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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 245.540 — MO Code / Chapter 245 / Section 245.540
245.540 Commissions may appropriate swamplands.
Status: in_force

245.540. Commissions may appropriate swamplands. — The county commission of any county in which a levee district or a part of a district may be organized under the provisions of sections 245.285 to 245.545 may, for the purpose of constructing its levee, appropriate any of its unappropriated swamplands belonging to the county, and acquired under the provisions of an act of the Congress of the United States, entitled "An act to enable the state of Arkansas and other states to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits", approved September 28, 1850, and an act of the general assembly of the state of Missouri, entitled "An act donating certain swamp and overflowed lands to the counties in which they lie", approved March 3, 1851, and subsequent acts said lands to be received by the contractor at a price of not less than one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre.

(RSMo 1939 § 12593) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11003; 1919 § 4695; 1909 § 5758
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 644.566 — MO Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.566
644.566 Commissioners authorized to borrow additional $2,500,000 for improvements.
Status: in_force

*644.566. Commissioners authorized to borrow additional $2,500,000 for improvements. — In addition to those sums authorized prior to August 28, 1998, the board of fund commissioners of the state of Missouri, as authorized by Section 37(e) of Article III of the Constitution of the State of Missouri, may borrow on the credit of this state the sum of two and one-half million dollars in the manner and for the purpose of financing and constructing improvements as set out in chapter 640 and this chapter.

(L. 1999 H.B. 450) *This section was enacted by both H.B. 450 and S.B. 160 & 82 during the 1st Regular Session of the 90th General Assembly, 1999. Due to possible conflict, both versions are printed here.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 99.924 — MO Code / Chapter 99 / Section 99.924
99.924 Board of commissioners to govern authority, exceptions — appointment of ...
Status: in_force

99.924. Board of commissioners to govern authority, exceptions — appointment of commissioners, terms, vacancies. — Each authority created pursuant to section 99.921 , except a countywide downtown economic stimulus authority created pursuant to subdivision (3) of section 99.921 , shall be governed by a board of commissioners. The number of commissioners serving on the board of each authority shall be no less than five and no more than fourteen, which number shall be established by ordinance of the municipality of which one shall be a member of any local community development corporation, if one exists in the municipality, and one shall be an African American business owner in the municipality, if one exists. One of the initial commissioners appointed pursuant to this subsection shall be appointed by the school district or districts located within the development area for a term of three years. The other initial commissioners appointed pursuant to this subsection shall serve staggered terms of one, two, and three years as determined by the mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality at the time of their appointment. Thereafter, successor commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality or the school district or districts making the initial appointments for a term of three years. All vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the mayor or chief executive officer of the municipality, or the school district or districts, for the unexpired term. In addition to the commissioners appointed in accordance with this subsection, a nonvoting advisor shall be appointed by the other taxing districts located within the development area.

(L. 2003 H.B. 289) Effective 7-07-03
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.692 — MO Code / Chapter 490 / Section 490.692
490.692 Business records or copies admissible as evidence on affidavit of ...
Status: in_force

490.692. Business records or copies admissible as evidence on affidavit of custodian, when — filing procedure — notice and copies of records to be served on all parties, when — form of affidavit. — 1. Any records or copies of records reproduced in the ordinary course of business by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, optical disk imaging, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original that would be admissible under sections 490.660 to 490.690 shall be admissible as a business record, subject to other substantive or procedural objections, in any court in this state upon the affidavit of the person who would otherwise provide the prerequisites of sections 490.660 to 490.690 , that the records attached to the affidavit were kept as required by section 490.680 .

2. No party shall be permitted to offer such business records into evidence pursuant to this section unless all other parties to the action have been served with copies of such records and such affidavit at least seven days prior to the day upon which trial of the cause commences.

3. The affidavit permitted by this section may be in form and content substantially as follows:

(L. 1988 S.B. 425 § 5, A.L. 1992 S.B. 446, A.L. 1994 H.B. 963) CROSS REFERENCE: Banking records admissible in evidence by affidavit, when, filing form, 362.413 (2000) Department of Revenue records properly certified pursuant to section 302.312 could not be excluded due to lack of service as required by section. Russell v. Director of Revenue, 35 S.W.3d 507 (Mo.App.E.D.).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.968 — MO Code / Chapter 57 / Section 57.968
57.968 Annual increase in benefits — how calculated.
Status: in_force

57.968. Annual increase in benefits — how calculated. — 1. Each member who retires on or after August 13, 1986, shall receive each year an increase in the amount of benefits received by the member during the preceding year equal to the increase in the consumer price index calculated in the manner provided in this section. The annual increase in the amount of benefits received pursuant to the provisions of this subsection shall not exceed five percent.

2. For the purposes of this section, any increase in the consumer price index shall be determined by the board in February of each year, based upon the consumer price index for the preceding calendar year over the consumer price index for the calendar year immediately prior thereto. Any increase so determined shall be applied by the board in calculating any benefit increases that become payable pursuant to this section for the twelve-month period beginning with the March first immediately following such determination.

3. An annual increase shall be payable monthly beginning on a date specified by the board. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a member from waiving the member's right to receive the annual increase provided pursuant to this section. The waiver shall be final as to the annual increase waived.

(L. 1986 S.B. 584, A.L. 1999 H.B. 662 merged with S.B. 213)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 486.920 — MO Code / Chapter 486 / Section 486.920
486.920 Electronic registration form, contents — denial of registration, when — ...
Status: in_force

486.920. Electronic registration form, contents — denial of registration, when — confidentiality of records. — 1. To register the capability to perform electronic notarial acts, a notary shall electronically sign and submit to the secretary an electronic form prescribed by the secretary that includes:

(1) Proof of successful completion of the courses and examinations required by sections 486.630 and 486.910 ;

(2) The following information:

(a) A description of each separate means that will be used to produce electronic signatures and electronic notary seals;

(b) Any keys, codes, software, decrypting instructions, or graphics that will allow the electronic signatures and seals produced by the means described in paragraph (a) of this subdivision to be verified;

(c) The names of any licensed authorities issuing the means for producing the electronic signatures and seals, the source of each license, and the starting and expiration dates of each pertinent certificate, software, or process;

(d) An explanation of any revocation, annulment, or other premature termination of any certificate, software, or process ever issued or registered to the applicant to produce an electronic signature or seal; and

(e) A declaration that the notary public will use the means issued or authorized for issuance by the secretary for producing an electronic notary seal; and

(3) The access instructions that will allow the electronic journal of notarial acts as described in section 486.700 to be viewed, printed, and copied.

2. Pursuant to this section, a notary public may register at the same or different times one or more respective means for producing electronic signatures and electronic notary seals, or single elements combining the required features of both, consistent with the requirements cited elsewhere in this chapter.

3. The secretary shall deny registration to any applicant submitting an electronic registration form that contains a material misstatement or omission of fact.

4. Information in the registration form of an electronic notary public shall be used by the secretary and designated state employees only for the purpose of performing official duties, shall be a closed record as described in chapter 610 , and shall not be disclosed to any person other than:

(1) A government agent acting in an official capacity and duly authorized to obtain such information;

(2) A person authorized by court order; or

(3) The registrant or the registrant's duly authorized agent.

(L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 334.047 — MO Code / Chapter 334 / Section 334.047
334.047 License to show degree held by licensee — use on stationery and displays ...
Status: in_force

334.047. License to show degree held by licensee — use on stationery and displays required. — 1. On the licenses issued by the board, the board shall enter after the name of the licensee the degree to which the licensee is entitled by reason of his diploma of graduation from a professional school approved and accredited as reputable by the American Medical Association or the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or approved and accredited as reputable by the American Osteopathic Association.

2. A licensee under this chapter shall, in any letter, business card, advertisement, prescription blank or sign, designate the degree to which he is entitled by reason of his diploma of graduation from a professional school approved and accredited as reputable by the American Medical Association or the Liaison Committee on Medical Education or approved and accredited as reputable by the American Osteopathic Association.

3. On licenses issued by the board to foreign trained licensees, the board may enter the degree to which the licensee is entitled based upon the nature of the licensee's education and training and the licensee shall, in any writing or display, so designate this degree.

(L. 1959 S.B. 50 §§ 3, 21, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567) (1964) This section held not to impose an obligation on board of election commissioners to designate on ballot the degree to which licensee is entitled where licensee is running for public office. State ex rel. Rainey v. Crowe (A.), 382 S.W.2d 38. (1965) Board of registration for the healing arts, in applying statute that applicants for license should have shown on license their degree, had power to determine that doctor who graduated from osteopathic school with degree of Doctor of Osteopathy was not entitled to have entered on his license degree of Medical Doctor, notwithstanding fact that he had obtained M.D. degree from a California college of medicine at which he registered but never attended. Mitchem v. Perry (A.), 390 S.W.2d 600.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 701.046 — MO Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.046
701.046 Modification or major repair to on-site sewage disposal system, ...
Status: in_force

701.046. Modification or major repair to on-site sewage disposal system, requirements — rules — form — fee, deposit of. — Except as otherwise provided in section 701.031 , no person may, on or after September 1, 1995, construct or make a major modification or major repair to an on-site sewage disposal system without first notifying the city, county or department and completing an application, upon a form provided by the department, submitting an application fee in the amount established by the city, county or department, and obtaining a construction permit. For areas of the state where the department is enforcing the state standard or registering contractors, the department shall promulgate regulations establishing the conditions and requirements for the construction permit application, including the collection of reasonable fees. The fees shall be set at a level to produce revenue that shall not exceed the cost and expense of administering the provisions of sections 701.025 to 701.059 . The application form shall require such information necessary to show that the on-site sewage disposal system will comply with the state standard. Such fees, when collected by the department, shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Missouri public health services fund. The department shall provide technical assistance regarding the type and location of the system to be installed when processing applications received under sections 701.046 to 701.048 and 701.050 . Fees collected by the department shall be deposited in the Missouri public health services fund created in section 192.900 and shall be used to implement sections 701.025 to 701.059 and for no other purpose.

(L. 1994 S.B. 446 § 701.046 subsec. 1, A.L. 2026 S.B. 914)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 249.660 — MO Code / Chapter 249 / Section 249.660
249.660 Legal aid — how secured.
Status: in_force

249.660. Legal aid — how secured. — The county commission may require the county counselor, or an assistant county counselor, to give advice and conduct all legal proceedings or suits necessary in the administration of sections 249.430 to 249.660 , and if deemed necessary the county commission may also employ a special attorney or attorneys for such purposes upon terms fixed by an agreement in writing.

(L. 1941 p. 557 § 23)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 9.169 — MO Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9.169
9.169 Random Acts of Kindness Day designated for August 31.
Status: in_force

9.169. Random Acts of Kindness Day designated for August 31. — August thirty-first each year shall be known as "Random Acts of Kindness Day" in Missouri to mark the beginning of suicide prevention awareness month in September. The citizens of this state are encouraged to celebrate this day by engaging in random acts of kindness toward their fellow citizens and remembering that one small act of kindness has the power to change the course of a person's life and the potential to impact countless lives as random acts of kindness are paid forward.

(L. 2021 S.B. 72)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 81.080 — MO Code / Chapter 81 / Section 81.080
81.080 Extension of limits, how — inclusion of another city, procedure (cities of ...
Status: in_force

81.080. Extension of limits, how — inclusion of another city, procedure (cities of 20,000 or less). — 1. Any city or town of less than twenty thousand inhabitants and having a special charter, after the taking effect of such charter, may at any time extend its limits by ordinance, specifying with accuracy the new line to which it is proposed to extend such limits. All courts of this state shall take judicial notice of the limits of such city when thus extended.

2. Provided, that should such city by such extension of its territorial limits include any portion of any incorporated city, town or village, such extension shall be made to include the whole territory of such incorporated city, town or village, and upon such extension being made, the corporate existence of such incorporated city, town or village so included in such extension shall, ipso facto, cease, and all property and rights of every kind and nature belonging to and vested in such incorporated city, town or village shall, by operation of law, at once pass to and vest in the city making such extension of its limits, and it shall be the duty of all officers and employees of such incorporated city, town or village having custody or control thereof to surrender and deliver the same to such city so extending its limits; and such city shall also, by operation of law, become liable to pay all debts and liabilities of such incorporated city, town or village; provided further, that before such city shall extend its limits so as to include an incorporated city, town or village, four-sevenths of the qualified voters of the incorporated city, town or village, voting at such election so desired to be included within the limits of such city, shall vote in favor of such proposition at an election, to be determined in the following manner, to wit: Whenever such city shall desire to include within its limits any incorporated city, town or village, the mayor of such city shall inform the mayor or other chief officer of the incorporated city, town or village proposed to be so taken in of its intention to include said city, town or village within the limits; the mayor thereof shall order the question to be submitted to determine the wish of said city, town or village. If four-sevenths of the voters voting on the question shall vote in favor of the proposed extension, the mayor shall certify the result to the mayor of such city, and such city may proceed to extend its limits as provided in this section.

(RSMo 1939 § 7514, A.L. 1953 p. 298, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7361; 1919 § 8775 CROSS REFERENCES: Extension of limits to include other incorporated city, 82.090 to 82.170 Procedure for annexation of area to which objection is made, 71.015
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.425 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.425
376.425 Student accident policies, may not limit surgical benefits, when.
Status: in_force

376.425. Student accident policies, may not limit surgical benefits, when. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Institution of higher learning" , any college or university, or "institution" as that term is defined in section 173.510 ;

(2) "Sponsoring or endorsing entity" , the same as that term is defined in section 376.422 ;

(3) "Student accident policy" , any individual, franchise, group or blanket policy of accident or health insurance which policy is offered to students of a sponsoring or endorsing entity which is an institution of higher learning and under which policy the insured person pays all or substantially all of the cost of his insurance.

2. No student accident policy issued or delivered for issuance in this state shall limit or exclude surgical benefits to one procedure when multiple procedures are done in one operating session.

(L. 1992 S.B. 831 §§ A, 1) Effective 1-01-93
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 168.750 — MO Code / Chapter 168 / Section 168.750
168.750 Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

168.750. Rulemaking authority. — Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010 , that is created under the authority delegated in sections 168.745 to 168.749 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 . This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2009, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 2009 S.B. 291)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 41.430 — MO Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.430
41.430 Officers and enlisted personnel, compensation and allowances for active duty.
Status: in_force

41.430. Officers and enlisted personnel, compensation and allowances for active duty. — 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as "The Supporting Missouri Servicemen and Women Act".

2. Officers, warrant officers and enlisted personnel of the organized militia on active duty in the service of the state shall receive as compensation the same pay, longevity, and allowances as are or may be provided for members of like grade and branch of service in the Armed Forces of the United States, except:

(1) Members of the organized militia serving on active duty shall receive as a minimum the daily rate equivalent to the grade level of E5 with maximum longevity and with dependents; and

(2) Members of the organized militia serving on active duty in service of the state for more than thirty days shall receive a monthly allowance for any premiums for coverage of the member under the TRICARE program of the United States Department of Defense or under any other government-sponsored insurance program during the period of active duty.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 15066, 15089, A.L. 1951 p. 654 §§ 64, 65, A.L. 1967 p. 118, A.L. 1973 H.B. 499, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1284, A.L. 1993 S.B. 86, A.L. 2026 H.B. 2593) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 13873, 13888; 1919 §§ 7388, 9131
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 95.465 — MO Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95.465
95.465 Mayor and two houses of legislation defined (cities over 100,000).
Status: in_force

95.465. Mayor and two houses of legislation defined (cities over 100,000). — In sections 95.465 to 95.500 , the word "mayor" shall include the chief magistrate in every such city, and the words "two houses of legislation" shall include the municipal assembly and the common council of every city having such a body of government.

(RSMo 1939 § 7583) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7440; 1919 § 8848; 1909 § 9697
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 620.460 — MO Code / Chapter 620 / Section 620.460
620.460 Director, qualifications, compensation — staff, compensation — employed ...
Status: in_force

620.460. Director, qualifications, compensation — staff, compensation — employed under merit system. — 1. The commission shall employ a staff headed by a director of tourism who shall be qualified by education and experience in public administration with a background in the use of the various news media as to the dissemination of public information to promote tourism. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission, and the commission shall fix his compensation within the appropriation made for the purpose.

2. The director of tourism shall by and with the consent of the commission employ a staff composed of such professional, technical and clerical personnel as necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 620.450 to 620.465 and set their compensation within the appropriation made for that purpose.

3. All members of the staff except the director shall be employed under the provisions of the state merit system law.

(L. 1967 p. 368 § 3) Transferred 1986; formerly 258.320
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 488.635 — MO Code / Chapter 488 / Section 488.635
488.635 Surcharge collected, deposit into domestic relations resolution fund.
Status: in_force

488.635. Surcharge collected, deposit into domestic relations resolution fund. — In addition to any other court costs required to institute an action in the circuit division of the circuit court, a surcharge of three dollars shall be paid pursuant to section 452.552 by the person filing such action. The surcharge shall be collected and disbursed in a manner provided by sections 488.012 to 488.020 by the court clerk at the time the petition is filed and shall be payable to the director of revenue for deposit in the domestic relations resolution fund established in section 452.554 .

(L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision)