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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 307.172 — MO Code / Chapter 307 / Section 307.172
307.172 Altering passenger motor vehicle by raising front or rear of vehicle ...
Status: in_force

307.172. Altering passenger motor vehicle by raising front or rear of vehicle prohibited, when — bumpers front and rear required, when, exemptions — violations not to pass inspection — penalty. — 1. No person shall operate any passenger motor vehicle upon the public streets or highways of this state, the body of which has been altered in such a manner that the front or rear of the vehicle is raised at such an angle as to obstruct the vision of the operator of the street or highway in front or to the rear of the vehicle.

2. Every motor vehicle which is licensed in this state and operated upon the public streets or highways of this state shall be equipped with front and rear bumpers if such vehicle was equipped with bumpers as standard equipment. This subsection shall not apply to motor vehicles designed or modified primarily for off-highway purposes while such vehicles are in tow or to motorcycles or motor-driven cycles, or to motor vehicles registered as historic motor vehicles when the original design of such vehicles did not include bumpers nor shall the provisions of this subsection prohibit the use of drop bumpers. The superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol shall adopt rules and regulations relating to bumper standards. Maximum bumper heights of both the front and rear bumpers of motor vehicles shall be determined by weight category of gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) measured from a level surface to the highest point of the bottom of the bumper when the vehicle is unloaded and the tires are inflated to the manufacturer's recommended pressure. Maximum bumper heights are as follows:

3. A motor vehicle in violation of this section shall not be approved during any motor vehicle safety inspection required pursuant to sections 307.350 to 307.390 .

4. Any person knowingly violating the provisions of this section is guilty of a class C misdemeanor.

(L. 1973 H.B. 140 § 1, A.L. 1986 H.B. 867, A.L. 1987 H.B. 78, A.L. 2004 H.B. 996 and H.B. 1142 and H.B. 1201 and H.B. 1489, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1540)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 172.600 — MO Code / Chapter 172 / Section 172.600
172.600 Cadets responsible for property — to constitute guard.
Status: in_force

172.600. Cadets responsible for property — to constitute guard. — Cadets shall be individually responsible for all state property issued directly to them, and shall constitute a guard for the safekeeping and preservation of all university property.

(RSMo 1939 § 10844) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9687; 1919 § 11583; 1909 § 11155
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 311.101 — MO Code / Chapter 311 / Section 311.101
311.101 Unfinished bottles of wine may be carried out of a restaurant bar, when — ...
Status: in_force

311.101. Unfinished bottles of wine may be carried out of a restaurant bar, when — transportation permitted — wineries, unfinished bottles of wine may be removed, when — transportation permitted — definition of winery. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall not be unlawful for the owner, operator, or employees of a restaurant bar, as defined in section 311.097 * , to allow patrons to carry out one or more bottles of unfinished wine, nor shall it be unlawful for patrons of such restaurant bar to carry out one or more bottles of unfinished wine under the following conditions:

(1) The patron must have ordered a meal;

(2) The bottle or bottles of wine must have been at least partially consumed during the meal;

(3) The restaurant bar must provide a dated receipt for the unfinished bottle or bottles of wine; and

(4) The restaurant bar must securely reseal the bottle or bottles of wine and place them in one or more one-time-use, tamperproof, transparent bags and securely seal the bags.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person who transports one or more bottles of unfinished wine which came from a restaurant bar under the circumstances described in subsection 1 of this section, in a vehicle, shall be considered to have violated any state law or local ordinance regarding open containers in vehicles so long as such person has in his or her possession the dated receipt from the restaurant bar and the bottle or bottles of wine remain in the restaurant bar-furnished, one-time-use, tamperproof, transparent bags with the seals intact.

3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be lawful for the owner, operator, or employees of a winery to allow patrons to carry out one or more bottles of unfinished wine and it shall be lawful for patrons of such winery to carry out one or more bottles of unfinished wine under the following conditions:

(1) The bottle or bottles of wine must have been at least partially consumed at the winery;

(2) The winery must provide a dated receipt for the unfinished bottle or bottles of wine; and

(3) The winery must securely reseal the bottle or bottles of wine and place them in one or more one-time-use, tamperproof, transparent bags and securely seal the bags.

4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person who transports one or more bottles of unfinished wine which came from a winery under the circumstances described under subsection 3 of this section shall be considered to have violated any state law or local ordinance regarding open containers in vehicles so long as such person has in his or her possession the dated receipt from the winery and the bottle or bottles of wine remain in the winery-furnished, one-time-use, tamperproof, transparent bags with the seals intact.

5. As used in this section "winery" means any establishment at which wine is made.

(L. 2005 S.B. 262) *Section 311.097 was repealed by H.B. 1498, 2012
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 407.1380 — MO Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.1380
407.1380 Definitions.
Status: in_force

407.1380. Definitions. — As used in sections 407.1380 to 407.1384 , the following terms shall mean:

(1) "Account review" , activities related to account maintenance, monitoring, credit line increases, and account upgrades and enhancements;

(2) "Consumer" , any individual;

(3) "Consumer credit reporting agency" , any entity that, for monetary fees, dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages, in whole or in part, in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer credit reports to third parties. The term "consumer credit reporting agency" shall not include an entity that acts only as a reseller of credit information by assembling and merging information contained in the database of another consumer credit reporting agency and who does not maintain a permanent database of credit information from which consumer reports are produced and who does not furnish consumer reports to third parties;

(4) "Credit report" , any written or electronic communication of any information by a consumer credit reporting agency that in any way bears upon a person's credit worthiness, credit capacity, or credit standing;

(5) "Security freeze" , a notice placed in a consumer's credit report, at the request of the consumer and subject to certain exceptions, that prohibits the consumer credit reporting agency from releasing the consumer's credit report or score relating to the extension of credit without the express authorization of the consumer.

(L. 2008 H.B. 1384 and H.B. 2157)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 545.870 — MO Code / Chapter 545 / Section 545.870
545.870 Prosecuting attorney to be notified, when.
Status: in_force

545.870. Prosecuting attorney to be notified, when. — Where a special term shall be ordered, under section 545.850 , the judge ordering the same shall cause a notice thereof to be served by the sheriff or any authorized person, on the prosecuting attorney, and the prisoner or prisoners to be tried, ten days before the commencement of such term.

(RSMo 1939 § 2018) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1854; 1919 § 2350; 1909 § 3872
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 174.770 — MO Code / Chapter 174 / Section 174.770
174.770 Jim Sears leadership scholarship program for Truman State University, ...
Status: in_force

174.770. Jim Sears leadership scholarship program for Truman State University, qualifications, renewable for up to six additional semesters. — 1. There is hereby established the "Jim Sears Leadership Scholarship Program". Any moneys appropriated by the general assembly for this program shall be used to provide scholarships for Missouri citizens to attend Truman State University pursuant to the provisions of this section.

2. The definitions of terms set forth in section 173.205 shall be applicable to such terms as used in this section.

3. The board of governors of Truman State University shall be the administrative agency for the implementation of the program established by this section, and shall:

(1) Promulgate reasonable rules for the exercise of its functions related to the purposes of this section;

(2) Prescribe the form, time and method of awarding academic scholarships, and shall supervise the processing thereof; and

(3) Select qualified recipients to receive the scholarships.

4. Subject to appropriations, a student shall be eligible for the scholarship, if such student is in compliance with the eligibility requirements set forth in section 173.215 excluding the requirement of financial need.

5. Initial scholarships shall be offered in the academic year immediately following graduation from high school to Missouri high school seniors who have shown a strong record of leadership or community service while in high school. The scholarships shall be distributed as evenly as possible throughout the state. During the freshman year of college, scholarship recipients are required to maintain status as a full-time student.

6. The scholarships are renewable for up to six additional semesters if the recipient remains in compliance with the applicable provisions of section 173.215 , the recipient makes satisfactory academic degree progress as a full-time student, and upon the provision of funds by Truman State University.

(L. 1998 H.B. 1162 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.349 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.349
227.349 Veterans Highway designated for a portion of State Highway J in Lincoln County.
Status: in_force

227.349. Veterans Highway designated for a portion of State Highway J in Lincoln County. — The portion of State Highway J in Lincoln County from the intersection of State Highway J and State Highway 47 to the intersection of State Highway J and State Highway U shall be named the "Veterans Highway".

(L. 2004 H.B. 1029 and H.B. 1438 and H.B. 1610)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.1139 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.1139
162.1139 Joint referral service developed, rehabilitation services.
Status: in_force

162.1139. Joint referral service developed, rehabilitation services. — The division of special education within the department of elementary and secondary education shall develop a system of joint referral with rehabilitation services for the blind. All children identified by a school district or the division of special education as eligible students, upon receipt of written documentation of parental consent or consent of the student if the student is at least eighteen years of age, shall be referred to rehabilitation services for the blind. All children identified by rehabilitation services for the blind as being eligible for services will be referred, upon receipt of written documentation of parental consent or consent of the student if the student is at least eighteen years of age, to the local school district and the division of special education of the department of elementary and secondary education.

(L. 1999 H.B. 401)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 251.650 — MO Code / Chapter 251 / Section 251.650
251.650 Securing of grants, departments to collaborate — consultation with private ...
Status: in_force

251.650. Securing of grants, departments to collaborate — consultation with private entities permitted — report to general assembly. — 1. Not less than twice each calendar year, representatives from the department of labor and industrial relations, the department of elementary and secondary education, the department of agriculture, the department of economic development, and the department of natural resources shall meet to discuss ways in which their respective agencies may collaborate in order to secure grants established in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, Public Law 110-140, or other such grants that would fund: green jobs; the production of renewable fuels; increasing energy efficiency of products, buildings and vehicles; and increasing research and development relating to the manufacturing of renewable energy technologies. The department of natural resources is hereby designated as the coordinating agency for the inter-agency collaboration under this section.

2. In fulfilling the goals under this section, any of the departments under subsection 1 of this section may confer with, or invite participation by, any other interested individual, agency, or organization, which shall include but not be limited to nonprofit organizations, private sector entities, institutions of higher education, and local governments. Such departments may enter into partnerships with, in accordance with federal grant requirements and as otherwise allowable by law, any individual, agency, or organization in securing a grant under this section.

3. No later than the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January each year, the departments outlined in subsection 1 of this section shall report jointly to the general assembly and to the governor the actions taken by their agencies in securing the grants outlined in this section.

(L. 2008 S.B. 1181, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.1593 — MO Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.1593
454.1593 Special rules of evidence and procedure.
Status: in_force

454.1593. Special rules of evidence and procedure. — (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a child.

(b) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally mandated forms, or a document incorporated by reference in any of them, which would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, is admissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witness residing outside this state.

(c) A copy of the record of child support payments certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be forwarded to a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts asserted in it, and is admissible to show whether payments were made.

(d) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, and for prenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to the adverse party at least ten days before trial, are admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were reasonable, necessary, and customary.

(e) Documentary evidence transmitted from outside this state to a tribunal of this state by telephone, telecopier, or other electronic means that do not provide an original record may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.

(f) In a proceeding under sections 454.1500 to 454.1728 , a tribunal of this state shall permit a party or witness residing outside this state to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location. A tribunal of this state shall cooperate with other tribunals in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.

(g) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.

(h) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses does not apply in a proceeding under sections 454.1500 to 454.1728 .

(i) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under sections 454.1500 to 454.1728 .

(j) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child.

(L. 2011 H.B. 260) Effective 6-15-16, see § 454.1728
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.421 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.421
115.421 Duties of election judges to be performed prior to opening of the polls.
Status: in_force

115.421. Duties of election judges to be performed prior to opening of the polls. — Before the time fixed by law for the opening of the polls, the election judges shall:

(1) Set up the voting equipment, arrange the furniture, supplies and records and make all other arrangements necessary to open the polls at the time fixed by law;

(2) Post a voter instruction card in each voting booth or machine and in at least one other conspicuous place within the polling place and post a sample ballot in a conspicuous place near the voting booths;

(3) Certify the number of ballots received at each polling place. In each polling place using voting machines, the election judges shall, in lieu of certifying the number of ballots received, certify the number on each voting machine received at the polling place, the number on the seal of each voting machine, the number on the protective counter of each voting machine and that all recording counters on all voting machines at the polling place are set at zero. If a recording counter on any voting machine is not set at zero, the election judges shall immediately notify the election authority and proceed as it directs;

(4) Compare the ballot, ballot label or ballot card and ballot label with the sample ballots, see that the names, numbers and letters agree and certify thereto in the tally book. If the names, numbers or letters do not agree, the election judges shall immediately notify the election authority and proceed as it directs; and

(5) Sign the tally book in the manner provided in the form for tally books in section 115.461 or 115.473 . If any election judge, challenger or watcher has not been previously sworn as the law directs, he or she shall take and subscribe the oath of his or her office as provided in section 115.091 or 115.109 , and the oath shall be returned to the election authority with the tally book.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 11.030 , A.L. 2018 S.B. 592 merged with S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision) Effective 8-28-18 (S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision); 11-07-18 (S.B. 592)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 86.1160 — MO Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.1160
86.1160 Termination of membership prior to death or retirement, effect of.
Status: in_force

86.1160. Termination of membership prior to death or retirement, effect of. — Whenever a member's service is terminated for any reason prior to death or retirement and such member has less than fifteen years of creditable service, or a member's service is terminated after conviction of a felony, or a member's service is terminated for any reason and such member requests the withdrawal of all such member's accumulated contributions to the retirement system, such member shall be paid the amount of such member's accumulated contributions in one lump sum, without interest, and such payment shall be in lieu of any and all other benefits to which such member or any beneficiary or survivor thereof might otherwise be or become entitled under sections 86.900 to 86.1280 .

(L. 2005 H.B. 323)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 311.315 — MO Code / Chapter 311 / Section 311.315
311.315 Manufacturing a false identification, offense of — penalty.
Status: in_force

311.315. Manufacturing a false identification, offense of — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of manufacturing a false identification if he or she possesses any means of identification for the purpose of manufacturing and providing or selling a false identification card to a person under the age of twenty-one for the purpose of purchasing or obtaining alcohol.

2. The offense of manufacturing a false identification is a class A misdemeanor.

(L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.621 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.621
67.621 Revenues, distribution.
Status: in_force

67.621. Revenues, distribution. — 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2 of this section, the revenues received from the tax authorized in section 67.619 shall be used in furtherance of the commission's powers set forth in section 67.607 .

2. The regional convention and visitors commission shall set aside and allocate for the use of the regional cultural and performing arts development district established in section 67.627 an amount equal to, but not greater than, four-fifteenths of the total revenues received from the tax authorized in section 67.619 .

(L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 8) Effective 5-15-84
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 59.150 — MO Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.150
59.150 Administration of oaths.
Status: in_force

59.150. Administration of oaths. — Hereafter whenever, under any law of this state relating to the duties of the recorder of deeds in any county of this state, it becomes necessary for any person to be sworn to any statement, affidavit or other papers of any kind, the recorder of deeds shall be authorized to administer an oath to any person in matters relating to the duties of his office, with like effect as clerks of courts of record; provided, he use his seal of office to the jurat, as clerks of courts of record do. He shall receive the same compensation allowed by law for like service as clerks of courts are now allowed.

(RSMo 1939 § 13181) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11562; 1919 § 10585; 1909 § 10398
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 229.090 — MO Code / Chapter 229 / Section 229.090
229.090 Sales agents — certain persons barred.
Status: in_force

229.090. Sales agents — certain persons barred. — No member of a highway board or county commission, and no highway engineer or road overseer shall be the sales agent in the sale to, or purchase by, the state, county or road districts, of road tools, culvert or bridge materials or machinery, or be pecuniarily interested in any contract for the building of any bridge or culvert or for the improvement of any public road to which the county or any road district is a party.

(RSMo 1939 § 8593) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7944; 1919 § 10731; 1909 § 10542 CROSS REFERENCE: County engineers, surveyors and overseer not to be sales agents, 61.300
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 68.225 — MO Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68.225
68.225 Notice, form.
Status: in_force

68.225. Notice, form. — Upon the receipt of the filed petition, the circuit court clerk in whose office the petition was filed shall give notice to the public by causing one or more newspapers of general circulation serving the counties or portions thereof contained in the proposed district to publish once a week for four consecutive weeks a notice substantially in the following form: NOTICE OF PETITION TO CREATE A PORT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Notice is hereby given to all persons residing or owning property in ______ (here specifically describe the proposed district boundaries), within the state of Missouri, that a petition has been filed asking that a port improvement district by the name of "______ Port District No. ______" be formed for the purpose of developing the following projects: (here summarize the proposed project or projects). A copy of this petition is on file and available at the office of the clerk of the circuit court of ______ County, located at ______, Missouri. You are notified to join in or file your own petition supporting or answer opposing the creation of the port improvement district and requesting a declaratory judgment, as required by law, no later than the ______ day of ______, 20______. You may show cause, if any, why such petition is defective or proposed port improvement district or its funding method, as set forth in the petition, is illegal or unconstitutional and should not be approved as directed by this court. ______________________________ Clerk of the Circuit Court of ______ County

(L. 2010 S.B. 578, A.L. 2013 S.B. 257)