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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 107.110 — MO Code / Chapter 107 / Section 107.110
107.110 Sureties on certain bonds — evidence of solvency.
Status: in_force

107.110. Sureties on certain bonds — evidence of solvency. — No official bond in a penal sum of twenty-five thousand dollars or more shall be approved until after the sureties therein shall subscribe and swear to a statement, to be duly attested and endorsed on or attached to the bond, setting forth in full the name, place of residence and occupation of each surety, the kind and location of his property, and that he is worth a certain sum, therein to be stated, over and above all liabilities and exemptions, and such other particulars as may be required by the officer or court whose approval of such bond is sought or required.

(RSMo 1939 § 3257) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2869; 1919 § 1019; 1909 § 1226
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.745 — MO Code / Chapter 537 / Section 537.745
537.745 Construction of provisions.
Status: in_force

537.745. Construction of provisions. — 1. Nothing in sections 537.700 to 537.755 , shall be construed to broaden or restrict the liability of the public entities participating in the fund beyond the provisions of sections 537.600 to 537.610 , nor to abolish or waive any defense at law which might otherwise be available to any public entity or its officers and employees.

2. All persons and entities protected by the fund shall cooperate with those persons responsible for conducting any investigation and preparing any defense under the provisions of sections 537.700 to 537.755 , by assisting such persons in all respects, including the making of settlements, the securing and giving of evidence, and the attending and obtaining witnesses to attend hearings and trials.

(L. 1986 H.B. 1435 & 1461) Effective 6-20-86
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.045 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.045
115.045 Boards may employ staff.
Status: in_force

115.045. Boards may employ staff. — Each election authority shall have the authority to employ such attorneys and other employees as may be necessary to promptly and correctly perform the duties of the election authority. Where an electronic voting system or voting machines are used, the election authority shall designate competent employees to have custody of and supervise maintenance of the voting equipment. Board of election commissioners' employees shall be subject to the same restrictions and subscribe the same oath as members of the board of election commissioners, except that no employee of a board of election commissioners shall be required to post bond or reside and be a registered voter within the jurisdiction of the election authority unless directed to do so by the board. Employee oaths and any bonds shall be filed and preserved in the office of the board.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 2.070, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1411, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132, A.L. 2022 H.B. 1878)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.756 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.756
162.756 Transportation by common carriers for students of schools for the blind and ...
Status: in_force

162.756. Transportation by common carriers for students of schools for the blind and deaf. — The state board of education may pay the travel costs, by common carrier or otherwise, for students of the school for the blind or the school for the deaf, as the case may be, when such students are traveling between their homes and those institutions.

(L. 1985 S.B. 389 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 633.105 — MO Code / Chapter 633 / Section 633.105
633.105 Regional centers to secure services.
Status: in_force

633.105. Regional centers to secure services. — The regional centers shall be the entry and exit points in each region responsible for securing comprehensive intellectual disability and developmental disability services for clients of the department. The center shall carry out this responsibility either through contracts purchasing the required services or through the direct provision of the services if community-based services are not available, economical or as effective for the provision of the services.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1064)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 205.090 — MO Code / Chapter 205 / Section 205.090
205.090 Report to county commission — estimated budget.
Status: in_force

205.090. Report to county commission — estimated budget. — 1. On or before the seventh day of January in each year, the board of health center trustees shall file with the county commission a report of their proceedings with reference to the county health center and a sworn statement of all receipts and expenditures during the preceding calendar year.

2. The board of health center trustees shall prepare and submit to the county budget officer a budget for the ensuing year at the time and in the manner provided by the county budget law applicable to such county.

(L. 1945 p. 969 § 5, A.L. 1951 p. 779)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 321.688 — MO Code / Chapter 321 / Section 321.688
321.688 Consolidation of districts — ballot language — effect of.
Status: in_force

321.688. Consolidation of districts — ballot language — effect of. — 1. The board of directors of any fire protection districts located wholly within any county of the first classification may consolidate with each other upon the passage of a joint resolution by each board desiring to consolidate. The joint resolution shall not become effective unless each board submits to the voters residing within the fire protection districts at a state general, primary, or special election a proposal to authorize the consolidation under this section.

2. The ballot of submission for the consolidation authorized in this section shall be in substantially the following form:

If a majority of the votes cast on the question by the qualified voters voting thereon in each existing fire protection district are in favor of the question, then the consolidation shall become effective on January first of the year immediately following the approval of the consolidation, unless the consolidation is approved at a November election, in which case the consolidation shall become effective on January first of the second year following the approval of the consolidation.

3. The board of directors of any consolidated fire protection district created under this section shall consist of the existing board members of the fire protection districts that were consolidated. Upon the occurrence of a vacancy in the membership of the board, the number of members on the board may be reduced upon approval by a majority of the remaining board members, but the number of seats shall not be reduced to fewer than five. The terms of office for board members shall be identical to the terms of office the board members were originally elected to serve before the consolidation.

4. Upon the approval of consolidation under this section, the consolidated district shall be a political subdivision of this state and a body corporate, with all the powers of like or similar corporations, and with all the powers, privileges, and duties of fire protection districts under this chapter. All properties, rights, assets, and liabilities of the fire protection districts which are consolidated, including outstanding bonds thereof if any, shall become the properties, rights, assets, and liabilities of the consolidated fire protection district.

5. The consolidated fire protection district shall levy the same taxes as levied in the fire protection district with the lowest tax levy before the consolidation unless a tax levy is specifically set forth in the ballot language approved by the voters of the consolidating districts, except that the tax levy of the consolidated district shall not exceed the highest tax levy of the consolidating districts.

(L. 2007 S.B. 22)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.818 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.818
376.818 Eligibility for Medicaid may not be considered by insurers.
Status: in_force

376.818. Eligibility for Medicaid may not be considered by insurers. — No individual or group insurance policy providing coverage on an expense-incurred basis, no individual or group service or indemnity contract issued by a not-for-profit health services corporation, no health maintenance organization nor any self-insured group health benefit plan of any type or description shall be offered, issued or renewed in this state by any insurer on or after July 1, 1994, if any insurer, including a group health plan, as defined in section 607(1) of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, takes into account that an individual is eligible for or is provided medical assistance under Medicaid (Title XIX) when enrolling an individual or in making payment for benefits to the individual or on the individual's behalf.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1491 & 1134 merged with S.B. 508) Effective 7-01-94
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.2010 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.2010
376.2010 Sanction of license, when — restitution required, when — examination and ...
Status: in_force

376.2010. Sanction of license, when — restitution required, when — examination and investigation of records. — 1. The director may place on probation, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue, renew, or reinstate a navigator license or may levy a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars for each violation, or any combination of actions, for any one or more of the causes listed in section 375.141 , 375.936 or for other good cause. In the event that the action by the director is not to renew or to deny an application for a license, the director shall notify the applicant or licensee in writing and shall advise the applicant or licensee of the reason for the denial or nonrenewal. Appeal of the nonrenewal or denial of the application for a navigator license shall be made under the provisions of chapter 621 .

2. In addition to imposing the penalties authorized by subsection 1 of this section, the director may require that restitution be made to any person who has suffered financial injury because of a violation of this section.

3. The director shall have the power to examine and investigate the business affairs and records of any navigator to determine whether the individual or entity has engaged or is engaging in any violation of this section.

4. The navigator license held by an entity may be suspended or revoked, renewal or reinstatement thereof may be refused, or a fine may be levied, with or without a suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew a license, if the director finds that an individual licensee's violation was known or should have been known by the employing or supervising entity and the violation was not reported to the director and no corrective action was undertaken on a timely basis.

(L. 2013 S.B. 262) Effective 7-12-13
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 302.420 — MO Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.420
302.420 License reinstatement, substance abuse traffic offender program — ...
Status: in_force

302.420. License reinstatement, substance abuse traffic offender program — professional assessment — supplemental fee, disposition, failure to remit, penalty. — 1. No person who has had his or her license suspended or revoked under the provisions of sections 302.400 and 302.405 shall have that license reinstated until he or she has paid a twenty-dollar reinstatement fee and has successfully completed a substance abuse traffic offender program as defined in section 302.010 .

2. The fees for the substance abuse traffic offender program, or a portion thereof to be determined by the division of alcohol and drug abuse of the department of mental health, shall be paid by the person enrolled in the program. Any person who is enrolled in the program shall pay, in addition to any fee charged for the program, a supplemental fee to be determined by the department of mental health for the purposes of funding the substance abuse traffic offender program defined in section 302.010 , or a program determined to be comparable by the department of mental health. The administrator of the program shall remit to the division of alcohol and drug abuse of the department of mental health on or before the fifteenth of each month the supplemental fees for all persons enrolled in the program, less two percent for administrative costs. Interest shall be charged on any unpaid balance of the supplemental fees due the division of alcohol and drug abuse pursuant to this section and shall accrue at a rate not to exceed the annual rates established pursuant to the provisions of section 32.065 plus three percentage points. The supplemental fees and any interest received by the department of mental health pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the mental health earnings fund which is created in section 630.053 .

3. Any administrator who fails to remit to the division of alcohol and drug abuse of the department of mental health the supplemental fees and interest for all persons enrolled in the program pursuant to this section shall be subject to a penalty equal to the amount of interest accrued on the supplemental fees due the division pursuant to this section. If the supplemental fees, interest, and penalties are not remitted to the division of alcohol and drug abuse of the department of mental health within six months of the due date, the attorney general of the state of Missouri shall initiate appropriate action to collect said fees and any accrued interest. The court shall assess attorney fees and court costs against any delinquent program.

(L. 1987 S.B. 230 § 5, A.L. 1991 S.B. 125 & 341, A.L. 1993 S.B. 167, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1169 & 1271 merged with S.B. 722, A.L. 2003 H.B. 600, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Transferred 2014; formerly 577.520; Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 380.461 — MO Code / Chapter 380 / Section 380.461
380.461 Company may borrow to pay losses — assessment to pay loan.
Status: in_force

380.461. Company may borrow to pay losses — assessment to pay loan. — The company may borrow money for the payment of accrued losses and expenses; but any sum necessary to pay the loan in full shall be included in the next assessment and the assessment shall be levied not later than twelve months after the incurring of the losses or expenses paid from the loan unless otherwise permitted by the director.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1498) Effective 1-01-85
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 86.243 — MO Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.243
86.243 Regular actuarial surveys — adoption of mortality tables — certification of ...
Status: in_force

86.243. Regular actuarial surveys — adoption of mortality tables — certification of contribution rates. — At least once in each five-year period the actuary shall make an actuarial investigation into the mortality, service and compensation experience of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement system and shall make a valuation of the assets and liabilities of the system and taking into account the results of such investigation and valuation the board of trustees shall:

(1) Adopt for the retirement system such mortality, service and other tables as shall be deemed necessary;

(2) Certify the rates of contribution payable by the said cities.

(L. 1957 p. 256 § 14, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1808) Effective 7-01-00
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 546.280 — MO Code / Chapter 546 / Section 546.280
546.280 Defendant may be discharged to testify for state.
Status: in_force

546.280. Defendant may be discharged to testify for state. — When two or more persons shall be jointly indicted or prosecuted, the court may, at any time before the defendants have gone into their defense, direct any defendant to be discharged, that he may be a witness for the state. A defendant shall, also, when there is not sufficient evidence to put him on his defense, at any time before the evidence is closed, be discharged by the court for the purpose of giving his testimony for a codefendant. The order of discharge shall be a bar to another prosecution for the same offense.

(RSMo 1939 § 4080) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3691; 1919 § 4035; 1909 § 5241 CROSS REFERENCE: Persons convicted of crime competent witnesses, 491.050 (1968) This section does not prevent codefendant from testifying for state after the charge against him has been disposed of by plea of guilty and before sentencing. Irregularity of asking status of witness' case in hearing of jury not prejudiced in this case. State v. Blevins (Mo.), 427 S.W.2d 367.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.210 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.210
67.210 Political subdivisions may provide health insurance benefits when, to whom.
Status: in_force

67.210. Political subdivisions may provide health insurance benefits when, to whom. — Any political subdivision which provides or pays for health insurance benefits for its officers and employees may also provide or pay for all or part of such benefits, as may be determined by the governing body of the political subdivision, for the dependents of its officers and employees, and for retired officers and employees and their dependents and the dependents of deceased officers and employees of the political subdivision.

(L. 1985 H.B. 670, A.L. 1998 S.B. 676, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1808, A.L. 2003 H.B. 553)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.596 — MO Code / Chapter 355 / Section 355.596
355.596 Amendment by directors and members.
Status: in_force

355.596. Amendment by directors and members. — 1. Unless this chapter, the articles, bylaws, the members acting pursuant to subsection 2 of this section, or the board of directors acting pursuant to subsection 3 of this section, require a greater vote or voting by class, an amendment to a corporation's bylaws to be adopted must be approved:

(1) By the board if the corporation is a public benefit corporation, other than a church or a convention or association of churches as described in subsection 6 of this section, and the amendment does not relate to the number of directors, the composition of the board, the term of office of directors, or the method or way in which directors are elected or selected;

(2) By the members by two-thirds of the votes cast or a majority of the voting power, whichever is less; and

(3) In writing by any person or persons whose approval is required by a provision of the articles authorized by section 355.606 .

2. The members may condition the amendment's adoption on its receipt of a higher percentage of affirmative votes or on any other basis.

3. If the board initiates an amendment to the bylaws or board approval is required by subsection 1 of this section to adopt an amendment to the bylaws, the board may condition the amendment's adoption on receipt of a higher percentage of affirmative votes or on any other basis.

4. If the board or the members seek to have the amendment approved by the members at a membership meeting, the corporation shall give notice to its members of the proposed membership meeting in writing in accordance with section 355.251 . The notice must also state that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the proposed amendment and contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the amendment.

5. If the board or the members seek to have the amendment approved by the members by written consent or written ballot, the material soliciting the approval shall contain or be accompanied by a copy or summary of the amendment.

6. An amendment to the bylaws of a public benefit corporation, which is a church or a convention or association of churches, to be adopted must be approved:

(1) By the members by two-thirds of the votes cast or a majority of the voting power, whichever is less; and

(2) In writing by any person or persons whose approval is required by a provision of the bylaws authorized by section 355.606 .

(L. 1994 H.B. 1095, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1808) Effective 7-01-00
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 306.126 — MO Code / Chapter 306 / Section 306.126
306.126 Motorboats, regulations as to passenger seating while under way — person in ...
Status: in_force

306.126. Motorboats, regulations as to passenger seating while under way — person in water, flag required, when — slow speed required, when — penalty. — 1. The operator of a motorboat shall not allow any person to ride or sit on the gunwales, decking over the bow, railing, top of seat back or decking over the back of the motorboat while under way, unless such person is inboard of adequate guards or railing provided on the motorboat to prevent a passenger from being lost overboard. As used in this section, the term "adequate guards or railing" means guards or railings having a height parameter of at least six inches but not more than eighteen inches. Nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that passengers or other persons aboard a motorboat cannot occupy the decking over the bow of the boat to moor it to a mooring buoy or to cast off from such a buoy, or for any other necessary purpose. The provisions of this section shall not apply to vessels propelled by sail or vessels propelled by jet motors or propellers operating on a stretch of waterway not created or widened by impoundment.

2. Whenever any person leaves any watercraft, other than a personal watercraft, on the waters of the Mississippi River, the waters of the Missouri River or the lakes of this state and enters the water between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and sunset, the operator of such watercraft shall display on the watercraft a red or orange flag measuring not less than twelve inches by twelve inches. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to watercraft that is moored or anchored. The flag required by this subsection shall be visible for three hundred sixty degrees around the horizon when displayed and shall be displayed only when an occupant of the watercraft has left the confines of the watercraft and entered the water. The flag required by this subsection shall not be displayed when the watercraft is engaged in towing any person, but shall be displayed when such person has ceased being towed and has reentered the water.

3. No operator shall knowingly operate any watercraft within fifty yards of a flag required by subsection 2 of this section at a speed in excess of a slow-no wake speed.

(L. 1969 S.B. 194 § 4, A.L. 1989 S.B. 135, A.L. 1995 H.B. 217, A.L. 1997 H.B. 379, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1355 merged with H.B. 2116) CROSS REFERENCE: Penalty provisions for violations of this section, 306.210
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 589.569 — MO Code / Chapter 589 / Section 589.569
589.569 Binding effect of the compact.
Status: in_force

589.569. Binding effect of the compact. — 1. All lawful actions of the Interstate Commission, including all Rules and By-laws promulgated by the Interstate Commission, are binding upon the compacting states.

2. All agreements between the Interstate Commission and the compacting states are binding in accordance with their terms.

3. Upon the request of a party to a conflict over meaning or interpretation of Interstate Commission actions, and upon a majority vote of the compacting states, the Interstate Commission may issue advisory opinions regarding such meaning or interpretation.

4. In the event any provision of this compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any compacting state, the obligations, duties, powers or jurisdiction sought to be conferred by such provision upon the Interstate Commission shall be ineffective and such obligations, duties, powers or jurisdiction shall remain in the compacting state and shall be exercised by the agency thereof to which such obligations, duties, powers or jurisdiction are delegated by law in effect at the time this Compact becomes effective.

(L. 2000 H.B. 1321) Effective 6-19-02, see § 589.548