Missouri Revised Statutes Title IV. Executive Branch § 36.330. Director to certify employment rights of state and of employees

1. No state disbursing or auditing officer shall make or approve or take any part in making or approving any payment for personal service to any person employed in a division of service subject to this chapter unless such person is and employed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter. Changes in employment conditions or status which are governed by this chapter and the regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the same conditions. The director shall establish the procedures necessary to secure compliance with this section.

2. Any sum paid contrary to any provision of this chapter or of any regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter may be recovered for the state in an action maintained by any citizen of Missouri, from any officer who made, approved or authorized such payment or who signed or countersigned a voucher, payroll, check or warrant for such payment, or from the sureties on the official bond of any such officer. All moneys recovered in any such action shall be paid into the state treasury. Any citizen of Missouri may maintain a suit to restrain a disbursing officer from making any payment in contravention of any provision of this chapter, or of any regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.

3. If the director wrongfully withholds certification of any employee pursuant to this section, such employee may maintain a proceeding to compel the director to make the appropriate certification.