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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 85.541 — MO Code / Chapter 85 / Section 85.541
85.541 Merit system police department, adoption — requirements of ordinance.
Status: in_force

85.541. Merit system police department, adoption — requirements of ordinance. — 1. Any city of the third class may by ordinance adopt a merit system police department. Such police department shall have a chief of police, and may have a deputy chief of police, and such number of regular policemen of such rank or grade as may be prescribed by ordinance.

2. Any ordinance adopting the merit system police department within the meaning of sections 85.541 to 85.571 shall include the following provisions for the appointment, promotion, suspension, demotion or discharge of members of the police department:

(1) A personnel board shall be created which shall be composed of not less than three, but not more than six members;

(2) The personnel board shall be required to give examinations to candidates for appointment or promotion and to certify lists of eligibles to the mayor or other appointing authority;

(3) The mayor or other appointing authority shall be required to appoint or promote from a list of eligibles so certified;

(4) All persons so appointed or promoted shall be entitled to hold office during good behavior and efficient service;

(5) Any person suspended, demoted or discharged for misbehavior or inefficiency shall, upon his application, be granted a public hearing before the personnel board.

(L. 1955 p. 290 § 1, A.L. 1997 H.B. 125)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.1078 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.1078
351.1078 Personal liability of directors, limitations.
Status: in_force

351.1078. Personal liability of directors, limitations. — 1. A director's personal liability to the cooperative or members for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director may be eliminated or limited in the articles or bylaws except as provided in subsection 2 of this section.

2. The articles or bylaws shall not eliminate or limit the liability of a director:

(1) For a breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the cooperative or its members;

(2) For acts or omissions that are not in good faith and involve intentional misconduct by the director;

(3) For illegal distributions;

(4) For a transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit; or

(5) For an act or omission occurring before the date when the provision in the articles or bylaws eliminating or limiting liability becomes effective.

(L. 2011 S.B. 366)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.1042 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.1042
351.1042 Governance by board required — board action, requirements — third-party ...
Status: in_force

351.1042. Governance by board required — board action, requirements — third-party agreements permitted, when. — 1. A cooperative shall be governed by its board, which shall take all action for and on behalf of the cooperative, except those actions reserved or granted to a manager of the cooperative as set forth under sections 351.1000 to 351.1228 or reserved for or granted to the members under said sections, the articles, or bylaws.

2. Board action shall be by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors voting at a duly called meeting where a quorum of directors is present, unless otherwise allowed under sections 351.1000 to 351.1228 or unless a greater majority is required by the articles or bylaws. A director individually or collectively with other directors shall not have authority to act for or on behalf of the cooperative unless authorized by the board.

3. Except as otherwise set forth in the articles or the bylaws, a director may advocate the interests of members or member groups to the board, but the fiduciary duty of each director is to represent the best interests of the cooperative and all members collectively.

4. Except as otherwise set forth in the articles or the bylaws, the board shall have the power to enter into, on behalf of the cooperative, an agreement with a third party whereby such third party may supply management services to the cooperative at the board's instruction, and upon the terms and conditions deemed satisfactory to the board.

(L. 2011 S.B. 366)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.387 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.387
227.387 Deputy Charles M. Cook Memorial Highway designated for a portion of Highway ...
Status: in_force

227.387. Deputy Charles M. Cook Memorial Highway designated for a portion of Highway 169. — The portion of U.S. Highway 169 from its intersection with Missouri Route 6, north to its intersection with Gene Field Road, shall be designated the "Deputy Charles M. Cook Memorial Highway". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs commemorating this portion of U.S. Highway 169, with the cost of such signs to be paid by the St. Joseph Fraternal Order of Police.

(L. 2008 S.B. 753, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 567.060 — MO Code / Chapter 567 / Section 567.060
567.060 Promoting prostitution in the second degree — penalty.
Status: in_force

567.060. Promoting prostitution in the second degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution in the second degree if he or she knowingly:

(1) Promotes prostitution by managing, supervising, controlling or owning, either alone or in association with others, a house of prostitution or a prostitution business or enterprise involving prostitution activity by two or more prostitutes; or

(2) Promotes prostitution of a person sixteen or seventeen years of age.

2. The offense of promoting prostitution in the second degree is a class D felony.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2018 S.B. 793) (1984) Defendant cannot be charged with promoting her own prostitution where defendant was acting as a prostitute herself and the definition of promoting prostitution excludes one who is also acting as a prostitute. State v. Fredrickson (Mo.App.), 689 S.W.2d 58.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 347.720 — MO Code / Chapter 347 / Section 347.720
347.720 Agreement of merger or consolidation — authorization and approval — ...
Status: in_force

347.720. Agreement of merger or consolidation — authorization and approval — certification — abandonment, procedure. — 1. The agreement of merger or consolidation required by section 347.715 shall be authorized and approved in the following manner:

(1) A constituent entity that is a domestic general partnership shall have the agreement of merger or consolidation authorized and approved by all of the partners, unless otherwise provided in the articles or agreement of partnership;

(2) A constituent entity that is a domestic limited partnership shall have the agreement of merger or consolidation approved by all general partners and by all of the limited partners unless otherwise provided in the articles or agreement of limited partnership;

(3) A constituent entity that is a domestic corporation shall have the agreement of merger or consolidation approved in the manner applicable to a merger of two or more domestic corporations as provided in chapter 351 or 355 , as is applicable;

(4) A constituent entity that is a domestic limited liability company shall have the agreement of merger or consolidation approved in the manner provided in section 347.079 ; and

(5) Each constituent entity formed under the laws of a jurisdiction other than this state shall have the agreement of merger or consolidation approved in accordance with the laws of such other jurisdiction.

2. The fact that the agreement of merger or consolidation has been authorized and approved in accordance with this section shall be certified on the agreement of merger or consolidation on behalf of each constituent entity:

(1) In the case of any domestic general or limited partnership, by any general partner;

(2) In the case of any domestic corporation, by its president or a vice president, and by its secretary or an assistant secretary;

(3) In the case of any domestic limited liability company, by any authorized person as defined in section 347.015 ; and

(4) In the case of any constituent entity formed under the laws of any jurisdiction other than this state, in accordance with the laws of such other jurisdiction.

3. After the agreement of merger or consolidation is authorized and approved, unless the agreement of merger or consolidation provides otherwise, and at any time before the agreement of merger or consolidation or certificate of merger or consolidation is effective as provided for in section 347.725 , the agreement of merger or consolidation may be abandoned, subject to any contractual rights, in accordance with the procedure set forth in the agreement of merger or consolidation or, if none is set forth, with the approval of those persons or individuals entitled to approve the merger or consolidation as provided in subsection 1 of this section.

(L. 1993 S.B. 66 & 20 § 359.905, A.L. 2003 S.B. 394)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 217.170 — MO Code / Chapter 217 / Section 217.170
217.170 Chief administrative officers, duties.
Status: in_force

217.170. Chief administrative officers, duties. — The chief administrative officers of the correctional centers, subject to the directives of the department director and the division director, shall have charge, control and management of their correctional centers.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 34, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 319.022 — MO Code / Chapter 319 / Section 319.022
319.022 Notification centers, participation requirements and eligibility — names of ...
Status: in_force

319.022. Notification centers, participation requirements and eligibility — names of participants made available, when — annual audit. — 1. Any person, except a railroad regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration, who installs or otherwise owns or operates an underground facility shall become a participant in a notification center upon first acquiring or owning or operating such underground facility. All underground facility owners within the state shall maintain participation in a notification center for the duration of owning and operating such underground facility.

2. Such notification center shall be governed by a board of directors elected by the membership and composed of representatives from the general membership group, plus four voting directors, elected by the board of directors, from other damage prevention stakeholders within the construction industry, three of whom shall be from a heavy civil, site grading, road or highway contractor and one of whom shall be from a utility or underground contractor; provided, however, that none of the directors, elected by the board of directors, shall work for a contractor that owns or operates an underground facility. All directors shall be subject to the bylaws and policies of the notification center.

3. The notification center shall maintain in its offices and make available to any notification center participant or excavator upon request a current list of the names and addresses of each notification center participant, including the county or counties wherein each participant has underground facilities. The notification center may charge a reasonable fee to notification center participants or excavators requesting such list as is necessary to recover the actual costs of printing and mailing.

4. Excavators shall be informed of the availability of the list of notification center participants.

5. An annual audit or review of the notification center shall be performed by a certified public accountant and a report of the findings submitted to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president pro tem of the senate.

(L. 1991 S.B. 214 & 264, A.L. 2001 H.B. 425, A.L. 2007 S.B. 613 Revision, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1779, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1867, A.L. 2025 S.B. 133)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 527.050 — MO Code / Chapter 527 / Section 527.050
527.050 Enumeration not exclusive.
Status: in_force

527.050. Enumeration not exclusive. — The enumeration in sections 527.020 to 527.040 , does not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers conferred in section 527.010 , in any proceeding where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.

(RSMo 1939 § 1130)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 84.070 — MO Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.070
84.070 Board of police — quorum — vacancy.
Status: in_force

84.070. Board of police — quorum — vacancy. — A majority of the boards of police shall constitute a quorum; and the failure or refusal of the mayor or acting mayor of said cities to qualify or act hereunder shall in no wise impair the right or duty of said commissioners to organize and proceed as herein provided in sections 84.010 to 84.340 . In case a vacancy shall occur on said board, the same shall be filled by the governor of the state of Missouri forthwith, after having been notified that such vacancy exists.

(RSMo 1939 § 7689) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7541; 1919 § 8951; 1909 § 9803
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 334.700 — MO Code / Chapter 334 / Section 334.700
334.700 Short title.
Status: in_force

334.700. Short title. — Sections 334.700 to 334.725 shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Athletic Trainers Act".

(L. 1983 H.B. 162 & 274 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.265 — MO Code / Chapter 476 / Section 476.265
476.265 Judicial department, budget, procedure for formulation.
Status: in_force

476.265. Judicial department, budget, procedure for formulation. — 1. The budget for the funding of the judicial department by the state for each fiscal year shall be formulated in the same manner as provided in subdivision (4) of subsection 6 of section 1 of the Omnibus State Reorganization Act of 1974, as amended, and in section 33.220 , except as otherwise provided in this section.

2. For purposes of budget procedures, the supreme court shall be considered as the head of the department. The chief judge of each district of the court of appeals with the approval of a majority of the judges of each district and the presiding judge of each circuit with the approval of a majority of the circuit and associate circuit judges of the circuit shall present their estimates for the districts and circuits, respectively, in the same manner as a division of a department of the executive branch of government.

3. The budget estimates prepared within the judicial department shall be provided to the budget director on or before October first in each year preceding the annual session of the general assembly.

4. Budgets shall be submitted by circuit and by district of the court of appeals; provided, however, that budgeting on a district-by-district and circuit-by-circuit basis shall not preclude additional contingency appropriations which may be made for allocation by the supreme court as needed among the various districts and circuits.

(L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 370.300 — MO Code / Chapter 370 / Section 370.300
370.300 Loans, interest rate — charges — refunds to members.
Status: in_force

370.300. Loans, interest rate — charges — refunds to members. — 1. A credit union may lend to its members at reasonable rates of interest, which shall not exceed the maximum rate in similar classes allowed all other lenders under the laws of this state; however, a minimum interest charge not exceeding one dollar per month shall be allowable in all cases.

2. A credit union may charge a borrower expenses of making a loan including title examinations on real estate as defined in section 442.010 , used as security for a loan, credit investigations, credit life insurance, and filing and recording fees by governmental agencies.

3. The board may at the close of a dividend period allocate a portion of receipts from interest on loans for the purpose of making an interest refund to members. The refund when made shall be made in proportion to the interest paid by members during the dividend period. The board may deny a refund to a member whose loans have been delinquent during the period. The board may limit the refund to interest from specific classes of loans and make the interest refund to members whose loans are included in such classes.

(RSMo 1939 § 5534, A.L. 1941 p. 331, A.L. 1972 S.B. 502, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1099, A.L. 2010 S.B. 630) Prior revision: 1929 § 5092 Effective 3-01-11 CROSS REFERENCE: Uniform interest rates required, Const. Art. III § 44
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 105.170 — MO Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105.170
105.170 Duties of commissioner of administration.
Status: in_force

105.170. Duties of commissioner of administration. — The commissioner of administration or the disbursing officer of the county or municipal corporation, as the case may be, shall use such funds for purchasing United States series "E" savings bonds of the smallest denomination issued by the United States government, whenever any person shall have a sufficient sum of such withheld funds to buy such bond, and immediately deliver the bond to the person entitled thereto, or mail the same to the same address designated in the authorization.

(L. 1943 p. 332 § 2, A. 1949 H.B. 2046)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 644.029 — MO Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.029
644.029 New water quality requirements, grandfathering provision.
Status: in_force

*644.029. New water quality requirements, grandfathering provision. — The department shall allow an appropriate schedule of compliance for a permittee to make upgrades or changes to its facilities that are necessary to meet new water quality requirements. For publicly owned treatment works, schedules of compliance shall be consistent with affordability findings made under section 644.145 . For privately owned treatment works, schedules of compliance shall be negotiated with the facilities recognizing their financial capabilities and shall reflect statewide performance expectations. The department shall incorporate new water quality requirements into existing permits at the time of permit renewal unless there are compelling reasons to implement these requirements earlier through permit modifications. All new permit applicants may be required to meet any new water quality standards or classifications prescribed by the commission.

(L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650) Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650) *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 640.080 — MO Code / Chapter 640 / Section 640.080
640.080 E. coli measuring standard — posting of signs when beaches exceed, language ...
Status: in_force

*640.080. E. coli measuring standard — posting of signs when beaches exceed, language — authority to close beaches. — 1. For Missouri state parks' designated swim beaches, a standard that measures E. coli using the Environmental Protection Agency's Method 1603, or any other equivalent method that measures culturable E. coli, with the geometric mean (GM) of weekly sampling of one hundred ninety colony forming units per one hundred milliliters shall be utilized.

2. If beaches exceed the GM standard established in subsection 1 of this section, the department of natural resources shall post the beach with signs that state "Swimming is Not Recommended".

3. The department reserves the right to close a beach in the event of a documented health risk including things such as but not limited to wastewater bypass, extremely high sampling values, spills of hazardous chemicals, or localized outbreaks of an infectious disease.

(L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650) Effective 7-12-13 (H.B. 28); 9-11-13 (H.B. 650) *H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013. *Revisor's Note: Article III, Sections 29 and 32 of the Missouri Constitution, and Sections 1.130 and 21.250, RSMo, do not specifically address the effective date of a section subject to an emergency clause which is overridden by the general assembly.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 8.700 — MO Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.700
8.700 Definitions.
Status: in_force

8.700. Definitions. — As used in sections 8.700 to 8.745 , unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:

(1) "Blind person" , a person who, after examination by a physician skilled in diseases of the eye or by an optometrist, whichever such person shall select, has been determined to have not more than 20/200 central visual acuity in the better eye with correcting lenses, or an equally disabling loss of the visual field as evidenced by a limitation to the field of vision in the better eye to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no greater than 20`;

(2) "Licensing agent" , the rehabilitation services for the blind of the family support division;

(3) "Vending facility" , a location which may sell, at wholesale or retail, food or food products, beverages, confections, newspapers, books, periodicals, tobacco products and other articles or services dispensed automatically or manually and prepared on or off the premises in accordance with applicable health laws. A "vending facility" may consist, exclusively or in appropriate combination, of automatic vending machines, cafeterias, snack bars, cart service, shelters, counters and such appropriate equipment as the licensing agent may by regulation prescribe as being necessary for the sale of the articles or services described in this subdivision. A vending facility may encompass more than one building.

(L. 1981 S.B. 165 § 1, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 70.720 — MO Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.720
70.720 Casualty reserve fund, created, source of funds, uses.
Status: in_force

70.720. Casualty reserve fund, created, source of funds, uses. — 1. The "Casualty Reserve Fund" is hereby created. It is the fund in which shall be accumulated the contributions made by employers for pensions either to be paid members who retire on account of disability or that result from a member's death that was the natural and proximate result of a personal injury or disease arising out of and in the course of his or her actual performance of duty as an employee, and from which shall be made transfers as provided in sections 70.600 to 70.755 .

2. When paid to the system, the employer contributions provided for in subsection 4 of section 70.730 shall be credited to the casualty reserve fund.

3. When a disability allowance or an allowance that results from a member's death that was the natural and proximate result of a personal injury or disease arising out of and in the course of his or her actual performance of duty as an employee first becomes due and payable, there shall be transferred to the benefit reserve fund from the casualty reserve fund an amount equal to the reserve for the allowance, minus:

(1) The accumulated contributions, standing to the member's credit in the members deposit fund at the time the allowance first becomes due and payable; and

(2) The accrued service pension reserve determined pursuant to subsection 5 of section 70.710 .

(L. 1967 p. 141 § 25, A.L. 1983 H.B. 341, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1098, A.L. 2011 H.B. 282)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 87.127 — MO Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.127
87.127 Qualified government plan, retirement plan intended to be.
Status: in_force

87.127. Qualified government plan, retirement plan intended to be. — A retirement plan under sections 87.120 to 87.370 is intended to be a qualified governmental plan under the provisions of applicable federal law. The benefits and conditions of the plan shall be interpreted and the system shall be operated to ensure that the system meets the federal qualification requirements.

(L. 2011 H.B. 282 merged with H.B. 664)