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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 540.200 — MO Code / Chapter 540 / Section 540.200
540.200 Witness may be compelled to testify.
Status: in_force

540.200. Witness may be compelled to testify. — If the court determines that the witness is bound to answer, and he persists in his refusal, he shall be brought before the court, who shall proceed therein in the same manner as if the witness had been interrogated and refused to answer in open court.

(RSMo 1939 § 3917, A.L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3528; 1919 § 3873; 1909 § 5081 (1961) Procedure in cases where witness refuses to answer questions of grand jury outlined. In re Presta v. Owsley (A.), 345 S.W.2d 649.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 307.390 — MO Code / Chapter 307 / Section 307.390
307.390 Penalty for violation — superintendent of highway patrol may assign persons ...
Status: in_force

307.390. Penalty for violation — superintendent of highway patrol may assign persons to enforce inspections laws. — 1. Any person who violates any provision of sections 307.350 to 307.390 is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished as provided by law.

2. The superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol may assign qualified persons who are not highway patrol officers to investigate and enforce motor vehicle safety inspection laws and regulations pursuant to sections 307.350 to 307.390 and sections 643.300 to 643.355 . A person assigned by the superintendent pursuant to the authority granted by this subsection shall be designated a motor vehicle inspector and shall have limited powers to issue a uniform complaint and summons for a violation of the motor vehicle inspection laws and regulations. A motor vehicle inspector shall not have authority to exercise the power granted in this subsection until such inspector successfully completes training provided by, and to the satisfaction of, the superintendent.

(L. 1967 p. 418 § 10, A.L. 1999 H.B. 603, et al. merged with S.B. 19, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1540) CROSS REFERENCE: General penalty for violation of §§ 307.020 to 307.295, 304.570
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 50.1032 — MO Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.1032
50.1032 Board to adopt rules for administration of retirement system.
Status: in_force

50.1032. Board to adopt rules for administration of retirement system. — Subject to the provisions of law, the board shall formulate and adopt rules and regulations for the government of its own proceedings and for the administration of the retirement system.

(L. 1995 H.B. 260, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 78.260 — MO Code / Chapter 78 / Section 78.260
78.260 Officer may be removed — procedure.
Status: in_force

78.260. Officer may be removed — procedure. — The holder of any elective office may be removed at any time by the voters qualified to vote for a successor of such incumbent. The procedure to effect the removal of an incumbent of an elective office shall be as follows: a petition signed by voters entitled to vote for a successor to the incumbent sought to be removed, equal in number to at least twenty-five percent of the total number of registered voters in such city entitled to vote for a successor to the incumbent sought to be removed, demanding an election of a successor of the person sought to be removed shall be filed with the city clerk which petition shall contain a general statement of the grounds for which the removal is sought. The signatures to the petition need not all be appended to one paper, but each signer shall add to his or her signature his or her place of residence, giving the street and number. One of the signers of each such paper shall make oath before an officer competent to administer oaths that the statements therein made are true as he or she believes and that each signature to the paper appended is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be.

(RSMo 1939 § 7074, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1807) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6924; 1919 § 8391
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 407.846 — MO Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.846
407.846 Law applicable to dealer's agreements, when.
Status: in_force

407.846. Law applicable to dealer's agreements, when. — The provisions of sections 407.838 to 407.848 shall apply to all dealership agreements now in effect and all other dealership agreements entered into or renewed after September 28, 1987.

(L. 1987 S.B. 35)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 514.270 — MO Code / Chapter 514 / Section 514.270
514.270 Retaxation of costs, when made — effect.
Status: in_force

514.270. Retaxation of costs, when made — effect. — Any person aggrieved by the taxation of a bill of costs may, upon application, have the same retaxed by the court in which the action or proceeding was had, and in such retaxation all errors shall be corrected by the court; and if the party aggrieved shall have paid any unlawful charge, by reason of the first taxation, the clerk shall pay the costs of retaxation, and also to the party aggrieved the amount which he may have paid by reason of the allowing of such unlawful charge.

(RSMo 1939 § 1428) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1264; 1919 § 1716; 1909 § 2285
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 544.210 — MO Code / Chapter 544 / Section 544.210
544.210 Arrests, when.
Status: in_force

544.210. Arrests, when. — An arrest may be made on any day or at any time of the day or night. If any person arrested escape or be rescued, the person from whose custody he made his escape or was rescued may immediately pursue and retake him at any time and within any place in the state, and may command assistance as in making arrests in other cases.

(RSMo 1939 § 3961) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3572; 1919 § 3915; 1909 § 5122 CROSS REFERENCE: Process to preserve peace or to arrest offender, may issue on Sunday, 476.250
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 205.982 — MO Code / Chapter 205 / Section 205.982
205.982 Joint cooperation authorized — submission of budget requests — withdrawal ...
Status: in_force

205.982. Joint cooperation authorized — submission of budget requests — withdrawal from cooperative effort. — 1. Governing bodies of counties within a service area may enter into contractual agreements with each other to accomplish any of the following purposes:

(1) The joint provision of necessary funds to establish, operate, and maintain a community mental health center, mental health clinic, or any comprehensive mental health services;

(2) The joint provision of funds to supplement existing funds for the establishment, operation, or maintenance of a community mental health center, mental health clinic, or any comprehensive mental health services;

(3) The joint provision for purchasing any comprehensive mental health services from a community mental health center, mental health clinic, or other public facilities or not-for-profit corporations as designated by the department;

(4) The provision for operation of services and facilities by one participating county under contract with other participating counties.

2. If two or more counties enter into a joint agreement in accordance with subsection 1 of this section, it shall be the obligation of the board of trustees or other governing board of each community mental health center, mental health clinic, public facility, or not-for-profit corporation receiving funds pursuant to the agreement to submit to the governing bodies of the counties, prior to the budget submission date of each governing body, an estimate of the proportionate share of costs of mental health services to be borne by each governing body under the agreement.

3. Any county desiring to withdraw from a joint program may submit to the board of trustees and to any entity receiving funds pursuant to the joint agreement a resolution requesting withdrawal therefrom together with a plan for the equitable adjustment and division of the assets, property, debts, and obligations, if any, of the program. Unless all participating counties by votes of their governing bodies agree to an earlier withdrawal, no county participating in a joint program may withdraw therefrom without the consent of any entity receiving funds pursuant to the joint agreement for services earlier than two years after submission of the withdrawal resolution to the entities receiving funds.

(L. 1969 S.B. 168 § 8, A.L. 1978 S.B. 652, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1383) Effective 1-1-91
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.030 — MO Code / Chapter 446 / Section 446.030
446.030 Surveyor — duties — fees.
Status: in_force

446.030. Surveyor — duties — fees. — He shall cause to be planted, by the person requiring such survey, at each corner desired to be established, a stone or post, and shall mark and describe witness trees, if within a reasonable distance, noting in his field notes the course and distance to them; he shall note also the names of his chainmen, flagmen and other persons present at the planting of any corner stone or post; and he shall record a copy of his field notes in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, and certify the same, and shall deliver a certified copy of such field notes to any person requiring it, for which copy he shall receive at the rate of fifteen cents for every hundred words.

(RSMo 1939 § 1973) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1809; 1919 § 5496; 1909 § 6439
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 321.225 — MO Code / Chapter 321 / Section 321.225
321.225 Emergency ambulance services, may provide — election — tax levy — ...
Status: in_force

321.225. Emergency ambulance services, may provide — election — tax levy — additional tax levy, paramedic first responder program — defeat of levy, old levy to remain in effect — emergency, defined. — 1. A fire protection district may, in addition to its other powers and duties, provide emergency ambulance service within its district if a majority of the voters voting thereon approve a proposition to furnish such service and to levy a tax not to exceed thirty cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation to be used exclusively to supply funds for the operation of an emergency ambulance service. The district shall exercise the same powers and duties in operating an emergency ambulance service as it does in operating its fire protection service.

2. The proposition to furnish emergency ambulance service may be submitted by the board of directors at any municipal general, primary or general election or at any election of the members of the board.

3. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

4. If a majority of the voters casting votes thereon be in favor of emergency ambulance service and the levy, the district shall forthwith commence such service.

5. As used in this section "emergency" means a situation resulting from a sudden or unforeseen situation or occurrence that requires immediate action to save life or prevent suffering or disability.

6. In addition to all other taxes authorized on or before September 1, 1990, the board of directors of any fire protection district may, if a majority of the voters of the district voting thereon approve, levy an additional tax of not more than forty cents per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation to be used for the support of the ambulance service or partial or complete support of a paramedic first responder program. The proposition to levy the tax authorized by this subsection may be submitted by the board of directors at the next annual election of the members of the board or at any regular municipal or school election conducted by the county clerk or board of election commissioners in such district or at a special election called for the purpose, or upon petition of five hundred registered voters of the district. A separate ballot containing the question shall read as follows:

If a majority of the qualified voters casting votes thereon be in favor of the question, the board of directors shall accordingly levy a tax in accordance with the provisions of this subsection, but if a majority of voters casting votes thereon do not vote in favor of the levy authorized by this subsection, any levy previously authorized shall remain in effect.

(L. 1969 H.B. 322, A.L. 1977 H.B. 216, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1984 H.B. 924, A.L. 1988 S.B. 725, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1395 & 1448, A.L. 1992 S.B. 630, A.L. 2023 H.B. 402 merged with S.B. 24 merged with S.B. 186)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.477 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.477
473.477 Executor or administrator not to purchase, exception.
Status: in_force

473.477. Executor or administrator not to purchase, exception. — No executor or administrator shall purchase any property belonging to the estate which is sold either at public or private sale, unless written consent thereto is filed by the distributees.

(RSMo 1939 § 161, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 174) Prior revisions: 1929 § 162; 1919 § 161; 1909 § 170
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 533.080 — MO Code / Chapter 533 / Section 533.080
533.080 Plaintiff — new bond ordered by court, when — failure to comply with order ...
Status: in_force

533.080. Plaintiff — new bond ordered by court, when — failure to comply with order — procedure. — If the court should, at any time before trial, be satisfied that the bond of the plaintiff shall not be good and sufficient, an order shall be made that the plaintiff give a new bond, with good and sufficient sureties, within such time as the court in such order shall direct; and upon his failing to comply with such order, the court shall make a further order that the sheriff or other proper officer retake the property and deliver it to the defendant, and that the plaintiff deliver the same to the officer therefor, and that the cause be dismissed at the costs of the plaintiff and his sureties in the bond.

(RSMo 1939 § 1795) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1631; 1919 § 2079; 1909 § 2644
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 353.130 — MO Code / Chapter 353 / Section 353.130
353.130 Redevelopment corporation may acquire property.
Status: in_force

353.130. Redevelopment corporation may acquire property. — 1. An urban redevelopment corporation may acquire real property or secure options in its own name or, in the name of nominees, it may acquire real property by gift, grant, lease, purchase, or otherwise.

2. An urban redevelopment corporation operating pursuant to a redevelopment agreement with a municipality for a particular redevelopment area, which agreement was executed prior to or on December 31, 2006, shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property in such redevelopment area in fee simple or other estate which is necessary to accomplish the purpose of this chapter, under such conditions and only when so empowered by the legislative authority of the cities affected by this chapter.

3. An urban redevelopment corporation operating pursuant to a redevelopment agreement with a municipality for a particular redevelopment area, which agreement was executed prior to or on December 31, 2006, may exercise the power of eminent domain in such redevelopment area in the manner provided for corporations in chapter 523 ; or it may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by any other applicable statutory provision for the exercise of the power of eminent domain. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired in like manner, provided that no real property belonging to any city, county, or the state, or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired without its consent.

(L. 1943 p. 751 § 19, A.L. 1945 p. 1242 § 12, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1944)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 172.030 — MO Code / Chapter 172 / Section 172.030
172.030 Curators, number of — how appointed.
Status: in_force

172.030. Curators, number of — how appointed. — The board of curators of the University of the state of Missouri shall hereafter consist of nine members, who shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate; provided, that at least one but no more than two shall be appointed upon said board from each congressional district, and no person shall be appointed a curator who shall not be a citizen of the United States, and who shall not have been a resident of the state of Missouri two years next prior to his appointment. Not more than five curators shall belong to any one political party. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, nothing in this section relating to a change in the composition and configuration of congressional districts in this state shall prohibit a member who is serving a term on August 28, 2011, from completing his or her term.

(RSMo 1939 § 10784, A.L. 2011 H.B. 174) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9627; 1919 § 11524; 1909 § 11098
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.524 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.524
227.524 Ray-Carroll County Veterans Memorial Highway designated for portion of ...
Status: in_force

227.524. Ray-Carroll County Veterans Memorial Highway designated for portion of Highway 10. — The portion of Highway 10 from the western border of the city limits of Norborne in Carroll County to the eastern border of the city limits of Hardin in Ray County shall be designated the "Ray-Carroll County Veterans Memorial Highway". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway with costs to be paid by private donations.

(L. 2015 H.B. 522, et al. merged with S.B. 156 merged with S.B. 318)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 640.400 — MO Code / Chapter 640 / Section 640.400
640.400 Citation of law.
Status: in_force

640.400. Citation of law. — 1. Sections 640.400 to 640.435 shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Water Resource Law", in recognition of the significance of the conservation, development and appropriate use of water resources in Missouri.

2. The department shall ensure that the quality and quantity of the water resources of the state are maintained at the highest level practicable to support present and future beneficial uses. The department shall inventory, monitor and protect the available water resources in order to maintain water quality, protect the public health, safety and general and economic welfare.

(L. 1989 S.B. 112, et al. § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 387.310 — MO Code / Chapter 387 / Section 387.310
387.310 Uniform system of accounts — access to accounts — penalty for divulging ...
Status: in_force

387.310. Uniform system of accounts — access to accounts — penalty for divulging information. — 1. The division of motor carrier and railroad safety may, whenever it deems advisable, establish a system of accounts to be used by motor carriers which are subject to its supervision, or may classify the said corporations and other carriers and prescribe a system of accounts for each class, and may prescribe the manner in which such accounts shall be kept. It may also, in its discretion, prescribe the forms of accounts, records and memoranda to be kept by such corporations, including the accounts, records and memoranda of the movement of traffic, as well as the receipts and expenditures of moneys. Notice of alterations by the division in the required method or form of keeping a system of accounts shall be given to such persons or corporations by the division at least six months before the same are to take effect.

2. The division shall at all times have access to all accounts, records and memoranda kept by motor carriers, and may designate any of its officers or employees, who shall thereupon have authority under the order of the division to inspect and examine any and all accounts, records and memoranda kept by such corporations.

3. The division may, after hearing, prescribe by order the accounts in which particular outlays and receipts shall be entered, charged or credited. Whenever the division has prescribed the form of accounts, records and memoranda to be kept by such corporations it shall be unlawful for them to keep any other accounts, records or memoranda than those so prescribed, or those prescribed by or under the authority of the United States.

4. Any employee or agent of the division who divulges any fact or information which may come to the employee's or agent's knowledge during the course of any such inspection or examination except insofar as the employee or agent may be directed by the division or by a court, or authorized by law, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(RSMo 1939 § 5629, A.L. 1996 S.B. 780) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5173; 1919 § 10461
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.1626 — MO Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.1626
454.1626 Contest by obligor.
Status: in_force

454.1626. Contest by obligor. — (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in Article 6, sections 454.1632 to 454.1677 , or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state.

(b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:

(1) a support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;

(2) each employer that has directly received an income withholding order relating to the obligor; and

(3) the person designated to receive payments in the income withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee.

(L. 2011 H.B. 260) Effective 6-15-16, see § 454.1728
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.410 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.410
376.410 Insurance companies to maintain reserves — exemptions.
Status: in_force

376.410. Insurance companies to maintain reserves — exemptions. — Except as provided in subdivision (6) of this section, all companies organized under the laws of this state, and engaged in writing policies of accident or health insurance, or combination policies of accident and health insurance, and all other companies transacting such kinds of business in this state, shall maintain reserves thereon in accordance with the following requirements:

(1) On all such policies actually written there shall be maintained an unearned gross premium reserve which reserve may be computed on a pro rata basis or such reserve may be computed at not less than fifty percent of the gross premiums in force;

(2) On all such policies written on a noncancellable plan and under the terms of which the company is obligated to renew or continue for a stated period, or to a stated age or for life, there shall be maintained active life reserves and reserves for losses in amounts not less than such minimum standards which the director of the department of commerce and insurance shall determine and prescribe after giving proper consideration to the terms and conditions of the policies involved;

(3) On all such policies other than those written on a noncancellable plan there shall be maintained reserves for losses in amounts not less than the minimum standards which the director of the department of commerce and insurance shall determine and prescribe after giving proper consideration to the terms and conditions of the policies involved;

(4) In the calculation of reserves required to be maintained under this section, proper credit shall be allowed for reinsurance in other companies licensed to do business in this state;

(5) In addition to the minimum reserves mentioned above the director of the department of commerce and insurance may also require such companies to maintain reserves for extraordinary losses in amounts not less than such minimum standards which the director of the department of commerce and insurance shall determine and prescribe after giving proper consideration to the terms and conditions of the policies involved;

(6) This section shall not be applicable to total and permanent disability benefits, or to accidental death benefits, contained in or supplementary to life insurance policies or other contracts and for which benefits the standard of valuation is prescribed by section 376.380 .

(L. 1945 p. 1000 § 6077a)