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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 274.120 — MO Code / Chapter 274 / Section 274.120
274.120 Officers elected by directors.
Status: in_force

274.120. Officers elected by directors. — The directors shall elect from their number a president and one or more vice presidents. They shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be directors or members of the association; and they may combine the two latter offices and designate the combined office as secretary-treasurer; or unite both functions and titles in one person. The bylaws may provide for the election of the president and vice president by the members, or their delegates, at annual meetings.

(RSMo 1939 § 14343, A.L. 1945 p. 78) Prior revision: 1929 § 12685
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.847 — MO Code / Chapter 393 / Section 393.847
393.847 Department of natural resources, jurisdiction, supervision, powers and ...
Status: in_force

393.847. Department of natural resources, jurisdiction, supervision, powers and duties — public service commission jurisdiction, limitations. — 1. Every nonprofit sewer company constructing, maintaining and operating its wastewater lines and treatment facilities shall construct, maintain and operate such lines and facilities in conformity with the rules and regulations relating to the manner and methods of construction, maintenance and operation and as to safety of the public with other lines and facilities now or hereafter from time to time prescribed by the department of natural resources for the construction, maintenance and operation of such lines or systems. The jurisdiction, supervision, powers and duties of the department of natural resources shall extend to every such nonprofit sewer company and every nonprofit sewer company shall be supervised and regulated by the department of natural resources to the same extent and in the same manner as any other nonprofit corporation engaged in whole or in part in the collection or treatment of wastewater.

2. Notwithstanding any provision of sections 393.825 to 393.861 to the contrary, a nonprofit sewer company shall not be eligible to obtain a construction or operating permit unless a waiver from all affected political subdivisions is obtained for a site where:

(1) A municipality, county, public sewer district, or public water supply district operates a wastewater treatment system; or

(2) A connection to a wastewater treatment system is required by a municipal or county ordinance.

3. The public service commission shall not have jurisdiction over the construction, maintenance or operation of the wastewater facilities, service, rates, financing, accounting or management of any nonprofit sewer company.

(L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3, A.L. 2002 S.B. 984 & 985, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 47.190 — MO Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47.190
47.190 Town may be laid off into lots.
Status: in_force

47.190. Town may be laid off into lots. — If no town shall have been laid off at the place selected as the permanent county seat, the county commission shall order the same, or so much thereof as it shall deem expedient, to be laid off; or if such tribunal shall deem it expedient to lay off additional lots where a town shall have previously been laid off, it may order the same to be done, and in either case the commissioner of such county seat shall proceed to lay off such land, or so much thereof as such county commission shall direct, into lots, squares, avenues, streets, lanes and alleys, in such manner and under such regulations as such county commission shall prescribe, and make report thereof to such county commission, with a plat of the town, or part of a town, so laid off, which, if approved by such county commission, shall be deposited in the office of the recorder of the county, and by him carefully preserved and recorded.

(RSMo 1939 § 13681) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12022; 1919 § 9424; 1909 § 3641
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 563.033 — MO Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.033
563.033 Battered spouse syndrome evidence that defendant acted in self-defense or ...
Status: in_force

563.033. Battered spouse syndrome evidence that defendant acted in self-defense or defense of another — procedure. — 1. Evidence that the actor was suffering from the battered spouse syndrome shall be admissible upon the issue of whether the actor lawfully acted in self-defense or defense of another.

2. If the defendant proposes to offer evidence of the battered spouse syndrome, he shall file written notice thereof with the court in advance of trial. Thereafter, the court, upon motion of the state, shall appoint one or more private psychiatrists or psychologists, as defined in section 632.005 , or physicians with a minimum of one year training or experience in providing treatment or services to intellectually disabled or mentally ill individuals, who are neither employees nor contractors of the department of mental health for the purposes of performing the examination in question, to examine the accused, or shall direct the director of the department of mental health, or his designee, to have the accused so examined by one or more psychiatrists or psychologists, as defined in section 632.005 , or physicians with a minimum of one year training or experience in providing treatment or services to intellectually disabled or mentally ill individuals designated by the director, or his designee, for the purpose of examining the defendant. No private psychiatrist, psychologist, or physician shall be appointed by the court unless he has consented to act. The examinations ordered shall be made at such time and place and under such conditions as the court deems proper; except that if the order directs the director of the department of mental health to have the accused examined, the director, or his designee, shall determine the reasonable time, place and conditions under which the examination shall be conducted. The order may include provisions for the interview of witnesses.

3. No statement made by the accused in the course of any such examination and no information received by any physician or other person in the course thereof, whether such examination was made with or without the consent of the accused or upon his motion or upon that of others, shall be admitted in evidence against the accused on the issue of whether he committed the act charged against him in any criminal proceeding then or thereafter pending in any court, state or federal.

(L. 1987 H.B. 341, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1064) (1990) Evidence of "battered spouse syndrome" admissible in claims of self-defense does not depend on defendant's marital status. (Mo.App.E.D.) State v. Williams, 787 S.W.2d 308. (1995) Where wife looked for someone to kill her husband for over three months prior to murder, statute prohibits the battered spouse syndrome because defendant had not been able to raise the issue of self-defense. Anderson v. Goeke, 44 F.3d 675 (8th Cir.).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 8.675 — MO Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.675
8.675 Construction management services defined.
Status: in_force

8.675. Construction management services defined. — As used in sections 8.675 to 8.687 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Construction management services" includes:

(a) Services provided in the planning and design phases of the project including, but not limited to, consulting with, advising, assisting and making recommendations to the public owner and architect, engineer or registered landscape architect on all aspects of planning for project construction; reviewing all plans and specifications as they are being developed and making recommendations with respect to construction feasibility, availability of material and labor, time requirements for procurement and construction, and projected costs; making, reviewing and refining budget estimates based on the public owner's program and other available information; making recommendations to the public owner and the architect or engineer regarding the division of work in the plans and specifications to facilitate the bidding and awarding of contracts; soliciting the interest of capable contractors and assisting the owner in taking bids on the project; analyzing the bids received and awarding contracts; and preparing and monitoring a progress schedule during the design phase of the project and preparation of a proposed construction schedule; and

(b) Services provided in the construction phase of the project including, but not limited to, maintaining competent supervisory staff to coordinate and provide general direction of the work and progress of the contractors on the project; observing the work as it is being performed for general conformance with working drawings and specifications; establishing procedures for coordinating among the public owner, architect or engineer, contractors and construction manager with respect to all aspects of the project and implementing such procedures; maintaining job site records and making appropriate progress reports; implementing labor policy in conformance with the requirements of the public owner; reviewing the safety and equal opportunity programs of each contractor for conformance with the public owner's policy and making recommendations; reviewing and processing all applications for payment by involved contractors and material suppliers in accordance with the terms of the contract; making recommendations for and processing requests for changes in the work and maintaining records of change orders; scheduling and conducting job meetings to ensure orderly progress of the work; developing and monitoring a project progress schedule, coordinating and expediting the work of all contractors and providing periodic status reports to the owner and the architect or engineer; and, establishing and maintaining a cost control system and conducting meetings to review costs;

(2) "Construction manager" , any person providing construction management services for a public owner;

(3) "Public owner" , any public body, as defined in section 290.210 .

(L. 1993 S.B. 241 § 1 subsec. 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.1615 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.1615
67.1615 Application for participation in program — eligibility, how determined — ...
Status: in_force

67.1615. Application for participation in program — eligibility, how determined — certificate of participation issued if eligible. — 1. Eligibility for membership in the program shall be limited to the owner of a qualified residential property within the area of a home equity program.

2. An eligible applicant shall apply to the program by submitting an application and a registration fee as determined by the governing commission. Prior to accepting a registration fee, the governing commission shall inform the applicant of the rights, duties, and obligations of both the member and the governing commission pursuant to the program. Upon receipt of the registration fee, the governing commission shall have the residence of the applicant appraised by a program appraiser at the expense of the program to determine the guaranteed value of the residence. If the appraisal, at the time completed by a program appraiser, differs by more than fifteen percent from the market value as determined in the most recent assessment performed by the county assessor, the program administrator shall notify the governing commission and provide a written justification for the difference between the guaranteed value of the residence and the market value as determined in the most recent assessment before the commission accepts the guaranteed residence into the program.

3. At its option, the governing commission may require a second program appraisal of the qualified residence, also at the expense of the program, if it determines that the first program appraisal is incomplete, inadequate, or inaccurate.

4. A certificate of participation shall then be issued to the eligible applicant certifying membership in the program and stating the guaranteed value, the registration date, the address of the guaranteed residence and description of the conditions and exclusions of the program. An authorized program appraisal shall be attached to the certificate of participation.

(L. 1999 S.B. 20)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 34.055 — MO Code / Chapter 34 / Section 34.055
34.055 State to pay late charges for supplies and services, when, rate — vendor to ...
Status: in_force

34.055. State to pay late charges for supplies and services, when, rate — vendor to apply, exception — energy assistance program for persons of low income, recipients exempt from interest charges. — 1. Except as otherwise provided in section 8.960 , all invoices for supplies and services purchased by the state, duly approved and processed, shall be subject to interest charges or late payment charges as provided in this section.

2. After the forty-fifth day following the later of the date of delivery of the supplies and services or the date upon which the invoice is duly approved and processed, interest retroactive to the thirtieth day shall be paid on any unpaid balance, except balances for services provided by a gas corporation, electrical corporation, water corporation, or sewer corporation which has received authorization from the public service commission to impose late payment charges on delinquent utility bills, upon application of the vendor thereof. The rate of such interest shall be three percentage points above the average predominant prime rate quoted by commercial banks to large businesses, as determined by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

3. The state shall be liable for late payment charges on any delinquent bill for services purchased by the state from a gas corporation, electrical corporation, water corporation, or sewer corporation which has received authorization from the public service commission to impose late payment charges on delinquent utility bills. The rate of such late payment charges shall be as established for each such corporation by order of the public service commission, but bills rendered to the state shall not be considered delinquent until thirty days after rendition of the bill by the corporation.

4. Any such interest charges or late payment charges shall be paid from appropriations which were made for the fiscal year in which the supplies or services were delivered to the respective departments purchasing such supplies or services. The commissioner of administration shall be responsible for the timely implementation of this section and all officers, departments, institutions and agencies of state government shall fully cooperate with the commissioner of administration in the implementation of this section. No late payment penalty shall be assessed against, nor payable by, the state unless pursuant to the provisions of this section.

5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, recipients of funds from the low-income energy assistance program shall be exempt from interest charges imposed by such section for the duration of the recipient's participation in the program.

(L. 1985 S.B. 90, A.L. 1987 S.B. 411, A.L. 1990 S.B. 808 & 672, A.L. 2022 S.B. 758)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 243.320 — MO Code / Chapter 243 / Section 243.320
243.320 Public roads and railroads to pay benefits.
Status: in_force

243.320. Public roads and railroads to pay benefits. — When any ditch constructed under the provisions of this chapter drains, either in whole or in part, or benefits any public or corporate road or railroad, there shall be apportioned to the county, if a county or state or free turnpike road, or if a corporate road or railroad, to the company owning, operating or controlling the same, the same proportion of the cost of location and construction of the improvement in proportion to the benefits received as to private individuals.

(RSMo 1939 § 12430) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10840; 1919 § 4508
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 160.527 — MO Code / Chapter 160 / Section 160.527
160.527 Health and family education credit — work groups, duties, members — ...
Status: in_force

160.527. Health and family education credit — work groups, duties, members — academic performance standards. — 1. The one-half unit of credit in health education required by the state board of education shall be renamed "Health and Family Education" for the 2024-25 school year and all subsequent school years.

2. The state board of education shall convene a work group to develop and recommend academic performance standards relating to the one-half unit of credit of health and family education required by the board. The work group shall include, but not be limited to, educators providing instruction in health education and family and consumer science in grades nine to twelve, representatives from the department of elementary and secondary education, and nonprofit organizations that focus on public health, parenting, and social services. The work group shall develop written curriculum frameworks relating to health and family education with an emphasis on behavioral health relating to the causes of morbidity and mortality of youth, chronic disease management, and parenting skills associated with optimal family health over a lifetime that may be used by school districts.

3. The state board of education shall adopt and implement academic performance standards relating to health and family education for the 2024-25 school year and all subsequent school years.

4. The requirements of section 160.514 shall not apply to this section.

(L. 2023 H.B. 447)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 77.140 — MO Code / Chapter 77 / Section 77.140
77.140 May control watercourses, establish water reservoirs, market houses, city ...
Status: in_force

77.140. May control watercourses, establish water reservoirs, market houses, city hall and parks. — The council may establish, alter and change the channel of watercourses, and wall them and cover them over, and prevent obstructions thereon, and may establish, make and regulate public wells, cisterns and reservoirs of water, and provide for filling the same. The council may purchase grounds and erect and establish market houses and marketplaces, and regulate and govern the same; and also contract with any person or persons, association or corporation for the erection, maintenance and regulation of market houses and marketplaces, on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the council may prescribe. The council may also provide for the erection, purchase or renting of a city hall, workhouses, houses of correction, prisons, engine houses and any and all other necessary buildings for the city; and may sell, lease, abolish or otherwise dispose of the same, and may enclose, improve, regulate, purchase or sell all public parks or other public grounds belonging to the city, and may purchase and hold grounds for public parks within the city, or within three miles thereof.

(RSMo 1939 § 6954) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6808; 1919 § 8295; 1909 § 9232 (1979) The exercise by a municipality of its powers to acquire land for parks outside but within one mile of the city limits is not subject to zoning regulations of any host county or municipality restricting use of land which would result in prohibiting its use for park purposes. City of Kirkwood v. City of Sunset Hills (A.), 589 S.W.2d 31.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.100 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.100
260.100 Authority member not personally liable on notes or bonds issued.
Status: in_force

260.100. Authority member not personally liable on notes or bonds issued. — No member of the state environmental improvement and energy resources authority or any authorized person executing any notes or bonds authorized under sections 260.005 to 260.125 shall be liable personally on the notes or bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of such notes or bonds.

(L. 1976 S.B. 469, A.L. 1982 S.B. 506) Effective 4-30-82
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 278.257 — MO Code / Chapter 278 / Section 278.257
278.257 Consolidation of two or more subdistricts, procedure.
Status: in_force

278.257. Consolidation of two or more subdistricts, procedure. — 1. Petitions for consolidating two or more watershed subdistricts may be filed with the supervisors of the soil and water conservation district. In such cases the provisions of sections 278.170 to 278.190 in respect to the creation of a watershed subdistrict shall be observed.

2. If sixty-five percent of all landowners in each of the areas proposed to be consolidated voting in the referendum do vote in favor of the consolidation, the soil and water district supervisors shall declare the areas consolidated and the action recorded in the official minutes, except that if any subdistrict shall have issued bonds which are outstanding at the time of the consolidation, the taxes levied to pay such bonds and the interest thereon shall be an obligation of only the property within such component subdistrict.

(L. 1969 S.B. 184 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.250 — MO Code / Chapter 446 / Section 446.250
446.250 New Madrid certificates and patents prima facie evidence.
Status: in_force

446.250. New Madrid certificates and patents prima facie evidence. — When, in any action for the recovery of the possession of premises, any land shall be claimed by virtue of a location in lieu of other lands injured by earthquakes, the certificate of new location granted by the recorder of land titles, and the patent issued in consequence, shall be only prima facie evidence of title in the grantee therein named, subject to be rebutted as herein prescribed.

(RSMo 1939 § 1539) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1375; 1919 § 1825; 1909 § 2392
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.005 — MO Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.005
61.005 Employment of county engineer by county commission not required.
Status: in_force

61.005. Employment of county engineer by county commission not required. — Nothing in this chapter shall require the county commission to hire a county engineer. The county commission may hire and authorize an individual to perform those duties the individual is qualified for, based upon the individual's education and training.

(L. 2004 H.B. 795, et al. § 1)