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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.449 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.449
115.449 Ballots, when and how counted.
Status: in_force

115.449. Ballots, when and how counted. — 1. As soon as the polls close in each polling place using paper ballots, the election judges shall begin to count the votes. If earlier counting is begun pursuant to section 115.451 , the election judges shall complete the count in the manner provided by this section. Once begun, no count shall be adjourned or postponed until all proper votes have been counted.

2. One counting judge, closely observed by the other counting judge, shall take the ballots out of the ballot box one at a time and, holding each ballot in such a way that the other counting judge may read it, shall read the name of each candidate properly voted for and the office sought by each. As each vote is called out, the recording judges shall each record the vote on a tally sheet. The votes for and against all questions shall likewise be read and recorded. If more than one political subdivision or special district is holding an election on the same day at the same polling place and using separate ballots, the counting judges may separate the ballots of each political subdivision and special district and first read one set, then the next and so on until all proper votes have been counted.

3. After the recording of all proper votes, the recording judges shall compare their tallies. When the recording judges agree on the count, they shall sign both of the tally sheets, and one of the recording judges shall announce in a loud voice the total number of votes for each candidate and for and against each question.

4. After the announcement of the vote, the election judges shall record the vote totals in the appropriate places on each statement of returns. If any tally sheet or statement of returns contains no heading for any question, the election judges shall write the necessary headings on the tally sheet or statement of returns.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 12.005, A.L. 2006 S.B. 1014 & 730, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 701.304 — MO Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.304
701.304 Inspections and risk assessments, purpose, conditions — warrant — samples — ...
Status: in_force

701.304. Inspections and risk assessments, purpose, conditions — warrant — samples — fees for licenses and accreditation. — 1. A representative of the department, or a representative of a unit of local government or health department licensed by the department for this purpose, may conduct an inspection or a risk assessment at a dwelling or a child-occupied facility for the purpose of ascertaining the existence of a lead hazard under the following conditions:

(1) The department, owner of the dwelling, and an adult occupant of a dwelling which is rented or leased have been notified that an occupant of the dwelling or a child six or fewer years of age who regularly visits the child-occupied facility has been identified as having an elevated blood lead level as defined by rule; and

(2) The inspection or risk assessment occurs at a reasonable time; and

(3) The representative of the department or local government presents appropriate credentials to the owner or occupant; and

(4) Either the dwelling's owner or adult occupant or the child-occupied facility's owner or agent grants consent to enter the premises to conduct an inspection or risk assessment; or

(5) If consent to enter is not granted, the representative of the department, local government, or local health department may petition the circuit court for an order to enter the premises and conduct an inspection or risk assessment after notifying the dwelling's owner or adult occupant in writing of the time and purpose of the inspection or risk assessment at least forty-eight hours in advance. The court shall grant the order upon a showing that an occupant of the dwelling or a child six or fewer years of age who regularly visits the child-occupied facility has been identified as having an elevated blood lead level as defined by rule.

2. In conducting such an inspection or risk assessment, a representative of the department, or representative of a unit of local government or health department licensed by the department for this purpose, may remove samples necessary for laboratory analysis in the determination of the presence of a lead-bearing substance or lead hazard in the designated dwelling or child-occupied facility.

3. The director shall assess fees for licenses and accreditation and impose administrative penalties in accordance with rules promulgated pursuant to sections 701.300 to 701.338 . All such fees and fines shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the public health services fund established in section 192.900 .

(L. 1993 S.B. 232 § 3, A.L. 1998 H.B. 977 & 1608, A.L. 1999 H.B. 39, A.L. 2005 S.B. 95)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 404.027 — MO Code / Chapter 404 / Section 404.027
404.027 Custodians for future transfers, who may serve — lapse of custodianship, ...
Status: in_force

404.027. Custodians for future transfers, who may serve — lapse of custodianship, effect — substitute custodians, power to designate — revocation. — 1. A donor making a future transfer of property to a beneficiary under a will, trust, deed, power of appointment, benefit plan, life or endowment insurance policy, annuity or other contract, or a pay or transfer on death direction, may revocably designate, or grant to another person a general or limited power to revocably designate, any adult person or financial institution, including the holder of the power, as custodian under sections 404.005 to 404.094 for a beneficiary who may be a minor at the time the property becomes transferable.

2. When the property becomes transferable to the minor beneficiary, the donor's personal representative, trustee, benefit plan, insurance company, or contract obligor shall transfer the property to the designated custodian in the manner prescribed in subdivisions (1), (2), (3) and (5) of subsection 1 of section 404.047 for the type of property to be transferred. If, at the time the property becomes transferable, the minor beneficiary has attained twenty-one years of age, the custodian designation shall lapse and the property may be transferred directly to the beneficiary.

3. The designation of a custodian for a future transfer of property may include the designation of one or more substitute custodians to whom the property shall be transferred in the order named in the event the prior named custodian declines or is not qualified to serve as custodian, or is deceased or incapacitated. A donor or a person exercising a power from a donor may revoke or change the designation of a custodian or substitute custodian for a future transfer of property by revoking the designation or making a new designation before the property becomes transferable.

(L. 1985 S.B. 35, et al. § 3 subsecs. 2, 3, 4, A.L. 1989 H.B. 145)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.222 — MO Code / Chapter 565 / Section 565.222
565.222 Filing a false vulnerable person abuse report — penalty.
Status: in_force

565.222. Filing a false vulnerable person abuse report — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of filing a false vulnerable person abuse report if he or she knowingly files a false report of vulnerable person abuse or neglect.

2. The offense of filing a false report of vulnerable person abuse or neglect is a class A misdemeanor and the offender shall be subject to a fine of up to one thousand dollars, unless the offender has previously been found guilty of making a false report to the department, in which case the offense is a class E felony and the offender shall be subject to a fine of up to five thousand dollars. Penalties collected for violations of this subsection shall be transferred to the state school moneys fund as established in section 166.051 and distributed to the public schools of this state in the manner provided in section 163.031 . Such penalties shall not be considered charitable for tax purposes.

3. Evidence of prior findings of guilt under this section shall be heard by the court, out of the hearing of the jury, prior to the submission of the case to the jury, and the court shall determine the existence of the prior findings of guilt.

(L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 148.120 — MO Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148.120
148.120 Title of law.
Status: in_force

148.120. Title of law. — Sections 148.120 to 148.230 may be designated as the "Credit Institutions Tax Law of 1946".

(L. 1945 p. 1937 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 508.150 — MO Code / Chapter 508 / Section 508.150
508.150 Written order for change in vacation.
Status: in_force

508.150. Written order for change in vacation. — If any judge award such change of venue in vacation, he shall immediately transmit to the clerk of the court wherein the cause is pending the petition and affidavit, with a written order for the change of venue.

(RSMo 1939 § 1063) Prior revisions: 1929 § 912; 1919 § 1362; 1909 § 1932
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 197.312 — MO Code / Chapter 197 / Section 197.312
197.312 Certificate of need not required for St. Louis residential care facilities ...
Status: in_force

197.312. Certificate of need not required for St. Louis residential care facilities and assisted living facilities — certain other facilities, certificate not required. — A certificate of need shall not be required for any institution previously owned and operated for or in behalf of a city not within a county which chooses to be licensed as a facility defined under subdivision (22) or (23) of section 198.006 for a facility of ninety beds or less that is owned or operated by a not-for-profit corporation which is exempt from federal income tax as an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which is controlled directly by a religious organization and which has received approval by the department of health and senior services of plans for construction of such facility by August 1, 1995, and is licensed by the department of health and senior services by July 1, 1996, as a facility defined under subdivision (22) or (23) of section 198.006 or for a facility, serving exclusively mentally ill, homeless persons, of sixteen beds or less that is owned or operated by a not-for-profit corporation which is exempt from federal income tax which is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which is controlled directly by a religious organization and which has received approval by the department of health and senior services of plans for construction of such facility by May 1, 1996, and is licensed by the department of health and senior services by July 1, 1996, as a facility defined under subdivision (22) or (23) of section 198.006 or an assisted living facility located in a city not within a county operated by a not for profit corporation which is exempt from federal income tax which is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which is controlled directly by a religious organization and which is licensed for one hundred beds or less on or before August 28, 1997.

(L. 1995 S.B. 108 § 1 subsec. 5, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1362, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 529.100 — MO Code / Chapter 529 / Section 529.100
529.100 Time allowed for making return and pleadings.
Status: in_force

529.100. Time allowed for making return and pleadings. — The court issuing any writ of mandamus may allow the person to whom such writ shall be directed, or other person who shall sue out or prosecute the same, such convenient time, respectively, to make return, plead, answer, reply or direct a motion to a pleading, as to the court shall seem just and reasonable.

(RSMo 1939 § 1705, A. 1949 H.B. 2130) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1541; 1919 § 1991; 1909 § 2555
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 245.415 — MO Code / Chapter 245 / Section 245.415
245.415 Railroads to continue levee.
Status: in_force

245.415. Railroads to continue levee. — Whenever a railroad passes over or along land in this state subject to overflow by any river or creek and such land is protected, or may be hereafter protected, by levees constructed to protect such land from overflows and such levees abut on or connect with the right-of-way of the railroad, it is hereby made the duty of any person, persons or corporations owning or operating railroads to continue and maintain the levee from the point where it approaches and abuts on the railroad right-of-way to the railroad embankment and to make the levee connect therewith. And such continuation of levee shall be on a level with the top of the levee of the landowner as it abuts on the railroad right-of-way.

(RSMo 1939 § 12572) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10982; 1919 § 4674; 1909 § 5737
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 197.465 — MO Code / Chapter 197 / Section 197.465
197.465 Funds to be deposited in general revenue.
Status: in_force

197.465. Funds to be deposited in general revenue. — All funds received by the department under the provisions of sections 197.400 to 197.475 shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of general revenue.

(L. 1983 H.B. 51 § 13)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 103.158 — MO Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.158
103.158 Premiums to be paid by participating agencies — deposit into fund.
Status: in_force

103.158. Premiums to be paid by participating agencies — deposit into fund. — Monthly, in accordance with a schedule developed by the board, or its designee, each participating member agency shall pay all applicable premium amounts to the executive director. The premium amounts so remitted will be promptly deposited by the executive director in the benefit trust fund account.

(L. 1992 H.B. 1574 § 4 subsec. 9, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1400)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 143.311 — MO Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143.311
143.311 Missouri taxable income and tax.
Status: in_force

143.311. Missouri taxable income and tax. — The Missouri taxable income of an estate or trust shall be computed in the same manner as in the case of an individual except as otherwise provided in sections 143.321 to 143.391 . The tax shall be computed on such taxable income at the rates provided in section 143.061 and shall be paid by the fiduciary.

(L. 1972 S.B. 549) Effective 1-1-73, see § 143.109
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.215 — MO Code / Chapter 513 / Section 513.215
513.215 Death of defendant after levy, proceedings.
Status: in_force

513.215. Death of defendant after levy, proceedings. — If any defendant shall die after his real estate shall have been seized on execution, the service thereof shall not be completed, but the sheriff shall return the execution, together with the fact of the defendant's death, which shall be a sufficient indemnity to him for his failure to proceed.

(RSMo 1939 § 1283) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1118; 1919 § 1569; 1909 § 2138
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.325 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.325
376.325 Any willing provider provision — definitions.
Status: in_force

376.325. Any willing provider provision — definitions. — 1. To the extent a health carrier has developed a closed or exclusive provider network as provided in subdivision (19) of section 376.426 through contractual arrangements with selected providers, such health carrier shall accept into such closed or exclusive network any willing licensed physician who agrees to accept a fee schedule, payment, or reimbursement rate that is fifteen percent less than the health carrier's standard prevailing or market fee schedule, payment, or reimbursement rate for such network in the specific geography of the licensed physician's practice.

2. This section shall not apply to any licensed physician who does not meet the health carrier's selection standards and credentialing criteria or who has not entered into the health carrier's standard participating provider agreement.

3. As used in this section, the term "health carrier" shall have the same meaning ascribed to it in section 376.1350 . The term "physician" shall mean a physician licensed to practice in Missouri under the provisions of chapter 334 . As used in this section, a "closed or exclusive provider network" is a network for a health benefit plan that requires all health care services to be delivered by a participating provider in the health carrier's network, except for emergency services, as defined in section 376.1350 , and the services described in subsection 4 of section 376.811 .

(L. 2013 S.B. 262)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 141.330 — MO Code / Chapter 141 / Section 141.330
141.330 Delinquent land tax clerk, appointment, compensation.
Status: in_force

141.330. Delinquent land tax clerk, appointment, compensation. — The collector annually may appoint one delinquent land tax clerk in each office lawfully maintained by the collector in the county, to be compensated as necessary for the performance of the clerk's duties under this chapter.

(L. 1943 p. 1029 § 47, A.L. 1945 p. 1761, A. 1949 S.B. 1024, A.L. 1953 p. 741, A.L. 1955 p. 842, A.L. 1961 p. 267, A.L. 2024 H.B. 2062)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 364.160 — MO Code / Chapter 364 / Section 364.160
364.160 Violation of law — misdemeanor.
Status: in_force

364.160. Violation of law — misdemeanor. — Any premium finance company willfully and knowingly violating the provisions of sections 364.100 to 364.160 shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

(L. 1984 S.B. 686 § 13)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 160.700 — MO Code / Chapter 160 / Section 160.700
160.700 National Guard pilot instruction program — duties — qualifications — fund.
Status: in_force

160.700. National Guard pilot instruction program — duties — qualifications — fund. — 1. There is hereby established a pilot program for public middle school students using military training and motivation methods. This program shall be established jointly by the department of elementary and secondary education, the department of social services and the National Guard.

2. The program may include and emphasize appropriate role model examples, adventure training, codes of conduct and policies on discipline as necessary to train students to become personally disciplined.

3. Students in the seventh or eighth grade may apply to attend the program upon recommendation of their school administration, or upon recommendation by local children's division counselors.

4. This program shall be a four-week residential program at a National Guard facility during which time military training instructors from the National Guard shall have overall responsibility for the students. Academic instruction shall be provided by the local school system and needed training for the families of the students shall be provided by school counselors or the department of social services.

5. There is hereby established in the state treasury the "National Guard Pilot Instruction Program Fund". The pilot program of public instruction established pursuant to this section shall be funded by moneys from this fund. The fund may receive any grants, gifts, donations and appropriations for the purpose of establishing and operating this program.

(L. 2000 S.B. 944, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 243.220 — MO Code / Chapter 243 / Section 243.220
243.220 Repairs and improvements, how made — hearing when cost exceeds maintenance ...
Status: in_force

243.220. Repairs and improvements, how made — hearing when cost exceeds maintenance fund — form of notice. — 1. When any ditches or other improvements constructed under this chapter need to be enlarged, cleaned out, obstructions removed therefrom or new work done, five or more of the owners of land originally assessed for the construction of any such ditches, or other improvements, may file a statement in writing with the county clerk setting forth such necessity.

2. Upon the filing of such statement, it shall be the duty of the county commission, at its next meeting thereafter, to direct the district engineer, or an engineer of their selection, as the case may be, to proceed at once to view the premises and to make a report to the commission in writing of the repairs and improvements necessary to be made and the probable cost of making such improvements as will restore the said ditch, drain or levy to an efficient condition.

3. It shall be the duty of the county commission to forthwith consider said report and if the commission finds that the improvements, or any of them, recommended in said report should be made, it shall direct the district engineer, or an engineer of their selection, as the case may be, to proceed with all due diligence in the making of such repairs and improvements, directing such engineer to purchase such supplies and employ such labor as may be necessary to accomplish such repairs and improvements and make an itemized report to the county commission in that behalf, all of which shall be paid out of the maintenance fund of that district.

4. If it shall be found by the county commission that repairs and improvements are necessary to be made at a cost in excess of the money available from the maintenance fund, then it should be the duty of the county commission to direct such repairs or improvements to be made as may be necessary and can be paid out of the maintenance fund and to cause the clerk thereof to set the hearing of the matter of the levying of an additional tax for such improvements as cannot be made out of the maintenance fund, for hearing on the first day of the next regular term of the county commission and to give notice of such hearing by publication in three issues of some weekly newspaper published in the county, the last insertion to be prior to the day set for the hearing, which said notice may be in the following form:

(RSMo 1939 § 12435) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10845; 1919 § 4513; 1909 § 5613
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.200 — MO Code / Chapter 511 / Section 511.200
511.200 Judgment set aside — contents of petition.
Status: in_force

511.200. Judgment set aside — contents of petition. — No such judgment shall be set aside unless the petition for review shall state the existence of the facts set forth in section 511.170 , and that the petition of plaintiff, upon which the judgment complained of was obtained, is untrue in some material matter, setting it forth, or that he has and then had a good defense thereto, setting such defense forth, or both, and then only on condition that the defendant answer or direct a motion to the petition of plaintiff on which the judgment was rendered within a reasonable time, to be ordered by the court. Such petition for review shall be verified by affidavit of the defendant or his attorney of record.

(RSMo 1939 § 1250, A. 1949 H.B. 2119) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1084; 1919 § 1535; 1909 § 2104
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 249.395 — MO Code / Chapter 249 / Section 249.395
249.395 Funding or refunding bonds authorized — how paid.
Status: in_force

249.395. Funding or refunding bonds authorized — how paid. — Any sewer district which may be organized under sections 249.010 to 249.420 is hereby authorized to fund or refund any part or all of its bonded indebtedness, including bonded indebtedness incurred on behalf of any subdistrict, in the same manner as is now provided by section 108.140 ; provided, however, that the interest on and principal of any refunding bonds which may be issued shall be paid only out of funds provided in the same manner as is provided in sections 249.010 to 249.420 for the payment of the interest on and principal of the bonds so refunded.

(L. 1951 p. 627 § 249.430)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 91.680 — MO Code / Chapter 91 / Section 91.680
91.680 Moneys received — how expended.
Status: in_force

91.680. Moneys received — how expended. — All moneys received from any bonds issued and all other income pursuant to sections 91.620 to 91.770 , after reimbursements and repayment to said city or town of all amounts advanced for preliminary expenses, shall be applied solely to the payment of the costs of the works, extensions, operation, maintenance, improvements or betterments or to the appurtenant sinking fund and there shall be and hereby is created and granted a lien upon such moneys, until so applied, in favor of the holders of the bonds or the trustees herein provided for.

(L. 1941 p. 493 § 6)