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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 68.060 — MO Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68.060
68.060 Consolidation of port districts by contract, how.
Status: in_force

68.060. Consolidation of port districts by contract, how. — 1. Any combination of cities and counties individually eligible to form local port authorities, and cities and counties with existing local port authorities, are authorized to directly apply to the highways and transportation commission of the state for approval of a regional port authority as a political subdivision of the state.

2. The legislative bodies or county commissions of cities or counties desiring to form a regional port authority are hereby authorized to enter into contractual agreements with each other for the purpose of creating within each jurisdiction regional port districts administered by the regional port authority. All terms and provisions of said contractual agreements shall be consistent with the provisions of this chapter. The contractual agreement shall be filed in the office of county clerk, city clerk or clerk of the county council of each party to the agreement.

3. The boundaries of any regional port district, and the number, method of appointment, terms, qualifications, salaries, powers and duties of a regional board of commissioners shall be fixed by the contractual agreement; provided, however, that any contractual agreement shall not become effective until it has been submitted to and approved by all of the legislative bodies or county commissions entering into said contractual agreement.

4. The port districts to be included within the regional port authority need not be contiguous, adjacent, or abutting.

5. Any local port authority is authorized to contract with an existing regional port authority for inclusion in the regional port authority. The contractual agreement shall be formulated by the terms and procedures expressed in subsections 2 and 3 of this section. Approval of the highways and transportation commission shall be required to make the annexation effective.

6. Any local port authority established by a city or county, that subsequently enters into a contractual agreement and is approved as part of a regional port authority, is dissolved as of the date that the annexation is approved by the highways and transportation commission of the state. On said date, all funds and other assets of the local port authority shall be transferred to the regional port authority. The regional port authority shall faithfully perform all existing contracts and assume all legal obligations of the local port authority.

(L. 1974 H.B. 1646 § 11, A.L. 1975 S.B. 135 § 11)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 443.090 — MO Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.090
443.090 Part of property may be released, how.
Status: in_force

443.090. Part of property may be released, how. — In case any person desires to release any part of the property described in any security instrument recorded prior to January 1, 1986, by deed of release, he shall be permitted to do so by the recorder on presentation to the recorder of the notes or other obligations evidencing the principal of the debt secured thereby, or accounting for them by affidavits or otherwise as now or hereafter provided by law in the case of full release, and the recorder shall note the fact of the filing for record of such partial release on such notes or obligations in substantially the following form:

and of the presentation of such notes or other obligations, or accounting therefor, on the deed of release prior to its recordation, but shall not cancel such notes or other obligations. Nothing in this section shall be construed as making it necessary for any trustee named in the security instrument to join in such partial deed of release.

(RSMo 1939 § 3468, A.L. 1985 H.B. 210, A.L. 1991 S.B. 364) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3081; 1919 § 2240; 1909 § 2847
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.340 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.340
67.340 Assistance to political subdivisions encouraged.
Status: in_force

67.340. Assistance to political subdivisions encouraged. — All state agencies, within the limits of appropriations for this purpose, are encouraged to assist political subdivisions of the state with information, technical assistance and material aid in the performance of services leading to improvement and economical performance of the service by the political subdivisions of the state.

(L. 1969 H.B. 228 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 254.030 — MO Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.030
254.030 Forest districts authorized — state forester authorized.
Status: in_force

254.030. Forest districts authorized — state forester authorized. — The commission may create such forest districts as it may deem to be appropriate, having due regard for the character and extent of the timber stands, similarity of forest problems, convenience of administration and other pertinent factors. The commission may employ a state forester and such other employees as it deems necessary.

(L. 1945 p. 672 § 4, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1210)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 575.155 — MO Code / Chapter 575 / Section 575.155
575.155 Endangering a corrections employee, offense of — definitions — violation, ...
Status: in_force

575.155. Endangering a corrections employee, offense of — definitions — violation, penalties. — 1. An offender or prisoner commits the offense of endangering a corrections employee, a visitor to a correctional center, county or city jail, or another offender or prisoner if he or she attempts to cause or knowingly causes such person to come into contact with blood, seminal fluid, urine, feces, or saliva.

2. For the purposes of this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Corrections employee" , a person who is an employee, or contracted employee of a subcontractor, of a department or agency responsible for operating a jail, prison, correctional facility, or sexual offender treatment center or a person who is assigned to work in a jail, prison, correctional facility, or sexual offender treatment center;

(2) "Offender" , a person in the custody of the department of corrections;

(3) "Prisoner" , a person confined in a county or city jail;

(4) "Serious infectious or communicable disease" , the same meaning given to the term in section 191.677 .

3. The offense of endangering a corrections employee, a visitor to a correctional center, county or city jail, or another offender or prisoner is a class E felony unless the substance is unidentified in which case it is a class A misdemeanor. If an offender or prisoner is knowingly infected with a serious infectious or communicable disease and exposes another person to such serious infectious or communicable disease by committing the offense of endangering a corrections employee, a visitor to a correctional center, county or city jail, or another offender or prisoner and the nature of the exposure to the bodily fluid has been scientifically shown to be a means of transmission of the serious infectious or communicable disease, it is a class D felony.

(L. 2005 H.B. 700, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60) Transferred 2014; formerly 565.085 ; Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 198.646 — MO Code / Chapter 198 / Section 198.646
198.646 Complaints, reporting system.
Status: in_force

198.646. Complaints, reporting system. — The department shall establish a system for reporting complaints against a supplemental health care services agency or its health care personnel. Complaints may be made by any member of the public. The department shall investigate any complaint received and shall report the department's findings to the complaining party and the agency or health care personnel involved.

(L. 2022 S.B. 710)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 245.275 — MO Code / Chapter 245 / Section 245.275
245.275 Procedure in dissolving levee district.
Status: in_force

245.275. Procedure in dissolving levee district. — The incorporation of every levee district, heretofore or hereafter incorporated under and by virtue of the provisions of sections 245.010 to 245.280 , shall be dissolved if, at any time before its board of supervisors has adopted a plan for reclamation, the owners, of a majority of the acres of land within said levee district, petition the circuit court, wherein said levee district was incorporated, for a dissolution thereof; provided, that, upon the filing of any such petition, said circuit court shall, before dissolving said corporation ascertain and determine the amount of money in the treasury of, or owing to, said corporation, and the amount of all warrants issued and unpaid by it, and the amount of the debts and other obligations owing by it; and, if said amount of money, in the treasury and owing to said corporation, is in excess of the amount of said warrants, debts and other obligations, said circuit court shall order said warrants, debts and other obligations to be forthwith paid and discharged, and said excess divided among all the owners of land in said levee district who paid the same thereto, in the proportions in which they paid the same; but if said amount of money, in the treasury and owing to said corporation, is not sufficient to pay and discharge said warrants, debts and other obligations, then said circuit court shall order said board of supervisors to levy and collect a uniform tax, upon each and every acre of land within said levee district, sufficient in amount to pay said deficiency, and to thereupon pay the same.

(RSMo 1939 § 12547) Prior revision: 1929 § 10957
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 354.090 — MO Code / Chapter 354 / Section 354.090
354.090 Health services corporation contracts, purposes, parties to.
Status: in_force

354.090. Health services corporation contracts, purposes, parties to. — 1. A corporation subject to the provisions of sections 354.010 to 354.380 may enter into contracts for the rendering of hospital services, medical-surgical services and other health services on behalf of its members or beneficiaries with hospitals maintained by any governmental body or agency, or maintained by a nonprofit corporation organized for hospital purposes, or with other corporations, organizations, associations, partnerships or individuals furnishing hospital services, medical-surgical services, or other health services. Any health services corporation may enter into agreements or contracts with other organizations or corporations licensed to do business in this state or in any other state for the transfer of members or beneficiaries, for the reciprocal joint provisions of benefits to the members or beneficiaries of the corporation and of such other organizations or corporations, or for such other joint undertakings as the corporation's board of directors may approve.

2. In lieu of direct payment from an insured for goods or services furnished, a pharmacist may take an assignment of such insured's right to reimbursement for those goods or services provided to a member of a health services corporation. No health services corporation may refuse to pay the pharmacist any payment due the insured under the terms of the policy or contract.

(L. 1973 S.B. 3 § 17, A.L. 1983 H.B. 127)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.084 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.084
162.084 Annual performance report, schools in bottom five percent — letter to ...
Status: in_force

162.084. Annual performance report, schools in bottom five percent — letter to parents — rating and ranking, display requirements. — 1. If any individual public elementary or secondary school, any charter school, or any school district is determined to be in the bottom five percent of scores on the annual performance report, such school, charter school, or district shall mail a letter to the parents and guardians of each student in such school, charter school, or district informing such parents and guardians:

(1) That the individual public elementary or secondary school, charter school, or school district has been determined to be in the bottom five percent of scores on the annual performance report; and

(2) What options are available to such students as a result of the school's, charter school's, or district's current status.

2. (1) Rules relating to the annual performance report rating shall require the department of elementary and secondary education to display, in a clear and easily accessible manner on the department's website, the annual performance report rating and ranking percentage for each local education agency and each attendance center within the local education agency, the accreditation status for each school district, and a list of the bottom five percent of scores for all schools and for all local education agencies.

(2) Each local education agency shall display the same information outlined in subdivision (1) of this subsection for the local education agency and each attendance center within the local education agency in a clear and easily accessible manner on the local education agency's website. Information required to be posted on websites under this subdivision shall be included in the annual school accountability report card information required under section 160.522 .

3. The requirements to mail a letter under subsection 1 of this section and display information on the local education agency's website under subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of this section shall not apply to any special school district or state-operated school in which all of the students enrolled are students with disabilities.

(L. 2022 S.B. 681 & 662)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 511.740 — MO Code / Chapter 511 / Section 511.740
511.740 Submitting a controversy without action.
Status: in_force

511.740. Submitting a controversy without action. — Parties to a question in difference, which might be the subject of a civil action, may, without action, agree upon a case containing the facts upon which the controversy depends, and present a submission of the same to any court which would have jurisdiction if an action had been brought; but it must appear, by affidavit, that the controversy is real and the proceedings in good faith, to determine the rights of the parties; the court shall thereupon hear and determine the case, and render judgment thereon, as if an action were depending.

(RSMo 1939 § 1263) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1097; 1919 § 1548; 1909 § 2117
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 184.382 — MO Code / Chapter 184 / Section 184.382
184.382 Report to district board, when.
Status: in_force

184.382. Report to district board, when. — The commissioners of each subdistrict shall make on or before the second Monday in March an annual report to the district board setting forth the various sums of money received from the said subdistrict's fund and the amounts which have been expended and for what purposes, the number and character of the acquisitions and such other information and suggestions as they may deem important.

(L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 23 § 17)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 660.512 — MO Code / Chapter 660 / Section 660.512
660.512 Rulemaking under authority of chapter 210.
Status: in_force

660.512. Rulemaking under authority of chapter 210. — No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of chapter 210 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024 .

(L. 1989 S.B. 241 § 10, Repealed L. 1995 H.B. 574, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 66.705 — MO Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66.705
66.705 Constitution effective, when — election to be held, when — may be by mail ...
Status: in_force

66.705. Constitution effective, when — election to be held, when — may be by mail ballot — separate vote may be held on parts or alternative sections — ballot form. — 1. The county constitution framed by the commission shall take effect on the day fixed therein and shall supersede any existing charter, county constitution or government, if approved by the majority of the qualified voters of the county voting thereon. The county constitution shall be submitted by the county constitution commission to the election authority of the county not later than thirty days after the completion of the county constitution or more than one year from the date of the selection of the county constitution commission by the circuit court. The election authority of the county shall conduct the election at the next available election authorized under state law. The election shall be conducted under the provisions of chapter 115 and may, at the request of the county constitution commission, be conducted by mail ballot. The commission may submit for separate vote any parts of the county constitution, or any alternative sections or articles, and the alternative sections or articles receiving the larger affirmative vote shall prevail if a charter is adopted.

2. In addition to notices required under chapter 115 , the election authority shall publish the full text of the county constitution in each newspaper of general circulation in the county at least once a week for at least three weeks, the last publication to be not more than three nor less than two weeks immediately preceding the election.

3. The ballot of submission shall contain, but need not be limited to, the following language:

If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting thereon are in favor of the proposal, then the county constitution shall be adopted. If a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting thereon are opposed to the proposal, the county constitution shall not be adopted. No county constitution shall be submitted to the voters of the county within two years after the election at which a county constitution was defeated, and prior to resubmitting the question of whether to adopt a county constitution to the voters pursuant to this subsection, the county commission shall resubmit the question set forth in section 66.700 to the qualified voters of the county and a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters voting thereon shall be in favor of the proposal.

(L. 1993 H.B. 551 & 552 § 2 subsecs. 3, 4, 5 merged with S.B. 67 § 10 subsecs. 3, 4, 5 merged with S.B. 88 § 1 subsecs. 3, 4, 5)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 307.020 — MO Code / Chapter 307 / Section 307.020
307.020 Definitions.
Status: in_force

307.020. Definitions. — As used in sections 307.020 to 307.120 , unless the context requires another or different construction:

(1) "Approved" means approved by the director of revenue and when applied to lamps and other illuminating devices means that such lamps and devices must be in good working order;

(2) "Auxiliary lamp" means an additional lighting device on a motor vehicle used primarily to supplement the headlamps in providing general illumination ahead of a vehicle;

(3) "Headlamp" means a major lighting device capable of providing general illumination ahead of a vehicle;

(4) "Mounting height" means the distance from the center of the lamp to the surface on which the vehicle stands;

(5) "Multiple-beam headlamps" means headlamps or similar devices arranged so as to permit the driver of the vehicle to use one of two or more distributions of light on the road;

(6) "Reflector" means an approved device designed and used to give an indication by reflected light;

(7) "Single-beam headlamps" means headlamps or similar devices arranged so as to permit the driver of the vehicle to use but one distribution of light on the road;

(8) "Vehicle" means every device in, upon or by which a person or property is or may be transported upon a highway, excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks;

(9) "When lighted lamps are required" means at any time from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour before sunrise and at any other time when there is not sufficient light to render clearly discernible persons and vehicles on the highway at a distance of five hundred feet ahead. Lighted lamps shall also be required any time the weather conditions require usage of the motor vehicle's windshield wipers to operate the vehicle in a careful and prudent manner as defined in section 304.012 . The provisions of this section shall be interpreted to require lighted lamps during periods of fog even if usage of the windshield wipers is not necessary to operate the vehicle in a careful and prudent manner.

(L. 1941 p. 438 § 8386c, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al.) (1953) Instruction submitting issue as to unlighted vehicle on highway held proper in case where motor vehicle collided with rear of unlighted truck. Arky v. Kessels (A.), 262 S.W.2d 357. (1957) Court took judicial notice of fact that sun sets before 8:00 p.m. on May 17. State v. Powell (Mo.), 306 S.W.2d 531. (1958) Permitting car to remain on roadway without lights at time lights were required by law held negligence per se. Glenn v. Offutt (A.), 309 S.W.2d 366. (1976) Motorized wheelchair is a "vehicle" and subject to highway regulations. Vanasse v. Plautz (A.), 538 S.W.2d 928.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.1089 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.1089
260.1089 Recycling and reuse, compliance with federal, state and local law required ...
Status: in_force

*260.1089. Recycling and reuse, compliance with federal, state and local law required — rulemaking authority. — 1. All equipment collected under sections 260.1050 to 260.1101 shall be recycled or reused in a manner that complies with federal, state, and local law.

2. The department shall, by rule, adopt as mandatory standards for recycling or reuse of equipment in this state the standards provided by Electronics Recycling Operating Practices as approved by the board of directors of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc., April 25, 2006, or other standards issued from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, if available.

(L. 2008 S.B. 720) *Contingent expiration date, see § 260.1092
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 238.040 — MO Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.040
238.040 Tax status of property and securities of authority.
Status: in_force

238.040. Tax status of property and securities of authority. — All property, real and personal, owned or held by the Kansas City area transportation authority, and all interest income derived from any notes, bonds or other instruments in writing issued by said authority, shall possess the same status, with respect to taxation in the state of Missouri, as is now or may hereafter be possessed by property, real and personal, owned or held by cities, with said state of Missouri, and by the interest income derived from notes, bonds or other instruments in writing issued by such cities.

(L. 1965 p. 376 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 544.180 — MO Code / Chapter 544 / Section 544.180
544.180 Arrest.
Status: in_force

544.180. Arrest. — An arrest is made by an actual restraint of the person of the defendant, or by his submission to the custody of the officer, under authority of a warrant or otherwise. The officer must inform the defendant by what authority he acts, and must also show the warrant if required.

(RSMo 1939 § 3959) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3570; 1919 § 3913; 1909 § 5120 CROSS REFERENCE: Detention of one as shoplifter not false arrest, 537.125 (1954) Under Missouri law a private person may make an arrest on showing of actual commission of a felony and reasonable grounds to suspect the accused. Richardson v. U.S., 217 F.2d 696. (1960) Officer has a right to rely upon the presumption of the constitutionality of statute or city ordinance notwithstanding such ordinance or statute is subsequently declared to be void. Accordingly, the validity of the ordinance under which arrest was made would not be decided by the court in action for false imprisonment. Manson v. Wabash Railroad Co. (Mo.), 338 S.W.2d 54. (1973) A private citizen may make an arrest without a warrant on a showing of commission of a felony and reasonable grounds to suspect the arrested party. State v. Fritz (Mo.), 490 S.W.2d 30.