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'''''Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure''''', referred to as '''''Mason's Manual''''', is the official [[parliamentary authority]] of most [[State legislature (United States)|state legislature]]s in the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Parliamentary Authority |url=https://www.ncsl.org/documents/legismgt/ILP/99Tab9Pt3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115021820/http://www.ncsl.org/documents/legismgt/ILP/99Tab9Pt3.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2010 |website=NCSL |access-date=August 8, 2022}}{{dead link|date=May 2023}}</ref> The Manual covers [[Motion|motions]], procedures, vote requirements, the [[rules of order]], principles, precedents, and legal basis behind [[parliamentary law]] used by legislatures.

The author, [[Paul Mason (writer)|Paul Mason]] (1898–1985), was a scholar who worked for the [[California State Senate]]. He is best known for writing ''Constitutional History of California'' in 1951 and ''Manual of Legislative Procedure'' in 1935. The [[National Conference of State Legislatures]] (NCSL) was assigned copyright ownership by Mason prior to his death.