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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.1150 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.1150
351.1150 Unclaimed property, how treated.
Status: in_force

351.1150. Unclaimed property, how treated. — 1. A cooperative may, in lieu of paying or delivering to the state the unclaimed property specified in its report of unclaimed property filed under section 447.539 :

(1) Distribute the unclaimed property to a business entity or organization that is exempt from taxation; or

(2) Retain the unclaimed property as operational reserve funds.

2. The right of an owner to unclaimed property held by a cooperative is extinguished when the property is disbursed by the cooperative to a tax exempt organization or retained by the cooperative as set forth in subsection 1 of this section if:

(1) A reasonable effort to distribute the property to the member has been made by the cooperative; and

(2) (a) Notice that the payment is available has been mailed to the last known address of the person shown by the records to be entitled to the property; or

(b) If the member's address is unknown, notice is published in an official publication of the cooperative; and

(3) The cooperative has received no response from the member within the two-year period following the date such notice was mailed or published as the case may be.

(L. 2011 S.B. 366)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 165.161 — MO Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.161
165.161 Disbursements in metropolitan districts, how made.
Status: in_force

165.161. Disbursements in metropolitan districts, how made. — All disbursements of the board of education in metropolitan districts shall be made by checks drawn or orders for payment issued upon a designated depositary in the form and subject to the regulations that the board provides.

(L. 1963 p. 200 § 6-16, A.L. 1967 p. 238, A.L. 1977 S.B. 111 & H.B. 130) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.623)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 558.026 — MO Code / Chapter 558 / Section 558.026
558.026 Concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment.
Status: in_force

558.026. Concurrent and consecutive terms of imprisonment. — 1. Multiple sentences of imprisonment shall run concurrently unless the court specifies that they shall run consecutively; except in the case of multiple sentences of imprisonment imposed for any offense committed during or at the same time as, or multiple offenses of, the following felonies:

(1) Rape in the first degree, forcible rape, or rape;

(2) Statutory rape in the first degree;

(3) Sodomy in the first degree, forcible sodomy, or sodomy;

(4) Statutory sodomy in the first degree; or

(5) An attempt to commit any of the felonies listed in this subsection. In such case, the sentence of imprisonment imposed for any felony listed in this subsection or an attempt to commit any of the aforesaid shall run consecutively to the other sentences. The sentences imposed for any other offense may run concurrently.

2. If a person who is on probation, parole or conditional release is sentenced to a term of imprisonment for an offense committed after the granting of probation or parole or after the start of his or her conditional release term, the court shall direct the manner in which the sentence or sentences imposed by the court shall run with respect to any resulting probation, parole or conditional release revocation term or terms. If the subsequent sentence to imprisonment is in another jurisdiction, the court shall specify how any resulting probation, parole or conditional release revocation term or terms shall run with respect to the foreign sentence of imprisonment.

3. A court may cause any sentence it imposes to run concurrently with a sentence an individual is serving or is to serve in another state or in a federal correctional center. If the Missouri sentence is served in another state or in a federal correctional center, subsection 4 of section 558.011 and section 217.690 shall apply as if the individual were serving his or her sentence within the department of corrections of the state of Missouri, except that a personal hearing before the parole board shall not be required for parole consideration.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1138, et al., A.L. 1982 H.B. 1196, A.L. 1983 H.B. 713 Revision, A.L. 1995 H.B. 424, A.L. 2013 H.B. 215, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60) (1985) Court construed this section to mandate consecutive sentences for rape and sodomy committed by defendant at the same time. Adams v. State, 688 S.W.2d 401 (Mo.App.). (1991) Although statute requires consecutive sentences any time a sex crime is committed at the same time as any other felony, even if the additional felony is also a sex crime, the sentencing court has discretion to run sentences concurrently, when a defendant's convictions consist only of sex offenses. State v. Harger, 804 S.W.2d 35 (Mo. App.).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.600 — MO Code / Chapter 442 / Section 442.600
442.600 Psychologically impacted real property, defined — disclosure to buyer not ...
Status: in_force

442.600. Psychologically impacted real property, defined — disclosure to buyer not mandatory — no cause of action for failure to disclose. — 1. The fact that a parcel of real property, or any building or structure thereon, may be a psychologically impacted real property, or may be in close proximity to a psychologically impacted real property shall not be a material or substantial fact that is required to be disclosed in a sale, exchange or other transfer of real estate.

2. "Psychologically impacted real property" is defined to include:

(1) Real property in which an occupant is, or was at any time, infected with human immunodeficiency virus or diagnosed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or with any other disease which has been determined by medical evidence to be highly unlikely to be transmitted through the occupancy of a dwelling place; or

(2) Real property which was the site of a homicide or other felony, or of a suicide.

3. No cause of action shall arise nor may any action be brought against any real estate agent or broker for the failure to disclose to a buyer or other transferee of real estate that the transferred real property was a psychologically impacted real property.

(L. 1991 S.B. 138 § 10)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 243.340 — MO Code / Chapter 243 / Section 243.340
243.340 Privilege to pay drainage tax in full.
Status: in_force

243.340. Privilege to pay drainage tax in full. — The owner of any land or other property taxed for the construction of any improvement under the provisions of this chapter, shall have the privilege of paying such tax to the county treasurer at any time on or before a date to be fixed by the county commission prior to the issuance of bonds payable from said taxes and the amount to be paid shall be the full amount of the tax levied, less any amount added thereto to meet interest. He shall present the treasurer's receipt therefor to the county clerk, who shall enter upon the drainage tax record opposite each tract for which payment is made the words "paid in full" and such tax shall be deemed satisfied.

(RSMo 1939 § 12414) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10825; 1919 § 4493
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 334.021 — MO Code / Chapter 334 / Section 334.021
334.021 Reference to terms in prior laws, how construed — no hiring discrimination ...
Status: in_force

334.021. Reference to terms in prior laws, how construed — no hiring discrimination permitted based on medical degree held. — 1. Where other statutes of this state use the terms "physician", "surgeon", "practitioner of medicine", "practitioner of osteopathy", "board of medical examiners", or "board of osteopathic registration and examination" or similar terms, they shall be construed to mean physicians and surgeons licensed under this chapter or the state board of registration for the healing arts in the state of Missouri.

2. With the exception of section 197.700 , notwithstanding any other provision of law, no health facility, health benefit plan, managed care plan, or health carrier shall discriminate with respect to employment, staff, privileges, or the provision of professional services against a physician licensed to practice the healing arts in this state on the basis of whether the physician holds a "medical doctor", "M.D." or "doctor of osteopathy", "D.O." degree.

3. Any reference in an executive order, an administrative regulation, or in the Missouri revised statutes to "medical doctor", "M.D.", or "physician" shall be deemed to include a "doctor of osteopathy" or "D.O." unless any of those terms are specifically excluded by reference to this section. Similarly, any reference to an "osteopath", "D.O." or "physician" shall be deemed to include a "medical doctor" or "M.D.", unless any of those terms are specifically excluded by reference to this section. Similarly, any reference to a specialist shall be deemed to include those specialists accredited by either the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association unless specifically excluded by reference to this section.

4. The provisions of subsection 3 of this section do not apply to the makeup of boards and commissions on which an unequal number of medical doctors or osteopaths serve.

(L. 1959 S.B. 50 § 22, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 29.250 — MO Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.250
29.250 False, misleading, or unfounded reports, penalty — failure to comply with ...
Status: in_force

29.250. False, misleading, or unfounded reports, penalty — failure to comply with chapter, penalty — report of violations. — 1. Any person who willfully makes or causes to be made, to the state auditor or the auditor's designated representatives, any false, misleading, or unfounded report for the purpose of interfering with the performance of any audit, special review, or investigation, or to hinder or obstruct the auditor or the auditor's designated representatives in the performance of duties, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

2. Any person or entity affected by this chapter who shall refuse or fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Refusing or failing to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall include but not be limited to any person or entity failing to submit their books, papers and concerns to the inspection of the state auditor, or any of the auditor's examiners, or if anyone connected with the official duties of the state, county, institution, or political subdivision of the state, shall refuse to submit to be examined upon oath.

3. The state auditor shall report any violation of subsection 1 or 2 of this section to the prosecuting attorney, who shall institute such action or proceedings against such person or entity as the prosecutor may deem proper.

(RSMo 1939 § 13100, A.L. 1945 p. 584 § 29, A.L. 2013 H.B. 116) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11484; 1919 § 13308
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 99.912 — MO Code / Chapter 99 / Section 99.912
99.912 Civil actions to compel governing body issuing bonds to perform all duties.
Status: in_force

99.912. Civil actions to compel governing body issuing bonds to perform all duties. — The governing body of the municipality may prescribe in any ordinance directing the issuance of bonds pursuant to the provisions of sections 99.875 to 99.912 the terms and conditions under which the holder, or any specified percentage of all holders, of any such bonds or of any coupons representing interest accrued thereon may, by civil action, compel the governing body of the municipality issuing such bonds to perform all duties imposed upon it by the provisions of sections 99.875 to 99.912 and to enforce the performance of any and all of the covenants made by the governing body of the municipality, in the issuance of the bonds.

(L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490 § 9 subsec. 10)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 50.630 — MO Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.630
50.630 County commissions shall have power to authorize the transfer of any ...
Status: in_force

50.630. County commissions shall have power to authorize the transfer of any unencumbered appropriation balance. — The county commission may authorize the transfer within the same fund of any unencumbered appropriation balance or any portion thereof from one spending agency under its jurisdiction to another; but this action shall be taken only on the recommendation of the budget officer and only during the last two months of the fiscal year, except that transfers from the emergency fund may be made at any time in the manner herein provided.

(RSMo 1939 § 10929, A.L. 1945 p. 603, A.L. 1959 S.B. 64)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 313.605 — MO Code / Chapter 313 / Section 313.605
313.605 Track license — financial interest by public officials prohibited, grounds ...
Status: in_force

313.605. Track license — financial interest by public officials prohibited, grounds for suspension or revocation. — 1. In addition to the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, no organization shall be granted a race track license to hold a race meeting in this state and the commission may revoke or suspend a race track license if any public official of the state or his or her spouse, children or parents hold any financial interest, directly or indirectly, in the shares of stock or certificates or other evidences of ownership in the organization.

2. No organization which has been granted a race track license to hold a race meeting shall give to any public official or his or her spouse, children or parents, directly or indirectly, for or without consideration any interest in shares of stock or certificates or other evidences of ownership in the organization. The commission shall, after hearing, revoke the race track license granted to an organization which has violated this subsection.

(L. 1986 S.B. 572) Effective 5-06-86
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 238.400 — MO Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.400
238.400 County first class transit authority created — members, appointment, ...
Status: in_force

238.400. County first class transit authority created — members, appointment, qualifications. — 1. Any county of the first class may, by ordinance or order of the county governing body, establish a county transit authority, which shall be known as the "______ County Transit Authority" and shall consist of five members appointed by the governing body of the county. The county transit authority shall have the powers prescribed in sections 238.400 to 238.412 . Any county transit authority created by this section prior to August 28, 1995, shall continue in existence under sections 238.400 to 238.412 .

2. The members of the transit authority shall be residents of the county and shall have been qualified voters in the county for a period of at least one year preceding their appointment. Not more than three members of the transit authority shall belong to the same political party.

3. Each member shall be appointed by a majority of the governing body of the county for a term of four years, except that of the members first appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, and two for a term of four years. The members shall elect from among their membership a chairman and such other officers as the members deem necessary. Vacancies in the transit authority shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments are made. The governing body of the county may remove any member for cause following a hearing.

4. Three members of the transit authority shall constitute a quorum, and any action or order of the transit authority shall require the approval of at least three members. All members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties.

(L. 1991 S.B. 235 § 1, A.L. 1995 H.B. 153 merged with S.B. 212)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 367.047 — MO Code / Chapter 367 / Section 367.047
367.047 Hold order in effect, pawnbroker may release property to peace officer, not ...
Status: in_force

367.047. Hold order in effect, pawnbroker may release property to peace officer, not waiver of property rights — sale of property under hold order prohibited. — 1. Upon written notice from a law enforcement officer indicating that property in the possession of a pawnbroker and subject to a hold order is needed for the purpose of furthering a criminal investigation and prosecution, the pawnbroker shall release the property subject to the hold order to the custody of the law enforcement officer for such purpose and the officer shall provide a written acknowledgment that the property has been released to the officer. The release of the property to the custody of the law enforcement officer shall not be considered a waiver or release of the pawnbroker's property rights or interest in the property. Upon completion of the criminal investigation, the property shall be returned to the pawnbroker who consented to its release; except that if the law enforcement officer has not completed the criminal investigation within one hundred twenty days after its release, the officer shall immediately return the property to the pawnbroker or obtain and furnish to the pawnbroker a warrant for the continued custody of the property.

2. Except as provided in subsection 1 of this section, the pawnbroker shall not release or dispose of the property except pursuant to a court order or the expiration of the holding period of the hold order, including all extensions.

(L. 1993 S.B. 18, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1526)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 108.1020 — MO Code / Chapter 108 / Section 108.1020
108.1020 Bonds exempt from taxation.
Status: in_force

108.1020. Bonds exempt from taxation. — Build America bonds and any recovery zone bonds issued by the state of Missouri or an entity described in subdivision (4) of subsection 1 of section 108.1000 and the interest thereon shall be exempt from all taxation by the state of Missouri and its political subdivisions.

(L. 2009 H.B. 191)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 78.590 — MO Code / Chapter 78 / Section 78.590
78.590 Meetings of the council — salary determined by city council.
Status: in_force

78.590. Meetings of the council — salary determined by city council. — Regular meetings of the council shall be held at least once every month and special meetings may be called by the mayor at the mayor's own instance or upon written application of two members of the council. Each council member shall receive a salary as determined by ordinance of the council, payable quarterly.

(RSMo 1939 § 7086, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1047) Prior revision: 1929 § 6936
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 570.135 — MO Code / Chapter 570 / Section 570.135
570.135 Fraudulent procurement of a credit or debit card — penalty — limitation of ...
Status: in_force

570.135. Fraudulent procurement of a credit or debit card — penalty — limitation of liability. — 1. A person commits the offense of fraudulent procurement of a credit or debit device if he or she:

(1) Knowingly makes or causes to be made, directly or indirectly, a false statement regarding another person for the purpose of fraudulently procuring the issuance of a credit or debit device;

(2) Knowingly obtains a means of identification of another person without the authorization of that person and uses that means of identification fraudulently to obtain, or attempt to obtain, credit, goods or services in the name of the other person without the consent of that person; or

(3) Knowingly possesses a fraudulently obtained credit or debit device.

2. The offense of fraudulent procurement of a credit or debit device is a class A misdemeanor.

3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no corporation, proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or other business entity shall be criminally liable under this section for accepting applications for credit or debit devices or for the use of a credit or debit device in any transaction, absent clear and convincing evidence that such business entity conspired with or was a part of the fraudulent procuring of the issuance of a credit or debit device.

(L. 1999 S.B. 386 § 2, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2016 S.B. 624) Effective 1-01-2017
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.290 — MO Code / Chapter 446 / Section 446.290
446.290 French and Spanish grants.
Status: in_force

446.290. French and Spanish grants. — All grants and concessions of land, all warrants, orders, plats and certificates of survey made and signed by the proper officers of the French or Spanish government, which shall have been filed in the office of the recorder of land titles, by virtue of any law of the United States, and all deeds, conveyances and evidences of title made before, and signed by such officers of the French or Spanish government, which shall have been filed and recorded as aforesaid, being certified by such recorder to have been recorded in his office, shall be received in evidence without further proof.

(RSMo 1939 § 1833) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1669; 1919 § 5356; 1909 § 6301
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.327 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.327
227.327 James R. Ledbetter Memorial Bridge designated for the bridge on Missouri ...
Status: in_force

227.327. James R. Ledbetter Memorial Bridge designated for the bridge on Missouri Highway 5 crossing over I-44 in Laclede County. — The bridge on Missouri Highway 5 crossing over Interstate 44 in Laclede County shall be designated the "James R. Ledbetter Memorial Bridge". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating the bridge with the costs for such designation to be paid for by private donation.

(L. 2014 H.B. 1866)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 285.550 — MO Code / Chapter 285 / Section 285.550
285.550 Failure to suspend a business permit, city or county deemed to have adopted ...
Status: in_force

285.550. Failure to suspend a business permit, city or county deemed to have adopted a sanctuary policy. — If any municipal or county governing body fails to suspend the business permit, if such exists, and applicable licenses or exemptions as directed by the attorney general as a result of a violation of section 285.530 or 285.535 within fifteen days after notification by the attorney general, the municipality shall be deemed to have adopted a sanctuary policy as defined in section 67.307 and shall be subject to the penalties thereunder.

(L. 2008 H.B. 1549, et al.) Effective 1-01-09
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.353 — MO Code / Chapter 537 / Section 537.353
537.353 Liability for damage or destruction of field crop products, when — court ...
Status: in_force

537.353. Liability for damage or destruction of field crop products, when — court costs awarded, when. — 1. Any person or entity who knowingly damages or destroys any field crop product that is grown for personal or commercial purposes, or for testing or research purposes in the context of a product development program in conjunction or coordination with a private research facility, a university, or any federal, state or local government agency, shall be liable for double damages pursuant to this section.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 537.340 , or the provisions of subsection 1 of this section, any person or entity who negligently commits any of the acts described in subsection 1 of this section shall be liable only for compensatory damages.

3. In awarding damages pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 of this section, the courts shall consider the following:

(1) The market value of the crop prior to damage or destruction; and

(2) The actual damages involving production, research, testing replacement and crop development costs directly related to the crop that has been damaged or destroyed.

4. In addition, the court may award court costs, including reasonable attorneys fees.

(L. 2001 S.B. 462, A.L. 2007 H.B. 344)