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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 192.080 — MO Code / Chapter 192 / Section 192.080
192.080 Bureau of food and drug inspection.
Status: in_force

192.080. Bureau of food and drug inspection. — All powers and duties pertaining to administration of laws relating to food and drugs shall be exercised by the department of health and senior services. The director of health and senior services may appoint a deputy who, under the director, shall be chiefly responsible for administration of laws pertaining to food and drugs, and particularly to enforce all laws that now exist or that may hereafter be enacted regarding the production, manufacture or sale of any food products, or any ingredients that are used in the preparation of foodstuffs, or the misbranding of the same; and personally, or by his assistants, inspect any article of food or drug made or offered for sale in this state which he may, through himself or his assistants, suspect or have reason to believe is impure, unhealthful, adulterated or misbranded, and shall have power to cause to be arrested and prosecuted, any person or persons engaged in the manufacture or sale of foods or drugs or any food ingredients contrary to the laws of this state. The director shall make orders and findings for carrying out the provisions of this chapter and such orders and findings shall conform as nearly as practicable to the orders and findings at present established or which may hereafter be established for the enforcement of the act of congress, approved and known as "The Food and Drug Act", together with any amendments thereto.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 9855, 9856, 9857, A.L. 1945 p. 945 § 22, A. 1949 S.B. 1051) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 13003, 13005, 13006; 1919 §§ 5729, 5731, 5732; 1909 §§ 6606, 6608, 6609 CROSS REFERENCE: Food and drugs, regulation and inspection, Chap. 196
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 50.1190 — MO Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.1190
50.1190 Recorder of deeds, extra fees, deposit.
Status: in_force

50.1190. Recorder of deeds, extra fees, deposit. — In addition to the fees collected under chapter 59 , the county recorder of deeds in all counties, except in counties of the first classification having a charter form of government and any city not within a county, shall collect a six-dollar fee on all documents recorded or filed. The recorder shall transfer monthly all such fees and interest to the county treasurer. The treasurer shall forthwith transmit such fees and interest to the board for deposit in the county employees' retirement fund.

(L. 1994 S.B. 579 § 20)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 524.120 — MO Code / Chapter 524 / Section 524.120
524.120 Judgment where plaintiff's right expires after suit.
Status: in_force

524.120. Judgment where plaintiff's right expires after suit. — If the right of the plaintiff to the possession of the premises expire after the commencement of the suit, and before the trial, the verdict shall be returned according to the fact, and judgment shall be entered only for the damages and costs.

(RSMo 1939 § 1542) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1378; 1919 § 1828; 1909 § 2395
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 205.120 — MO Code / Chapter 205 / Section 205.120
205.120 No discrimination in healing methods.
Status: in_force

205.120. No discrimination in healing methods. — Each school of healing licensed by the state of Missouri shall have equal rights in said health center.

(L. 1945 p. 969 § 12)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 80.190 — MO Code / Chapter 80 / Section 80.190
80.190 Trustees — repair of sidewalks, procedure.
Status: in_force

80.190. Trustees — repair of sidewalks, procedure. — Whenever the board of trustees of any town or village shall determine to have any sidewalk built or repaired, as contemplated by section 80.180 , the said board of trustees shall cause at least ten days' notice, in writing, to be served on the owner or owners of any such property or lot in said town or village, which said notice shall require such owner or owners of such property or lot to begin to build, repair and complete the building and repairing of any such sidewalk in reasonable time thereafter; which said notice shall contain a description of each property or lot as aforesaid, and a general description of the character of such sidewalk, giving the length and breadth of such sidewalk and the material of which all or any part thereof shall be composed; and if, at the expiration of fifteen days after the service of said notice, if in writing, or if by publication, at the end of four weeks after said publication, said owner or owners as aforesaid shall not in good faith have commenced to build and repair any such sidewalk as aforesaid, and complete the same in reasonable time thereafter in the judgment of the board of trustees, said board of trustees shall cause such sidewalk to be built or repaired at the expense of such town or village, the cost and expense of which shall constitute a lien on the property or lot along which said sidewalk may be built or repaired as aforesaid, and the said town or village may enforce the said lien against such property or lot in any court of competent jurisdiction; and in such cases a certified copy of any special tax bill for such work, approved by the board of trustees, shall in all cases be prima facie evidence that the work therein stated was done along the property therein mentioned and the amount thereof as stated therein is due and correct and the provisions of the law and ordinances have been carried out; provided, the owner or owners of said property or lot may pay into the treasury of said town or village the cost and expense of building or repairing said sidewalk by the town or village, at any time before the sale of said property or lot for such cost and expense.

(RSMo 1939 § 7256) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7105; 1919 § 8554; 1909 § 9442
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 30.245 — MO Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30.245
30.245 Central check mailing fund created — treasurer to administer.
Status: in_force

30.245. Central check mailing fund created — treasurer to administer. — There is hereby created a "Central Check Mailing Service Revolving Fund" within the state treasury, which shall be administered by the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund and shall receive funds paid or transferred to his office by state departments or agencies for centralized check mailing services rendered by the state treasurer. The commissioner of administration shall approve disbursements from the fund at the request of the state treasurer, or his designee, to purchase goods and services which will be utilized in providing a centralized check mailing service. The central check mailing service revolving fund shall be funded annually by appropriation, and any unencumbered balance in excess of fifty thousand dollars remaining at the end of each fiscal year shall revert to the general revenue fund in accordance with other provisions of law.

(L. 1978 H.B. 1219 §1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.160 — MO Code / Chapter 393 / Section 393.160
393.160 Inspection of gas, water and electric meters.
Status: in_force

393.160. Inspection of gas, water and electric meters. — 1. The commission may appoint inspectors of gas and water meters, whose duty it shall be, when required by the commission upon the commission's own initiative or upon request of a corporation or person furnishing, setting, or putting in use any gas or water meter, to inspect, examine, prove and ascertain the accuracy of any gas and water meters used or intended to be used for measuring or ascertaining the quantity of gas for light, heat or power, or the quantity of water, furnished by any person or corporation to or for the use of any person or persons.

2. No corporation or person shall furnish, set or put in use any gas or water meter which shall not have been inspected in accordance with rules promulgated by the commission.

3. The commission may appoint inspectors of electric meters, whose duty it shall be, when required by the commission upon the commission's own initiative or upon request of a corporation or person furnishing, setting, or putting in use any electric meter, to inspect, examine and ascertain the accuracy of any and all electric meters used or intended to be used for measuring and ascertaining the quantity of electric current used for light, heat or power by any person or corporation to or for the use of any person or corporation, and to inspect, examine and ascertain the accuracy of all apparatus for testing and proving the accuracy of electric meters. No corporation or person shall furnish, set or put in use any electric meter the type of which shall not have been approved by the commission.

4. Every gas corporation, electrical corporation or water corporation shall provide, repair and maintain such suitable premises and apparatus and facilities as may be required and approved by the commission for testing and proving the accuracy of gas, water and electric meters furnished for use by it, and by which apparatus every meter may be tested.

5. If any consumer to whom a meter has been furnished shall request the commission in writing to inspect such meter, the commission shall have the same inspected and tested; if the same upon being so tested shall be found to be more than four percent if an electric meter, more than two percent if a gas meter, or more than five percent if a water meter, defective or incorrect to the prejudice of the consumer, the expense of such inspection and test shall be borne by the corporation; if the same on being so tested shall be found to be correct within the limits of error prescribed by the provisions of this subsection, the expense of such inspection and test shall be borne by the consumer.

6. The commission may prescribe such rules and regulations to carry into effect the provisions of this section as it may deem necessary, and shall fix uniform reasonable charges for the inspection and testing of meters upon complaint.

(RSMo 1939 § 5648, A.L. 1949 H.B. 2165, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1477) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5192; 1919 § 10480
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 387.100 — MO Code / Chapter 387 / Section 387.100
387.100 Rates to be charged as fixed — unjust discrimination prohibited.
Status: in_force

387.100. Rates to be charged as fixed — unjust discrimination prohibited. — 1. No motor carrier shall charge, demand, collect or receive a greater or less or different compensation for transportation of passengers or household goods, or for any service in connection therewith, than the rates, fares and charges applicable to such transportation as specified in its schedules filed and in effect at the time.

2. No motor carrier shall, directly or indirectly, by any special rate, rebate, drawback or other device or method, charge, demand, collect or receive from any person or corporation a greater or less or different compensation for any service rendered or to be rendered in the transportation of passengers or household goods, except as authorized in this chapter, than it charges, demands, collects or receives from any other person or corporation for doing a like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic under the same or substantially similar circumstances and conditions.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 5609, 5611, A. 1949 H.B. 2100, A.L. 1996 S.B. 780) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 5153, 5155; 1919 §§ 10442, 10444
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 536.160 — MO Code / Chapter 536 / Section 536.160
536.160 Refund of funds paid into court, when.
Status: in_force

536.160. Refund of funds paid into court, when. — In the event a reviewing court reverses a decision of a state agency, remands the matter to the agency for further proceedings and orders the payment into court of any increase in funds authorized by said decision, and thereafter, on remand, the state agency reaches the same result, reaffirms or ratifies its prior decision, then the entity which paid such funds into court shall be entitled to a refund of such funds, including all interest accrued thereon. This provision is enacted in part to clarify and specify the law in existence prior to August 28, 2001.

(L. 2001 S.B. 267)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 510.265 — MO Code / Chapter 510 / Section 510.265
510.265 Limitations on punitive damages in certain cases.
Status: in_force

510.265. Limitations on punitive damages in certain cases. — 1. No award of punitive damages against any defendant shall exceed the greater of:

(1) Five hundred thousand dollars; or

(2) Five times the net amount of the judgment awarded to the plaintiff against the defendant.

Such limitations shall not apply if the state of Missouri is the plaintiff requesting the award of punitive damages, or the defendant pleads guilty to or is convicted of a felony arising out of the acts or omissions pled by the plaintiff.

2. The provisions of this section and sections 510.261 and 510.263 shall not apply to civil actions brought under section 213.111 that allege a violation of section 213.040 , 213.045 , 213.050 , or 213.070 , to the extent that the alleged violation of section 213.070 relates to or involves a violation of section 213.040 , 213.045 , or 213.050 , or subdivision (3) of subsection 1 of section 213.070 as it relates to housing.

(L. 2005 H.B. 393, A.L. 2020 S.B. 591) CROSS REFERENCE: Applicability of statute changes for cases filed after August 28, 2005, 538.305 ; for cases filed after August 28, 2020, 510.262 (2014) Section's cap on punitive damage awards is unconstitutional under Article I, Section 22 (a) of Missouri Constitution; right to a jury trial in 1820 included right to have a jury determine amount of punitive damages in an action for fraud. Lewellen v. Franklin, 441 S.W.3d 136 (Mo.banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 407.516 — MO Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.516
407.516 Odometer fraud, first degree, penalty.
Status: in_force

407.516. Odometer fraud, first degree, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of odometer fraud in the first degree if he or she advertises for sale, sells, installs or has installed any device which causes an odometer to register any mileage other than the true mileage driven.

2. For purposes of this section, the true mileage driven is that mileage driven by the vehicle as registered by the odometer within the manufacturer's designed tolerance.

3. Odometer fraud in the first degree is a class A misdemeanor.

(L. 1983 S.B. 9, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 362.435 — MO Code / Chapter 362 / Section 362.435
362.435 Foreign banking corporation may transact business in this state, when.
Status: in_force

362.435. Foreign banking corporation may transact business in this state, when. — 1. No foreign banking corporation, other than a bank organized under the laws of the United States, shall transact in this state the business of buying, selling or collecting bills of exchange, or of issuing letters of credit or of receiving money for transmission or transmitting the same by draft, check, cable or otherwise, or of making sterling or other loans or transacting any part of such business, or maintaining in this state any agency for carrying on such business, or any part thereof, unless such corporation shall have:

(1) Been authorized by its charter to carry on such business and shall have complied with the laws of the state or country under which it is incorporated;

(2) Furnish to the director such proof as to the nature and character of its business and as to its financial condition as he may require;

(3) Designated the director by a duly executed instrument in writing its true and lawful attorney, upon whom all process in any action or proceeding by any resident of the state against it may be served with the same effect as if it were a domestic corporation and had been lawfully served with process within the state;

(4) Paid to the state director of revenue a license fee of two hundred and fifty dollars;

(5) Received a license duly issued to it by the director as provided in section 362.440 .

2. This section shall not be construed to prohibit foreign banking corporations which do not maintain an office in this state for the transaction of business from making loans in this state secured by mortgages on real property, nor from accepting assignments of mortgages covering real property situated in this state, nor from making loans through correspondents which are engaged in the business of a bank or trust company in this state under the laws of the state.

(RSMo 1939 § 7993, A. 1949 H.B. 2085) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5397; 1919 § 11776
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 92.817 — MO Code / Chapter 92 / Section 92.817
92.817 Foreclosure sale stayed, when — procedure.
Status: in_force

*92.817. Foreclosure sale stayed, when — procedure. — 1. The court shall stay the sale of any parcel to be sold under execution of a tax foreclosure judgment obtained under this chapter, which is the subject of an action filed under sections 447.620 to 447.640 , provided that the party that has brought such an action has, upon an order of the court, paid into the circuit court the principal amount of all land taxes then due and owing under the tax foreclosure judgment, exclusive of penalties and interest, prior to the date of any proposed sale under execution.

2. Upon the granting by the court of temporary possession of any property under section 447.632 , upon order, the circuit court shall direct payment to the collector of all principal land taxes theretofore paid to the circuit court. In addition, in any order granting a final judgment or deed under section 447.625 or 447.640 , the court shall also order the permanent extinguishment of penalties and interest arising from actions to collect delinquent land taxes due on the parcel against the grantee of said deed, and all successors in interest; excepting however, any defendant in such action.

3. If an owner of the parcel moves the court for restoration of possession under section 447.638 , the owner shall pay into the circuit court all land tax amounts currently due and owing on the property, including all statutory penalties, interest, attorney's fees, and court costs retroactive to the date of accrual. Upon an order granting the restoration of possession to an owner under section 447.638 , the court shall order that the funds paid to the court under subsection 2 of this section be returned to the payer, and that the funds paid to the court under this subsection be paid out to the collector.

4. If the party that brought the action under sections 447.620 to 447.640 dismisses its action prior to gaining temporary possession of the property, it shall recover any amounts paid into the circuit court prior to that date for principal land taxes.

(L. 2022 H.B. 1606 merged with H.B. 1662) *Revisor's Note: This section was amended identically by both H.B. 1606 and H.B. 1662, 2022. In 2023, H.B. 1606 was declared unconstitutional (see annotation below). The H.B. 1662 language remains in effect. (2023) The inclusion of Section 67.2300 in H.B. 1606 from 2022 declared unconstitutional as violating the single subject rule of Article III, § 23 of the Missouri Constitution. The remaining provisions of H.B. 1606 could not be severed and the bill is declared invalid in its entirety. Byrd, et al. v. State of Missouri, et al., 679 S.W.3d 492 (Mo.banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 311.179 — MO Code / Chapter 311 / Section 311.179
311.179 St. Louis Lambert International Airport and Kansas City International ...
Status: in_force

311.179. St. Louis Lambert International Airport and Kansas City International Airport, special permit, fee. — 1. Any person possessing the qualifications and meeting the requirements of this chapter who is licensed to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail in an international airport located in a county with a charter form of government and with more than nine hundred fifty thousand inhabitants or in a county of the first classification with more than eighty-three thousand but fewer than ninety-two thousand inhabitants and with a city of the fourth classification with more than four thousand five hundred but fewer than five thousand inhabitants as the county seat may apply to the supervisor of alcohol and tobacco control for a special permit which:

(1) Allows the premises located in the international airport in such county to open at 4 a.m. and sell intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption. The provisions of this section and not those of section 311.293 regarding the time of opening shall apply to the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink at retail for consumption on Sunday;

(2) Allows persons to leave licensed establishments with an alcoholic beverage and enter other airport designated areas located within such airport. No person shall take any alcoholic beverage or beverages outside such designated areas, including onto any airplane; and

(3) Requires every licensee within such international airport to serve alcoholic beverages in containers that display and contain the licensee's trade name or logo or some other mark that is unique to that license and licensee.

2. An applicant granted a special permit pursuant to this section shall, in addition to all other fees required by this chapter, pay an additional fee of three hundred dollars a year payable at the time and in the same manner as its other license fees.

(L. 2012 H.B. 1498, A.L. 2017 H.B. 115, A.L. 2021 S.B. 126)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 208.066 — MO Code / Chapter 208 / Section 208.066
208.066 SNAP and TANF, one-page application form — eligibility review form, how ...
Status: in_force

208.066. SNAP and TANF, one-page application form — eligibility review form, how submitted — rulemaking authority. — 1. Upon approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Food and Nutrition Services within the United * States Department of Agriculture, or any other relevant federal agency, the department of social services shall limit any initial application for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF), the child care assistance program, or MO HealthNet to a one-page form that is easily accessible on the department of social services' website.

2. Persons who are participants in a program listed in subsection 1 of this section who are required to complete a periodic eligibility review form may submit such form as an attachment to their Missouri state individual income tax return if the person's eligibility review form is due before or at the same time that he or she files such state tax return. The department of social services shall limit periodic eligibility review forms associated with the programs listed in subsection 1 of this section to a one-page form that is easily accessible on both the department of social services' website and the department of revenue's website.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 32.057 to the contrary, the department of revenue shall share any eligibility form submitted under this section with the department of social services.

4. The department of revenue may promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010 , that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028 . This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2023, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 2023 S.B. 45 & 90 merged with S.B. 106) *Word "Unites" appears in original rolls of S.B. 106, 2023.