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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.1847 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.1847
67.1847 Fiber networks in right-of-way, no fee for use of — exceptions.
Status: in_force

67.1847. Fiber networks in right-of-way, no fee for use of — exceptions. — A political subdivision, including a grandfathered political subdivision as defined in subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of section 67.1846 , shall not charge a linear foot fee for the use of its right-of-way to a telecommunications company, including one engaged in providing fiber networks, as defined in section 386.020 ; provided, however, that:

(1) A political subdivision that was charging linear foot fees as of May 1, 2021, may collect a fee of no more than five percent of gross telecommunications service revenue in lieu of linear foot fees; and

(2) Such gross revenue fee is in addition to any permit fees imposed to recover actual rights-of-way management costs, as defined in sections 67.1830 and 67.1840 .

(L. 2021 H.B. 271)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.755 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.755
67.755 Subdivision may establish recreational system, restriction — tax levy — ...
Status: in_force

67.755. Subdivision may establish recreational system, restriction — tax levy — limits — excess property may be sold, exception. — 1. The governing body of any political subdivision may provide, establish, equip, develop, operate, maintain and conduct a system of public recreation, including parks and other recreational grounds, playgrounds, recreational centers, swimming pools, and any and all other recreational areas, facilities and activities, and may do so by purchase, gift, lease, condemnation, exchange or otherwise, and may employ necessary personnel, except that a board of education shall not obtain property for recreational areas or facilities by condemnation. Funds to be spent for such purposes may be set up in their respective budgets by any governing body.

2. If sufficient funds cannot be made available from ordinary levies, additional funds may be raised by a special tax levy, general obligation bond issue within constitutional limits or revenue bond issue, but no special tax shall be levied or any bonds issued by any political subdivision unless the rate and purpose of the tax or bond issue is submitted to a vote and a two-thirds majority of the voters voting thereon vote therefor. The rate of such special tax levied by one or more political subdivisions shall not total in the aggregate more than twenty cents on each one hundred dollars assessed valuation of all real and tangible personal property subject to its or their taxing powers. In the event that any political subdivision is now authorized by statute to levy a tax for this purpose, the combined levies authorized by such statute and by this section shall not exceed the larger levy authorized.

All ballots submitting such special tax to the voters shall state on their face the rate of the proposed levy in cents per hundred dollars of assessed valuation.

3. The governing body charged with the administration of a public recreational facility may sell at public sale any property acquired for the facility by means other than condemnation, in excess of that actually occupied by the public recreational facility, and all proceeds from such sales shall be used to retire any revenue bonds issued to finance the project.

(L. 1961 p. 304 § 2, A.L. 1963 p. 120, A.L. 1967 p. 139, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1993 S.B. 194)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.1133 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.1133
162.1133 Blindness skills specialist available at each regional professional ...
Status: in_force

162.1133. Blindness skills specialist available at each regional professional development center, duties — task force established. — 1. The division of special education within the department of elementary and secondary education shall develop and coordinate a program to provide a blindness skills specialist available at each regional professional development center.

2. The duties of a blindness skills specialist shall include the following:

(1) To act as a resource for school districts under the regional office of professional development with regard to eligible students;

(2) To make programming and placement recommendations to schools under the regional office of professional development using assessments and information developed within the IEP process;

(3) To provide in-service training in alternative techniques of blindness to classroom teachers and teachers' assistants for the blind engaged in the education of eligible students;

(4) To provide parents of eligible students with referrals and information regarding services available within the state;

(5) To coordinate services available from other entities who serve eligible students and the families of eligible students;

(6) To assist and support local school districts in providing special education and related services for eligible students;

(7) To support the application of appropriate technology in the education of eligible students;

(8) To contribute to the development and implementation of in-service training, regionally and statewide, which responds to the needs of educators, other professionals and parents pertaining to the needs of eligible students, which include, but are not limited to, high expectations with regard to academic and vocational performance, facilitation of the discussions of Braille instruction during IEP conferences, introduction of appropriate technology, development of blindness skills and daily living skills.

3. A task force on blind student academic and vocational performance is hereby established and shall be comprised of members appointed by the commissioner of education, in cooperation with the director of the department of social services, to represent consumer organizations, parents, teachers, public school special education administrators, school building principals, rehabilitation services for the blind, the Missouri school for the blind, employers, and others interested in quality services for blind students. This task force shall develop goals and objectives to guide the improvement of special education, related services, vocational training, transition from school to work, rehabilitation services, independent living and employment outcomes for eligible students.

(L. 1999 H.B. 401)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 109.295 — MO Code / Chapter 109 / Section 109.295
109.295 Certain activities not affected.
Status: in_force

109.295. Certain activities not affected. — Nothing in sections 109.200 to 109.310 shall be construed to:

(1) Prohibit the establishment or sharing of local records centers or records holding areas by local governmental agencies;

(2) Prohibit the establishment of regional state records centers to service the state's most populous areas, or

(3) Authorize disposal of records without audit or inspection when such is required by law, statute, ordinance, charter, or local policies and practices;

(4) Divest local officials of the authority to reproduce existing records so long as no unauthorized disposition is made of existing records.

(L. 1972 S.B. 376)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.065 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.065
473.065 Probate of will, when — procedure for contest.
Status: in_force

473.065. Probate of will, when — procedure for contest. — 1. A will which appears to have the required signatures and a certificate as provided in section 474.337 , showing that the requirements of execution under section 474.320 have been met, shall be probated without further proof.

2. Procedure for the contest of a will probated under subsection 1 shall be as provided in section 473.083 .

(L. 1980 S.B. 637) Effective 1-01-81
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 507.020 — MO Code / Chapter 507 / Section 507.020
507.020 Action on claim under foreign law.
Status: in_force

507.020. Action on claim under foreign law. — 1. Whenever a claim exists under the law of another state, action thereon may be brought in this state by

(1) The person or persons entitled to the proceeds of such claim if he or they are authorized to bring such action by the laws of said other state;

(2) The executor, administrator, guardian, guardian ad litem or other person empowered by the laws of said other state to sue in a representative capacity if the person or persons entitled to the proceeds of such claim are not authorized to sue in such cases under the law of said other state.

2. In the cases mentioned in subdivision (2), the proceeds of the action, resulting either from judgment or settlement, shall be paid to the person bringing such suit and such person is authorized to satisfy the judgment and execute release. Such person to whom the proceeds are paid shall have authority to distribute and pay same to the person or persons entitled thereto, according to their respective interests therein, under the laws of said other state.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 856, 857, 858, A.L. 1943 p. 353 § 14) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 705, 706, 707; 1919 §§ 1162, 1163, 1164; 1909 §§ 1736, 1737, 1738 (1978) As a matter of comity, Missouri has by this statute expanded the availability of its courts to those persons who lack capacity in other states. Huff v. LaSieur (A.), 571 S.W.2d 654.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 88.873 — MO Code / Chapter 88 / Section 88.873
88.873 Condemnation of sidewalks.
Status: in_force

88.873. Condemnation of sidewalks. — The city council may, by ordinance, condemn any sidewalk which they may deem to be in a dangerous or defective condition or out of repair, or any sidewalk which is not located upon the established grade and line for sidewalks (on the street on which it is located, as provided by the ordinances of said city), or any sidewalk which does not conform to the specifications and requirements for sidewalks in said city, as provided by the ordinances of said city, and to provide for the removal of any sidewalk so condemned.

(RSMo 1939 § 7540) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7386; 1919 § 8794; 1909 § 9650
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 198.210 — MO Code / Chapter 198 / Section 198.210
198.210 Petition of voters for district, where filed, contents.
Status: in_force

198.210. Petition of voters for district, where filed, contents. — Whenever the creation of a nursing home district is desired, a number of voters residing in the proposed district equal to ten percent of the vote cast for governor in the proposed district in the next preceding gubernatorial election, may file with the county clerk in which the territory or the greater part thereof is situated, a petition requesting the creation thereof. In case the proposed district which shall be contiguous is situated in two or more counties, the petition shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the greater part of the area is situated, and the commissioners of the county commission of the county shall set the petition for public hearing. The petition shall set forth:

(1) A description of the territory to be embraced in the proposed district;

(2) The names of the municipalities located within the area;

(3) The name of the proposed district;

(4) The population of the district, which shall not be less than two thousand inhabitants;

(5) The assessed valuation of the area, which shall not be less than two million five hundred thousand dollars; and

(6) A request that the question be submitted to the voters residing within the limits of the proposed nursing home district whether they will establish a nursing home district under sections 198.200 to 198.350 , to be known as "______ Nursing Home District" for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a public nursing home.

(L. 1963 p. 368 § 3, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 370.073 — MO Code / Chapter 370 / Section 370.073
370.073 Fee or service charge authorized, when.
Status: in_force

370.073. Fee or service charge authorized, when. — 1. A credit union may impose fees or service charges on deposit accounts or similar accounts; however, such fees or service charges are subject to such conditions or requirements that may be fixed by regulations pursuant to this chapter by the director of credit union supervision and the credit union commission. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no such condition or requirement shall be more restrictive than the fees or service charges on deposit accounts or similar accounts permitted any federally chartered depository institution and no contractual fee charged for overdrawing the balance of a deposit account shall be deemed interest.

2. An agreement to operate or share an automated teller machine shall not prohibit an owner or operator of the automated teller machine from imposing, on an individual who conducts a transaction using a foreign account, an access fee or surcharge that is not otherwise prohibited under federal or state law.

3. As used in this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Automated teller machine" , any electronic device, wherever located, through which a consumer may initiate an electronic funds transfer or may order, instruct, or authorize a financial institution to debit or credit an account and includes any machine or device which may be used to carry out electronic banking business. "Automated teller machine" does not include point of sale terminals or telephones or personal computers operated by a consumer;

(2) "Foreign account" , an account with a financial institution located outside the United States.

(L. 2003 H.B. 221 § 370.171 merged with S.B. 346 § 370.171, A.L. 2011 H.B. 83, A.L. 2015 S.B. 524)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 233.177 — MO Code / Chapter 233 / Section 233.177
233.177 Election to establish road district, procedure — ballot language.
Status: in_force

233.177. Election to establish road district, procedure — ballot language. — 1. In lieu of the mode of establishment set forth in section 233.175 , a road district organized under sections 233.170 to 233.315 may be established by election. The election procedures established by the provisions of this section shall only apply to proposed special road districts within a county of the fourth classification.

2. Whenever fifty voters, who are voters of any such proposed special road district, shall file a petition with the county commission, asking the commission to submit sections 233.170 to 233.315 to a vote of the people of such proposed road district for their adoption, the county commission shall make an order of record that sections 233.170 to 233.315 , describing the same by its title and the date of its approval, be submitted to the voters of such proposed road district at an election.

3. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall the ______ Road District be established?

4. If the majority of the votes cast for and against the adoption of sections 233.170 to 233.315 be for its adoption, the commission shall declare the result of the vote thereon by an order of record, and shall make an order of record declaring sections 233.170 to 233.315 to be the law in such special road district, the same to take effect and be in force from and after a day to be named in such order within ten days.

(L. 2008 S.B. 896)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 337.702 — MO Code / Chapter 337 / Section 337.702
337.702 Criminal background check, fingerprint submission.
Status: in_force

337.702. Criminal background check, fingerprint submission. — 1. The state committee of marital and family therapists may require that fingerprint submissions be made as part of an application seeking licensure as a licensed marital and family therapist or provisional licensed marital and family therapist as such terms are defined in section 337.700 .

2. If the state committee of marital and family therapists requires that fingerprint submissions be made as part of such application, the state committee of marital and family therapists shall require applicants to submit the fingerprints to the Missouri state highway patrol for the purpose of conducting a state and federal fingerprint-based criminal history background check.

3. The fingerprints and any required fees shall be sent to the Missouri state highway patrol's central repository. The fingerprints shall be used for searching the state criminal records repository and shall also be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a federal criminal records search under section 43.540 . The Missouri state highway patrol shall notify the state committee of marital and family therapists of any criminal history record information or lack of criminal history record information discovered on the individual. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 610.120 to the contrary, all records related to any criminal history information discovered shall be accessible and available to the state committee of marital and family therapists.

(L. 2025 S.B. 71 merged with S.B. 81 & 174)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 349.100 — MO Code / Chapter 349 / Section 349.100
349.100 Disclaimer as to impairment of other powers of political subdivisions.
Status: in_force

349.100. Disclaimer as to impairment of other powers of political subdivisions. — Nothing herein contained shall impair or affect the power or jurisdiction of the municipality, county, township, or school districts in which the corporations organized hereunder are located, and such corporations shall conform to applicable regulations of any governmental authority having jurisdiction therein.

(L. 1977 S.B. 267 § 19)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 228.345 — MO Code / Chapter 228 / Section 228.345
228.345 Maximum width — contents of petition.
Status: in_force

228.345. Maximum width — contents of petition. — The proposed private road as established or widened shall not exceed forty feet in width and shall be situated so as to do as little damage or injury and cause as little inconvenience as practicable to the owner or owners of the real property over which the private road shall pass. The petition shall contain a description of the location of the proposed road, including the width and points of beginning and ending.

(L. 1991 S.B. 138 § 2, A.L. 1993 S.B. 236)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.490 — MO Code / Chapter 537 / Section 537.490
537.490 Treble damages if waste was wantonly committed.
Status: in_force

537.490. Treble damages if waste was wantonly committed. — If in any action for waste, the jury find that the waste was wantonly committed, judgment shall be entered for three times the amount of the damages assessed.

(RSMo 1939 § 3010) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2623; 1919 § 6917; 1909 § 7920
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.270 — MO Code / Chapter 57 / Section 57.270
57.270 Powers of deputies.
Status: in_force

57.270. Powers of deputies. — Every deputy sheriff shall possess all the powers and may perform any of the duties prescribed by law to be performed by the sheriff.

(RSMo 1939 § 13134) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11514; 1919 § 11638; 1909 § 11209
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 379.1857 — MO Code / Chapter 379 / Section 379.1857
379.1857 Prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

379.1857. Prohibited acts. — 1. No insurer or insurance producer shall issue lender-placed insurance on mortgaged property if the insurer or insurance producer, or an affiliate of the insurer or insurance producer, owns, performs the servicing for, or owns the servicing right to, the mortgaged property.

2. No insurer or insurance producer shall compensate a lender, insurer, investor, or servicer, including through the payment of commissions, for lender-placed insurance policies issued by the insurer.

3. No insurer or insurance producer shall share lender-placed insurance premium or risk with the lender, investor, or servicer that obtained the lender-placed insurance.

4. No insurer or insurance producer shall offer contingent commissions, profit sharing, or other payments dependent on profitability or loss ratios to any person affiliated with a servicer or the insurer in connection with lender-placed insurance.

5. No insurer shall provide free or below-cost outsourced services to lenders, investors, or servicers, and no insurer shall outsource its own functions to lenders, insurance producers, investors, or servicers on an above-cost basis.

6. No insurer or insurance producer shall make any payments, including but not limited to the payment of expenses to a lender, insurer, investor, or servicer, for the purpose of securing lender-placed insurance business or related outsourced services.

(L. 2023 S.B. 101)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 251.390 — MO Code / Chapter 251 / Section 251.390
251.390 Regional commission may accept funds.
Status: in_force

251.390. Regional commission may accept funds. — Aid, in any form, for the purpose of accomplishing the objectives of the regional planning commission may be accepted from all governmental agencies whether local, state or federal, if the conditions under which such aid is furnished are not incompatible with the other provisions of this section. The regional planning commission may accept gifts and grants from public or private individuals or agencies if the conditions under which such grants are made are in accordance with the accomplishment of the objectives of the regional planning commission.

(L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 24)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 226.060 — MO Code / Chapter 226 / Section 226.060
226.060 Authorized to select chief legal counsel — salary and qualifications — ...
Status: in_force

226.060. Authorized to select chief legal counsel — salary and qualifications — assistant attorneys, how appointed. — 1. The director of the Missouri department of transportation, with the consent of the highways and transportation commission, shall select and fix the salary of a chief counsel who shall possess the same qualifications as judges of the supreme court and who shall serve at the pleasure of the director and shall appear for and represent the commission in all actions and proceedings under chapters 226 and 227 , or any other law administered by the commission, or in any decision, order or proceeding of the commission, or of the director and shall commence, prosecute or defend all actions or proceedings authorized or requested by the commission or to which the commission is a party and shall advise the commission or the director, when requested, in all matters in connection with the organization, powers and duties of the commission or the powers and duties of the director.

2. The chief counsel shall, with the consent of the director, appoint such assistant attorneys as the director may deem necessary and their salaries shall be fixed by the director. The chief counsel's office shall be furnished offices in the department of transportation building.

3. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to conflict with the duties of the chief counsel as established in subsection 1 of this section. The chief counsel, or assistant attorneys designated by the chief counsel, shall render legal opinions and advise the commission and director on any matter required by the commission or the director. The commission, or an individual commissioner or commissioners, may request legal opinions or advice from the chief counsel pursuant to subsection 1 of this section and the chief counsel or an assistant attorney designated by the chief counsel shall provide such opinion or advice directly to the commission or individual commissioners making the request.

(RSMo 1939 § 8746, A.L. 1951 p. 800, A.L. 1999 S.B. 268, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al.) Prior revision: 1929 § 8098
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 192.430 — MO Code / Chapter 192 / Section 192.430
192.430 Radiation sources to be kept safe.
Status: in_force

192.430. Radiation sources to be kept safe. — All sources of radiation shall be shielded, transported, handled, used and kept so as to prevent all users thereof and all persons within effective range of them from being exposed to unnecessary radiation.

(L. 1963 p. 359 § 4)