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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 130.097 — MO Code / Chapter 130 / Section 130.097
130.097 Transfer of committee funds, no compensation to person transferring — ...
Status: in_force

130.097. Transfer of committee funds, no compensation to person transferring — lobbyists prohibited from transferring committee funds. — 1. No person who transfers funds from:

(1) His or her candidate committee; or

(2) Any committee over which such person exerts control over the expenditures of such committee

to any other committee shall thereafter be compensated, for any purpose, by the committee that received such funds.

2. No person who registers as a lobbyist, as defined under section 105.470 , shall transfer funds from any candidate committee, exploratory committee, debt service committee, or continuing committee under his or her control to any such committee controlled by a candidate or public official, as defined under section 105.470 .

(L. 2016 H.B. 2203)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 362.440 — MO Code / Chapter 362 / Section 362.440
362.440 Licenses to foreign corporations — renewal.
Status: in_force

362.440. Licenses to foreign corporations — renewal. — 1. Upon receipt by the director from any foreign corporation of an application in proper form for leave to do business in this state under the provisions of this chapter, he or she shall, by such investigation as he or she may deem necessary, satisfy himself or herself whether the applicant may safely be permitted to do business in this state.

2. If from such investigation he or she shall be satisfied that it is safe and expedient to grant such application and it shall have been shown to his or her satisfaction that such applicant may be authorized to engage in business in this state pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and has complied with all the requirements of this chapter, he or she shall issue a license under his or her hand and official seal authorizing such applicant to carry on such business at the place designated in the license and, if such license is for a limited time, specifying the date upon which it shall expire.

3. Whenever any such license is issued for one year or less, the director may, at the expiration thereof, renew such license for one year.

(RSMo 1939 § 7891, A.L. 2000 S.B. 896, A.L. 2019 S.B. 179) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5297; 1919 § 11685
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 79.470 — MO Code / Chapter 79 / Section 79.470
79.470 Board to set penalties, limitation.
Status: in_force

79.470. Board to set penalties, limitation. — For all ordinance violations the board of aldermen may impose penalties not exceeding a fine of five hundred dollars and costs, or ninety days' imprisonment, or both the fine and imprisonment. Where the city and state have a penalty for the same offense, the board shall set the same penalty by ordinance as is set by statute, except that imprisonments, when made under city ordinances, may be in the city prison or workhouse instead of the county jail.

(RSMo 1939 § 7221, A.L. 1971 S.B. 299) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7071; 1919 § 8521; 1909 § 9422
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 447.626 — MO Code / Chapter 447 / Section 447.626
447.626 Expeditious treatment.
Status: in_force

447.626. Expeditious treatment. — Any action brought pursuant to the provisions of sections 447.620 to 447.640 shall be expedited by the court and may be given precedence over other suits. Trial shall be by the court without a jury.

(L. 1993 S.B. 376 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 640.700 — MO Code / Chapter 640 / Section 640.700
640.700 Certain sections to apply only to facilities with a flush system.
Status: in_force

640.700. Certain sections to apply only to facilities with a flush system. — Sections 640.700 , 640.725 , 640.730 , 640.735 and 640.750 shall only apply to class IA facilities as defined by the department rules in effect as of January 30, 1996, which use a flush system.

(L. 1996 H.B. 1207) Effective 6-25-96 CROSS REFERENCE: Farming corporations or cooperatives not to receive economic assistance, exceptions, 350.040
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 86.970 — MO Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.970
86.970 Compensation of board members.
Status: in_force

86.970. Compensation of board members. — The members of the retirement board shall be compensated in full for all services rendered under the provisions of sections 86.900 to 86.1280 at the rate of ten dollars per business session actually attended but no member shall be so compensated in an amount exceeding one hundred fifty dollars in any fiscal year regardless of the amount of services rendered or the number of business sessions actually attended. The members of the board shall be reimbursed from the funds of the police retirement system for all necessary expenses which they may incur on such board, in addition to their compensation for services.

(L. 2005 H.B. 323)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 140.640 — MO Code / Chapter 140 / Section 140.640
140.640 Personal judgments not authorized.
Status: in_force

140.640. Personal judgments not authorized. — Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to authorize a personal judgment against any owner of any land or lot, or of any interest therein, for any real estate tax levied and/or assessed against such land or lot, nor shall this law be so construed as to change in any manner whatsoever the method or mode now or that may hereafter be provided by law for the collection of drainage and/or levee assessments, or other special assessments.

(RSMo 1939 § 11175)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.830 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.830
227.830 Senator Bill Foster memorial bridge designated in Butler County.
Status: in_force

227.830. Senator Bill Foster memorial bridge designated in Butler County. — The bridge on State Highway WW that crosses over the railroad in the city of Poplar Bluff in Butler County shall be designated the "Senator Bill Foster Memorial Bridge". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such bridge, with the costs to be paid by private donations.

(L. 2025 S.B. 348)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 547.290 — MO Code / Chapter 547 / Section 547.290
547.290 Supreme court shall direct execution of sentence, when.
Status: in_force

547.290. Supreme court shall direct execution of sentence, when. — When the appeal is taken, or the writ of error is sued out by the party indicted, if the supreme court affirm the judgment of the court below it shall direct the sentence pronounced to be executed, and the same shall be executed accordingly; if the judgment be reversed, the supreme court shall direct a new trial, or that defendant be absolutely discharged, according to the circumstances of the case.

(RSMo 1939 § 4153) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3763; 1919 § 4109; 1909 § 5314
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.111 — MO Code / Chapter 355 / Section 355.111
355.111 Organizational meeting.
Status: in_force

355.111. Organizational meeting. — 1. After incorporation:

(1) If initial directors are named in the articles of incorporation, the initial directors shall hold an organizational meeting, at the call of a majority of the directors, to complete the organization of the corporation by appointing officers, adopting bylaws, and carrying on any other business brought before the meeting;

(2) If initial directors are not named in the articles, the incorporator or incorporators shall hold an organizational meeting at the call of a majority of the incorporators to elect directors and complete the organization of the corporation, or to elect a board of directors who shall complete the organization of the corporation.

2. Any action required or permitted by this chapter to be taken by incorporators at an organizational meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action taken is evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken and signed by each incorporator.

3. An organizational meeting may be held in or out of this state in accordance with section 355.381 .

(L. 1994 H.B. 1095) Effective 7-01-95
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 475.543 — MO Code / Chapter 475 / Section 475.543
475.543 Effect of registration.
Status: in_force

475.543. Effect of registration. — 1. Upon registration of a guardianship or protective order from another state, the guardian or conservator may exercise in this state all powers authorized in the order of appointment except as prohibited under the laws of this state, including maintaining actions and proceedings in this state and, if the guardian or conservator is not a resident of this state, subject to any conditions imposed upon nonresident parties.

2. A court of this state may grant any relief available under sections 475.501 to 475.555 and other law of this state to enforce a registered order.

(L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 59 merged with S.B. 213)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 515.635 — MO Code / Chapter 515 / Section 515.635
515.635 Noncontingent liquidated claims, interest allowed, rate.
Status: in_force

515.635. Noncontingent liquidated claims, interest allowed, rate. — To the extent that funds are available in the estate for distribution to creditors in a general receivership, the holder of an allowed noncontingent, liquidated claim is entitled to receive interest at the legal rate or other applicable rate from the date of appointment of the receiver or the date on which the claim became a noncontingent, liquidated claim. If there are insufficient funds in the estate to fully pay all interest owing to all members of the class, then interest shall be paid proportionately to each member of the class.

(L. 2016 H.B. 1765 merged with S.B. 578, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1250)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 191.674 — MO Code / Chapter 191 / Section 191.674
191.674 Court-ordered HIV testing without right of refusal, department of health ...
Status: in_force

191.674. Court-ordered HIV testing without right of refusal, department of health and senior services may seek, when — court record closed, proceeding to be in camera, when. — 1. The department of health and senior services may seek in its own name in a court of competent jurisdiction a court order directing an individual to undergo HIV testing without the right of refusal after reasonable efforts have been made by the department to obtain informed consent to HIV testing. The court shall grant such order whenever there are reasonable grounds to believe that an individual is infected with HIV and there is clear and convincing evidence of a serious and present health threat to others posed by the individual if infected.

2. The record of any suit filed pursuant to this section shall be closed to the public and, at the request of the individual, any hearing shall be held in camera.

(L. 1988 H.B. 1151 & 1044 § 9) Effective 6-1-88
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 72.180 — MO Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72.180
72.180 Consolidation effective, when — more than two cities, vote against, effect.
Status: in_force

72.180. Consolidation effective, when — more than two cities, vote against, effect. — If it shall appear that a majority of the votes cast in each one of said municipalities on the question shall be in favor of consolidation, the certificate of the clerk shall be recorded in the journal of the council, board of trustees or board of aldermen of each of said cities, towns or villages, and consolidation of such cities, towns or villages thereafter be consummated. Where more than two cities, towns or villages as provided in section 72.150 , seek consolidation, a majority of the votes cast in any one city, town or village against the consolidation shall not prevent the consolidation of the remaining cities, towns or villages if a majority of the votes cast in such remaining cities, towns or villages are in favor of consolidation unless a majority of the votes in the largest of the cities, towns or villages seeking consolidation is against consolidation, in which case the consolidation shall be deemed to have been defeated.

(RSMo 1939 § 7832, A.L. 1961 p. 193, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1992 S.B. 571) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7687; 1919 § 9126; 1909 § 9951 Effective 7-09-92
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 479.150 — MO Code / Chapter 479 / Section 479.150
479.150 Trial by jury, certification for assignment — exception, Springfield ...
Status: in_force

479.150. Trial by jury, certification for assignment — exception, Springfield municipal court, when, procedure, costs. — 1. In any municipality, whenever a defendant accused of a violation of a municipal ordinance has a right to a trial by jury and demands such trial by jury, except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, the municipal judge shall certify the case for assignment.

2. Any municipality requiring by ordinance that the municipal judge be a licensed attorney and which has a population in excess of one hundred thousand persons which is located in a county of the first class not having a charter form of government and which does not adjoin another first class county may elect by passage of an appropriate municipal ordinance to hear jury cases before the municipal court; provided, such jury cases are heard in accordance with the following procedures:

(1) Cases shall be heard with a record being made as required in jury cases before the associate circuit court and the trial shall be conducted and the jury selected in accordance with procedures applicable before circuit courts;

(2) In any case tried with a jury in a municipal court under provisions of this subsection, appeals may be had upon the record to the appropriate state appellate court, and the record for appeal in such cases shall be prepared in accordance with the same rules prescribed by the supreme court for trials on the record before associate circuit courts;

(3) The costs of equipment or stenographic services for jury trials a municipality should elect to hold under this section shall be paid by the municipality, except where the supreme court has by rule provided for reimbursement by the defendant for the cost of transcription, and any person who requests a jury trial shall be responsible for all costs incurred in the securing of a jury if such person thereafter waives his right to a jury trial;

(4) The failure to request a jury trial while the case is pending before the municipal court shall be deemed a waiver of the right to a jury trial and after such jury trial there shall be no right to a trial de novo in circuit court;

(5) If the municipal judge is disqualified, the rules for appointment of another municipal judge of the city to hear such cases shall apply; provided, however, that in the event there is no other municipal judge qualified to hear the case, the case shall be certified for assignment.

(L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1142 & 894, A.L. 2001 S.B. 267)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.259 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.259
115.259 Voting machines to be visible to election judges at polls.
Status: in_force

115.259. Voting machines to be visible to election judges at polls. — At each polling place using voting machines, the exterior of the voting machines shall be in plain view of the election judges. The election judges shall not be nor permit any other person to be in any position, or near any position, that enables them to see how any voter votes or has voted. The election judges may inspect any machine as necessary to make sure the ballot label is in its proper place and that the machine has not been damaged.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 8.325, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 387.439 — MO Code / Chapter 387 / Section 387.439
387.439 Prohibited acts — penalty.
Status: in_force

387.439. Prohibited acts — penalty. — 1. (1) A TNC shall not deny or manipulate access to its digital network or engage in any deceptive, manipulative, or coordinated practice to evade a law enforcement entity, including by cancelling a ride request by a rider or prospective rider relating to association with a law enforcement entity.

(2) A first violation of this subsection shall be punishable by a fine of fifty thousand dollars. A second violation of this subsection shall be punishable by a fine of one hundred fifty thousand dollars. A third or subsequent violation of this subsection shall be punishable by a fine of three hundred thousand dollars.

2. A TNC shall not produce or operate, or allow to be produced or operated, any digital network or similar technology that falsely displays the number of TNC vehicles available to provide prearranged rides for the purpose of misleading riders or potential riders about the number of TNC vehicles available to provide such rides.

3. A TNC shall not use geographic location or geolocation data of a rider or prospective rider for the purpose of excluding certain areas on the basis of the income, racial, or ethnic composition of such area.

4. A violation of this section shall be punishable by a one-month suspension of the TNC's license.

(L. 2017 H.B. 130)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.023 — MO Code / Chapter 565 / Section 565.023
565.023 Voluntary manslaughter, penalty — under influence of sudden passion, ...
Status: in_force

565.023. Voluntary manslaughter, penalty — under influence of sudden passion, defendant's burden to inject. — 1. A person commits the offense of voluntary manslaughter if he or she:

(1) Causes the death of another person under circumstances that would constitute murder in the second degree under subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of section 565.021 , except that he or she caused the death under the influence of sudden passion arising from adequate cause; or

(2) Knowingly assists another in the commission of self-murder.

2. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of influence of sudden passion arising from adequate cause under subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section.

3. The offense of voluntary manslaughter is a class B felony.

(L. 1983 S.B. 276, A.L. 1984 S.B. 448 § A, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.045 — MO Code / Chapter 571 / Section 571.045
571.045 Defacing firearm, penalty.
Status: in_force

571.045. Defacing firearm, penalty. — 1. A person commits the crime of defacing a firearm if he knowingly defaces any firearm.

2. Defacing a firearm is a class A misdemeanor.

(L. 1981 H.B. 296 § 571.040)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 231.130 — MO Code / Chapter 231 / Section 231.130
231.130 Overseer to care for trees.
Status: in_force

231.130. Overseer to care for trees. — It shall be the duty of the road overseer of the district, including any of the roads aforesaid, to protect and care for any and all of the trees so planted under the supervision of the county highway engineer, and to file information against and prosecute any person or persons who shall injure or destroy any of such trees.

(RSMo 1939 § 8576) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7927; 1919 § 10715; 1909 § 10518
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 86.077 — MO Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.077
86.077 Allowance on accidental disability retirement.
Status: in_force

86.077. Allowance on accidental disability retirement. — 1. Upon retirement for accidental disability, other than permanent total disability as defined in subsection 2 of this section, a member shall receive a service retirement allowance if he has attained the age of sixty; otherwise he shall receive an accidental disability retirement allowance which shall consist of:

(1) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions at the time of his retirement; and

(2) A pension, in addition to the annuity, of sixty-six and two-thirds percent of his average final compensation.

2. Any member who, as the natural and proximate result of an accident occurring in the actual performance of his duty at some definite time and place through no negligence on his part, is permanently and totally incapacitated from performing any work, occupation or vocation of any kind whatsoever shall receive a retirement allowance which shall consist of:

(1) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions at the time of his retirement; and

(2) In addition to such annuity, a pension of sixty-six and two-thirds percent of his average final compensation or, in the discretion of the board of trustees, a pension in an amount not exceeding the then prevailing compensation of a patrolman who has served four years or more; and

(3) An allowance, in an amount to be determined by the board of trustees of such retirement system, to provide such member with surgical, medical and hospital care reasonably required, which are the result and in consequence of the accident causing such permanent total disability.

(RSMo 1939 § 9469, A.L. 1951 p. 356) Prior revision: 1929 § 8911
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 300.545 — MO Code / Chapter 300 / Section 300.545
300.545 Parking signs required.
Status: in_force

300.545. Parking signs required. — Whenever by this ordinance or any ordinance of the city any parking time limit is imposed or parking is prohibited on designated streets it shall be the duty of the city traffic engineer to erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof and no such regulations shall be effective unless said signs are erected and in place at the time of any alleged offense.

(L. 1965 p. 445 § 140)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 436.410 — MO Code / Chapter 436 / Section 436.410
436.410 Applicability exceptions.
Status: in_force

436.410. Applicability exceptions. — The provisions of sections 436.400 to 436.520 shall not apply to any contract or other arrangement sold by a cemetery operator for which payments received by or on behalf of the purchaser are required to be placed in an endowed care fund or for which a deposit into a segregated account is required under chapter 214 ; provided that a cemetery operator shall comply with sections 436.400 to 436.520 if the contract or arrangement sold by the operator includes services that may only be provided by a licensed funeral director or embalmer.

(L. 2009 S.B. 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.072 — MO Code / Chapter 565 / Section 565.072
565.072 Domestic assault, first degree — penalty.
Status: in_force

565.072. Domestic assault, first degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of domestic assault in the first degree if he or she attempts to kill or knowingly causes or attempts to cause serious physical injury to a domestic victim, as the term "domestic victim" is defined under section 565.002 .

2. The offense of domestic assault in the first degree is a class B felony unless in the course thereof the person inflicts serious physical injury on the victim, in which case it is a class A felony.

(L. 2000 H.B. 1677, et al., A.L. 2007 H.B. 583, A.L. 2012 S.B. 628, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17 CROSS REFERENCE: Domestic assault, batterer intervention program ordered, costs, how paid, 595.320
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 574.115 — MO Code / Chapter 574 / Section 574.115
574.115 Making a terrorist threat, first degree — penalty.
Status: in_force

574.115. Making a terrorist threat, first degree — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of making a terrorist threat in the first degree if such person, with the purpose of frightening ten or more people or causing the evacuation, quarantine or closure of any portion of a building, inhabitable structure, place of assembly or facility of transportation, knowingly:

(1) Communicates an express or implied threat to cause an incident or condition involving danger to life; or

(2) Communicates a false report of an incident or condition involving danger to life; or

(3) Causes a false belief or fear that an incident has occurred or that a condition exists involving danger to life.

2. The offense of making a terrorist threat in the first degree is a class D felony.

3. No offense is committed under this section by a person acting in good faith with the purpose to prevent harm.

(L. 2000 S.B. 944 § 574.150, A.L. 2002 S.B. 712, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17