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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 245.530 — MO Code / Chapter 245 / Section 245.530
245.530 Penalty for failure of road overseers to keep road crossings in repair.
Status: in_force

245.530. Penalty for failure of road overseers to keep road crossings in repair. — Any overseer who shall willfully fail or neglect to keep the public road crossings of any levee in his road district in good repair, so as to insure the safety of the levee, or who shall fail to repair such crossing when notified by the levee inspector in writing, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense, to be recovered by indictment or upon information before an associate circuit judge.

(RSMo 1939 § 12590) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11000; 1919 § 4692; 1909 § 5755
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 573.070 — MO Code / Chapter 573 / Section 573.070
573.070 Injunctions and declaratory judgments.
Status: in_force

573.070. Injunctions and declaratory judgments. — 1. Whenever material or a performance is being or is about to be promoted, furnished or displayed in violation of this chapter, a civil action may be instituted in the circuit court by the prosecuting or circuit attorney or by the city attorney of any city, town or village against any person violating or about to violate those sections in order to obtain a declaration that the promotion, furnishing or display of such material or performance is prohibited. Such an action may also seek an injunction appropriately restraining promotion, furnishing or display of the material or performance.

2. Such an action may be brought only in the circuit court of the county in which any such person resides, or where the violation is taking place or about to take place.

3. Any promoter, furnisher or displayer of, or a person who is about to be a promoter, furnisher or displayer of, the material or performance involved may intervene as of right as a party defendant in the proceedings.

4. The trial court and the appellate court shall give expedited consideration to actions and appeals brought under this section. The defendant shall be entitled to a trial of the issues beginning within one week after joinder of issue and a decision shall be rendered by the court within two days of the conclusion of the trial. No restraining order or injunction of any kind shall be issued restraining the promotion, furnishing or display of any material or performance without a prior adversary hearing before the court.

5. A final declaration obtained pursuant to this section may be used to form the basis for an injunction and for no other purpose.

6. All laws regulating the procedure for obtaining declaratory judgments or injunctions which are inconsistent with the provisions of this section shall be inapplicable to proceedings brought pursuant to this section. There shall be no right to jury trial in any proceedings under this section.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1987 H.B. 113, et al.) Effective 7-15-87
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 231.160 — MO Code / Chapter 231 / Section 231.160
231.160 Board to form districts — boundary lines — established how — overseer — ...
Status: in_force

231.160. Board to form districts — boundary lines — established how — overseer — appointment. — The township board of directors shall form the township into one or more road districts. If the boundary line of any road district is along a public road, then one or the other edge of said road, and not the center line, shall be the boundary line of such road; and, in the event the township boards of adjoining townships are unable to agree upon the boundary lines of roads that are on the boundary lines of townships, then the county commission, or county commissions, of the particular county, or counties, interested shall settle boundary lines along such township lines. In the month of April each year the board shall appoint a road overseer for each district, who shall serve for one year and until his successor is appointed and qualified. Any road overseer may be removed from office by the township board for incompetency, neglect or other good cause, and a successor may be appointed by them in his stead.

(RSMo 1939 § 8814) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8150; 1919 § 10912; 1909 § 11751 CROSS REFERENCE: Road districts, township board to establish as needed, 65.390
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 217.135 — MO Code / Chapter 217 / Section 217.135
217.135 Food furnished in correctional center, employees to purchase, exception.
Status: in_force

217.135. Food furnished in correctional center, employees to purchase, exception. — Any purchase of food in any correctional center other than the usual quantity purchased for the offenders in the correctional center, to be used by or for anyone other than the offenders of the correctional center, shall be charged directly to the individual responsible for the purchase. The department may authorize employees of the correctional center to receive one meal without cost per work shift.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 24, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 105.452 — MO Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105.452
105.452 Prohibited acts by elected and appointed public officials and employees.
Status: in_force

105.452. Prohibited acts by elected and appointed public officials and employees. — 1. No elected or appointed official or employee of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall:

(1) Act or refrain from acting in any capacity in which he is lawfully empowered to act as such an official or employee by reason of any payment, offer to pay, promise to pay, or receipt of anything of actual pecuniary value paid or payable, or received or receivable, to himself or any third person, including any gift or campaign contribution, made or received in relationship to or as a condition of the performance of an official act, other than compensation to be paid by the state or political subdivision; or

(2) Use confidential information obtained in the course of or by reason of his employment or official capacity in any manner with intent to result in financial gain for himself, his spouse, his dependent child in his custody, or any business with which he is associated;

(3) Disclose confidential information obtained in the course of or by reason of his employment or official capacity in any manner with intent to result in financial gain for himself or any other person;

(4) Favorably act on any matter that is so specifically designed so as to provide a special monetary benefit to such official or his spouse or dependent children, including but not limited to increases in retirement benefits, whether received from the state of Missouri or any third party by reason of such act. For the purposes of this subdivision, "special monetary benefit" means being materially affected in a substantially different manner or degree than the manner or degree in which the public in general will be affected or, if the matter affects only a special class of persons, then affected in a substantially different manner or degree than the manner or degree in which such class will be affected. In all such matters such officials must recuse themselves from acting, except that such official may act on increases in compensation subject to the restrictions of Section 13 of Article VII of the Missouri Constitution; or

(5) Use his decision-making authority for the purpose of obtaining a financial gain which materially enriches himself, his spouse or dependent children by acting or refraining from acting for the purpose of coercing or extorting from another anything of actual pecuniary value.

2. No elected or appointed official or employee of any political subdivision shall offer, promote, or advocate for a political appointment in exchange for anything of value to any political subdivision.

(L. 1978 H.B. 1610 § 3, A.L. 1990 H.B. 948, A.L. 1991 S.B. 262, A.L. 2008 H.B. 2233)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 49.292 — MO Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.292
49.292 Rejection of transfer of real property by donation or dedication ...
Status: in_force

49.292. Rejection of transfer of real property by donation or dedication authorized, when — proof and acknowledgment required. — 1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the county commission of any county may reject the transfer of title of real property to the county by donation or dedication if the commission determines that such rejection is in the public interest of the county.

2. No transfer of title of real property to the county commission or any other political subdivision by donation or dedication authorized to be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds shall be valid unless it has been proved or acknowledged. The preparer of the document relating to subsection 1 of this section shall not submit a document to the recorder of deeds for recording unless the acceptance thereof of the grantee named in the document has been proved or acknowledged. No water or sewer line easement shall be construed as a transfer of title of real property under this subsection.

(L. 2006 S.B. 932, A.L. 2008 S.B. 907 merged with S.B. 1033)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.453 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.453
227.453 Jake Beckley memorial highway designated for portion of State Highway 79 in ...
Status: in_force

227.453. Jake Beckley memorial highway designated for portion of State Highway 79 in Marion County. — The portion of State Highway 79 from Spring Street continuing north to North Street in the city of Hannibal in Marion County shall be designated as "Jake Beckley Memorial Highway". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with the costs to be paid by private donations.

(L. 2019 H.B. 499)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 386.010 — MO Code / Chapter 386 / Section 386.010
386.010 Short title of law.
Status: in_force

386.010. Short title of law. — This chapter * shall be known as the "Public Service Commission Law", and shall apply to the public services herein described and the commission herein created, and to the public service corporations, persons and public utilities mentioned and referred to in this chapter.

(RSMo 1939 § 5577) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5121; 1919 § 10410 *Reference to "chapter" is taken from RSMo 1939 and includes all of chapter 386, sections 387.010 to 387.340, 389.780, 390.020 to 390.161, 391.070, 392.190 to 392.360 and 393.110 to 393.290
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 52.250 — MO Code / Chapter 52 / Section 52.250
52.250 Fees for mailing statements and receipts to be deposited in county treasury ...
Status: in_force

52.250. Fees for mailing statements and receipts to be deposited in county treasury (third and fourth class counties). — The collectors in third class counties shall collect a fee of one-half of one percent of all current taxes collected, including current delinquent taxes, exclusive of all current railroad and utility taxes collected on behalf of the county, as compensation for mailing the statements and receipts. All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be collected on behalf of the county and shall be paid into the county treasury. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, or any other provision of law in conflict with the provisions of this section, in all counties which become counties of the second or fourth classification after December 31, 2000, one-half of one percent of all current taxes collected, including current delinquent taxes allocable to each taxing authority within the county and the county shall continue to be deducted each year for mailing the statements and receipts, exclusive of all current railroad and utility taxes collected, and shall be deposited into the county general fund as required by this section as if the county had retained its classification as a county of either the third or the fourth classification. Collectors in third and fourth class counties are entitled to collect such fees immediately upon an order of the circuit court pursuant to section 139.031 . If the protest is later sustained and a portion of the taxes so paid is returned to the taxpayer the county shall return that portion of the fee collected on the amount returned to the taxpayer. Such county collector may accept credit cards as proper form of payment of outstanding taxes due. No county collector may charge a surcharge for payment by credit card which exceeds the fee or surcharge charged by the credit card bank for its service.

(L. 1949 p. 541 § 3, L. 1949 p. 542 § 3, A. 1949 H.B. 2166, A.L. 1953 p. 379, A.L. 1955 p. 368, A.L. 1977 S.B. 9, A.L. 1986 S.B. 707, A.L. 1987 S.B. 65, et al., A.L. 2002 H.B. 1634)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 46.114 — MO Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.114
46.114 Mercer.
Status: in_force

46.114. Mercer. — Beginning at the southeast corner of section nine, township sixty-three, range twenty-two, west; thence north with the subdivisional lines to the north boundary of the state; thence west with said boundary to the line dividing ranges twenty-five and twenty-six; thence south with said range line to the southwest corner of section seven of township sixty-three, range twenty-five, west; thence east with the subdivisional lines to the place of beginning.

(RSMo 1939 § 13576) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11917; 1919 § 9319; 1909 § 3536
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.090 — MO Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.090
88.090 Street grading — review of commissioners' report.
Status: in_force

88.090. Street grading — review of commissioners' report. — The report of the commissioners may be reviewed by the circuit court on written exceptions, filed by any party in the clerk's office within ten days after the filing of such report, and the court shall make such order therein as right and justice may require, and may order a new appraisement on good cause shown, but the hearing of such exceptions shall be summary, and the court shall fix a day therefor without delay. And any party shall be entitled to have the damages assessed by a trial by jury as at common law, upon claiming the right in the exceptions to the report of the commissioners.

(RSMo 1939 § 7376) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7225; 1919 § 8679; 1909 § 9556
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 79.160 — MO Code / Chapter 79 / Section 79.160
79.160 Board shall publish semiannual statements.
Status: in_force

79.160. Board shall publish semiannual statements. — The board of aldermen shall semiannually each year, at times to be set by the board of aldermen, make out and spread upon their records a full and detailed account and statement of the receipts and expenditures and indebtedness of the city for the half year ending with the last day of the month immediately preceding the date of such report, which account and statement shall be published in some newspaper in the city.

(RSMo 1939 § 7115, A.L. 1979 H.B. 334) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6965; 1919 § 8416; 1909 § 9318
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 535.081 — MO Code / Chapter 535 / Section 535.081
535.081 Rent recovery, successor in title, notice required — notice may be attached ...
Status: in_force

535.081. Rent recovery, successor in title, notice required — notice may be attached to notarized affidavit (counties of the first classification). — The right of a successor in title to recover rents pursuant to section 535.070 requires adequate and timely notice to the tenant. Except in counties of the first classification as determined pursuant to section 48.020 , for the purposes of this section, "adequate and timely notice" means that the purchaser shall notify tenants in writing of the fact that title to the property has been transferred, and of the means of the transfer and the date of the transfer and the notice shall be attached to a copy of the deed which has been recorded. In counties of the first classification as determined pursuant to section 48.020 , in lieu of a copy of the deed which has been recorded, the notice required by this section may be attached to a notarized affidavit executed by both the prior owner of the property and the successor in title, which notarized affidavit shall state that the property has been transferred to the successor in title and the date on which the transfer occurred.

(L. 1997 H.B. 361, A.L. 2002 S.B. 932)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 151.300 — MO Code / Chapter 151 / Section 151.300
151.300 Companies may recover taxes paid on leased cars.
Status: in_force

151.300. Companies may recover taxes paid on leased cars. — All railroad companies in this state which shall hereafter pay any taxes on any sleeping, palace, passenger or other cars, hired, leased, run or used on the roads of said companies in this state, shall have a right of action against the company or persons owning such cars for the taxes so paid, with interest thereon from date of payment, and may sue for and recover the same in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(RSMo 1939 § 11279, A.L. 1945 p. 1825 § 36) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10049; 1919 § 13051; 1909 § 11603
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.110 — MO Code / Chapter 393 / Section 393.110
393.110 Application of sections 393.110 to 393.285 — public service commission not ...
Status: in_force

393.110. Application of sections 393.110 to 393.285 — public service commission not to have jurisdiction over certain electrical corporations. — 1. Sections 393.110 to 393.285 shall apply to the manufacture and furnishing of gas for light, heat or power and the furnishing of natural gas for light, heat or power, and the generation, furnishing and transmission of electricity for light, heat or power, the supplying and distributing of water for any purpose whatsoever, and the furnishing of a sewer system for the collection, carriage, treatment or disposal of sewage for municipal, domestic or other beneficial or necessary purpose.

2. Notwithstanding any provision in chapter 386 or this chapter to the contrary, the public service commission shall not have jurisdiction over the rates, financing, accounting, or management of any electrical corporation which is required by its bylaws to operate on the not-for-profit cooperative business plan, with its consumers who receive service as the stockholders of such corporation, and which holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity to serve a majority of its consumer-owners in counties of the third classification as of August 28, 2003. Nothing in this section shall be construed as amending or superseding the commission's authority granted in and pursuant to subsection 1 of section 386.310 , in section 386.800 , section 393.106 , and section 394.312 .

(RSMo 1939 § 5644, A.L. 1967 p. 578, A.L. 2003 H.B. 208 merged with S.B. 255) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5188; 1919 § 10476
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 142.935 — MO Code / Chapter 142 / Section 142.935
142.935 Notice of dyed fuels.
Status: in_force

142.935. Notice of dyed fuels. — A notice stating "DYED DIESEL FUEL, NONTAXABLE USE ONLY, PENALTY FOR TAXABLE USE" or "DYED KEROSENE, NONTAXABLE USE ONLY, PENALTY FOR TAXABLE USE" shall be:

(1) Provided by the terminal operator to any person that receives dyed diesel fuel or dyed kerosene at a terminal rack of that terminal operator;

(2) Provided by any seller of dyed diesel fuel or dyed kerosene to its buyer if the diesel fuel or kerosene is located outside the bulk transfer/terminal system and is not sold from a retail pump posted in accordance with the requirements of subdivision (3) of this section; and

(3) Posted by a seller on any retail pump where it sells dyed diesel fuel or dyed kerosene for use by its buyer. The form of notice required under subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section shall be provided by the time of the removal or sale and shall appear on shipping papers, bills of lading, and invoices accompanying the sale or removal of the dyed diesel fuel or dyed kerosene.

(L. 1998 S.B. 619) Effective 1-1-99
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 287.937 — MO Code / Chapter 287 / Section 287.937
287.937 Director may conduct examinations — insurer and advisory organizations to ...
Status: in_force

287.937. Director may conduct examinations — insurer and advisory organizations to maintain records, purpose — cost of examination — outstate examination may be accepted. — 1. The director may examine any insurer and the advisory organization as deemed necessary to ascertain compliance with sections 287.930 to 287.975 .

2. Every insurer and the advisory organization shall maintain reasonable records of the type and kind reasonably adapted to its method of operation containing its experiences or the experience of its members including the data, statistics or information collected or used by it in its activities. These records shall be available at all reasonable times to enable the director to determine whether the activities of the advisory organization, insurer or association comply with the provisions of sections 287.930 to 287.975 . Such records shall be maintained in an office within this state or shall be made available to the director for examination or inspection at any time upon reasonable notice.

3. The reasonable cost of an examination made pursuant to this section shall be paid by the examined party upon presentation of a detailed account of such costs.

4. In lieu of any such examination the director may accept the report of an examination by the insurance supervisory official of another state, made pursuant to the laws of such state.

(L. 1993 S.B. 251 § 20) Effective 1-01-94
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 451.030 — MO Code / Chapter 451 / Section 451.030
451.030 Bigamous marriage void.
Status: in_force

451.030. Bigamous marriage void. — All marriages, where either of the parties has a former wife or husband living, shall be void, unless the former marriage shall have been dissolved.

(RSMo 1939 § 3362) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2975; 1919 § 7300; 1909 § 8281
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 77.160 — MO Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.160
77.160 Payment for property acquired — issuance of bonds.
Status: in_force

77.160. Payment for property acquired — issuance of bonds. — The mayor and council of said cities are authorized to accept gifts and grants and to borrow money and execute, issue and negotiate bonds or other securities, for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring said property or the construction of said buildings or works thereon, and to secure same by mortgages or deeds of trust on said properties and the income and revenue derived therefrom; which said mortgage or deeds of trust shall be a first lien on all said property and all revenues or income therefrom and shall be enforceable as provided therein but shall not be a debt of said city or payable out of any revenue not derived from said property. Said bonds issued under the provisions of this section and sections 77.150 , 77.170 and 77.180 shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six percent per annum, payable annually or semiannually, shall be executed in such manner and be payable serially in annual installments beginning not later than three years and extending not more than forty years from the date thereof, and at such place or places as the mayor and council shall determine. Any income, receipts, collections and profits from any properties on which such a mortgage or deed of trust has been so executed, shall be held and kept in the city treasury as a separate fund, and payments therefrom shall be made only as provided by said mortgage or deed of trust.

(RSMo 1939 § 7046) CROSS REFERENCE: Improvements, special tax bills and bonds issued in payment of, 88.497 to 88.647