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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 292.600 — MO Code / Chapter 292 / Section 292.600
292.600 Definitions.
Status: in_force

292.600. Definitions. — As used in sections 292.600 to 292.625 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Department" , the state department of public safety;

(2) "District or local emergency planning committee" , a committee established by the Missouri emergency response commission and may include one or more counties or cities in Missouri;

(3) "Employer" , a person engaged in business and including the state and any political subdivision thereof;

(4) "Hazardous substance" , any substance which is:

(a) Listed in Title III, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know, of the federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Public Law 99-499; or

(b) A pesticide for which a registration has been cancelled or suspended under the provisions of section 281.260 or the federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act of 1972, Public Law 92-516, as amended; or

(c) An extremely hazardous substance or hazardous chemical as defined in Title III, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know, as enacted under the federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986, Public Law 99-499; and which an employer stores, uses or produces, but shall not include any substance which is a food or drug as defined in the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C., Section 321, et seq.; packaged for distribution to, and used by, the general public, including any product used by an employer in the same form, approximate amount, concentration, and manner as it is sold to the consumer; present in a physical state, volume, or concentration for which there is no valid and substantial evidence that a significant risk to human health may occur from exposure; used in a laboratory for experimentation, research, development or testing by or under the direct supervision of a technically qualified individual, provided that the toxic substance or mixture is not produced in the laboratory for commercial purposes;

(5) "Person" , one or more individuals, partnerships, associations, corporations, business trusts, legal representatives or any organized group of persons.

(L. 1985 H.B. 507 & 139 § 1, A.L. 1987 H.B. 655, A.L. 1988 S.B. 765, A.L. 1993 H.B. 550)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.542 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.542
227.542 Sheriff Roger I. Wilson Memorial Highway designated for a portion of I-70 ...
Status: in_force

227.542. Sheriff Roger I. Wilson Memorial Highway designated for a portion of I-70 in Boone County. — The portion of Interstate Highway 70 from the eastern edge of the intersection of U.S. Highway 63 and Interstate 70 continuing west to Rangeline Street in Boone County shall be designated as "Sheriff Roger I. Wilson 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. 2018 H.B. 2347 merged with S.B. 999 & 1000)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 632.355 — MO Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.355
632.355 Additional detention or period of outpatient detention and treatment may be ...
Status: in_force

632.355. Additional detention or period of outpatient detention and treatment may be ordered, when. — 1. At the expiration of the ninety-day inpatient commitment period ordered by the court pursuant to section 632.350 , the respondent may be detained and treated as an involuntarily inpatient for an additional period of time not to exceed one year or such lesser period of time as determined by the court or may be detained for outpatient detention and treatment for a period of time not to exceed one hundred eighty days; provided, that:

(1) The respondent is mentally ill and continues to present a likelihood of serious harm to himself or herself or to others; and

(2) The court after a hearing orders the person detained and treated for the additional period.

2. Within the ninety-day commitment period, the head of the mental health program may file or cause to be filed, in compliance with the requirements of section 632.330 , a petition for a one-year inpatient detention and treatment period or a petition for outpatient detention and treatment for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days if he or she has reasonable cause to believe that the respondent is mentally ill and as a result presents a likelihood of serious harm to himself or herself or others, and that further detention and treatment is necessary pursuant to an individualized treatment plan prepared by the program and filed with the court. Procedures specified in sections 632.340 , 632.345 and 632.350 shall be followed.

3. At the conclusion of the hearing, if the court or jury finds that the respondent, as the result of mental illness, presents a likelihood of serious harm to himself or herself or others, and the court finds that a program appropriate to handle the respondent's condition has agreed to accept him or her, the court shall order that the respondent be detained for involuntary treatment in the least restrictive environment for a period not to exceed one year or for outpatient detention and treatment under the supervision of a mental health program in the least restrictive environment for a period not to exceed one hundred eighty days.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1996 S.B. 884 & 841, A.L. 2023 S.B. 106)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 78.170 — MO Code / Chapter 78 / Section 78.170
78.170 Appropriations — power of council.
Status: in_force

78.170. Appropriations — power of council. — If at the beginning of the term of office of the first council elected in such city under the provisions of sections 78.010 to 78.420 the appropriations for the expenditures of the city government for the current fiscal year have been made, said council shall have power by ordinance to revise, to repeal or change said appropriations, and to make additional appropriations.

(RSMo 1939 § 7072) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6922; 1919 § 8389
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 562.012 — MO Code / Chapter 562 / Section 562.012
562.012 Attempt — guilt for an offense may be based on.
Status: in_force

562.012. Attempt — guilt for an offense may be based on. — 1. Guilt for an offense may be based upon an attempt to commit an offense if, with the purpose of committing the offense, a person performs any act which is a substantial step towards the commission of the offense. A "substantial step" is conduct which is strongly corroborative of the firmness of the actor's purpose to complete the commission of the offense.

2. It is no defense to a prosecution that the offense attempted was, under the actual attendant circumstances, factually or legally impossible of commission, if such offense could have been committed had the attendant circumstances been as the actor believed them to be.

3. Unless otherwise set forth in the statute creating the offense, when guilt for a felony or misdemeanor is based upon an attempt to commit that offense, the felony or misdemeanor shall be classified one step lower than the class provided for the felony or misdemeanor in the statute creating the offense.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Transferred 2014; formerly 564.011; Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 94.605 — MO Code / Chapter 94 / Section 94.605
94.605 Tax, how imposed — rate of tax — boundary change, procedure — effective ...
Status: in_force

94.605. Tax, how imposed — rate of tax — boundary change, procedure — effective date for tax or its abolition — city or county clerk's duties. — 1. Any city as defined in section 94.600 may by a majority vote of its governing body impose a sales tax for transportation purposes enumerated in sections 94.600 to 94.655 .

2. The sales tax may be imposed at a rate not to exceed one-half of one percent on the receipts from the sale at retail of all tangible personal property or taxable services at retail within any city adopting such tax, if such property and services are subject to taxation by the state of Missouri under the provisions of sections 144.010 to 144.525 .

3. With respect to any tax increment financing plan originally approved by ordinance of the city council after March 31, 2009, in any home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county, any three-eighths of one cent sales tax imposed under sections 94.600 to 94.655 shall not be considered economic activity taxes as such term is defined under sections 99.805 and 99.918 , and tax revenues derived from such taxes shall not be subject to allocation under the provisions of subsection 3 of section 99.845 or subsection 4 of section 99.957 . Any one-eighth of one cent sales tax imposed in such city under sections 94.600 to 94.655 for constructing and operating a light-rail transit system shall not be considered economic activity taxes as such term is defined under sections 99.805 and 99.918 , and tax revenues derived from such tax shall not be subject to allocation under the provisions of subsection 3 of section 99.845 or subsection 4 of section 99.957 .

4. If the boundaries of a city in which such sales tax has been imposed shall thereafter be changed or altered, the city or county clerk shall forward to the director of revenue by United States registered mail or certified mail a certified copy of the ordinance adding or detaching territory from the city. The ordinance shall reflect the effective date thereof, and shall be accompanied by a map of the city clearly showing the territory added thereto or detached therefrom. Upon receipt of the ordinance and map, the tax imposed by sections 94.600 to 94.655 shall be effective in the added territory or abolished in the detached territory on the effective date of the change of the city boundary.

(L. 1973 H.B. 65 § 2, A.L. 1983 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 9, A.L. 1991 H.B. 29 merged with S.B. 34, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1131)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 523.200 — MO Code / Chapter 523 / Section 523.200
523.200 Definitions.
Status: in_force

523.200. Definitions. — As used in sections 523.200 to 523.215 , the following words mean:

(1) "Displaced person" , any person that moves from the real property or moves his personal property from the real property permanently and voluntarily as a direct result of the acquisition, rehabilitation or demolition of or the written notice of intent to acquire such real property, in whole or in part, for a public purpose;

(2) "Public agency" , the state of Missouri or any political subdivision or any branch, bureau or department thereof, any public school district, and any quasi-public corporation created or existing by law which are authorized to acquire real property for public purpose and which acquire any such property either partly or wholly with aid or reimbursement from federal funds;

(3) "Urban redevelopment corporation" , as defined in section 353.020 .

(L. 1971 H.B. 94 § 1, A.L. 1991 H.B. 502, A.L. 2006 H.B. 1944)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.076 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.076
375.076 No consideration for unlicensed persons.
Status: in_force

375.076. No consideration for unlicensed persons. — 1. An insurance company or insurance producer shall not pay a commission, service fee, brokerage or other valuable consideration to a person for selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in this state if that person is required to be licensed and is not so licensed.

2. A person shall not accept a commission, service fee, brokerage or other valuable consideration for selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in this state if that person is required to be licensed and is not so licensed.

3. Renewal or other deferred commissions may be paid to a person for selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance in this state if the person was required to be licensed at the time of the sale, solicitation or negotiation and was so licensed at that time.

4. An insurer or insurance producer may pay or assign commissions, service fees, brokerages or other valuable consideration to a business entity licensed as an insurance producer or to persons who do not sell, solicit or negotiate insurance in this state, unless the payment would violate subdivision (9) of section 375.936 or section 379.356 . Under no circumstances may an insurer or insurance producer pay or assign commissions, service fees, brokerages or other valuable consideration to a person whose license is under suspension or revocation.

(L. 1961 p. 504 §§ 3, 4, 5, 14, A.L. 1967 p. 516, A.L. 1981 S.B. 10, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1739, A.L. 2001 S.B. 193) Effective 1-01-03
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 660.137 — MO Code / Chapter 660 / Section 660.137
660.137 Federal low income telephone assistance matching funds, compliance to obtain.
Status: in_force

660.137. Federal low income telephone assistance matching funds, compliance to obtain. — The public service commission, the department of social services, and participating providers of local exchange telecommunications service shall comply with all requirements expressly provided by federal order, regulation, and statute for eligible subscribers to qualify for, and to receive matching federal low income telephone assistance.

(L. 1988 H.B. 1290)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 27.090 — MO Code / Chapter 27 / Section 27.090
27.090 Transition funds and facilities for attorney general, when provided.
Status: in_force

27.090. Transition funds and facilities for attorney general, when provided. — 1. In each year in which an attorney general of this state is elected and when the attorney general so elected is not the incumbent at the time of the election, funds and facilities for the attorney general-elect to be used by him in preparing an orderly transition of administration shall be provided.

2. The legislature shall appropriate to the commissioner of administration, funds to be used only for the purpose of this transition and to be expended during the transition period but in no event shall the amount so appropriated exceed ten thousand dollars for any such transition and all funds not expended for this purpose during the transition shall revert to general revenue.

(L. 1977 H.B. 493 & 458)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 570.110 — MO Code / Chapter 570 / Section 570.110
570.110 Issuing a false instrument or certificate — penalty.
Status: in_force

570.110. Issuing a false instrument or certificate — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of issuing a false instrument or certificate when, being authorized by law to take proof or acknowledgment of any instrument which by law may be recorded, or being authorized by law to make or issue official certificates or other official written instruments, he or she issues such an instrument or certificate, or makes the same with the purpose that it be issued, knowing:

(1) That it contains a false statement or false information; or

(2) That it is wholly or partly blank.

2. The offense of issuing a false instrument or certificate is a class A misdemeanor.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17 (1996) "Issue" means to deliver from authority and does not require public distribution or circulation. State v. Moriarty, 914 S.W.2d 416 (Mo.App.W.D.).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 544.550 — MO Code / Chapter 544 / Section 544.550
544.550 Recognizances, how taken.
Status: in_force

544.550. Recognizances, how taken. — All recognizances taken in a court of record in term shall be entered of record, and all recognizances required or authorized to be taken in vacation in any criminal case, or proceeding of a criminal nature, shall be in writing, and signed by the parties to be bound thereby.

(RSMo 1939 § 3964) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3575; 1919 § 3918; 1909 § 5125
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 320.310 — MO Code / Chapter 320 / Section 320.310
320.310 Boundaries, filing with county — sole providers, when.
Status: in_force

320.310. Boundaries, filing with county — sole providers, when. — 1. All volunteer fire protection associations as defined in section 320.300 shall identify the association's boundaries and file the same with the county administrative body.

2. Except as provided in section 320.090 and section 44.090 , and except for state agencies that engage in fire suppression and related activities, those fire protection districts, municipal fire departments, and volunteer fire protection associations, as defined in section 320.300 , shall be the sole provider of fire suppression and related activities. For the purposes of this subsection, the term "related activities" shall mean only fire prevention, rescue, hazardous material response, or special operation within their legally defined boundaries.

3. Only upon approval by the governing body of a municipal fire department, fire protection district, or volunteer fire association registered with the office of the state fire marshal, as required by section 320.271 , shall any other association, organization, group, or political subdivision be authorized to provide the fire suppression response and related activities referenced in subsection 2 of this section within the legally defined boundaries of any municipal fire department, fire protection district, or volunteer fire association.

4. Any such association, group, or political subdivision denied approval to operate within the established boundaries of a fire department or volunteer fire association may appeal that decision within thirty days of the decision to the circuit court having jurisdiction for a trial de novo.

5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 2 and 3 of this section, ambulance services and districts which are or will be licensed, formed, or operated under chapter 190 may provide emergency medical services and nonemergency medical transport within the geographic boundaries of a fire department. Nothing in this section shall supersede the provisions set forth in section 67.300 , chapter 190 , or chapter 321 .

(L. 1986 H.B. 1418 § 5, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22 merged with S.B. 47)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.572 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.572
351.572 Authority to transact business required.
Status: in_force

351.572. Authority to transact business required. — 1. A foreign corporation may not transact business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the secretary of state.

2. The following activities, among others, do not constitute transacting business within the meaning of subsection 1 of this section:

(1) Maintaining, defending, or settling any proceeding;

(2) Holding meetings of the board of directors or shareholders or carrying on other activities concerning internal corporate affairs;

(3) Maintaining bank accounts;

(4) Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of the corporation's own securities or maintaining trustees or depositories with respect to those securities;

(5) Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, and security interests in real or personal property;

(6) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages and security interests in property securing the debts;

(7) Conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within thirty days and that is not one in the course of repeated transactions of a like nature;

(8) Transacting business in interstate commerce.

3. The list of activities in subsection 2 of this section is not exhaustive.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1432) CROSS REFERENCE: Foreign registered limited liability partnership not deemed to be transacting business in this state under corporate laws, 347.163
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 534.300 — MO Code / Chapter 534 / Section 534.300
534.300 Three years' possession a bar to the action.
Status: in_force

534.300. Three years' possession a bar to the action. — The provisions of this chapter shall not extend to any person who has had the uninterrupted occupation or been in quiet possession of any lands or tenements for the space of three whole years together, immediately preceding the filing of the complaint, or who has continued three whole years in the peaceable possession after the time for which the premises were demised or let to him, or those under whom he claims, shall have expired.

(RSMo 1939 § 2854) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2468; 1919 § 3016; 1909 § 7678
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 332.201 — MO Code / Chapter 332 / Section 332.201
332.201 Dentist, temporary certificate or license issued, when, length of time valid.
Status: in_force

332.201. Dentist, temporary certificate or license issued, when, length of time valid. — The board may not issue any temporary certificates of registration or licenses to practice dentistry in Missouri; except, upon the request and recommendation of the department of health and senior services, the department of mental health, or the department of corrections and human resources, the board shall issue a letter authorizing an uncertificated and unlicensed graduate of an accredited dental school to practice dentistry if the board determines that the recommended person is qualified to take the dental examination and if this person is employed by an institution operated by one of the aforenamed agencies the letter shall be effective for such period of time as may be authorized by the board, but any such authorization issued by the board shall in no event extend beyond the date that the results of the board's dental examination or examinations next following the date of the authorization are announced.

(L. 1969 S.B. 97, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 226.250 — MO Code / Chapter 226 / Section 226.250
226.250 Authorized to acquire, by lease, purchase, or condemnation, plants or ...
Status: in_force

226.250. Authorized to acquire, by lease, purchase, or condemnation, plants or factories. — With the approval in writing of the governor, the state transportation department or other body designated by law to have charge of the state highways of the state of Missouri is hereby authorized to acquire by lease or purchase or condemnation, plants and factories used or useful in the production or manufacture of sand, gravel, clay, rock, cement, brick or other road building or road maintenance material.

(RSMo 1939 § 8789) Prior revision: 1929 § 8141
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 491.310 — MO Code / Chapter 491 / Section 491.310
491.310 Associate circuit judge to issue subpoenas.
Status: in_force

491.310. Associate circuit judge to issue subpoenas. — The associate circuit judge shall issue subpoenas for witnesses at the instance of either party, and shall include all the witnesses ordered at the same time by a party in one subpoena.

(RSMo 1939 § 2649, A.L. 1945 p. 765 § 85) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2263; 1919 § 2813; 1909 § 7490
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 362.290 — MO Code / Chapter 362 / Section 362.290
362.290 Communications from director shall be submitted to directors and noted in ...
Status: in_force

362.290. Communications from director shall be submitted to directors and noted in minutes. — Each official communication directed by the finance director or one of his deputies to a bank or trust company or to any officer thereof, relating to an examination or investigation conducted by the division of finance or containing suggestions or recommendations as to the conduct of the business of the bank or trust company, shall be submitted, by the officer receiving it, to the board of directors at the next meeting of the board, and duly noted in the minutes of the meetings of the board.

(RSMo 1939 § 7967, A.L. 1967 p. 445) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5372; 1919 § 11755
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 103.029 — MO Code / Chapter 103 / Section 103.029
103.029 Attorney at law may be employed for legal advice and representation.
Status: in_force

103.029. Attorney at law may be employed for legal advice and representation. — The board may employ or contract with an attorney at law or firm of attorneys to be the legal advisor of the board and to represent the board in all legal proceedings.

(L. 1992 H.B. 1574 § 1 subsec. 14)