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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.733 — MO Code / Chapter 490 / Section 490.733
490.733 Hazardous materials, defined, admission of samples into evidence, when — ...
Status: in_force

490.733. Hazardous materials, defined, admission of samples into evidence, when — photos, videotapes or lab reports deemed competent evidence. — 1. As used in this section, the term "hazardous materials" means any substance which is capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety and property. It shall include any controlled substance or controlled substance analogue as defined in section 195.010 or any substance which by its nature is explosive, flammable, corrosive, poisonous, radioactive, a biological hazard or a material which may cause spontaneous combustion. It shall include, but not be limited to, substances listed in the Table of Hazardous Materials contained in the Code of Federal Regulations-Title 49 and the National Fire Protection Association's Fire Protection Guide on Hazardous Materials.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 575.100 and with the approval of the affected court, any law enforcement officer who seizes hazardous materials as evidence related to a criminal investigation may collect representative samples of such hazardous materials, and destroy or dispose of, or direct another person to destroy or dispose of the remaining quantity of such hazardous materials.

3. In any prosecution, representative samples of hazardous materials accompanied by photographs, videotapes, laboratory analysis reports or other means used to verify and document the identity and quantity of the material shall be deemed competent evidence of such hazardous materials and shall be admissible in any proceeding, hearing or trial as if such materials had been introduced as evidence.

4. In any prosecution for violation of chapter 195 in which the weight or quantity of a controlled substance is an element of the offense, the weight or quantity of the controlled substance necessary to prove the element of the offense shall be held as evidence; except that, any amount of controlled substance in excess of that which is necessary to prove the offense may be destroyed at the direction of the seizing law enforcement officer. Photographs, videotapes and laboratory analysis reports shall be admissible in any proceeding, hearing or trial as if such excess amount of controlled substances had been introduced as evidence.

(L. 1998 H.B. 931 § 490.730)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 46.064 — MO Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.064
46.064 Camden.
Status: in_force

46.064. Camden. — Beginning in the middle of the main channel of the Osage River, where the range line between ranges fifteen and sixteen intersects the same; thence up the Osage, to a point where the northern line of section thirty-six, township forty, range seventeen intersects the same; thence west with the subdivisional lines to the middle of the main channel of the said Osage River; thence up said river to a point where the range line between ranges nineteen and twenty intersects the same; thence south with said range line to the southwest corner of township thirty-seven, range nineteen, west; thence east with the township line between townships thirty-six and thirty-seven to the top of the ridge dividing the waters of the Dry Auglaize from the Wet Auglaize; thence southeast on the middle of said ridge separating the waters of the Wet Auglaize from Bear Creek to a point where the top of said ridge bears in a northeasterly direction; thence in a northeasterly direction on the middle of said ridge until it strikes the range line between ranges thirteen and fourteen; thence north with the said range line to the northeast corner of section twenty-four, township thirty-eight, range fourteen, west; thence west with the subdivisional lines to the southwest corner of section eighteen of said township; thence north on the range line between ranges fourteen and fifteen to the northeast corner of section thirteen, township thirty-eight, range fifteen; thence west to the northwest corner of section thirteen; thence north to the northeast corner of section eleven; thence west to the northeast corner of section ten; thence north to the northeast corner of section three, and on township line between townships thirty-eight and thirty-nine; thence west on said township line to the southeast corner of section thirty-three, township thirty-nine, range fifteen, west; thence north on section line to the northeast corner of section twenty-eight; thence west to the northeast corner of section twenty-nine; thence north to the northeast corner of section twenty; thence west on section line one-half mile to the quarter section corner between sections seventeen and twenty; thence north through the middle of sections seventeen and eight to the north boundary of section eight; thence west one-half mile to the northeast corner of section seven; thence north to the northeast corner of section six; thence west to the southwest corner of section thirty-one, township forty, range fifteen, and thence north along range line between range fifteen and range sixteen to place of beginning.

(RSMo 1939 § 13599) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11940; 1919 § 9342; 1909 § 3559
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 411.323 — MO Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.323
411.323 Nonterminal warehouseman to receive, inspect, weigh and grade grain — ...
Status: in_force

411.323. Nonterminal warehouseman to receive, inspect, weigh and grade grain — exceptions — may issue receipts for own grain, how. — 1. Every public warehouseman, other than a terminal warehouseman, shall receive for storage or shipment, so far as the available capacity for public storage of the warehouse shall permit, all grain in a dry and suitable condition for storage tendered him in the usual course of business, the grain to be inspected, weighed, and graded by an individual, designated by the warehouseman, competent and qualified in performing these services except that:

(1) The owner and the warehouseman may agree upon a sample taken from the lot of grain to be offered for storage as being a true and representative sample. This sample shall be sent to an official licensed inspector of the Missouri state grain warehouse division and the official licensed inspector who receives the sample shall grade it according to the official U.S.D.A. grain standards and issue a certificate of grade which shall state the name of the owner, the warehouse at which it is stored and the official grade of the grain and the official grade shall be stated on the warehouse receipt. The sample submitted to the licensed inspector shall be held by him for a period of at least ten days from its receipt and in case that either party of the transaction is dissatisfied with the grade assigned, he may have the right to reinspection and appeal upon request. The fees for the inspection of the sample shall be paid by the warehouseman and added to the storage charges of the grain;

(2) The owner and the warehouseman may agree to the grade of the grain to be offered for storage and a warehouse receipt issued on the agreed grade;

(3) The owner or warehouseman may have an official weight, official inspection, and an official grade on the grain to be offered for storage if requested of the department, the expense thereof paid by the person requesting the service.

2. Any warehouseman desiring to issue warehouse receipts for his own grain in store may do so by complying with the regulations governing the methods as prescribed by the director.

(L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1997 H.B. 211) Effective 4-02-97
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 436.306 — MO Code / Chapter 436 / Section 436.306
436.306 Security tendered, when.
Status: in_force

436.306. Security tendered, when. — 1. The contractor may tender to the owner acceptable substitute security as set forth in section 436.312 with a written request for release of retainage in the amount of the substitute security. The contractor shall thereupon either:

(1) Be entitled to receive cash payment of retainage pursuant to this section; or

(2) Not be subject to the withholding of retainage, in either case, to the extent of the security tendered, provided that the contractor is not in default of its agreement with the owner.

2. If the tender described in subsection 1 of this section is made after retainage has been withheld, the owner shall, within five working days after receipt of the tender, pay to the contractor the withheld retainage to the extent of the substitute security. If the tender described in subsection 1 of this section is made before retainage has been withheld, the owner shall, to the extent of the substitute security, refrain from withholding any retainage from the future payments.

(L. 2002 H.B. 1403)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 323.005 — MO Code / Chapter 323 / Section 323.005
323.005 Citation of law.
Status: in_force

323.005. Citation of law. — This chapter may be cited as the "Missouri Propane Safety Act".

(L. 2007 H.B. 426)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 37.725 — MO Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37.725
37.725 Files may be disclosed at discretion of child advocate, exceptions — ...
Status: in_force

37.725. Files may be disclosed at discretion of child advocate, exceptions — privileged information — penalty for disclosure of confidential material. — 1. Any files maintained by the advocate program shall be disclosed only at the discretion of the child advocate; except that the identity of any complainant or recipient shall not be disclosed by the office unless:

(1) The complainant or recipient, or the complainant's or recipient's legal representative, consents in writing to such disclosure;

(2) Such disclosure is required by court order;

(3) The disclosure is at the request of law enforcement as part of an investigation; or

(4) The child advocate determines that disclosure to law enforcement is necessary to ensure immediate child safety.

2. Any statement or communication made by the office relevant to a complaint received by, proceedings before, or activities of the office and any complaint or information made or provided in good faith by any person shall be absolutely privileged and such person shall be immune from suit.

3. Any representative of the office conducting or participating in any examination of a complaint who knowingly and willfully discloses to any person other than the office, or those persons authorized by the office to receive it, the name of any witness examined or any information obtained or given during such examination is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. However, the office conducting or participating in any examination of a complaint shall disclose the final result of the examination with the consent of the recipient.

4. The office shall not be required to testify in any court with respect to matters held to be confidential in this section except as the court may deem necessary to enforce the provisions of sections 37.700 to 37.730 , or where otherwise required by court order.

(L. 2004 H.B. 1453, A.L. 2023 S.B. 28 merged with S.B. 45 & 90 merged with S.B. 106 merged with S.B. 186)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 197.105 — MO Code / Chapter 197 / Section 197.105
197.105 Investigation of complaints, department to post on website, content.
Status: in_force

197.105. Investigation of complaints, department to post on website, content. — 1. The department of health and senior services shall post on its website information regarding investigations of complaints against hospitals. The posting of such information shall comply with all of the following requirements:

(1) Complaint data shall not be posted unless the complaint has been substantiated by investigation by departmental employees to require a statement of deficiency;

(2) The posting shall include the hospital's plan of correction accepted by departmental officials;

(3) The posting shall include the dates and specific findings of the departmental investigation;

(4) The posting shall list or include a link to each facility's annualized rate of substantiated complaints per patient day;

(5) The posting shall display the complaint investigation data so as to provide for peer group comparisons of:

(a) Psychiatric hospitals or psychiatric units within hospitals;

(b) Long-term acute care hospitals as defined by 42 CFR 412.23(e);

(c) Inpatient rehabilitation facilities or units meeting the requirements of 42 CFR 412.29; and

(6) Time lines for posting such information shall be consistent with the CMS State Operations Manual, as amended.

2. This section shall not be construed to require or permit the posting of information that would violate state or federal laws or regulations governing the confidentiality of patient data or medical records or information protected under subsection 4 of section 537.035 .

(L. 2013 H.B. 351 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 379.1815 — MO Code / Chapter 379 / Section 379.1815
379.1815 Licensure required for agent or broker of policies — exception for certain ...
Status: in_force

379.1815. Licensure required for agent or broker of policies — exception for certain activities — countersignature requirements prohibited. — 1. No person shall act in this state as an insurance agent or broker in connection with the solicitation, negotiation, or sale of a group personal lines property and casualty insurance policy unless the person is duly licensed under sections 375.012 to 375.146 as an insurance producer for the applicable lines of insurance. However, none of the following activities engaged in by the insurer or its employees, or the policyholder or its employees, shall require the licensing of such entities or persons as insurance producers:

(1) Endorsement or recommendation of the master policy to employees or members;

(2) Distribution to employees or members, by mail or otherwise, of information pertaining to the master policy;

(3) Collection of contributions toward premium through payroll deductions or other appropriate means, and remittance of the premium to an insurer; or

(4) Receipt of reimbursement from an insurer for actual, reasonable expenses incurred for administrative services that and which would otherwise be performed by the insurer with respect to the master policy. However, nothing herein shall supersede any applicable law or regulation that prohibits or regulates splitting of commissions with unlicensed persons, or rebating commissions or premiums.

2. No countersignature requirements shall apply to a group personal lines property and casualty insurance policy that is issued or delivered in this state pursuant to the provisions of sections 379.1800 to 379.1824 .

(L. 2021 H.B. 604 merged with S.B. 6) Effective 1-01-22, see § 379.1824
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.603 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.603
227.603 Legislative findings — construction.
Status: in_force

227.603. Legislative findings — construction. — 1. The general assembly finds that:

(1) The present and prospective traffic congestion in the designated region of the project and the limited availability of state moneys require such project for the public safety, health, and welfare; and

(2) Sections 227.600 to 227.669 will encourage private sector innovation and investment in the state to accomplish the project that would not otherwise be undertaken, thereby serving the public safety, health, and welfare.

2. Sections 227.600 to 227.669 shall be liberally construed to accomplish the legislative findings and purposes set forth in this section.

(L. 2006 H.B. 1380)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 150.080 — MO Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.080
150.080 Report to state tax commission (cities of 100,000 or more).
Status: in_force

150.080. Report to state tax commission (cities of 100,000 or more). — In all cities now having or which may hereafter have a population of one hundred thousand or more, the license commissioner, collector, or other officer authorized to take, file and receive the sworn statements and returns of all merchants as to their properties for taxation, shall annually, under oath, on or before the first Monday in October in each year, deliver to the state tax commission a full and true statement to each, showing the names of such merchants, alphabetically arranged, and opposite each name such officer shall, in a separate column, give the total valuation of all merchandise and other properties returned for taxation within such cities.

(RSMo 1939 § 11311, A.L. 1945 p. 1838) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10083; 1919 § 13073; 1909 § 11625
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 394.200 — MO Code / Chapter 394 / Section 394.200
394.200 Cooperative of adjacent state may extend lines and transact business in ...
Status: in_force

394.200. Cooperative of adjacent state may extend lines and transact business in this state, when — service of process on, how made. — 1. Any corporation organized on a nonprofit or a cooperative basis for the purpose of supplying electric energy in rural areas and owning and operating electric transmission or distribution lines in a state adjacent to this state shall be permitted to extend its lines into and to transact business in this state without complying with any statute of this state pertaining to the qualification of foreign corporations for the transaction of business in this state. Any such foreign corporation, as a prerequisite to the extension of its lines into and the transaction of business in this state, shall, by an instrument executed and acknowledged in its behalf by its president or vice president under its corporate seal attested by its secretary, designate the secretary of state its agent to accept service of process in its behalf.

2. In the event any process shall be served upon the secretary of state, he shall forthwith forward the same by registered mail to such corporation at the address thereof specified in such instrument.

3. Any such corporation may sue and be sued in the courts of this state to the same extent that a cooperative may sue or be sued in such courts.

4. Any such foreign corporation may secure its notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust or other encumbrance upon any or all of its then owned or after-acquired real or personal property, assets, or franchises, located or to be located in this state, and also upon the revenues and income thereof.

(RSMo 1939 § 5411)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.1069 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.1069
351.1069 Committees, procedure for meetings, minutes — committee members considered ...
Status: in_force

351.1069. Committees, procedure for meetings, minutes — committee members considered directors. — 1. Unless otherwise set forth in the articles or bylaws:

(1) Committees may be established under a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board. All committees so formed are subject at all times to the direction and control of the board, and may only act with respect to such issues and to the extent authorized by the board. The board may create a litigation committee consisting of one or more independent directors or other independent persons to consider legal rights or remedies of the cooperative, and whether such rights or remedies should be pursued. The committee shall not be subject to the direction or control of the board. Unless otherwise set forth in the articles or bylaws, committee members need not be directors of the cooperative;

(2) The procedures for meetings of the board apply to committees and members of committees to the same extent as sections 351.1057 to 351.1066 apply to the board and individual directors;

(3) Minutes, if any, of committee meetings, other than the litigation committee shall be made available upon request to members of the committee, and to any director who requests such minutes, but only to the extent that such director's request relates to his or her position as a director and the director's intended use of the committee minutes is to further the cooperative's purposes.

2. The establishment of, delegation of authority to, and action by a committee shall not alone constitute compliance by a director with the standard of conduct set forth in section 351.1072 .

3. Committee members are considered to be directors for purposes of sections 351.1072 , 351.1075 , and 351.1081 , except that independent members of a committee which are not directors or employees of the cooperative are not subject to subsection 4 of section 351.1072 .

(L. 2011 S.B. 366)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.970 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.970
67.970 Definitions.
Status: in_force

67.970. Definitions. — As used in sections 67.970 to 67.983 :

(1) "City" means any city not within a county or any city having a population of over one hundred thousand persons located in a county of the first class not having a charter form of government which does not adjoin any other first class county;

(2) "Commission" means a residential renovation loan commission authorized by the provisions of section 67.972 ;

(3) "Project" means the purchase and renovation of one or more residences or residential structures which have been determined to be of substandard quality or condition and the subsequent sale thereof following renovation;

(4) "Renovate" or "renovation" means the renovation, reconstruction, remodeling, repairing, weatherizing, installation of energy conservation measures or devices, and similar work necessary to make a residence safe, sanitary, and decent, and make it meet the minimum building code requirements and occupancy requirements of a city, as the term "city" is defined in this section.

(L. 1983 H.B. 788 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.080 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.080
227.080 Certain bridges part of state highway system.
Status: in_force

227.080. Certain bridges part of state highway system. — All bridges which have heretofore been constructed or rebuilt or which may hereafter be constructed or built over navigable streams by or under the order of the state highways and transportation commission of Missouri, either entirely with state funds or in part with state funds, and local funds, or with local funds or any easement over any privately owned bridge now or hereafter constructed or built in good repair which may be tendered free and without consideration to the state highways and transportation commission, and which bridges are located at points where such streams intersect the state highways, and all bridges now under contract to be erected by the state highways and transportation commission, or in whole or in part from funds of the state highways and transportation commission, shall be regarded as part of the state highways, and all such bridges shall be maintained by the state highways and transportation commission.

(RSMo 1939 § 8787, A. 1949 S.B. 1074) Prior revision: 1929 § 8139
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.885 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.885
351.885 Meeting notice to state shareholder may be entitled to assert dissenters' ...
Status: in_force

351.885. Meeting notice to state shareholder may be entitled to assert dissenters' rights. — 1. If proposed corporate action creating dissenters' rights under section 351.875 is submitted to a vote at a shareholders' meeting, the meeting notice shall state that shareholders are or may be entitled to assert dissenters' rights under sections 351.870 to 351.930 and be accompanied by a copy of sections 351.870 to 351.930 .

2. If corporate action creating dissenters' rights under section 351.875 is taken without a vote of shareholders, the corporation shall notify in writing all shareholders entitled to assert dissenters' rights that the action was taken and send them the dissenters' notice described in section 351.895 .

(L. 1990 H.B. 1432)