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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 194.406 — MO Code / Chapter 194 / Section 194.406
194.406 Unmarked human burials, knowledge or discovery — notice to local law ...
Status: in_force

194.406. Unmarked human burials, knowledge or discovery — notice to local law enforcement officer or state historic preservation officer — jurisdiction, how determined. — 1. Any person knowing or with reason to know that an unmarked human burial or human skeletal remains are being disturbed, destroyed, defaced, mutilated, removed, or excavated, or exposed shall immediately notify either the state historic preservation officer or the local law enforcement officer with jurisdiction for the area in which the burial or remains are encountered.

2. When an unmarked human burial or human skeletal remains are encountered as a result of construction or agricultural earth disturbing activities or by a professional archaeologist in the course of an investigation all such activities shall cease immediately within a radius of fifty feet of the point of discovery. Such activity shall not resume without specific authorization from either the state historic preservation officer or the local law enforcement officer, whichever party has jurisdiction over and responsibility for such remains. Said parties shall act promptly and make a decision within a reasonable time. Jurisdiction will be determined as follows:

(1) If upon investigation, the local law enforcement officer determines that the human skeletal remains may be involved in a legal investigation, that officer will immediately assume all jurisdiction over and responsibility for such remains;

(2) If upon investigation, the local enforcement officer determines that the remains are not involved in a legal investigation, the state historic preservation officer or his duly designated representative shall assume responsibility for such remains.

(L. 1987 S.B. 24 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 150.020 — MO Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.020
150.020 Term merchant construed.
Status: in_force

150.020. Term merchant construed. — The term "merchant" , as used in sections 150.010 to 150.290 , shall be construed to include all merchants, commission merchants, grocers, manufacturers and dealers in drugs and medicines, except physicians for medicines used in their practice, whether trading as wholesale or retail dealers.

(RSMo 1939 § 11327, A.L. 1945 p. 1838) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10099; 1919 § 13090; 1909 § 11642
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 41.1016 — MO Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.1016
41.1016 Definitions.
Status: in_force

41.1016. Definitions. — As used in sections 41.1015 to 41.1018 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Critical infrastructure facility" , the same meaning as such term is defined in section 569.086 ;

(2) "Cyber-attack prevention" , proactive measures and strategies implemented to identify, reduce, and eliminate vulnerabilities in information systems, including, but not limited to, risk assessments, employee training, system updates, firewalls, encryption, and access controls, with the goal of preventing unauthorized access or malicious activities;

(3) "Cyber-attack response" , actions taken during and immediately following a cybersecurity incident or cyber attack to contain, mitigate, and remediate the effects of the incident, including, but not limited to, incident reporting, forensic analysis, system isolation, and communication with affected parties;

(4) "Cyber-attack support" , assistance provided to parties or entities affected by a cybersecurity incident, including, but not limited to, technical aid, recovery of data and systems, mitigation efforts, and guidance on improving future cybersecurity measures;

(5) "Cybersecurity" , the practice of protecting networks, systems, devices, data, and information from unauthorized access, disruption, destruction, or theft, through the implementation of policies, procedures, technologies, and practices designed to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, reliability, and availability of the networks, systems, devices, data, and information;

(6) "Governing body" , the same meaning as such term is defined in section 67.750 ;

(7) "Law enforcement agency" , the same meaning as such term is defined in section 590.1040 ;

(8) "Political subdivision" , the same meaning as such term is defined in section 67.750 ;

(9) "Public college and university" , the same meaning as the term public colleges and universities is defined in section 173.355 ;

(10) "Utility company" , the same meaning as such term is defined in section 393.550 .

(L. 2026 H.B. 2593)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 407.900 — MO Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.900
407.900 Definitions.
Status: in_force

407.900. Definitions. — As used in sections 407.900 to 407.910 :

(1) The term "art dealer" means a person engaged in the business of selling fine arts. The term "art dealer" does not include any person engaged exclusively in the business of selling goods at public auction;

(2) The term "artist" means a person who creates fine art or, if such person is deceased, such person's heir, legatee, or personal representative;

(3) The term "consignment" means a transfer of the physical possession of fine art by the artist creating the fine art as consignor in which no title to, estate in, or right to possession of the fine art superior to that of the artist who is the consignor shall vest in the consignee, notwithstanding the consignee's power or authority to transfer and convey the title, and all of the rights and interests of the artist who is the consignor in and to such fine art to a third person;

(4) The term "creditors" includes, but is not limited to, those persons included in the definition of "creditor" in section 400.1-201 ;

(5) The term "fine arts" includes:

(a) Visual art such as paintings, sculptures, drawings, mosaics, or photographs;

(b) Calligraphy;

(c) Graphic art such as etchings, lithographs, offset prints, silk screens, and other works of a similar nature;

(d) Crafts, including any item made by an artist or craftsman through the use of clay, textiles, fibers, wood, metal, plastic, glass, ceramics, or similar materials;

(e) Works in mixed media such as collages or any combination of the art forms or media listed in paragraph (a), (b), (c), or (d) of this subdivision.

(L. 1984 S.B. 688 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 431.066 — MO Code / Chapter 431 / Section 431.066
431.066 Insurance benefits payable directly to minor, when — validity of receipt — ...
Status: in_force

431.066. Insurance benefits payable directly to minor, when — validity of receipt — disaffirmance prohibited. — 1. When any minor eighteen years or older, being married, and the beneficiary of a policy of insurance on the life of his spouse becomes entitled to any benefits under the policy of insurance due to the death of his spouse, the insuror may pay the proceeds of the policy, not to exceed ten thousand dollars, to the minor beneficiary without the necessity of conservatorship or any other proceedings in any court.

2. The signed acknowledgment of the minor beneficiary shall constitute a legal receipt.

3. The acknowledgment of the minor beneficiary shall not be subject to disaffirmance upon the minor attaining twenty-one years of age.

(L. 1973 S.B. 24 § 1, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 243.260 — MO Code / Chapter 243 / Section 243.260
243.260 Districts may contract with other districts for outlets — costs determined, how.
Status: in_force

243.260. Districts may contract with other districts for outlets — costs determined, how. — Drainage districts organized or incorporated under this chapter may contract with each other, and with districts organized and incorporated under any other law of this state or under the laws of other states, for such outlet or outlets as the one may need and the other can furnish on such terms as may be deemed to be just and fair. The cost of obtaining such outlet or outlets to be paid as other expenses of the district for making improvements. If the districts cannot agree upon the compensation to be paid for the outlet, the district supplying the outlet, by action in the circuit court of the county wherein the district for which the outlet is supplied is organized, may recover from such district fair and just compensation for supplying the outlet. Any compensation received by the district shall be applied to improving its ditches or levees or reducing taxation or indebtedness.

(RSMo 1939 § 12431, A.L. 1959 S.B. 182) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10841; 1919 § 4509; 1909 § 5628 CROSS REFERENCE: Political subdivisions may contract for common sewers and facilities, 70.210 to 70.320
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 71.900 — MO Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71.900
71.900 Form of ballot.
Status: in_force

71.900. Form of ballot. — The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall ______ (name of city, town, or village) annex unincorporated territory adjacent to it?

(L. 1963 p. 126 § 5, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 536.018 — MO Code / Chapter 536 / Section 536.018
536.018 "Agency" and "state agency" not to include institutions of higher education ...
Status: in_force

536.018. "Agency" and "state agency" not to include institutions of higher education if sufficient safeguards for contested cases provided by institutions. — The term "agency" and the term "state agency" as defined by section 536.010 shall not include an institution of higher education, supported in whole or in part from state funds, if such institution has established written procedures to assure that constitutionally required due process safeguards exist and apply to a proceeding that would otherwise constitute a "contested case" as defined in section 536.010 .

(L. 1994 H.B. 1099 merged with S.B. 558 § 1) Effective 6-03-94 (S.B. 558); 8-28-94 (H.B. 1099)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 515.070 — MO Code / Chapter 515 / Section 515.070
515.070 Appointment in case of death or removal of referee.
Status: in_force

515.070. Appointment in case of death or removal of referee. — In case of the death or removal from the state of a referee, another shall, if necessary and proper, be appointed to fill the vacancy.

(RSMo 1939 § 1146) Prior revisions: 1929 § 980; 1919 § 1430; 1909 § 2000
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.210 — MO Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.210
229.210 Driving on recently constructed bridge or culvert prohibited — notice of ...
Status: in_force

229.210. Driving on recently constructed bridge or culvert prohibited — notice of closing. — It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle, an animal or animals or a load of any kind upon a highway bridge or culvert recently constructed or repaired wholly or partly of concrete or upon the surface of any improved highway of macadam, concrete, brick or bituminous material; and which has not been opened to traffic after the construction or repair, by order of the county highway engineer of the county in which such bridge or culvert or improved highway is situated, or by order of any other person having charge of the construction or repair of said bridge or culvert or improved highway; provided, due notice to the public has been given that the bridge or culvert or improved highway is closed to traffic, by placing barriers across the entrances to the bridge or culvert or improved highway and by written or printed handbills placed at either entrance to the bridge or culvert or improved highway stating that the bridge or culvert or improved highway is closed to traffic and mentioning the date on which same will be opened to traffic signed by the county highway engineer or by the person in charge of the construction or repair of the bridge or culvert or improved highway.

(RSMo 1939 § 8589) Prior revision: 1929 § 7940
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.710 — MO Code / Chapter 210 / Section 210.710
210.710 Child committed to care of authorized agency — written report of status ...
Status: in_force

210.710. Child committed to care of authorized agency — written report of status required for court review, when — dispositional hearing, when, purpose — child not returned home, when. — 1. In the case of a child who has been committed to the care of an authorized agency by a parent, guardian or relative and where such child has remained in the care of one or more authorized agencies for a continuous period of six months, the agency shall petition the juvenile court in the county where the child is present to review the status of the child. A written report on the status of the child shall be presented to the court. The court shall then review the status of the child and may hold a dispositional hearing thereon. The purpose of the dispositional hearing shall be to determine whether or not the child should be continued in foster care or whether the child should be returned to a parent, guardian or relative, or whether or not proceedings should be instituted to terminate parental right and legally free such child for adoption.

2. If the child is in the care of an authorized agency based on an allegation that the child has abused another child and the court determines that such abuse occurred, the court shall not return the child to or permit the child to reside in any residence located within one thousand feet of the residence of the abused child, or any child care facility or school that the abused child attends, until the abused child reaches eighteen years of age. The prohibitions of this subsection shall not apply where the alleged abuse occurred between siblings.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al., A.L. 2005 S.B. 155)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 103.145 — MO Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.145
103.145 Enrollment period of thirty days for employees, retirees and dependents of ...
Status: in_force

103.145. Enrollment period of thirty days for employees, retirees and dependents of participating member agency. — There shall be a thirty-day enrollment period, at a time designated by the board, during which retirees and surviving dependents of retirees or employees of a participating member agency who are not then covered by any health care plan offered by the participating member agency shall be able to enroll in the plan upon provision, at their * own expense, of evidence of good health satisfactory to the board. A preexisting condition will not be covered until a person has been a plan participant for a period of twelve consecutive months.

(L. 1992 H.B. 1574 § 4 subsec. 6) *Word "his" appears in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 8.316 — MO Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.316
8.316 Division to promulgate method to calculate replacement cost of buildings ...
Status: in_force

8.316. Division to promulgate method to calculate replacement cost of buildings owned by public institutions of higher education. — The division of facilities management, design and construction shall promulgate a method to accurately calculate the replacement cost of all buildings owned by public institutions of higher education. The method shall be developed in cooperation with such institutions and shall include the necessary components and factors to accurately calculate a replacement cost. The division shall utilize a procedure to allow differences to be resolved and may include an alternative calculation where the original cost plus an inflation factor is utilized to determine a replacement cost value.

(L. 1995 H.B. 622, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 281.090 — MO Code / Chapter 281 / Section 281.090
281.090 Stop orders, when — effect of.
Status: in_force

281.090. Stop orders, when — effect of. — When the director or his authorized agent has probable cause to believe a pesticide is being distributed or used in violation of any of the provisions of sections 281.010 to 281.115 , or of any of the prescribed regulations under sections 281.010 to 281.115 , he may issue and serve a written "stop sale, use or removal order" upon the owner or custodian of that pesticide. The pesticide shall not be sold, distributed, used or removed until the provisions of sections 281.010 to 281.115 have been complied with and the pesticide has been released in writing by the director or the violation has been otherwise disposed of as provided in sections 281.010 to 281.115 by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(L. 1974 S.B. 431 § 17, A.L. 1977 H.B. 665)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 701.057 — MO Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.057
701.057 Violations, penalties and fines.
Status: in_force

701.057. Violations, penalties and fines. — 1. Any violation of section 701.052 , 701.053 , 701.054 or 701.055 is a class A misdemeanor.

2. Any violation of section 701.046 , 701.047 , 701.048 or 701.050 is a class C misdemeanor.

3. Any violation of section 701.029 or 701.031 is an infraction, except that a persistent violation after notification by the state or county is a class C misdemeanor.

(L. 1994 S.B. 446 § 701.055 subsecs. 1, 2, 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.833 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.833
473.833 Revocation of independent administration, when — petition — hearing — ...
Status: in_force

473.833. Revocation of independent administration, when — petition — hearing — orders of court. — 1. An independent personal representative, or any interested person, may, at any time, file a petition to revoke the provisions of letters testamentary or of administration authorizing independent administration. The petitioner shall serve a copy of such petition on each interested person at the time the petition is filed with the court.

2. Upon the filing of such petition, the court shall determine the extent of petitioner's interest in the estate and, if it shall find that such interest is more than nominal, the court shall order a hearing on the petition, directing notice thereof to be given to all interested persons, and may specify the time within which such interested persons shall file answers to such petition. If, upon motion of any interested person, the court finds that the petitioner's interest is nominal, the court may dismiss the petition.

3. The court may enter such interlocutory orders as it deems necessary to protect the assets of the estate pending a full hearing, or to determine whether or not the independent personal representative has properly administered the estate.

4. After hearing on the petition, the court may enter an order directing supervised administration, or the court may deny the petition conditioned upon the performance of some act by the independent personal representative, or the court may grant such other relief as the court deems appropriate under the circumstances. If the court finds that the actions of the independent personal representative have resulted in loss to the estate, the court may, in addition to ordering supervised administration, remove the personal representative and enter a judgment against him and his sureties, if any, in accordance with the provisions of section 473.207 .

5. After an order revoking authorization for independent administration has been entered, the administration of the estate shall proceed under the provisions of this chapter other than sections 473.780 to 473.843 .

(L. 1980 S.B. 637) Effective 1-01-81
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.934 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.934
375.934 Unfair trade practices — conditions.
Status: in_force

375.934. Unfair trade practices — conditions. — It is an unfair trade practice for any insurer to commit any practice defined in section 375.936 if:

(1) It is committed in conscious disregard of sections 375.930 to 375.948 or of any rules promulgated under sections 375.930 to 375.948 ; or

(2) It has been committed with such frequency to indicate a general business practice to engage in that type of conduct.

(L. 1959 H.B. 251 § 3, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1447, A.L. 1991 S.B. 53)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 287.962 — MO Code / Chapter 287 / Section 287.962
287.962 Hearings, when, conduct of — findings made, when — right to judicial ...
Status: in_force

287.962. Hearings, when, conduct of — findings made, when — right to judicial determination. — 1. Any hearing under this section shall be held at a place designated by the director and upon not less than thirty days' written notice to the insurer or the advisory organization. A full stenographic record shall be prepared for any hearing held pursuant to this section. The hearing may be conducted by a hearing officer designated by the director. All orders and determinations shall be based on findings of fact and conclusions of law.

2. The director shall make written findings and conclusions and shall set them forth in an order issued within twenty days of the close of the record. A hearing under this section shall not be adjourned or recessed except upon application of an insurer or the advisory organization. An application to adjourn or recess shall be for extraordinary circumstances and not for the purpose of delay. The grounds for any adjournment or recess of a hearing conducted pursuant to this section shall be specifically stated in the record.

3. Any insurer or the advisory organization may obtain a judicial declaration as to the validity of any order by bringing an action for declaratory relief. The right to judicial determination shall not be affected by the failure to seek reconsideration of the order. The order may be declared invalid for failure to comply with the provisions of sections 287.930 to 287.975 . The review of any such order shall be on the basis of the record of the proceedings before the director and shall be affirmed if supported by competent and substantial evidence upon the whole record.

(L. 1993 S.B. 251 § 30) Effective 1-01-94
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 334.686 — MO Code / Chapter 334 / Section 334.686
334.686 Titles authorized.
Status: in_force

334.686. Titles authorized. — Any person who holds himself or herself out to be a physical therapist assistant or a licensed physical therapist assistant within this state or any person who advertises as a physical therapist assistant and who, in fact, does not hold a valid physical therapist assistant license is guilty of a class B misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. Any person who, in any manner, represents himself or herself as a physical therapist assistant, or who uses in connection with such person's name the words or letters, "physical therapist assistant", the letters "P.T.A.", "L.P.T.A.", "C.P.T.A.", or any other letters, words, abbreviations or insignia, indicating or implying that the person is a physical therapist assistant without a valid existing license as a physical therapist assistant issued to such person under the provisions of sections 334.500 to 334.620 , is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to physicians and surgeons licensed under this chapter or to a person in an entry level of a professional education program approved by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) who is satisfying supervised clinical education requirements related to the person's physical therapist or physical therapist assistant education while under on-site supervision of a physical therapist; or to a physical therapist who is practicing in the United States Armed Forces, United States Public Health Service, or Veterans Administration under federal regulations for state licensure for health care providers.

(L. 2008 S.B. 788, A.L. 2018 S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 544.260 — MO Code / Chapter 544 / Section 544.260
544.260 Arrest of person, where tried.
Status: in_force

544.260. Arrest of person, where tried. — Persons arrested under any warrant for any offense shall, when no provision is otherwise made, be brought before the associate circuit judge who issued the warrant, or if he be absent or his office be vacant, or if he be not authorized to act within the county in which the offense was committed, then before the nearest associate circuit judge in such county; and the warrant by virtue of which the arrest was made, with a proper return endorsed thereon and signed by the officer or person making the arrest, shall be delivered to such associate circuit judge.

(RSMo 1939 § 3862) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3472; 1919 § 3817; 1909 § 5025