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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 344.045 — MO Code / Chapter 344 / Section 344.045
344.045 Complaint procedures, duties of the board.
Status: in_force

344.045. Complaint procedures, duties of the board. — 1. The board shall receive complaints concerning its licensees' professional practices. The board shall establish by rule a procedure for the handling of such complaints prior to the filing of formal complaints before the administrative hearing commission. The rule shall provide, at a minimum, for the logging of each complaint received, the recording of the licensee's name, the name of the complaining party, the date of the complaint, and a brief statement of the complaint and its ultimate disposition. The rule shall provide for informing the complaining party of the progress of the investigation, the dismissal of the charges, or the filing of a complaint before the administrative hearing commission.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no complaint, investigatory report, or information received from any source shall be disclosed prior to its review by the board.

3. At its discretion, the board may disclose complaints, completed investigatory reports, and information obtained from state administrative and law enforcement agencies to a licensee or license applicant in order to further an investigation or to facilitate settlement negotiations.

4. Information obtained from a federal administrative or law enforcement agency shall be disclosed only upon receipt of written consent to the disclosure from the federal administrative or law enforcement agency.

5. At its discretion, the board may disclose complaints and investigatory reports if any such disclosure is:

(1) In the course of voluntary interstate exchange of information;

(2) In accordance with a lawful request; or

(3) To other state or federal administrative or law enforcement agencies acting within the scope of their statutory authority.

6. Except where disclosure is specifically authorized in this section and as described in section 610.021 , deliberations, votes, or minutes of closed proceedings shall not be subject to disclosure or discovery. Once a final disposition is rendered, that decision shall be made available to the parties and the public.

(L. 2023 S.B. 157)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.387 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.387
115.387 Secretary of state to furnish each election authority a list of candidates ...
Status: in_force

115.387. Secretary of state to furnish each election authority a list of candidates for each office and the order of their filing — list, when due. — Not later than the tenth Tuesday before each primary election, the secretary of state shall transmit to each election authority a certified list containing the name and address of each person who has filed a declaration of candidacy in the secretary's office and is entitled to be voted for at the primary election, together with a designation of the office for which the person is a candidate and the party the person represents. In the person's certification, the secretary of state shall also include the order in which the candidates for each office are to be listed on the official ballot.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.160, A.L. 1985 H.B. 620, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132) (2014) Secretary of State lacks authority under section to assess qualifications of candidate to determine whether to place candidate's name on primary ballot; no discretionary authority exists to investigate and determine qualifications of candidates for offices in which they seek to serve. Vowell v. Kander, 451 S.W.3d 267 (Mo.App.W.D.).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 261.125 — MO Code / Chapter 261 / Section 261.125
261.125 Financial investment records, sales projections, and business plan ...
Status: in_force

261.125. Financial investment records, sales projections, and business plan information deemed a closed record, when. — Records and documents submitted to the Missouri department of agriculture or Missouri agriculture and small business development authority relating to financial investments in a business, or sales projections or other business plan information that may endanger the competitiveness of a business, except for the amount and recipient of any loan or grant from a program administered by the authority, shall be deemed a "closed record" as such term is defined in section 610.010 .

(L. 2004 S.B. 740, et al. § 261.115)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.645 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.645
67.645 Report to general assembly, when — biennial audit, required.
Status: in_force

67.645. Report to general assembly, when — biennial audit, required. — The county or city shall, before the second Monday in April, make an annual report to the general assembly stating the condition of its convention and sports complex fund on the first day of January of that year, and the various sums of money received by the county or city into that fund and distributed by the county or city from that fund during the preceding calendar year, except that after the second year of operation and each year thereafter such report to the general assembly shall be made in January. The county or city shall employ a certified public accountant to conduct a biennial audit of all accounts and transactions of the convention and sports complex fund and may compensate such accountants out of the funds.

(L. 1989 S.B. 295 & 312 § 5)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 630.545 — MO Code / Chapter 630 / Section 630.545
630.545 Board and living quarters for employees of facilities.
Status: in_force

630.545. Board and living quarters for employees of facilities. — In addition to salary and wages, when the director shall determine that it is in the best interest of the state to do so, the department may provide any employee in any institution under its control with board and living quarters on the grounds of its facilities.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1724)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 513.210 — MO Code / Chapter 513 / Section 513.210
513.210 Real estate to be divided, when — amount to be sold.
Status: in_force

513.210. Real estate to be divided, when — amount to be sold. — When an execution shall be levied upon real estate, the officer levying the same shall divide such property, if susceptible of division, and sell so much thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy such execution, unless the defendant in the execution shall desire the whole of any tract or lot of land to be sold together, in which case it shall be sold accordingly.

(RSMo 1939 § 1350) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1186; 1919 § 1637; 1909 § 2206
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 416.021 — MO Code / Chapter 416 / Section 416.021
416.021 Definitions.
Status: in_force

416.021. Definitions. — Unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context, for the purposes of sections 416.011 to 416.161 :

(1) "Commodity" means any kind of real, personal or mixed property, but does not include the labor of a human being;

(2) "Person" means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, incorporated or unincorporated association or any other legal or commercial entity;

(3) "Service" means any kind of activity performed in whole or in part for financial gain but does not include labor which is performed by individuals as employees of others;

(4) "Trade or commerce" means any economic activity involving or relating to any commodity or service.

(L. 1974 S.B. 424)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.010 — MO Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116.010
116.010 Definitions.
Status: in_force

116.010. Definitions. — As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates,

(1) "County" means any one of the several counties of this state or the city of St. Louis;

(2) "Election authority" means a county clerk or board of election commissioners, as established by section 115.015 ;

(3) "General election" means the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years;

(4) "Official ballot title" means the summary statement and fiscal note summary prepared for all statewide ballot measures in accordance with the provisions of this chapter which shall be placed on the ballot and, when applicable, shall be the petition title for initiative or referendum petitions;

(5) "Statewide ballot measure" means a constitutional amendment submitted by initiative petition, the general assembly or a constitutional convention; a statutory measure submitted by initiative or referendum petition; the question of holding a constitutional convention; and a constitution proposed by a constitutional convention;

(6) "Voter" means a person registered to vote in accordance with section 115.151 .

(L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.730 — MO Code / Chapter 210 / Section 210.730
210.730 Court to have continuing jurisdiction for certain proceedings — duties to ...
Status: in_force

210.730. Court to have continuing jurisdiction for certain proceedings — duties to review children under continued foster care, when — goals. — The court shall possess continuing jurisdiction in proceedings under sections 210.700 to 210.760 and, in the case of children who are continued under foster care, shall review the status of the child whenever it deems necessary or desirable, but at least once every six months. It shall be the goal of the court and the authorized agency in whose custody a child has been placed, that the percentage of children who are in foster care in excess of twenty-four months shall not exceed thirty percent in any fiscal year.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1171, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 108.910 — MO Code / Chapter 108 / Section 108.910
108.910 Tangible property tax, when levied.
Status: in_force

108.910. Tangible property tax, when levied. — If at any time after the issuance of any of the bonds it becomes apparent to the commissioner of administration that the funds available in the state revenue fund will not be sufficient for the payment of principal and interest on outstanding obligations of the state, and for the purpose of public education, and the principal and interest maturing and accruing on the bonds issued hereunder during the next succeeding fiscal year, a direct tax shall be levied upon all taxable tangible property in the state for the payment of the bonds and the interest that will accrue thereon. In such event, the commissioner of administration shall annually, on or before the first day of July, determine the rate of taxation necessary to be levied upon all taxable tangible property within the state to raise the amount of money needed to pay the principal and interest on such bonds maturing and accruing in the next succeeding fiscal year, taking into consideration available funds, delinquencies and costs of collection. The commissioner of administration shall annually certify the rate of taxation so determined to the county clerk of each county and to the comptroller or other officer in the city of St. Louis whose duty it is to make up and certify the tax books wherein are extended the ad valorem state taxes. The clerks and the comptroller, or other proper officer in the city of St. Louis, shall extend upon the tax books the taxes to be collected and shall certify the same to the collectors of the revenue of their respective counties and of the city of St. Louis, who shall collect such taxes at the same time and in the same manner and by the same means as are now or may hereafter be provided by law for the collection of state and county taxes, and pay the same into the state treasury for the credit of the third state building bond interest and sinking fund.

(L. 1982 2nd Ex. Sess. S.B. 1 § 11) Effective 12-20-82
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 515.230 — MO Code / Chapter 515 / Section 515.230
515.230 Compensation of witnesses and officers.
Status: in_force

515.230. Compensation of witnesses and officers. — Witnesses shall receive the same fees for attending before arbitrators and referees that they may be allowed them for attending before the circuit court in civil cases; and sheriffs and all other officers shall be entitled to the same fees for service performed in relation to arbitrations and references, that may be allowed them in their respective courts for similar services.

(RSMo 1939 § 1163) Prior revisions: 1929 § 997; 1919 § 1448; 1909 § 2017
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 469.050 — MO Code / Chapter 469 / Section 469.050
469.050 Separate interests, disclaimers or acceptance.
Status: in_force

469.050. Separate interests, disclaimers or acceptance. — Each separate interest in property is subject to disclaimer or acceptance and each separate interest, including any specific amount, part, fraction or asset thereof, or formula amount based on present or future facts independent of the disclaimant's volition, is subject to disclaimer or acceptance.

(L. 1997 S.B. 265)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 486.785 — MO Code / Chapter 486 / Section 486.785
486.785 Change of notary's name, requirements.
Status: in_force

486.785. Change of notary's name, requirements. — 1. Within ten days after the change of a notary's name by court order or marriage, the notary shall send to the secretary by any means providing a tangible receipt, including certified mail and electronic transmission, a signed notice of the change, giving both the former and the new name, with a copy of any official authorization for such change, along with a fee of five dollars.

2. A notary with a new name shall continue to use the former name in performing notarial acts until:

(1) The notice described in subsection 1 of this section has been delivered or transmitted;

(2) A confirmation of the notary's name or address change has been received from the secretary;

(3) A new seal bearing the new name exactly as in the confirmation has been obtained; and

(4) The surety for the notary's bond has been informed in writing.

3. Upon completing the requirements of subsection 2 of this section, the notary shall use his or her new name.

(L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 86.057 — MO Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.057
86.057 Annual valuation of assets and liabilities.
Status: in_force

86.057. Annual valuation of assets and liabilities. — On the basis of such tables as the board of trustees shall adopt, the actuary shall make an annual valuation of the assets and liabilities of the funds of the system created by sections 86.010 to 86.193 .

(RSMo 1939 § 9468, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 418) Prior revision: 1929 § 8910
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 34.050 — MO Code / Chapter 34 / Section 34.050
34.050 Regulations for purchase of supplies — rules generally, promulgation, procedure.
Status: in_force

34.050. Regulations for purchase of supplies — rules generally, promulgation, procedure. — The commissioner of administration shall make and adopt such rules and regulations, not contrary to the provisions of this chapter, for the purchase of supplies and prescribing the purchasing policy of the state as may be necessary. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024 .

(RSMo 1939 § 14596, A.L. 1945 p. 1428 § 70, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 H.B. 562 merged with S.B. 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 150.060 — MO Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.060
150.060 Equalization of valuations by board — notice of raise.
Status: in_force

150.060. Equalization of valuations by board — notice of raise. — 1. The assessor or the county clerk shall return the merchants' tax book and the assessor shall make the reports required by section 150.055 to the county board of equalization on the second Monday in July in each year, which said board is hereby required to meet at the office of the clerk of the county commission on the second Monday in July in each and every year, for the purpose of equalizing the valuation of merchants' statements, and to that end shall carefully compare the statements made by such merchants with the reports made by the assessor under section 150.055 , and shall have the same powers and shall proceed in the same manner as provided by law, for the equalization of real and personal property, so far as is consistent with the provisions of sections 150.010 to 150.290 ; but after the board shall have raised the valuation of any statement, it shall give notice of the fact to the person, corporation or firm whose statement shall have been raised in amount, by personal notice through the mail, specifying the amount of such raise, and that the said board will meet on the second Monday in August to hear reasons, if any may be given, why such increase should not be made.

2. The members of the county board of equalization shall receive the same per diem for services under this section as provided by law for services in equalizing real and personal property, and the sum of the valuation of the statements as equalized by the county board of equalization shall be included in and made a part of the total valuation of property taxable for all purposes.

(RSMo 1939 § 11309, A.L. 1945 p. 1838, A.L. 1945 p. 1959, A.L. 1951 p. 869) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10081; 1919 § 13071; 1909 § 11623 (1960) Where records of county board of equalization failed to affirmatively show that taxpayer was notified by mail of increase in the valuation of property in merchant's statement, the increase was void. State ex rel. Wilson Chevrolet v. Wilson (Mo.), 332 S.W.2d 867.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 168.510 — MO Code / Chapter 168 / Section 168.510
168.510 Disqualified from participating in career plan, grounds.
Status: in_force

168.510. Disqualified from participating in career plan, grounds. — After a teacher who is duly employed by a district qualifies and is selected for participation under a career plan established under sections 168.500 to 168.515 , such teacher shall not be denied the career pay authorized by such plan unless he:

(1) Is dismissed for cause as established under section 168.114 ; or

(2) Fails to maintain or renew any certificate required by the department of elementary and secondary education; or

(3) Fails to maintain the performance level as required for the attainment of the career stage as set forth in the plan effective in the local district as provided in section 168.500 ; or

(4) Fails to complete professional responsibilities required for the attainment of each stage; and

(5) Has exhausted all due process procedures provided by subdivision (6) of subsection 2 of section 168.500 .

(L. 1985 H.B. 463, A.L. 1996 S.B. 795, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 290.410 — MO Code / Chapter 290 / Section 290.410
290.410 Employer not to pay female lower wage.
Status: in_force

290.410. Employer not to pay female lower wage. — Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law, no employer shall pay any female in his employ at wage rates less than the wage rates paid to male employees in the same establishment for the same quantity and quality of the same classification of work, provided that nothing herein shall prohibit a variation of rates of pay for male and female employees engaged in the same classification of work based upon a difference in seniority, length of service, ability, skill, difference in duties or services performed, difference in the shift or time of day worked, hours of work, or restrictions or prohibitions on lifting or moving objects in excess of specified weight, or other reasonable differentiation, or factors other than sex, when exercised in good faith.

(L. 1963 p. 416 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 417.220 — MO Code / Chapter 417 / Section 417.220
417.220 Registration fee.
Status: in_force

417.220. Registration fee. — 1. For the registration or renewal of each fictitious name under sections 417.200 to 417.230 there shall be paid to the state director of revenue a fee of two dollars if filed electronically in a format prescribed by the secretary of state or if filed in a written format prescribed by the secretary of state.

2. Fees mandated in subsection 1 of this section shall be waived if a party owning any interest or part in the business is a member of the Missouri National Guard or any other active duty military, resides in the state of Missouri, and provides proof of such service to the secretary of state.

(RSMo 1939 § 15468, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 560, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1664, A.L. 2014 S.B. 600) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14344; 1919 § 13278
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 447.625 — MO Code / Chapter 447 / Section 447.625
447.625 Procedures in home rule cities.
Status: in_force

447.625. Procedures in home rule cities. — 1. Any petition filed under the provisions of sections 447.620 to 447.640 which pertains to property located within any home rule city shall meet the requirements of this section.

2. Summons shall be issued and service of process shall be had as in other in rem or quasi in rem civil actions.

3. The petition shall contain a prayer for a court order approving the organization's rehabilitation plan and granting temporary possession of the property to the organization. The petition shall also contain a prayer for a sheriff's deed conveying title to the property to the organization upon the completion of rehabilitation when no owner has regained possession of the property pursuant to section 447.638 .

4. The court shall stay any ruling on the organization's prayer for a sheriff's deed until rehabilitation has been completed.

5. The owner may file a motion for restoration of possession of the property prior to the completion of rehabilitation. The court shall determine whether to restore possession to the owner and proper compensation to the organization in the same manner as in section 447.638 .

6. Upon completion of rehabilitation the organization may file a motion for sheriff's deed in place of a petition for judicial deed under section 447.640 .

7. The provisions of sections 447.620 to 447.640 shall apply except where they are in conflict with this section.

(L. 1998 H.B. 977 & 1608, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1634 merged with S.B. 1086 & 1126, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 303.440 — MO Code / Chapter 303 / Section 303.440
303.440 Operational date for verification system — testing or pilot period.
Status: in_force

303.440. Operational date for verification system — testing or pilot period. — The verification system established under section 303.430 shall be installed and fully operational no later than December 31, 2027, or as soon as technologically possible following the development and maintenance of a modernized, integrated system for the titling of vehicles, issuance and renewal of vehicle registrations, issuance and renewal of driver's licenses and identification cards, and perfection and release of liens and encumbrances on vehicles, to be funded by the motor vehicle administration technology fund as created in section 301.558 , following an appropriate testing or pilot period of not less than nine months. Until the successful completion of the testing or pilot period in the judgment of the director of the department of revenue, no enforcement action shall be taken based on the system, including but not limited to action taken under the program established under section 303.425 .

(L. 2023 S.B. 398, A.L. 2024 S.B. 1359)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 249.787 — MO Code / Chapter 249 / Section 249.787
249.787 Estimate of expenses — tax levy, how collected.
Status: in_force

249.787. Estimate of expenses — tax levy, how collected. — 1. Before the tenth day of May of each year the board of supervisors of any district organized under the provisions of sections 249.760 to 249.810 shall make an estimate of the amounts required to defray the expenses of the district.

2. The estimates shall be certified by the secretary of the board and filed by the clerk of the county in which the district lies. Upon the basis of these estimates the county commission shall levy an ad valorem tax on all taxable real property within the district sufficient to provide the necessary funds.

3. The clerk of the county commission shall enter the levies on the tax books in the same manner as school district taxes are entered, for the use of the county collector. The taxes thus levied and extended upon the tax books shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the taxes levied for state and county purposes and the taxes when collected shall be remitted by the collector to the treasurer of the district.

(L. 1961 p. 451 § 12)