director of finance shall preserve all records, reports and papers of every kind pertaining to the division of finance for a period of ten years, and shall permanently preserve all records, reports and papers of a permanent value, including articles of association and all amendments thereto, and all articles of merger or consolidation and amendments thereto. The director of finance shall make a written report to the governor whenever required by the governor.
2. During each biennial session of the general assembly the director shall, in the presence of a joint committee of the house of representatives and the senate, destroy by burning or by any other method satisfactory to said joint committee the records, papers and reports which may be disposed of pursuant to this section. The joint committee shall consist of four members of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and two members of the senate to be appointed by the president pro tem of the senate.
(RSMo 1939 § 7884, A. 1949 H.B. 2084, A.L. 1953 p. 246)Prior revisions: 1929 § 5290; 1919 § 11678; 1909 § 1078
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