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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 408.320 — MO Code / Chapter 408 / Section 408.320
408.320 Buyer may pay retail time contract debt before maturity — refund of charges.
Status: in_force

408.320. Buyer may pay retail time contract debt before maturity — refund of charges. — Notwithstanding the provisions of any retail time contract to the contrary, any buyer may prepay in full at any time before maturity the debt of any retail time contract and on so paying such debt shall receive a refund credit thereof for such anticipation of payments. The amount of such refund shall be calculated by the actuarial method. The lender shall retain no more interest than is actually earned whenever a retail time contract is prepaid.

(L. 1961 p. 638 § 9, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1207, A.L. 2002 S.B. 895) Effective 7-01-03
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.505 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.505
260.505 Hazardous substance emergency response plan to be developed by department ...
Status: in_force

260.505. Hazardous substance emergency response plan to be developed by department director — contents of plan. — 1. The director shall develop a "Hazardous Substance Emergency Response Plan", as an appendix to the annex of the "State of Missouri Basic Emergency Operation Plan", part II, "The Missouri Comprehensive Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Plan". The hazardous substance emergency response plan shall be developed in consultation and cooperation with affected industries, and in cooperation and with the approval of the departments of public safety, social services, agriculture, conservation, transportation, and economic development for their areas of responsibility. The plan shall outline the respective responsibilities of the involved agencies in responding to hazardous substances emergencies. The department may enter into agreements with any state agency or unit of local government, with the federal government and with other persons as necessary to develop and implement the hazardous substances emergency response plan and to implement sections 260.005 to 260.550 .

2. The hazardous substance emergency response plan shall establish one statewide telephone number to be used to notify the state of Missouri whenever a hazardous substance emergency occurs. Such phone shall be monitored by technical staff capable of advising the person reporting the emergency of the proper immediate actions to take pending the arrival of response personnel or other qualified assistance. The number shall be established by rule by the department in cooperation with the other affected state agencies and in accordance with the hazardous substance emergency response plan.

3. The person monitoring the statewide emergency telephone shall notify the appropriate agencies as designated in the hazardous substance emergency response plan.

4. Any person having control over a hazardous substance shall contact the state of Missouri, as specified in subsection 2 of this section, or the National Response Center, at the earliest practical moment upon discovery of an emergency involving the hazardous substance under his control. If requested, a written report of particulars of the incident shall be submitted. Failure to notify as required in this section is a class A misdemeanor. Notification received pursuant to this paragraph or information obtained by the exploitation of such notification shall not be used against any such person in any criminal case, except a prosecution for perjuring or for giving a false statement.

(L. 1983 H.B. 528) Effective 6-27-83
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 68.035 — MO Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68.035
68.035 State authorized to make grants to port authorities.
Status: in_force

68.035. State authorized to make grants to port authorities. — 1. The state may make grants to a state port fund, as appropriated by the general assembly, to be allocated by the department of transportation to local port authorities or regional port coordinating agencies. These grants, administered on a nonmatching basis, could be used for managerial, engineering, legal, research, promotion, planning and any other expenses.

2. In addition the state may make capital improvement matching grants contributing eighty percent of the funds and local port authorities contributing twenty percent of the funds for specific undertakings of port development such as land acquisitions, construction, terminal facility development, port improvement projects, and other related port facilities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any matching grants awarded by the Missouri highways and transportation commission under the Port Capital Improvement Program shall be transportation related.

3. The grants provided herein may be used as the local share in applying for other grant programs.

(L. 1974 H.B. 1646 § 6, A.L. 1979 H.B. 102, A.L. 1983 S.B. 200, A.L. 2010 S.B. 578)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 247.640 — MO Code / Chapter 247 / Section 247.640
247.640 Effect of dissolution — appointment of trustee.
Status: in_force

247.640. Effect of dissolution — appointment of trustee. — No dissolution of such district shall invalidate or affect any right accruing to the district, or to any person, or invalidate or affect any contract or indebtedness entered into or imposed upon the district or person; and whenever the circuit court shall, under the provisions of section 247.630 , dissolve any such district, the court shall appoint some competent person to act as trustee for the district dissolved, and such trustee before entering upon the discharge of his duties shall take and subscribe to an oath that he will faithfully discharge the duties of his office, and shall give bond with sufficient security, to be approved by the court, to the use of such dissolved district, for the faithful discharge of his duties, and shall proceed to liquidate the district under orders of the court.

(L. 1949 p. 350 § 41)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 78.080 — MO Code / Chapter 78 / Section 78.080
78.080 Election of mayor and councilmen.
Status: in_force

78.080. Election of mayor and councilmen. — In every city having a population of over three thousand and under eight thousand there shall be elected at the first municipal election held after the taking effect of this section, and every four years thereafter, a mayor and two councilmen, except in any city with a population of at least five thousand within a third class county which adjoins three other third class counties and one second class county and the state of Arkansas, wherein the law applicable before August 28, 1991, shall continue to apply; and in cities having a population of over eight thousand and less than thirty thousand, a mayor and four councilmen. For cities with a population of at least eight thousand and under thirty thousand, the council shall be elected for the following terms: The mayor shall be elected for a four-year term. The councilmen shall be elected for four-year terms except that at the first election the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall serve a four-year term, the candidate receiving the second highest number of votes shall serve a three-year term, the candidate receiving the third highest number of votes shall serve a two-year term and the candidate receiving the fourth highest number of votes shall serve a one-year term. If any vacancy occurs in such office, the remaining members of the council shall appoint a person to fill such vacancy during the balance of the unexpired term. Such officers shall qualify and their terms shall begin on the first Monday after their appointment. The terms of office of the mayor and councilmen or aldermen in such city in office at the beginning of the terms of office of the mayor and councilmen first elected under the provisions of this section shall then cease and the terms of office of all other city officers, whether elective or appointive, in force in each such city, except as otherwise provided, shall cease as soon as the council shall by resolution declare.

(RSMo 1939 § 7059, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1819, A.L. 1983 H.B. 696, A.L. 1991 H.B. 532) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6909; 1919 § 8376
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 595.215 — MO Code / Chapter 595 / Section 595.215
595.215 Duty of cooperation for prosecutor, law enforcement and social service ...
Status: in_force

595.215. Duty of cooperation for prosecutor, law enforcement and social service agencies. — The prosecuting attorney, local law enforcement agencies, local social services agencies, and court shall cooperate to afford victims and witnesses of crimes the rights and services described in sections 595.200 to 595.215 .

(L. 1986 H.B. 873 & 874 § 17)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 274.100 — MO Code / Chapter 274 / Section 274.100
274.100 Meetings of association.
Status: in_force

274.100. Meetings of association. — In its bylaws each association shall provide for one or more regular meetings annually. The board of directors shall have the right to call a special meeting at any time; and ten percent of the members may file a petition stating the specific business to be brought before the association and demand a special meeting at any time. Such meetings must thereupon be called by the directors. Notice of all meetings, together with a statement of the purposes thereof, shall be mailed to each member at least ten days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that the bylaws may require instead that such notice may be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, published at the principal place of business of the association.

(RSMo 1939 § 14341) Prior revision: 1929 § 12683
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 301.3075 — MO Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.3075
301.3075 Bronze Star military service award, special license plates — application ...
Status: in_force

301.3075. Bronze Star military service award, special license plates — application procedure, fees — no additional personalization fee — design. — 1. Any person who has been awarded the military service award known as the "bronze star" may apply for bronze star motor vehicle license plates for any motor vehicle such person owns, either solely or jointly, other than an apportioned motor vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle licensed in excess of twenty-four thousand pounds gross weight.

2. Any such person shall make application for the bronze star license plates on a form provided by the director of revenue and furnish such proof as a recipient of the bronze star as the director may require. The director shall then issue license plates bearing letters or numbers or a combination thereof as determined by the director with the words "BRONZE STAR" in place of the words "SHOW-ME STATE". Such license plates shall be made with fully reflective material with a common color scheme and design, shall be clearly visible at night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed by section 301.130 . Such plates shall also bear an image of the bronze star.

3. If the person has been awarded a bronze star with a "V" for valor device on the medal, then the director of revenue shall issue plates bearing the letter "V" in addition to the words and images required by this section. Such letter "V" shall be placed on the plate in a conspicuous manner as determined by the director.

4. There shall be a fifteen dollar fee in addition to the regular registration fees charged for each set of bronze star license plates issued pursuant to this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 301.144 , no additional fee shall be charged for the personalization of license plates issued pursuant to this section. There shall be no limit on the number of license plates any person qualified pursuant to this section may obtain so long as each set of license plates issued pursuant to this section is issued for vehicles owned solely or jointly by such person. License plates issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be transferable to any other person except that any registered co-owner of the motor vehicle shall be entitled to operate the motor vehicle with such plates for the duration of the year licensed in the event of the death of the qualified person.

(L. 2000 H.B. 1797 § 301.474, A.L. 2016 H.B. 2380)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 411.621 — MO Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.621
411.621 False statement — penalty.
Status: in_force

411.621. False statement — penalty. — A warehouseman who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a receipt for grain, knowing that it contains any false statement, is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment by the department of corrections and human resources for not less than two years nor more than five years.

(L. 1965 p. 606)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 130.047 — MO Code / Chapter 130 / Section 130.047
130.047 Reporting noncommittee expenditures.
Status: in_force

130.047. Reporting noncommittee expenditures. — Any person who is not a defined committee who makes an expenditure or expenditures aggregating five hundred dollars or more in support of, or opposition to, one or more candidates or in support of, or in opposition to, the qualification or passage of one or more ballot measures, other than a contribution made directly to a candidate or committee, shall file a report signed by the person making the expenditures, or that person's authorized agent. The report shall include the name and address of the person making the expenditure, the date and amount of the expenditure or expenditures, the name and address of the payee, and a description of the nature and purpose of each expenditure. Such report shall be filed with the appropriate officer having jurisdiction over the election of the candidate or ballot measure in question as set forth in section 130.026 no later than fourteen days after the date of making an expenditure which by itself or when added to all other such expenditures during the same campaign equals five hundred dollars or more. If, after filing such report, additional expenditures are made, a further report shall be filed no later than fourteen days after the date of making the additional expenditures; except that, if any such expenditure is made within fourteen days prior to an election, the report shall be filed no later than forty-eight hours after the date of such expenditure. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a person who uses only the person's funds or resources to make an expenditure or expenditures in support of or in coordination or consultation with a candidate or committee; provided that, any such expenditure is recorded as a contribution to such candidate or committee and so reported by the candidate or committee being supported by the expenditure or expenditures.

(L. 1997 S.B. 16 § 130.047 subsec. 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 256.474 — MO Code / Chapter 256 / Section 256.474
256.474 Failure to abide by requirements, board may reprimand.
Status: in_force

256.474. Failure to abide by requirements, board may reprimand. — A registered person, firm or corporation practicing geology may be reprimanded by the board for failure to abide by the requirements of sections 256.450 to 256.483 . The board may impose limitations, conditions or restrictions upon the practice of a geologist-registrant in-training or a registered geologist who is reprimanded under this section.

(L. 1994 S.B. 649)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 8.360 — MO Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.360
8.360 Inspection and report as to condition of buildings.
Status: in_force

8.360. Inspection and report as to condition of buildings. — The director of the division of facilities management, design and construction shall inspect all facilities and report to the general assembly at the commencement of each regular session on their condition, maintenance, repair and utilization.

(L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 183 § 6, A.L. 1965 p. 126, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 43.200 — MO Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43.200
43.200 Search and seizure powers of highway patrol — authority to serve warrants, ...
Status: in_force

43.200. Search and seizure powers of highway patrol — authority to serve warrants, participation of sheriff — instruction of officers. — 1. The members of the patrol shall have the right and power of search and seizure to take from any person under arrest or about to be arrested deadly or dangerous weapons in the possession of such person, and to search and seize on a public highway of this state, or off the public highways of this state as an incident to an arrest made following a hot pursuit from a public highway.

2. When ordered to any county or municipality in this state by the governor because of civil disorder, members of the patrol during that time may exercise all powers of search and seizure in the same manner and to the same extent as any sheriff in this state.

3. The members of the highway patrol may request that the prosecuting or circuit attorney apply for, and members of the highway patrol may serve, search warrants anywhere within the state of Missouri, provided the sheriff of the county in which the warrant is to be served, or his designee, shall be notified upon application by the applicant of the search warrant except for offenses pertaining to driving while intoxicated. The sheriff or his or her designee shall participate in serving the search warrant except for offenses pertaining to driving while intoxicated and the investigation of motor vehicle traffic accidents. Any designee of the sheriff shall be a deputy sheriff or other person certified as a peace officer under chapter 590 . The sheriff shall always have a designee available.

4. The superintendent of the highway patrol shall see that every member of the highway patrol is thoroughly instructed in the powers of police officers to arrest for misdemeanors and felonies and to search and seize in order that no person or citizen traveling in this state shall be hindered, stopped, or arrested or his person or property searched or seized without constitutional grounds existing therefor.

(RSMo 1939 § 8362, A.L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 174, A.L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 18, A.L. 1985 H.B. 671, A.L. 1992 H.B. 852, A.L. 1995 H.B. 461, A.L. 2009 H.B. 685) CROSS REFERENCE: Animal protection, highway patrol's powers and duties, 578.030 (1984) The fact that members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol had no authority to conduct a search and seizure beyond the jurisdiction of state highways was irrelevant in a federal trial charging possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, since the actions of state officers are to be judged as if they were federal officers. United States v. Eng (8th Cir.) 753 F.2d 683.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.300 — MO Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.300
452.300 Procedure and venue.
Status: in_force

452.300. Procedure and venue. — 1. The rules of the supreme court and other applicable court rules shall govern all proceedings pursuant to sections 452.300 to 452.415 .

2. A proceeding for dissolution of marriage, legal separation, or declaration of invalidity of marriage shall be entitled: "In re the Marriage of ______ and ______".

3. The initial pleading in an original proceeding pursuant to sections 452.300 to 452.415 shall be denominated a "petition" and the responsive pleading in an original proceeding shall be denominated an "answer" . Other pleadings in an original proceeding and all pleadings in other proceedings pursuant to sections 452.300 to 452.415 shall be denominated as provided in the rules of the supreme court and other applicable court rules.

4. Any party who files the initial pleading in an original proceeding pursuant to sections 452.300 to 452.415 shall be denominated the "petitioner" and any party who is required to file or who files a responsive pleading in an original proceeding shall be denominated the "respondent" . Each party shall retain such denomination from the original proceeding in any other proceedings pursuant to sections 452.300 to 452.415 .

5. An original proceeding pursuant to sections 452.300 to 452.415 shall be commenced in the county in which the petitioner resides or in the county in which the respondent resides. If an original proceeding is commenced in the county in which the petitioner resides, upon motion by the respondent filed prior to the filing of a responsive pleading, the court in which the proceeding is commenced may transfer the proceeding to the county in which the respondent resides if:

(1) The county in which the respondent resides had been the county in which the children resided during the ninety days immediately preceding the commencement of the proceeding; or

(2) The best interest of the children will be served if the proceeding is transferred to the county in which the respondent resides because:

(a) The children and at least one parent have a significant connection with the county; and

(b) There is substantial evidence concerning the present or future care, protection and personal relationships of the children in the county.

6. In proceedings pursuant to sections 452.300 to 452.415 , "judgment" shall include a "decree".

(L. 1973 H.B. 315 § 1, A.L. 1998 S.B. 910)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 58.735 — MO Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58.735
58.735 Dead body, how disposed of (certain counties).
Status: in_force

58.735. Dead body, how disposed of (certain counties). — After an investigation has been completed, including an autopsy if one is made, the dead body shall be delivered to the relatives or friends of the deceased person for burial. If no person claims the body, it shall be disposed of as provided by law.

(L. 1973 S.B. 122 § 11)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 241.340 — MO Code / Chapter 241 / Section 241.340
241.340 County commission may employ surveyors and attorneys.
Status: in_force

241.340. County commission may employ surveyors and attorneys. — The county commission may employ surveyors to survey said lands and islands, and attorneys to represent them in any suits pertaining thereto, and shall pay such surveyors and attorneys reasonable compensation for their services, to be paid out of any funds arising out of the sale of such lands and islands, or out of the general revenue fund of the county as may be agreed upon at the time such surveyors and attorneys are employed.

(RSMo 1939 § 12803) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11179; 1919 § 7043; 1909 § 8046
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.500 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.500
375.500 Distribution of assets.
Status: in_force

375.500. Distribution of assets. — 1. Whenever any company has been or shall be adjudged insolvent, or shall be or has been dissolved, if a distribution of its assets among its policyholders and creditors is or shall be decreed, it shall be the duty of the director of the department of commerce and insurance to hold all securities on deposit for the benefit of all policyholders in such company, whether the claims of such policyholders are in judgment or not, to reduce such securities to money, and when so reduced, to apply the same, less the expenses herein provided for, to the liquidation of policy claims pro rata; in case there should be any surplus after the payment of all policy claims in full, such surplus shall become a part of the general assets of the company.

2. If the policy claimants are not paid in full out of the proceeds of said securities, they shall be entitled to share in the distribution of its general assets for the remainder of their claims, as is provided by law, and as to said remainder shall not be charged with the amount received by them on their policy claims out of the proceeds of said securities; provided, however, that when said securities have been deposited to secure registered policies or annuity bonds, as provided by sections 375.010 to 375.920 , the proceeds of the securities so deposited shall be first applied to the payment of the registered policies and annuity bonds, for the security of which the same were deposited.

(RSMo 1939 § 6048, A. 1949 H.B. 2092) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5937; 1919 § 6345; 1909 § 7075