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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 307.211 — MO Code / Chapter 307 / Section 307.211
307.211 Violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

307.211. Violations, penalties. — Any person seventeen years of age or older who violates any provision of sections 307.205 to 307.211 is guilty of an infraction and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars. Such an infraction does not constitute a crime and conviction shall not give rise to any disability or legal disadvantage based on conviction of a criminal offense. If any person under seventeen years of age violates any provision of sections 307.205 to 307.211 in the presence of a peace officer possessing the duty and power of arrest for violation of the general criminal laws of the state or for violation of ordinances of counties or municipalities of the state, said officer may impound the electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAMD) involved for a period not to exceed five days upon issuance of a receipt to the child riding it or to its owner.

(L. 2002 H.B. 1270 and H.B. 2032)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 148.680 — MO Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148.680
148.680 Hearing procedure on disputed amount — appeal.
Status: in_force

148.680. Hearing procedure on disputed amount — appeal. — In the event the tax due by the taxpayer shall not fairly represent the extent of the taxpayer's business in this state, the taxpayer may petition for or the director of revenue may require, in respect to any part of the taxpayer's business activity, if reasonable, an equitable allocation or apportionment of the taxpayer's income. In the event the director shall determine that the correct amount of the tax is greater than that computed by the taxpayer, he shall, upon such determination, notify the taxpayer thereof by mail and shall fix a time and a place for a hearing relative thereto not earlier than thirty days after the date of such determination. Upon such hearing the director shall make such order as may be lawful, but such taxpayer shall have the right of appeal from such order as provided by law.

(L. 1982 H.B. 949 & 1350) Effective 5-25-82
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 313.650 — MO Code / Chapter 313 / Section 313.650
313.650 Refusal, revocation or suspension of occupation license — procedure — ...
Status: in_force

313.650. Refusal, revocation or suspension of occupation license — procedure — appeal, standard of review. — 1. In the event the commission, for violation of the provisions of sections 313.500 to 313.710 or the rules and regulations of the commission or other just cause, refuses, revokes or suspends an occupation license, or the stewards at any race meeting suspends an occupation license, then the occupation license of the person shall be suspended pending a hearing of the commission.

2. The commission's hearings practice and procedure are as provided in the commission's rules.

3. All decisions, orders, or findings issued by any steward may be appealed to the commission. The provisions of chapter 536 , except those provisions in conflict with sections 313.500 to 313.710 , any rule promulgated by the commission, or any civil rule hereafter adopted which supercedes an applicable provision of chapter 536 shall apply to and govern the proceedings of the commission.

4. Final decisions of the commission shall be subject to judicial review pursuant to a petition filed in the circuit court in the county in which the hearing is held, and by delivery of copies of the petition to each party of record, within thirty days after the mailing or delivery of the final decision and notice thereof in such a case. Review under this section shall be exclusive, and decisions of the commission reviewable under this section shall not be reviewable in any other proceeding, and no other official or court shall have power to review any such decision by an action in the nature of mandamus or otherwise except under the provisions of this section or on appeal. The party seeking review shall be responsible for the filing of the transcript and record of all proceedings before the commission with the appropriate appellate court. The final decision of the commission shall be affirmed, unless there is no substantial evidence to support it, it is against the weight of the evidence, it erroneously declares the law, or it erroneously applies the law.

(L. 1986 S.B. 572) Effective 5-06-86
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 204.620 — MO Code / Chapter 204 / Section 204.620
204.620 Acquisition of real and personal property — use of public grounds, when.
Status: in_force

204.620. Acquisition of real and personal property — use of public grounds, when. — 1. The board of trustees may acquire by purchase, gift, or condemnation or may lease or rent any real or personal property, and when condemnation is used, shall follow the procedure that is provided by chapter 523 . All the powers may be exercised both within or without the district as may be necessary to exercise its powers or accomplish its purposes. The board of trustees also shall have the same authority to enter upon private lands to survey land or other property before exercise of the above condemnation powers, as granted under section 388.210 to railroad corporations.

2. The board of trustees of the reorganized common sewer district, if it is necessary to cross, follow, or traverse public streets, roads, alleys, or grounds held or used as public parks or places, shall have the right to do so upon the following conditions: the board of trustees shall file with the county commission or mayor of the municipality having immediate jurisdiction over the street, road, alley, or public park or place, a map showing the location and extent of the proposed occupancy for sewerage purposes and a plan of the proposed facilities, which plan shall be so made and arranged as not to interfere with the ordinary and lawful use of the street, road, alley, public park, or place, except during a reasonable time for the construction of the necessary works.

3. The entire expense of the works and restoration of the ground occupied to its former condition, as near as may be, shall be borne by the reorganized common sewer district.

(L. 2007 S.B. 22)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 135.307 — MO Code / Chapter 135 / Section 135.307
135.307 Credit exceeding tax, not refunded, effect.
Status: in_force

135.307. Credit exceeding tax, not refunded, effect. — Any amount of credit which exceeds the tax due shall not be refunded but may be carried over to any subsequent taxable year, not to exceed four years.

(L. 1985 H.B. 831 § 3, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1237) Effective 1-01-97
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 544.360 — MO Code / Chapter 544 / Section 544.360
544.360 Exclusion of witnesses from examination.
Status: in_force

544.360. Exclusion of witnesses from examination. — While any witness for or against the prisoner is under examination, the associate circuit judge may exclude from the place in which such examination is had all witnesses who have not been examined, and he may cause the witnesses to be kept separate and prevented from conversing with each other, until they shall have been examined.

(RSMo 1939 § 3868) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3478; 1919 § 3823; 1909 § 5031
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 307.353 — MO Code / Chapter 307 / Section 307.353
307.353 No safety inspection required during registration period which exceeds two ...
Status: in_force

307.353. No safety inspection required during registration period which exceeds two years. — Other provisions of law notwithstanding, no person shall be required to have a biennial vehicle inspection during a registration period which exceeds two years. The inspection required at the beginning of the registration period shall be valid for the entire registration period.

(L. 1974 H.B. 1526, A.L. 1999 S.B. 19) Effective 7-01-00
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 130.033 — MO Code / Chapter 130 / Section 130.033
130.033 Attorney's fees may be paid from candidate committee funds, when.
Status: in_force

130.033. Attorney's fees may be paid from candidate committee funds, when. — Any reasonable attorney's fees accrued by a person who is the subject of a complaint which are used in defending such person in any matter resulting in an investigation arising from holding or running for public office may be paid out of such person's committee, as defined in section 130.011 .

(L. 1999 S.B. 31 & 285 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 384.025 — MO Code / Chapter 384 / Section 384.025
384.025 Ineligibility of nonadmitted insurer, grounds, when — notice to licensees.
Status: in_force

384.025. Ineligibility of nonadmitted insurer, grounds, when — notice to licensees. — 1. If at any time the director has reason to believe that an eligible surplus lines insurer:

(1) Is in unsound financial condition;

(2) Is no longer eligible under section 384.021 ;

(3) Has willfully violated the laws of this state; or

(4) Does not make reasonably prompt payment of just losses and claims in this state or elsewhere; the director may declare it ineligible.

2. The director shall promptly publish notice of all such declarations in any public electronic format.

(L. 1987 H.B. 700 § 5, A.L. 2009 H.B. 577)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.331 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.331
115.331 Receipt to be given for filed petition.
Status: in_force

115.331. Receipt to be given for filed petition. — When any petition is offered for filing with the secretary of state or an election authority under the provisions of this chapter, the officer receiving the petition shall prepare and issue to the person submitting the petition a receipt indicating the number of petition pages presented from each county. The receipt shall be evidence of the filing of the petition pages subject to the determination that the petition complies with the provisions of this chapter.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.065, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 21.340 — MO Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21.340
21.340 Requirements for mechanical roll call.
Status: in_force

21.340. Requirements for mechanical roll call. — The mechanical equipment installed and used for the purpose of taking and recording the votes of the members of the house shall be so constructed as to employ and use a roll call sheet, arranged in four separate columns, and to show in the first column, by perforation opposite their respective names, the names of the members voting yea; in the second column, by perforation opposite their respective names, the names of the members voting nay; in the third column, by perforation opposite their respective names, the names of the members voting present; and in the fourth column, by perforation opposite their respective names, the names of the members absent, and to show a printed total of the number recorded, by perforation, in each of the columns. The mechanical equipment shall provide for the use of readily obtainable roll call sheets, and for the immediate substitution of the names of new members elected to fill vacancies in the original membership.

(L. 1947 V. I p. 368 § 2, A.L. 1957 p. 595)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 86.163 — MO Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.163
86.163 Amount payable to pension accumulation fund.
Status: in_force

86.163. Amount payable to pension accumulation fund. — The total amount payable in each year to the pension accumulation fund shall be not less than the sum of the rates percent known as the normal contribution rate and the accrued liability contribution rate of the total compensation earnable by all members during the year; provided, however, that the aggregate payment by the said cities shall be sufficient when combined with the amount in the fund to provide the pensions and other benefits payable out of the fund during the then current year.

(RSMo 1939 § 9471, A.L. 1951 p. 354) Prior revision: 1929 § 8913
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.675 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.675
162.675 Definitions.
Status: in_force

162.675. Definitions. — As used in sections 162.670 to 162.995 * , unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:

(1) "Children with disabilities" or "handicapped children" , children under the age of twenty-one years who have not completed an approved high school program and who, because of mental, physical, emotional or learning problems, require special educational services;

(2) "Gifted children" , children who exhibit precocious development of mental capacity and learning potential as determined by competent professional evaluation to the extent that continued educational growth and stimulation could best be served by an academic environment beyond that offered through a standard grade-level curriculum;

(3) "Severely handicapped children" , handicapped children under the age of twenty-one years who meet the eligibility criteria for Missouri schools for the severely disabled, identified in state regulations that implement the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act;

(4) "Special educational services" , programs designed to meet the needs of children with disabilities or handicapped or severely handicapped children and which include, but are not limited to, the provision of diagnostic and evaluation services, student and parent counseling, itinerant, homebound and referral assistance, organized instructional and therapeutic programs, transportation, and corrective and supporting services.

(L. 1973 H.B. 474 § 2, A.L. 1974 S.B. 571, A.L. 1977 H.B. 130, A.L. 2002 H.B. 2023, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287, A.L. 2007 S.B. 112, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1807) *Section 162.995 was repealed by H.B. 258, 2005. CROSS REFERENCE: Surrogate parent, definitions for handicapped and severely handicapped, 162.997
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.571 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.571
115.571 Evidence to be received, form, contents.
Status: in_force

115.571. Evidence to be received, form, contents. — 1. Evidence received by the senate or house may be either by depositions taken pursuant to section 115.569 or by witnesses subpoenaed for personal appearance before the senate or house.

2. No testimony shall be received in the taking of depositions which does not relate to the points specified in the notices.

3. All testimony taken shall be certified by the persons appointed to take the depositions to the president of the senate or to the speaker of the house, as the case may be.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 13.220, A.L. 1982 S.B. 526) Effective 5-20-82
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.610 — MO Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.610
452.610 Cost of educational session, amount.
Status: in_force

452.610. Cost of educational session, amount. — The fees or costs of educational sessions under sections 452.600 to 452.610 shall be less than seventy-five dollars per person and shall be borne by the parties as deemed equitable.

(L. 1993 H.B. 353 § 1 subsec. 4, A.L. 1996 S.B. 869) Effective 7-01-97
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 526.010 — MO Code / Chapter 526 / Section 526.010
526.010 Injunctions granted by certain courts — appeals.
Status: in_force

*526.010. Injunctions granted by certain courts — appeals. — 1. Injunctions may be granted by a circuit judge or an associate circuit judge.

2. In any action in which the state or a statewide official is preliminarily enjoined from implementing, enforcing, or otherwise effectuating any provision of the Constitution of Missouri, any Missouri statute, or any Missouri regulation, the attorney general may appeal the preliminary injunction.

3. The attorney general may appeal any preliminary injunction that existed prior to August 28, 2025, under subsection 2 of this section.

(RSMo 1939 § 1661, A.L. 1945 p. 647, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1211, A.L. 2025 S.B. 22) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1497; 1919 § 1947; 1909 § 2512 Effective 4-24-25 *Revisor's Note: This section was declared unconstitutional in Nicholson v. State of Missouri, et al. (see 2026 annotation below). (2026) Provisions of S.B. 22 from 2025 declared unconstitutional as violating the original purpose requirement of Article III, § 21 of the Missouri Constitution. Finding the offending provisions cannot be severed, the Court declared S.B. 22 invalid in its entirety. Nicholson v. State of Missouri, et al., No. SC101308, January 23, 2026 (Mo.banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 165.281 — MO Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.281
165.281 Penalty for failure to pay valid check of seven-director district.
Status: in_force

165.281. Penalty for failure to pay valid check of seven-director district. — For every failure to pay a check drawn or order for payment issued upon a depositary by the treasurer of a seven-director school district, when moneys and funds sufficient for the payment thereof are in the depositary to the credit of the appropriate funds of the school district, the depositary shall forfeit and pay to the holder of the check or the payees of the order for payment ten percent of the amount thereof, and the board may revoke the order designating it as depositary.

(L. 1963 p. 200 § 6-28, A.L. 1977 S.B. 111 & H.B. 130) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.447)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 21.140 — MO Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21.140
21.140 Compensation of members — additional compensation of officers — mileage ...
Status: in_force

21.140. Compensation of members — additional compensation of officers — mileage allowance. — Each senator and representative shall receive from the treasury an annual salary of eighteen thousand seventy-eight dollars plus any salary adjustment provided pursuant to section 105.005 . The speaker of the house and the president pro tem of the senate shall each receive as additional annual compensation the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars, and the speaker pro tem of the house and the majority and minority floor leaders of the house and senate shall each receive as additional annual compensation the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars. Upon certification by the president and secretary of the senate and by the speaker and clerk of the house of representatives as to the respective members thereof, the commissioner of administration shall audit and the state treasurer shall pay such compensation. Senators and representatives shall receive, weekly, a mileage allowance as provided by law for state employees, in going to their place of meeting in Jefferson City from their place of residence, and returning from their place of meeting in Jefferson City to their place of residence while the legislature is in session, on the most usual route, if the senator or representative does travel to Jefferson City during that week.

(L. 1945 p. 1124 § 1, A.L. 1957 p. 595, A.L. 1961 Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 p. 723, A.L. 1967 p. 95, A.L. 1973 H.B. 616, A.L. 1977 H.B. 519, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1266, A.L. 1984 S.B. 528) Effective 1-01-85 Revisor's Note: Salary adjustment index is printed, as required by § 105.005, in Appendix E.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.740 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.740
162.740 District of residence to pay toward cost, when — amount, how calculated.
Status: in_force

162.740. District of residence to pay toward cost, when — amount, how calculated. — The district of residence of each child attending a Missouri school for the severely disabled or an educational program for a full-time patient or resident at a facility operated by the department of mental health, except school districts which are a part of a special district and except special school districts, shall pay toward the cost of the education of the child an amount equal to the average sum produced per child by the local tax effort of the district. The district of residence shall be notified each year, not later than December fifteenth, of the names and addresses of pupils enrolled in such schools. In the case of a special district, said special district shall be responsible for an amount per child not to exceed the average sum produced per child by the local tax efforts of the component districts. The district of residence of the child's parents or guardians shall be the district responsible for local tax contributions required by this section.

(L. 1973 H.B. 474 § 16, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1807)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 21.160 — MO Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21.160
21.160 Legislative furniture and equipment, how inventoried — employment of ...
Status: in_force

21.160. Legislative furniture and equipment, how inventoried — employment of custodians authorized. — The senate accounts committee and house accounts committee shall cause all legislative furniture and equipment in their respective custody to be marked so that it can be identified for inventory and to protect the furniture and equipment. Each committee shall maintain an inventory of all furniture and equipment and may employ necessary custodians and janitors to keep their respective legislative quarters, furniture and equipment in good condition.

(L. 1977 S.B. 419 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 87.130 — MO Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.130
87.130 Membership requirements.
Status: in_force

87.130. Membership requirements. — 1. All persons who are firefighters shall be members as a condition of their employment and shall receive no pension or retirement allowance from any other pension or retirement system supported wholly or in part by the city or the state of Missouri because of years of service for which they are entitled to benefits under this system nor shall they be required to make contributions under any other pension or retirement system of the city or the state of Missouri, anything to the contrary notwithstanding.

2. If any member, in any period of five consecutive years after last becoming a member, is absent from service for more than four years unless the member has twenty years or more of creditable service, or if any member withdraws the member's accumulated contributions, or if any member becomes a beneficiary, the person shall thereupon cease to be a member; except in the case of a member who has served in the Armed Forces of the United States or retired pursuant to section 87.170 and is subsequently reinstated as a firefighter or as a member in beneficiary status as a surviving spouse.

3. Any member who is reinstated after retiring pursuant to conditions in section 87.170 shall not be eligible to participate in the benefit provided pursuant to section 87.182 .

(L. 1943 p. 708 § 3, A.L. 1945 p. 1239 § 3, A.L. 1959 S.B. 314 § 86.487, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1404, A.L. 2001 S.B. 290)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 49.070 — MO Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.070
49.070 Quorum.
Status: in_force

49.070. Quorum. — A majority of the commissioners of the county commission shall constitute a quorum to do business; a single member may adjourn from day to day, and require the attendance of those absent; when but two commissioners are sitting and they shall disagree in any matter submitted to them, the decision of the presiding commissioner shall stand as the decision of the commission; provided further, when the presiding commissioner is absent and the other two commissioners are present the commission clerk shall designate one of the commissioners present as presiding commissioner during the absence of the regular presiding commissioner, and he shall, during the absence of the regular presiding commissioner, have all of the powers of the regular presiding commissioner.

(RSMo 1939 § 2493, A.L. 1953 p. 389, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2091; 1919 § 2587; 1909 § 4094 Effective 1-01-85