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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.875 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.875
162.875 District a body corporate and a political subdivision — powers granted.
Status: in_force

162.875. District a body corporate and a political subdivision — powers granted. — When the new district is organized, it shall be a body corporate and political subdivision of the state and shall be known as "The Special District of ______" (a name selected by the governing board) and, in that name, may sue and be sued, levy and collect taxes within the limitations of the Constitution of Missouri * and section 162.920 , issue bonds and possess the same corporate powers as seven-director school districts, other than urban districts. All constitutional provisions and laws applicable to the organization and government of seven-director school districts, other than urban districts, are applicable to districts organized prior to the passage of sections 162.670 to 162.995 .

(L. 1973 H.B. 474 § 46) Effective 7-1-74 *Words "of Missouri" do not appear in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 484.260 — MO Code / Chapter 484 / Section 484.260
484.260 Defendant may except to ruling and appeal from judgment.
Status: in_force

484.260. Defendant may except to ruling and appeal from judgment. — In all cases of a trial of charges in the circuit court, the defendant may except to any ruling or decision of the court, and may prosecute an appeal or writ of error to the supreme court, in all respects as in actions at law. And it is hereby made the duty of the supreme court to hear said appeal at the next term of said court unless continued for cause.

(RSMo 1939 § 13335) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11714; 1919 § 688; 1909 § 962
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 306.090 — MO Code / Chapter 306 / Section 306.090
306.090 Maximum sound levels for recreational motorboats — exceptions.
Status: in_force

306.090. Maximum sound levels for recreational motorboats — exceptions. — 1. It is unlawful for any person to operate a recreational motorboat upon the waters of this state in any manner under any condition so that the recreational motorboat emits sound at a level exceeding eighty-six decibels on an A-weighted scale when measured from a distance of fifty or more feet from the recreational motorboat.

2. This section shall not be construed so as to prohibit use of any exhaust system or device, including but not limited to those not discharging water with exhaust gases as long as the device or system emits sound at a level in compliance with subsection 1 of this section.

3. The provisions of this section do not apply to motorboats operated under permit pursuant to section 306.130 , nor to trial runs for a period not exceeding the twenty-four hours immediately preceding a regatta or race, nor to official trials in competition for speed records for a period not exceeding the twenty-four hours immediately preceding a regatta or race.

(L. 1959 S.B. 142 § 7, A.L. 1977 S.B. 151) CROSS REFERENCE: Peace disturbance, 574.010
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 361.1035 — MO Code / Chapter 361 / Section 361.1035
361.1035 Transition period.
Status: in_force

361.1035. Transition period. — 1. A person licensed in this state to engage in the business of money transmission shall not be subject to the provisions of sections 361.900 to 361.1035 to the extent that they conflict with current law or establish new requirements not imposed under current law, until such time as the licensee renews the licensee's current license.

2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 of this section, a licensee shall be required only to amend its authorized delegate contracts for contracts entered into or amended after the effective date or the completion of any transition period contemplated under subsection 1 of this section. Nothing herein shall be construed as limiting an authorized delegate's obligations to operate in full compliance with sections 361.900 to 361.1035 as required by subsection 3 of section 361.975 .

(L. 2024 S.B. 1359)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.636 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.636
67.636 Reports by commission, when — audit by certified public accountant, when, ...
Status: in_force

67.636. Reports by commission, when — audit by certified public accountant, when, compensation. — 1. Each regional cultural and performing arts development commission shall, before the second Monday in April, make an annual report to the chief executive officers and the governing bodies of the city and county, respectively, and to the general assembly stating the condition of the commission on the first day of January of that year, and the various sums of money received and distributed by it during the preceding calendar year.

2. Before the close of the first fiscal year of such commission, and at the close of every other fiscal year thereafter, the chief executives of the city and county, jointly, shall appoint one or more certified public accountants, who shall annually examine the books, accounts, and vouchers of the commission, and who shall make due report thereof to the chief executives and to the commission. The commission shall produce and submit to the accountants for examination all books, papers, documents, vouchers, and accounts of their office belonging or pertaining to the office, and shall in every way assist the accountants in their work. In the report to be made by the accountants they may make any recommendation they deem proper as to the business methods of the officers and employees. A reasonable compensation for the services of the accountants shall be paid by the commission.

(L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 15) Effective 5-15-84
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 411.681 — MO Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.681
411.681 Law not applicable to weighing or weighing supervision, in federally ...
Status: in_force

411.681. Law not applicable to weighing or weighing supervision, in federally licensed warehouse, by exchange or board of trade. — This chapter shall not prohibit, infringe, or apply to any weighing or weighing supervision in or in connection with a federally licensed warehouse performed by any grain exchange or board of trade.

(L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1980 S.B. 601, A.L. 1993 H.B. 822)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.623 — MO Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.623
88.623 White way system — further powers of council.
Status: in_force

88.623. White way system — further powers of council. — The city council shall have the right to erect, install, maintain and operate lamp posts, electric light poles, street arches, conduits or any other apparatus or appliances necessary in lighting the streets, avenues, alleys or other public places within the white way district.

(RSMo 1939 § 6964) Prior revision: 1929 § 6818
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.406 — MO Code / Chapter 355 / Section 355.406
355.406 Committees of the board.
Status: in_force

355.406. Committees of the board. — 1. Unless prohibited or limited by the articles or bylaws, a board of directors may create one or more committees of the board and appoint members of the board to serve on them. Each committee shall have two or more directors, who serve at the pleasure of the board.

2. The creation of a committee and appointment of members to it must be approved by the greater of:

(1) A majority of all the directors in office when the action is taken; or

(2) The number of directors required by the articles or bylaws to take action under section 355.401 .

3. Sections 355.376 to 355.401 , which govern meetings, action without meetings, notice and waiver of notice, and quorum and voting requirements of the board, apply to committees of the board and committee members as well.

4. To the extent specified by the board of directors or in the articles or bylaws, each committee of the board may exercise the board's authority under section 355.316 .

5. A committee of the board may not:

(1) Authorize distributions to members, directors, officers, agents or employees except in exchange for value received;

(2) Approve or recommend to members dissolution, merger or the sale, pledge or transfer of all or substantially all of the corporation's assets;

(3) Unless otherwise stated in the bylaws or articles of incorporation, elect, appoint or remove directors or fill vacancies on the board or on any of its committees; or

(4) Adopt, amend or repeal the articles or bylaws.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1095) Effective 7-01-95
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 361.600 — MO Code / Chapter 361 / Section 361.600
361.600 Duties of director where stockholders elect another to liquidate.
Status: in_force

361.600. Duties of director where stockholders elect another to liquidate. — 1. In case the stockholders shall determine to appoint an agent or agents to continue such liquidation, they shall thereupon select by ballot such agent or agents. A majority of the stock present and voting in person or by proxy shall be necessary to determine such question.

2. If such agent or agents shall be duly elected by the stockholders, the director may require such agent or agents to execute and deliver to him a bond to the state, in such amount, with such sureties, and in such form as shall be approved by him, conditioned upon the performance of all the duties of his or her or their trust; and thereupon the director shall transfer and deliver to such agent or agents all the assets of such corporation then remaining in his or her hands.

3. Upon such transfer and delivery, the director shall be discharged from any and all further liability to such corporation and its creditors.

4. Upon the transfer and delivery of said assets by the director, he or she shall file a certified copy of the proceedings of said meeting in the public records of the division of finance.

5. No powers specially set out in its articles of association shall be exercised by such corporation after the director has filed such certified copy in his or her office.

(RSMo 1939 § 7935, A.L. 2000 S.B. 896) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5340; 1919 § 11723
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 379.808 — MO Code / Chapter 379 / Section 379.808
379.808 Insurance policies on certain real property — beneficiary deemed insured, ...
Status: in_force

379.808. Insurance policies on certain real property — beneficiary deemed insured, duration, others covered not affected, when. — In addition to any other coverage provided under an insurance policy on real property transferred by a deed described in section 461.025 , the designated grantee beneficiary shall be deemed to be an insured party under the policy for the period from the date of the owner's death until the first to occur of:

(1) The date that is thirty days after the owner's death;

(2) The end of the policy period, determined as if the owner was still living; or

(3) The date the designated grantee beneficiary obtains alternative coverage. Nothing in this section shall affect any coverage provided under the policy to household members or others who are deemed to be insureds upon the death of the owner.

(L. 2004 H.B. 1090)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 217.035 — MO Code / Chapter 217 / Section 217.035
217.035 Director's powers and duties — deputy director, appointment, compensation, ...
Status: in_force

217.035. Director's powers and duties — deputy director, appointment, compensation, powers in absence or incapacity of director. — The director shall have the authority to:

(1) Establish, with approval of the governor, the internal organization of the department and file the plan thereof with the secretary of state in the manner in which administrative rules are filed, the commissioner of administration and the revisor of statutes;

(2) Exclusively prepare the budgets of the department and each division within the department in the form and manner set out by statute or by the commissioner of administration;

(3) Designate by written order filed with the governor, the president pro tem of the senate, and the chairman of the joint committee on corrections, a deputy director of the department to act for and exercise the powers of the director during the director's absence for official business, vacation, illness or incapacity. The deputy director shall serve as acting director no longer than six months; however, after the deputy director has acted as director for longer than thirty days the deputy director shall receive compensation equal to that of the director;

(4) Procure, either through the division of purchasing or by other means authorized by law, supplies, material, equipment or contractual services for the department and each of its divisions;

(5) Establish policy for the department and each of its divisions;

(6) Designate any responsibilities, duties and powers given by sections 217.010 , 217.810 , 558.011 and 558.026 to the department or the department director to any division or division director.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 6, A.L. 1984 S.B. 611, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 392.461 — MO Code / Chapter 392 / Section 392.461
392.461 Exemption from certain rules, telecommunications companies.
Status: in_force

392.461. Exemption from certain rules, telecommunications companies. — A telecommunications company may, upon written notice to the commission, elect to be exempt from certain retail rules relating to:

(1) The provision of telecommunications service to retail customers and established by the commission which include provisions already mandated by the Federal Communications Commission, including, but not limited to, federal rules regarding customer proprietary network information, verification of orders for changing telecommunications service providers (slamming), submission or inclusion of charges on customer bills (cramming); or

(2) The installation, provisioning, or termination of retail service. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a telecommunications company shall not be exempt from any commission rule established under authority delegated to the state commission pursuant to federal statute, rule or order, including, but not limited to, universal service funds, number pooling and conservation efforts, or any authority delegated to the state commission to facilitate or enforce any interconnection obligation or other intercarrier issue, including, but not limited to, intercarrier compensation, network configuration or other such matters. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter or chapter 386 , a telecommunications company may, upon written notice to the commission, elect to be exempt from any requirement to file or maintain with the commission any tariff or schedule of rates, rentals, charges, privileges, facilities, rules, regulations, or forms of contract, whether in whole or in part, for telecommunications services offered or provided to residential or business retail end-user customers and instead shall publish generally available retail prices for those services available to the public by posting such prices on a publicly accessible website. A telecommunications company may include in a tariff filed with the commission any, all, or none of the rates, terms, or conditions for any, all, or none of its retail telecommunications services. Nothing in this section shall affect the rights and obligations of any entity, including the commission, established pursuant to federal law, including 47 U.S.C. Sections 251 and 252, any state law, rule, regulation, or order related to wholesale rights and obligations, or any tariff or schedule that is filed with and maintained by the commission.

(L. 2011 H.B. 338, A.L. 2013 H.B. 331, A.L. 2014 S.B. 651)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 40.050 — MO Code / Chapter 40 / Section 40.050
40.050 Personnel serving on courts for courts-martial — branches of National ...
Status: in_force

40.050. Personnel serving on courts for courts-martial — branches of National Guard, jurisdiction. — 1. The three kinds of courts-martial in the state military forces are:

(1) General courts-martial, consisting of:

(a) A military judge and not less than twelve members; or

(b) Only a military judge, if before the court is assembled the accused, knowing the identity of the military judge and after consultation with defense counsel, requests in writing a court composed only of a military judge and the military judge approves;

(2) Special courts-martial, consisting of:

(a) Not less than twelve members;

(b) A military judge and not less than twelve members; or

(c) Only a military judge, if one has been detailed to the court, and the accused under the same conditions as those prescribed in paragraph (b) of subdivision (1) of this subsection so requests;

(3) Summary courts-martial, consisting of one commissioned officer.

2. The Army National Guard and the Air National Guard each has court-martial jurisdiction over all persons subject to sections 40.005 to 40.490 . The exercise of jurisdiction by the Army National Guard over Air Guard personnel, or the Air National Guard over Army Guard personnel shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the governor.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 16)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 491.340 — MO Code / Chapter 491 / Section 491.340
491.340 Attachment to be executed as in criminal cases — cost.
Status: in_force

491.340. Attachment to be executed as in criminal cases — cost. — Every such attachment may be directed to any sheriff or other officer provided by law of the county in which the witness resides, and shall be executed in the same manner as a warrant in a criminal case; and the fees of the officer for issuing and serving the same shall be paid by the person against whom the same shall have been issued, unless he show reasonable cause, to the satisfaction of the associate circuit judge, for his omission to attend, in which case the party requiring such attendance shall pay all costs of such attachment.

(RSMo 1939 § 2653, A.L. 1945 p. 765 § 89) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2267; 1919 § 2817; 1909 § 7494
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 178.950 — MO Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.950
178.950 Board of education to appoint necessary staff.
Status: in_force

178.950. Board of education to appoint necessary staff. — In order to implement and effectuate the provisions of sections 178.900 to 178.970 , the state board of education shall appoint a section head and such other personnel, including administrative, professional and technical persons, within the department as may be required to implement and supervise the program, including assisting shops with operative problems and other activities contemplated by sections 178.900 to 178.970 .

(L. 1965 p. 309 § 6, A.L. 1971 S.B. 463)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 261.095 — MO Code / Chapter 261 / Section 261.095
261.095 Foreign market development — director's duties and powers.
Status: in_force

261.095. Foreign market development — director's duties and powers. — 1. The director of the Missouri department of agriculture shall have the primary responsibility for foreign market development for agricultural products.

2. Within the limit of funds specifically appropriated for that purpose, the director is authorized to establish and maintain offices in foreign countries for the purpose of promoting international markets for Missouri agricultural products. Such offices operated by the department of agriculture may be disestablished by the director as he deems appropriate.

3. The director may place an agricultural marketing specialist in state offices operated in foreign countries by other state agencies.

(L. 1979 S.B. 47 § 1) CROSS REFERENCE: Division of commerce and industrial development, establishing overseas offices, 625.021
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 209.130 — MO Code / Chapter 209 / Section 209.130
209.130 Rate of tax to be levied.
Status: in_force

209.130. Rate of tax to be levied. — There is hereby levied an annual tax of three cents on each one hundred dollars valuation of taxable property in the state of Missouri to provide a fund out of which shall be paid the pensions for the deserving blind as herein provided. The tax shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner and by the same means as other state taxes are now collected. The tax, when so collected, shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the blind pension fund, out of which fund shall be paid the pension as provided by law. Any balance remaining in the fund after the payment of the pensions may be appropriated for the adequate support of the commission for the blind, and any balance remaining at the end of the biennium shall be transferred to the distributive public school fund.

(RSMo 1939 § 9461, A. 1949 S.B. 1064, A.L. 1959 S.B. 86) Prior revision: 1929 § 8903 CROSS REFERENCE: Tax for blind pensions, Const. Art. III § 38(a)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.5030 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.5030
67.5030 Eminent domain authority, district not authorized to exercise.
Status: in_force

67.5030. Eminent domain authority, district not authorized to exercise. — No district created pursuant to sections 67.5000 to 67.5038 shall be authorized to exercise the power of eminent domain.

(L. 2012 H.B. 1504)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 287.580 — MO Code / Chapter 287 / Section 287.580
287.580 Death, pending proceedings — action shall not abate.
Status: in_force

287.580. Death, pending proceedings — action shall not abate. — If any party shall die pending any proceedings under this chapter, the same shall not abate, but on notice to the parties may be revived and proceed in favor of the successor to the rights or against the personal representative of the party liable, in like manner as in civil actions.

(RSMo 1939 § 3742) Prior revision: 1929 § 3352
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 79.140 — MO Code / Chapter 79 / Section 79.140
79.140 Bills must be signed — mayor's veto.
Status: in_force

79.140. Bills must be signed — mayor's veto. — Every bill duly passed by the board of aldermen and presented to the mayor and by him approved shall become an ordinance, and every bill presented as aforesaid, but returned with the mayor's objections thereto, shall stand reconsidered. The board of aldermen shall cause the objections of the mayor to be entered at large upon the journal, and proceed at its convenience to consider the question pending, which shall be in this form: Shall the bill pass, the objections of the mayor thereto notwithstanding? The vote on this question shall be taken by ayes and nays and the names entered upon the journal, and if two-thirds of all the members-elect shall vote in the affirmative, the city clerk shall certify the fact on the roll, and the bill thus certified shall be deposited with the proper officer, and shall become an ordinance in the same manner and with like effect as if it had received the approval of the mayor. The mayor shall have power to sign or veto any ordinance passed by the board of aldermen; provided, that should he neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance and return the same with his objections, in writing, at the next regular meeting of the board of aldermen, the same shall become a law without his signature.

(RSMo 1939 § 7167) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7017; 1919 § 8468; 1909 § 9370
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 100.380 — MO Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.380
100.380 Adoption of resolution or ordinance, effect of — certified copy admissible ...
Status: in_force

100.380. Adoption of resolution or ordinance, effect of — certified copy admissible as evidence. — 1. In any suit, action or proceeding involving the validity or enforcement of or relating to any contract of an authority or other public body, such authority or other public body shall be conclusively deemed to have become established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers hereunder upon proof of the adoption of the appropriate resolution or ordinance prescribed in section 100.320 above. Each such resolution or ordinance shall be deemed sufficient if it authorized the exercise of powers hereunder by the authority or other public body and finds in substantially the terms provided in subdivision (2) of section 100.320 , no further detail being necessary, that the conditions therein enumerated exist.

2. A copy of such resolution or ordinance duly certified by the municipal or county clerk, as the case may be, shall be admissible in evidence in any suit, action or proceeding.

(L. 1967 p. 172 § 9)