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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 43.010 — MO Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43.010
43.010 Definitions.
Status: in_force

43.010. Definitions. — As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

(1) "Members of the patrol" , the superintendent, lieutenant colonel, majors, captains, director of radio, lieutenants, sergeants, corporals, and troopers of the Missouri state highway patrol;

(2) "MULES" , Missouri uniform law enforcement system, a statewide-computerized communications system provided by the patrol designed to provide services, information, and capabilities to the law enforcement and criminal justice community in the state of Missouri;

(3) "Patrol" , the Missouri state highway patrol;

(4) "Peace officers" , sheriffs, police officers and other peace officers of this state;

(5) "Radio personnel" , those employees of the patrol engaged in the construction, operation, and maintenance of the patrol radio system.

(RSMo 1939 § 8347, A.L. 1943 p. 652, A.L. 1949 p. 293 and L. 1949 p. 292 § 8348A, A. 1949 H.B. 2164, A.L. 1971 S.B. 163, A.L. 2005 H.B. 353, A.L. 2007 H.B. 405) Effective 5-09-07
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 43.350 — MO Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43.350
43.350 Division established.
Status: in_force

43.350. Division established. — Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of section 43.025 , there is hereby created within the Missouri state highway patrol a "Division of Drug and Crime Control".

(L. 1983 S.B. 294 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 470.140 — MO Code / Chapter 470 / Section 470.140
470.140 Writ of possession to issue.
Status: in_force

470.140. Writ of possession to issue. — When judgment is rendered for, and the title to such real estate described in the information is vested in the state, a writ shall be issued to the sheriff of the same county, commanding him to seize said real estate.

(RSMo 1939 § 633) Prior revisions: 1929 § 633; 1919 § 5322; 1909 § 6269
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 262.230 — MO Code / Chapter 262 / Section 262.230
262.230 Fair held, when — how — reverter clause.
Status: in_force

262.230. Fair held, when — how — reverter clause. — The commission, at such time as may be determined by it, shall hold, annually, a fair upon the state fairgrounds above designated; and at these fairs all important products of the state shall be recognized, according to merit, by premiums or rewards, for excellence offered by the commission, out of a fund provided therefor by the legislature of the state, or from funds that may be otherwise provided. The commission may require parties receiving awards for excellence or merit to provide a complete history of how the exhibit was produced, and all other information concerning the entry that would be of interest or benefit to the general public; and provided further, that should the state fail for three consecutive years to hold a fair, the land thus used for state fair purposes shall revert to the parties donating it.

(RSMo 1939 § 14155, A.L. 1994 S.B. 692) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12475; 1919 § 12044; 1909 § 676
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 172.280 — MO Code / Chapter 172 / Section 172.280
172.280 Authority to confer degrees — only public research university and exclusive ...
Status: in_force

172.280. Authority to confer degrees — only public research university and exclusive grantor of certain degrees. — The curators shall have the authority to confer, by diploma, under their common seal, on any person whom they may judge worthy thereof, such degrees as are known to and usually granted by any college or university. The University of Missouri is the state's only public research university. As such, the University of Missouri shall be the only state college or university that may offer research doctorates, doctor of philosophy degrees, or first-professional degrees, including dentistry, law, medicine, optometry, pharmacy, and veterinary medicine, except as provided in sections 174.160 and 175.040 .

(RSMo 1939 § 10808, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1465 merged with S.B. 807 & 577, A.L. 2025 H.B. 419 merged with S.B. 150 merged with S.B. 160) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9651; 1919 § 11548; 1909 § 11122
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 362.109 — MO Code / Chapter 362 / Section 362.109
362.109 Restrictions on orders and ordinances of political subdivisions.
Status: in_force

362.109. Restrictions on orders and ordinances of political subdivisions. — Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any order or ordinance by any political subdivision shall be consistent with and not more restrictive than state law and regulations governing lending or deposit-taking entities regulated by the division of finance or the division of credit unions.

(L. 2001 H.B. 738 merged with S.B. 186, A.L. 2008 S.B. 788)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.1024 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.1024
260.1024 Covenants are perpetual, exceptions — department may terminate covenants, when.
Status: in_force

260.1024. Covenants are perpetual, exceptions — department may terminate covenants, when. — 1. An environmental covenant is perpetual unless it is:

(1) By its terms, limited to a specific duration or terminated by the occurrence of a specific event;

(2) Terminated by consent under section 260.1027 ;

(3) Terminated by subsection 2 of this section;

(4) Terminated by foreclosure of an interest that has priority over the environmental covenant; or

(5) Terminated or modified in an eminent domain proceeding, but only if:

(a) The department that signed the covenant is a party to the proceeding;

(b) All persons identified in section 260.1027 are given notice of the pendency of the proceeding; and

(c) The court determines, after hearing, that the termination or modification will not adversely affect human health, public welfare, or the environment.

2. If the department that signed an environmental covenant has determined that the intended benefits of the covenant can no longer be realized, a court, under the doctrine of changed circumstances, in an action in which all persons identified in section 260.1027 have been given notice, may terminate the covenant or reduce its burden on the real property subject to the covenant. The department's determination or its failure to make a determination upon request is subject to review under chapter 536 .

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 1 and 2 of this section, an environmental covenant may not be extinguished, limited, or impaired through issuance of a tax deed, foreclosure of a tax lien, or application of the doctrine of adverse possession, prescription, abandonment, waiver, lack of enforcement, or acquiescence, or any similar doctrine.

4. An environmental covenant may not be extinguished, limited, or impaired by the application of chapter 442 or chapter 444 .

(L. 2007 S.B. 54) Effective 1-01-08
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.894 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.894
376.894 Amount of premium, date of payment — termination of right of continuation ...
Status: in_force

376.894. Amount of premium, date of payment — termination of right of continuation of coverage, grounds. — If a legally separated, divorced or surviving spouse elects continuation of coverage under section 376.893 :

(1) During the period of time covered by the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), the monthly contribution for the premium shall not be greater than the amount that would be charged if the legally separated, divorced or surviving spouse were a current certificate holder of the group contract, policy or plan plus the amount that the group policyholder would contribute toward the premium if the legally separated, divorced or surviving spouse were a certificate holder of the group plan, plus an additional amount not to exceed two percent of the certificate holder and group plan holder contributions, for the cost of administration. Once the period of time covered by the insurance premium provisions of the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) has expired, the monthly contribution for the premium shall not be greater than the amount that would have been charged if the legally separated, divorced or surviving spouse were a current certificate holder of the group contract, policy or plan plus the amount that the group policyholder would contribute toward the premium if the legally separated, divorced or surviving spouse were a certificate holder plus an amount not to exceed twenty-five percent of the certificate holder and group plan holder contributions. Such additional contributions shall be determined by each individual plan administrator and shall be subject to review by the Missouri department of commerce and insurance;

(2) The first premium shall be paid by the legally separated, divorced or surviving spouse within forty-five days of the date of the election;

(3) The right to continuation of coverage shall terminate upon the earliest of any of the following:

(a) The failure to pay premiums when due, including any grace period allowed by the policy;

(b) The date that the group policy is terminated as to all group members except that if a different group policy is made available to group members, the legally separated, divorced or surviving spouse shall be eligible for continuation of coverage as if the original policy had not been terminated;

(c) The date on which the legally separated, divorced or surviving spouse becomes insured under any other group health plan;

(d) The date on which the legally separated, divorced or surviving spouse remarries and becomes insured under another group health plan; or

(e) The date on which the legally separated, divorced or surviving spouse attains his sixty-fifth birthday.

(L. 1993 H.B. 564 § 14)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 578.430 — MO Code / Chapter 578 / Section 578.430
578.430 Buildings, rooms and structures used for criminal street gangs' activities ...
Status: in_force

578.430. Buildings, rooms and structures used for criminal street gangs' activities deemed public nuisances — owner knowing of gang use, court may order no occupancy up to one year — penalty. — 1. Any room, building, structure or inhabitable structure as defined in section 556.061 which is used by a criminal street gang in a pattern of criminal street gang activity shall be deemed a public nuisance. No person shall keep or maintain such a public nuisance.

2. The attorney general, circuit attorney or prosecuting attorney may, in addition to any criminal prosecutions, prosecute a suit in equity to enjoin the public nuisance. If the court finds that the owner of the room, building, structure or inhabitable structure knew that the premises were being used for criminal street gangs in a pattern of criminal street gang activity, the court may order that the premises shall not be occupied or used for such period as the court may determine, not to exceed one year.

3. All persons, including owners, lessees, officers, agents, offenders or employees, aiding or facilitating such a nuisance may be made defendants in any suit to enjoin the nuisance.

4. It is unlawful for a person to keep or maintain such a public nuisance. In addition to any other criminal prosecutions, the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney may by information or indictment charge the owner or the occupant, or both the owner and the occupant, of the room, building, structure, or inhabitable structure with the crime of keeping or maintaining a public nuisance. Keeping or maintaining a public nuisance is a class D felony.

(L. 1993 H.B. 562 § 4 subsecs. 1, 2, 3, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.1814 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.1814
67.1814 Airport taxicabs, limitation on regulation by the commission.
Status: in_force

67.1814. Airport taxicabs, limitation on regulation by the commission. — The commission shall further seek the input of the city, county, and airport authority generally regarding the taxicab code and, in particularly with reference to airport taxicabs, shall seek to ensure:

(1) Continuous, smooth airport service during any transition period from the current city and county operation to the new regional taxicab commission;

(2) The need of the airport authority to provide services at the airport's passenger terminals; and

(3) Airport authority involvement as to the servicing of the airport by airport taxicabs.

The commission shall not regulate the airport or airport taxicabs as to cab parking, circulation, cab stands, or passenger loading at the airport, or the payment by airport taxicabs for use of the airport or its facilities.

(L. 2002 H.B. 1041)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 40.035 — MO Code / Chapter 40 / Section 40.035
40.035 Confinement, where.
Status: in_force

40.035. Confinement, where. — Persons confined other than in a military institution, whether before, during or after trial by a military court, shall be confined in municipal, county or state confinement facilities designated by the governor or by such person as the governor may authorize to act.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 11)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 390.126 — MO Code / Chapter 390 / Section 390.126
390.126 Liability insurance required — powers of municipality.
Status: in_force

390.126. Liability insurance required — powers of municipality. — 1. No motor carrier shall operate any motor vehicle on any public highway in this state until after such carrier shall have filed with, and same has been approved by the division, a certificate of any insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in this state certifying that there is in effect a liability insurance policy or bond in some reliable insurance company or association or other insurer satisfactory to the division and authorized to transact insurance business in this state, in such forms and upon such conditions as the division may deem necessary adequately to protect the interests of the public in the use of the public highways and with due regard to the number of persons and amount of property transported, which liability insurance shall bind the obligors thereunder to make compensation for injuries to persons and loss of or damage to property resulting from the negligent operation of such motor carrier; provided, that any motor carrier who shall furnish annually to the division, and at such other times as may be required, satisfactory proof and evidence of such carrier's financial ability to properly protect the interests of the public and pay compensation for injuries to persons and loss or damage to property, on account of or arising out of negligent operation of such carrier's business, shall not be required to furnish liability insurance policy or bond therefor.

2. No other or additional policies, bonds or licenses than those prescribed in this chapter shall be required of any motor carrier to which the provisions of this chapter apply by any city, town or other subdivision of the state; provided, that this section shall not be so construed as to interfere with the right of any county, city or other civil subdivision of the state, to levy and collect any property tax to which such motor carrier is liable under the general revenue laws of this state within such county, city or other civil subdivision wherein the property of such motor carrier may be subject to assessment and taxation.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 5724, 5729, A.L. 1951 p. 547 § 390.150, A.L. 1961 p. 416, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1428) Prior revision: 1929 §§ 5267, 5274 CROSS REFERENCE: Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, 226.008
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 354.715 — MO Code / Chapter 354 / Section 354.715
354.715 Providers of dental care, written contract with prepaid dental plan ...
Status: in_force

354.715. Providers of dental care, written contract with prepaid dental plan corporations, review and mediation procedures for enrollees required. — 1. Any provider of dental health care services who agrees with a prepaid dental plan corporation to provide dental care services to its enrollees shall reduce such agreement to a written contract with the prepaid dental plan corporation.

2. Each prepaid dental plan corporation shall establish procedures for review and mediation of complaints of enrollees concerning the quality of care rendered by a participating dentist. In lieu of establishing such procedures, the corporation may agree in a written document submitted to the director to utilize the services of a peer review committee of a state, district, or local dental society which has been established for purposes of providing the type of review and mediation required. Enrollees and participating dentists shall be made aware of the review mechanism adopted by the prepaid dental plan corporation and shall be informed as to how to submit a complaint for review.

(L. 1987 S.B. 272 § 8)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 197.297 — MO Code / Chapter 197 / Section 197.297
197.297 Rulemaking authority, department of health and senior services.
Status: in_force

197.297. Rulemaking authority, department of health and senior services. — 1. The department of health and senior services may adopt rules necessary to implement the provisions of sections 197.287 to 197.297 .

2. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of sections 197.287 to 197.297 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536 . Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010 , that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028 . This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2000, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 2000 S.B. 788 § 6)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 339.546 — MO Code / Chapter 339 / Section 339.546
339.546 Violations of law — criminal penalties.
Status: in_force

339.546. Violations of law — criminal penalties. — Any person or corporation who knowingly violates any provision of sections 339.500 to 339.549 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Any officer or agent of a corporation, or member or agent of a partnership or association, who knowingly and personally participates in or is an accessory to any violation of sections 339.500 to 339.549 is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. This section shall not be construed to release any person from civil liability or criminal prosecution pursuant to any other law of this state. The commission may cause a complaint to be filed for a violation of section 339.501 in any court of competent jurisdiction, and perform such other acts as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of sections 339.500 to 339.549 .

(L. 1998 H.B. 1601, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 374.284 — MO Code / Chapter 374 / Section 374.284
374.284 Health insurance advisory committee established, members, duties.
Status: in_force

374.284. Health insurance advisory committee established, members, duties. — The department of commerce and insurance shall create an advisory committee to be known as the "Health Insurance Advisory Committee". This committee shall be a voluntary committee comprised of representatives of the insurance industry, provider groups and the public. The committee shall consist of at least, but not limited to, one member representing each of the following areas: small group insurance, managed care, doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathy, pharmacists, dentists and public members representing self-employed workers and the elderly. This committee shall meet to discuss and advise the department on issues relating to health care insurance.

(L. 1999 H.B. 191 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 252.245 — MO Code / Chapter 252 / Section 252.245
252.245 Volunteers, liability, expenses — use of state vehicles — definition.
Status: in_force

252.245. Volunteers, liability, expenses — use of state vehicles — definition. — 1. The department of conservation may recruit, train and utilize the services of volunteers, whose services may supplement the programs administered by the department of conservation.

2. Volunteers recruited, trained or utilized by the department of conservation shall comply with applicable rules and policies of the department of conservation.

3. The department shall:

(1) Provide necessary staff for the management and development of volunteer programs;

(2) Develop opportunities for citizen involvement in department-administered programs;

(3) Develop and provide to all volunteers written rules governing the job descriptions, recruitment, screening, training, responsibility, use and supervision of volunteers;

(4) Educate volunteers regarding their duties and responsibilities;

(5) Provide for the recognition of volunteers who have offered exceptional service to the department.

4. Volunteers or persons functioning within the scope and purpose of the designated authority and specifically authorized by the department director shall be unpaid employees and shall be accorded the protection of the legal expense fund and liability provisions.

5. Reimbursement for transportation and other necessary expenses may be furnished to the volunteers whose presence on special assignment is determined to be necessary by the department. Such expenses shall be reimbursed from the regular appropriations of the department. Volunteers specifically authorized by the department director may use state vehicles in the performance of department-related functions, subject to the rules and regulations governing the use of state vehicles by paid staff.

6. As used in this section, "volunteer" means any person who, of the person's own free will, performs any assigned duties for the department with no monetary or material compensation.

7. Any person serving as a volunteer may be terminated from service in such capacity by the director of the department.

(L. 1997 H.B. 424)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 245.520 — MO Code / Chapter 245 / Section 245.520
245.520 Compensation of engineers and other officers and employees.
Status: in_force

245.520. Compensation of engineers and other officers and employees. — The engineer appointed by the board of directors, under the provisions of sections 245.285 to 245.545 , shall receive for his services a sum not to exceed seventy-five dollars per month for the time he is actually employed in field or other work, under contract with said board of directors. The salaries of all other officers, not otherwise fixed by the provisions of sections 245.285 to 245.545 , and the agents and employees of said board of directors, shall be fixed by said board, and such salaries, and all other necessary expenses incurred by said board of directors in carrying into effect the provisions of sections 245.285 to 245.545 , shall be paid out of the levee fund of the district, upon proper warrant issued by order of the board of directors.

(RSMo 1939 § 12584) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10994; 1919 § 4686; 1909 § 5749
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 130.071 — MO Code / Chapter 130 / Section 130.071
130.071 Candidate not to take office or file for subsequent elections until ...
Status: in_force

*130.071. Candidate not to take office or file for subsequent elections until disclosure reports are filed. — 1. If a successful candidate, or the treasurer of his candidate committee fails to file the disclosure reports which are required by this chapter, the candidate shall not take office until such reports are filed.

2. In addition to any other penalties provided by law, no person may file for any office in a subsequent election until he or the treasurer of his existing candidate committee has filed all required campaign disclosure reports for all prior elections.

(L. 1978 S.B. 839, A.L. 1988 H.B. 933, et al., A.L. 2010 S.B. 844, A.L. 2018 S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision) *Revisor's Note: S.B. 844 in 2010 amended this section. S.B. 844 was declared unconstitutional (see Legends Bank v. State, 361 S.W.3d 383 (Mo. banc)). The S.B. 844 version of this section was repealed by S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision, 2018. This version of this section (the 1988 language from H.B. 933, effective 8/28/1988), reprinted in accordance with Section 3.066, is the current version.