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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.109 — MO Code / Chapter 393 / Section 393.109
393.109 Cold weather rule, discontinuance of services prohibited, when.
Status: in_force

393.109. Cold weather rule, discontinuance of services prohibited, when. — For purposes of this section, the cold weather rule shall mean the period of time from November first to March thirty-first, in which the discontinuance of gas and electric service to all residential users, including all residential tenants of apartment buildings, for nonpayment of bills where gas or electricity is used as the source of heating or to operate the only heating equipment at the residence, is prohibited in the following situations:

(1) On any day when the National Weather Service local forecast between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. for the following seventy-two hours predicts that the temperature shall fall below thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit;

(2) On any day when utility personnel are not available to reconnect utility service during the immediately succeeding day or days and the National Weather Service local forecast between 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. predicts that the temperature during the period of unavailability shall fall below thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit; and

(3) In any other applicable situations provided for in rules established and amended by the public service commission.

(L. 2025 S.B. 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 380.391 — MO Code / Chapter 380 / Section 380.391
380.391 Misuse of company assets for private gain, penalty.
Status: in_force

380.391. Misuse of company assets for private gain, penalty. — 1. It is unlawful for any officer, director, member, agent or employee of any company operating under the provisions of sections 380.201 to 380.611 to directly or indirectly use or employ, or permit others to use or employ, any of the money, funds or securities of the company for private profit or gain.

2. Any person who willfully engages in any act, practice, omission, or course of business in violation of this section is guilty of a class E felony.

3. The director may refer such evidence as is available concerning violations of this section to the proper prosecuting attorney, who with or without a criminal reference, or the attorney general under section 27.030 , may institute the appropriate criminal proceedings.

4. Nothing in this section shall limit the power of the state to punish any person for any conduct that constitutes a crime in any other state statute.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1498, A.L. 2007 S.B. 66, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.465 — MO Code / Chapter 474 / Section 474.465
474.465 Failure of devise to become part of residue.
Status: in_force

474.465. Failure of devise to become part of residue. — 1. Except as provided in section 474.460 , if a devise, other than a residuary devise, fails for any reason, it becomes a part of the residue.

2. Except as provided in section 474.460 , if the residue is devised to two or more persons and the share of one of the residuary devisees fails for any reason, his share passes to the other residuary devisee, or to other residuary devisees in proportion to their interest in the residue.

(L. 1980 S.B. 637) Effective 1-01-81
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 266.500 — MO Code / Chapter 266 / Section 266.500
266.500 Short title.
Status: in_force

266.500. Short title. — Sections 266.500 to 266.550 may be cited as the "Missouri Agricultural Liming Materials Act".

(L. 1976 H.B. 1630 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 9.339 — MO Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9.339
9.339 Hazel Erby Day designated for September 22.
Status: in_force

9.339. Hazel Erby Day designated for September 22. — September twenty-second each year is hereby designated as "Hazel Erby Day" in Missouri. Citizens of this state are encouraged to participate in appropriate events and activities to recognize Hazel Erby's lifelong dedication to public service and community improvement.

(L. 2021 S.B. 72, A.L. 2022 H.B. 1738)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 49.540 — MO Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.540
49.540 Obligation of county for rent or charges, limits — right to use building.
Status: in_force

49.540. Obligation of county for rent or charges, limits — right to use building. — No county by the issuance and sale of the bonds shall obligate itself to pay any rent or charges for the use and occupancy for a period in excess of one year. Nor shall it obligate itself to exercise its power to levy taxes to produce the required rents for the use of the buildings for a period in excess of one year nor shall the obligation to pay rent in any year when added to all other obligations for necessary governmental functions of the county, cause the county to exceed the anticipated income provided by the county for the year's operation. The sole and only obligation of the county shall be that so long as it elects to use and occupy the building it will make the payments provided for herein. The county shall, however, have an exclusive option to continue to use and occupy the building so long as it shall make the payments herein provided for.

(L. 1961 p. 278 § 5)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 469.467 — MO Code / Chapter 469 / Section 469.467
469.467 Applicability of sections.
Status: in_force

469.467. Applicability of sections. — Sections 469.401 to 469.467 apply to every trust or decedent's estate existing on or after August 28, 2001, except as otherwise expressly provided in the will or terms of the trust or in sections 469.401 to 469.467 .

(L. 2001 H.B. 241, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1765)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 475.140 — MO Code / Chapter 475 / Section 475.140
475.140 Notice of conservatorship of disabled persons.
Status: in_force

475.140. Notice of conservatorship of disabled persons. — 1. The clerk, as soon as letters of conservatorship of the estate of any disabled person are issued, upon the basis of a determination of disability other than minority, shall cause to be published in some newspaper a notice of the appointment of the conservator, in which shall be included a notice to creditors of the protectee to file their claims in the court or be forever barred. The notice shall be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in accordance with section 472.100 . Such notice shall be in substantially the following form:

2. The court, in its discretion, may waive publication of notice or defer it until a definite date or until further order of the court.

3. When a limited conservator has been appointed, the notice shall so specify.

(L. 1955 p. 385 § 309, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1993 S.B. 88)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 185.060 — MO Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.060
185.060 Council designated to receive and disburse federal funds.
Status: in_force

185.060. Council designated to receive and disburse federal funds. — The council is the official agency of this state to receive and disburse any funds made available by the federal government for programs related to the performing and fine arts.

(L. 1965 p. 314 § 6)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 262.450 — MO Code / Chapter 262 / Section 262.450
262.450 State aid for county fairs — certain counties.
Status: in_force

262.450. State aid for county fairs — certain counties. — 1. The director of agriculture, for the purpose of fostering and developing agriculture within the state of Missouri, is hereby authorized to pay to nonprofit county and district fairs and to regularly organized or incorporated nonprofit agricultural societies having as their object the holding of shows, exhibitions or fairs for the advancement of agriculture in Missouri a percentage of certain premiums actually paid by such county, district or agricultural society, shows or fairs as provided by law.

2. District fairs are hereby defined as fairs covering more than one county yet not large enough to be considered statewide in purpose and territory.

3. The total of such state aid to be paid by the director of the department of agriculture shall not exceed the appropriation made to the department of agriculture by the general assembly for such use and purpose.

(RSMo 1939 § 14177, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 21) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12500; 1919 § 12069
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 205.988 — MO Code / Chapter 205 / Section 205.988
205.988 Additional duties of department.
Status: in_force

205.988. Additional duties of department. — In addition to duties and powers elsewhere provided in sections 205.975 to 205.990 , the department shall do the following:

(1) Develop and establish arrangements and procedures for the effective coordination and integration of department services and community mental health services;

(2) Provide consultative services to counties seeking to establish or support community mental health services, and provide other consultative services to the counties, community mental health centers, mental health clinics, or any comprehensive mental health service as the department may deem feasible and appropriate;

(3) Develop and collect information needed to perform its duties in such a manner that the identity of any individual who receives a service from an entity receiving funds pursuant to sections 205.975 to 205.990 shall be confidential in accordance with state and federal law.

(L. 1978 S.B. 652)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 99.170 — MO Code / Chapter 99 / Section 99.170
99.170 State auditor to pass upon validity of bonds.
Status: in_force

99.170. State auditor to pass upon validity of bonds. — An authority may submit to the state auditor any bonds to be issued hereunder after all proceedings for the issuance of such bonds have been taken. Upon the submission of such proceedings to the state auditor, it shall be his duty to examine into and pass upon the validity of such bonds and the regularity of all proceedings in connection therewith. If such proceedings conform to the provisions of sections 99.010 to 99.230 and are otherwise regular in form and if such bonds when delivered and paid for will constitute binding and legal obligations of the authority enforceable according to the terms thereof, the state auditor shall certify in substance upon the back of each of said bonds that it is issued in accordance with the constitution and laws of the state of Missouri.

(RSMo 1939 § 7869)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.602 — MO Code / Chapter 537 / Section 537.602
537.602 Supervision of community service work, immunity from liability, when — ...
Status: in_force

537.602. Supervision of community service work, immunity from liability, when — definitions — community service work not deemed employment and worker not an employee. — 1. As used in this section the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Community service work" , any work which is performed without compensation and is required in exchange for deferred prosecution of any criminal charge by any federal, state, or local prosecutor under a written agreement;

(2) "Entity" , includes any person, for-profit or not-for-profit business, agency, group, charity, organization, or any unit of federal, state, or local government or any of their employees.

2. Any entity which supervises community service work performed as a requirement for deferment of any criminal charge under a written agreement with a federal, state, or local prosecutor, or any entity which derives benefits from the performance of community service work shall be immune from any suit by the person performing the community service work or by any person deriving a cause of action from the person performing the community service work if that cause of action arises from the supervision of the work performed, except that the entity supervising the work shall not be immune from any suit for gross negligence or for an intentional tort.

3. Community service work shall not be deemed employment within the meaning of the provisions of chapter 288 and a person performing community service work under the provisions of this section shall not be deemed an employee within the meaning of the provisions of chapter 287 .

(L. 2014 H.B. 1231)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 569.155 — MO Code / Chapter 569 / Section 569.155
569.155 Trespass of a school bus, penalty — schools to establish student behavior ...
Status: in_force

569.155. Trespass of a school bus, penalty — schools to establish student behavior policy, when. — 1. A person commits the offense of trespass of a school bus if he or she knowingly and unlawfully enters any part of or unlawfully operates any school bus.

2. For the purposes of this section, the terms "unlawfully enters" and "unlawfully operates" refer to any entry or operation of a school bus which is not:

(1) Approved of and established in a school district's written policy on access to school buses; or

(2) Authorized by specific written approval of the school board.

3. In order to preserve the public order, any district which adopts the policies described in subsection 2 of this section shall establish and enforce a student behavior policy for students on school buses.

4. The offense of trespass of a school bus is a class A misdemeanor.

(L. 2000 S.B. 944, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 358.040 — MO Code / Chapter 358 / Section 358.040
358.040 Rules of construction.
Status: in_force

358.040. Rules of construction. — 1. The rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall have no application to this law.

2. The law of estoppel shall apply under this law.

3. The law of agency shall apply under this law.

4. This law shall be so interpreted and construed as to effect its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.

5. This law shall not be construed so as to impair the obligations of any contract existing when the law goes into effect, nor to affect any action or proceedings begun or right accrued before this law takes effect.

(L. 1949 p. 506 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.253 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.253
260.253 Department to provide technical assistance and public education programs on ...
Status: in_force

260.253. Department to provide technical assistance and public education programs on collection of used motor oil — household consumer used motor oil, duty to maintain toll-free telephone for information. — Funds may be allocated, upon appropriation, to the department to provide technical assistance to local governments and conduct public education programs concerning the proper handling of used motor oil. The department shall establish and maintain a telephone number, which may be toll free, for the purpose of disseminating information concerning the locations and operation of household consumer-used motor oil collection centers within the state, as well as information concerning the availability, dates and requirements for curbside collection where available. The department shall also develop a durable and legible sign, suitable for use by a retailer of motor oil informing the public of the importance of proper collection, recycling or disposal of used motor oil and the telephone number for used motor oil information.

(L. 1995 S.B. 60 & 112 § 260.253 subsec. 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 9.138 — MO Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9.138
9.138 Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) week designated — ...
Status: in_force

9.138. Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) week designated — governor to proclaim. — The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart the first week of March as "Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Week", and recommending to the people of the state that the week be appropriately observed through activities that will result in an increased awareness of the importance of advancing community interest in science, technology, engineering, and math programs, and promote STEM careers statewide in order to advance Missouri's workforce. The proclamation shall also recommend that the week be observed with appropriate activities in public schools. Public and private involvement in STEM week demonstrates that fostering and encouraging interest in the sciences is a major factor in determining growth and success in school and will help students develop a focus on technology-based careers after graduation.

(L. 2009 H.B. 506, A.L. 2023 S.B. 139)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.857 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.857
227.857 Deputy Marshal David Thurman memorial highway designated for a portion of ...
Status: in_force

227.857. Deputy Marshal David Thurman memorial highway designated for a portion of I-49 in McDonald County. — The portion of Interstate 49 from U.S. Highway 71 continuing south to the Arkansas/Missouri state line in McDonald County shall be designated the "Deputy Marshal David Thurman Memorial Highway". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with the costs to be paid by the department of transportation.

(L. 2025 S.B. 348)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 208.927 — MO Code / Chapter 208 / Section 208.927
208.927 Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

208.927. Rulemaking authority. — The department may promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of sections 208.900 to 208.927 . Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010 , that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028 . Any provisions of the existing rules regarding the personal care assistance program promulgated by the department of elementary and secondary education in title 5, code of state regulations, division 90, chapter 7, which are inconsistent with the provisions of sections 208.900 to 208.927 are void and of no force and effect.

(L. 2005 S.B. 539 § 660.687)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.650 — MO Code / Chapter 511 / Section 511.650
511.650 Further entries to be made in docket.
Status: in_force

511.650. Further entries to be made in docket. — Such docket shall contain, in columns ruled for that purpose: First, the names of the parties; second, the date; third, the nature of the judgment or decree; fourth, the amount of debt, damages and costs; fifth, the book and page in which it is entered; sixth, a column for entering a note of the satisfaction or other disposition thereof.

(RSMo 1939 § 1296) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1131; 1919 § 1582; 1909 § 2151
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 242.570 — MO Code / Chapter 242 / Section 242.570
242.570 Payment of drainage tax — procedure.
Status: in_force

242.570. Payment of drainage tax — procedure. — 1. Any person or corporation, copartnership or other parties owning lands and other property assessed for the construction of any ditch or other improvement under the provisions of sections 242.010 to 242.690 , shall have the privilege of paying such tax assessment to the treasurer of the board of supervisors at any time on or before a date to be fixed by the board of supervisors and the amount to be paid shall be the full amount of the tax levied, less any amount added thereto to meet interest.

2. When such tax assessment has been paid, the secretary of the board shall enter upon the drainage tax record opposite each tract for which payment is made the words "paid in full", and such tax assessment shall be deemed satisfied, and the secretary of the board of supervisors shall also make or cause to be made the same entry opposite each tract for which payment is made in the table included in the certificate filed in the office of the recorder of deeds, under the provisions of section 242.590 .

(RSMo 1939 § 12378) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10797; 1919 § 4427
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 369.279 — MO Code / Chapter 369 / Section 369.279
369.279 Examiners, appointment, duties — attorney authorized.
Status: in_force

369.279. Examiners, appointment, duties — attorney authorized. — The director of the division of finance shall appoint such examiners and other employees as the director shall deem necessary to properly discharge the duties of the office. They shall devote all of their time to such official duties and hold office at the pleasure of the director. The director may appoint an attorney for the division of finance to serve at the pleasure of the director and the attorney shall devote full time to the work of the division.

(L. 1971 S.B. 3 § 55, A.L. 1983 H.B. 570, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1165) Effective 7-06-94
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 286.090 — MO Code / Chapter 286 / Section 286.090
286.090 Written statement of findings in appealed cases.
Status: in_force

286.090. Written statement of findings in appealed cases. — In every appeal coming before the commission from any of the divisions of the department, the commission shall prepare and file a written statement giving the commission's findings of fact and conclusions of law on the matters in issue in such appeal together with the reasons for the commission's decision in the appeal; except that a decision of a division of the department meeting the requirements of this section may be affirmed or adopted without such written statement.

(L. 1945 p. 1101 § 9, A.L. 1967 p. 381, A.L. 1995 H.B. 300 & 95)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 292.607 — MO Code / Chapter 292 / Section 292.607
292.607 Chemical emergency preparedness fund established — reversion to general ...
Status: in_force

292.607. Chemical emergency preparedness fund established — reversion to general revenue, prohibited. — 1. The "Chemical Emergency Preparedness Fund" is hereby established. Funds appropriated under section 292.604 , private donations, federal grants, contracts, and other funds provided to the commission and the department for distribution as provided in section 292.604 shall be placed in the chemical emergency preparedness fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, funds in the chemical emergency preparedness fund shall not revert to the general revenue fund. Interest accruing to the fund shall be part of the fund.

2. The chemical emergency preparedness fund shall, upon appropriation, be used to implement the provisions of sections 292.600 to 292.625 .

(L. 1989 H.B. 77, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 41.966 — MO Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.966
41.966 Acceptance of gifts, grants, loans, authorized.
Status: in_force

41.966. Acceptance of gifts, grants, loans, authorized. — The office of air search and rescue may, with the consent of the adjutant general, accept and expend any grant of funds as appropriated by the general assembly, and may accept services, equipment, supplies or materials by way of gift, grant or loan for the purposes of encouraging the development of aeronautical resources of the state, for aiding in an educational program related to aviation, and for supporting the program of air search and rescue.

(L. 1979 S.B. 310 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 370.158 — MO Code / Chapter 370 / Section 370.158
370.158 Court may approve or modify reorganization or merger plan.
Status: in_force

370.158. Court may approve or modify reorganization or merger plan. — 1. The director may submit to the court for approval, modification or disapproval any proposed reorganization or merger of the credit union with another credit union.

2. The court may submit the proposed reorganization or merger to the members for approval or disapproval; but the action of the members thereupon shall be only advisory to and not binding upon the court. The court may direct and cause the director to do any and all things necessary to finally complete any sale of assets, reorganization or merger.

(L. 1967 p. 509)