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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 257.280 — MO Code / Chapter 257 / Section 257.280
257.280 Use resulting in damage prevented — liability — willful damage, penalty — ...
Status: in_force

257.280. Use resulting in damage prevented — liability — willful damage, penalty — local option as to stock law unchanged. — 1. The board may at any time prevent persons, vessels or vehicles from using, passing over or through such property, works, or facilities of the district in any manner which would result in damage thereto.

2. All persons and public corporations shall be liable for damage done to such domain of the district by themselves, their agents, or their employees.

3. All persons guilty of willful damage are guilty of a misdemeanor, and are punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars and costs, and shall be liable for all damages and costs.

4. The board of trustees shall have authority to repair such damage at the expense of the person or public corporation committing it.

5. Nothing herein shall be construed to abolish the rights of the citizens of any political subdivision to decide by local option as provided by law the question as to whether livestock shall be permitted to run at large.

(L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 28)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.788 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.788
227.788 Police Surgeon James F Cooper MD Memorial Bridge designated for a bridge on ...
Status: in_force

227.788. Police Surgeon James F Cooper MD Memorial Bridge designated for a bridge on I-64 in St. Louis City. — The bridge on Interstate 64 crossing over Sarah Street in St. Louis City shall be designated as the "Police Surgeon James F Cooper MD Memorial Bridge". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such bridge, with the costs to be paid by private donations.

(L. 2021 S.B. 520)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 369.086 — MO Code / Chapter 369 / Section 369.086
369.086 Savings and loan holding company, defined — subsidiary, defined — ...
Status: in_force

369.086. Savings and loan holding company, defined — subsidiary, defined — registration, examination and regulation by division. — 1. A "savings and loan holding company" is an individual or company which, directly or indirectly, or acting in concert with one or more other persons, owns, controls, or holds with power to vote or holds proxies to vote twenty-five percent or more of the outstanding voting stock of any stock association or savings and loan holding company located in this state; or controls in any manner, whether by the holding of proxies or otherwise, the election of a majority of the directors of any association or savings and loan holding company located in this state. A "subsidiary" of an individual or company is any company not less than ten percent of the shares of which are directly or indirectly controlled by such individual or company.

2. Each savings and loan holding company and each subsidiary thereof shall register with the director of the division of finance within sixty days after becoming a savings and loan holding company. Following registration, a savings and loan holding company organized under the laws of this state, domiciled in this state or controlling an association organized under the laws of this state, shall be subject to examination by the division and file with the director such reports as may be required by regulation.

3. A savings and loan holding company under this section may engage in all activities as the director of the division of finance may by regulation establish or by specific application permit.

4. A savings and loan holding company may acquire control of an association or savings and loan holding company upon application to and prior written approval of the director of the division of finance. The application shall be in a form prescribed by the director and contain such information as will enable the director of the division of finance to determine if such acquisition is consistent with the interests of maintaining a sound financial system and, further, that the proposed acquisition does not afford a basis for supervisory objection.

(L. 1983 H.B. 570 § 369.085, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1165) Effective 7-06-94
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 142.812 — MO Code / Chapter 142 / Section 142.812
142.812 Excise tax on motor fuel losses unaccounted for — liability for excise tax.
Status: in_force

142.812. Excise tax on motor fuel losses unaccounted for — liability for excise tax. — 1. An excise tax at the motor fuel rate is imposed annually on unaccounted for motor fuel losses at a terminal that exceed one half of one percent of the number of net gallons removed from the terminal during the calendar year by a system transfer or at a rack. To determine if this tax applies, the terminal operator must determine the terminal loss as the difference between the following:

(1) The amount of motor fuel in inventory at the terminal at the beginning of the year plus the amount of motor fuel received at the terminal during the year; and

(2) The amount of motor fuel in inventory at the terminal at the end of the year plus the amount of motor fuel removed from the terminal during the year.

2. The terminal operator whose motor fuel is unaccounted for is liable for the tax imposed by this section. Motor fuel received by a terminal operator and not shown on a report as having been removed from the terminal is presumed to be unaccounted for. A terminal operator may provide documentation to substantiate unaccountable losses.

(L. 1998 S.B. 619) Effective 1-1-99
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 263.030 — MO Code / Chapter 263 / Section 263.030
263.030 Appointment of state entomologist — qualifications — employees.
Status: in_force

263.030. Appointment of state entomologist — qualifications — employees. — 1. The director shall appoint a state entomologist who shall be a graduate of a reputable college of agriculture or university where he has specialized in the science of entomology, and who has had not less than two years' practical experience in plant regulatory inspection work. The state entomologist shall administer sections 263.010 to 263.180 .

2. The state entomologist shall select his necessary employees, subject to the approval of the director, and the director shall fix reasonable compensation for all employees in keeping with duties performed and within available appropriations. Any person employed in plant inspection shall be a graduate of a reputable college of agriculture or university with training in the sciences of entomology or plant pathology to qualify him to properly perform such duties. Certain related fields such as horticulture and forestry may be substituted for such training, provided a minimum of six hours of college credit was earned in entomology or plant pathology. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to employees of a nontechnical nature such as survey technicians and quarantine enforcement personnel.

(RSMo 1939 § 14036, A. 1949 S.B. 1092, A.L. 1984 S.B. 516) Effective 1-01-85
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 245.325 — MO Code / Chapter 245 / Section 245.325
245.325 Simple majority to decide election.
Status: in_force

245.325. Simple majority to decide election. — Should a majority of the votes of those voting upon the proposition be in favor of the change, the proposed change shall be deemed carried and the same shall be made, and the new district named and formed, and directors therefor appointed as provided in sections 245.300 and 245.335 . The notice required by law to be given by said section 245.300 when the laying out of a new district is sought to be had shall be made and given, with such changes therein, as the circumstances shall require.

(RSMo 1939 § 12601) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11011; 1919 § 4703
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 161.093 — MO Code / Chapter 161 / Section 161.093
161.093 High school equivalency certificate may be issued by state board, when.
Status: in_force

161.093. High school equivalency certificate may be issued by state board, when. — Any person who has not obtained a high school diploma or certificate of graduation and who is a resident of Missouri or who lives on a federal reservation within Missouri or who is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in Missouri may become an applicant for a high school equivalency certificate to be issued by the department of elementary and secondary education as provided under rules and regulations adopted by the state board of education.

(L. 1977 H.B. 130 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 8.315 — MO Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.315
8.315 Duties of director, capital improvement projects.
Status: in_force

8.315. Duties of director, capital improvement projects. — The director of facilities management, design and construction shall provide technical assistance to the director of the budget with regard to requests for capital improvement appropriations. The director shall review all capital improvement requests, including those made by the institutions of higher learning, the department of conservation or the highway commission, and shall recommend to the director of the budget and the governor those proposals which should be funded.

(L. 1995 H.B. 622, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 362.023 — MO Code / Chapter 362 / Section 362.023
362.023 Trust company may refuse demand deposits by its articles of incorporation, ...
Status: in_force

362.023. Trust company may refuse demand deposits by its articles of incorporation, effect of. — 1. Other provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, the articles of agreement of any trust company may preclude the acceptance of demand deposits, in which case the procedure for granting or denying a charter for the proposed trust company shall be as provided in sections 362.025 to 362.040 , except that the determination of need and convenience as provided in section 362.030 shall be limited to the need for fiduciary services as authorized under subsection 3 of section 362.105 .

2. No trust company the articles of which preclude or do not affirmatively provide for the acceptance of demand deposits, and no trust company which does not regularly accept demand deposits on September 28, 1977, shall accept demand deposits without a certificate issued by the director of finance authorizing the acceptance of demand deposits. The application for such certificate shall be treated as an application for a new charter and shall be granted or denied as provided in sections 362.030 to 362.040 .

(L. 1977 S.B. 420, A.L. 2021 S.B. 106)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 527.120 — MO Code / Chapter 527 / Section 527.120
527.120 Construction.
Status: in_force

527.120. Construction. — This law is declared to be remedial; its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status and other legal relations; and is to be liberally construed and administered.

(RSMo 1939 § 1137)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.170 — MO Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116.170
116.170 Fiscal note and fiscal note summary to be provided by state auditor if not ...
Status: in_force

116.170. Fiscal note and fiscal note summary to be provided by state auditor if not provided by general assembly. — If the general assembly adopts a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment or a bill without a fiscal note summary, which is to be referred to a vote of the people, the state auditor shall, within thirty days of delivery to the auditor, prepare and file with the secretary of state a fiscal note and a fiscal note summary for the proposed measure in accordance with the provisions of section 116.175 .

(L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234, A.L. 1993 S.B. 350, A.L. 1997 S.B. 132, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676) Effective 6-16-99 (1994) Words "insufficient and unfair" as used in section and applied to fiscal notes mean to inadequately and with bias, prejudice, deception and/or favoritism state the fiscal consequences of the proposed proposition. Test of fiscal note summary is not whether summary is the best language for describing effect. Burden is on opponents of language for describing effect. Burden is on opponents of language to show that language was insufficient and unfair. Hancock v. Secretary of State, 885 S.W.2d 42 (Mo. App. W.D.). (1994) Where statute requires that cost be addressed in a fiscal note summary only in cases when a proposition has cost, fiscal note summary attached to initiative proposition was not insufficient when it did not address cost, since proposition would not generate cost or savings. Committee on Legislative Research v. Mitchell, 886 S.W.2d 662 (Mo.App.W.D.).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 461.079 — MO Code / Chapter 461 / Section 461.079
461.079 Beneficiary designation valid under law of another state enforceable in ...
Status: in_force

461.079. Beneficiary designation valid under law of another state enforceable in Missouri — effect of transfer determined by local law selected in document or designation. — 1. A beneficiary designation that purports to have been made and which is valid under the Uniform Probate Code, Uniform TOD Security Registration Law or similar law of another state is governed by the law of that state and the nonprobate transfer may be executed and enforced in this state.

2. The meaning and legal effect of a nonprobate transfer shall be determined by the local law of the particular state selected in a governing instrument or beneficiary designation.

3. The provisions of this chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate their general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting a similar law.

(L. 1995 S.B. 116)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.1117 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.1117
375.1117 Transactions between insurer and broker, written authorization required — ...
Status: in_force

375.1117. Transactions between insurer and broker, written authorization required — contents. — Transactions between an RB and the insurer it represents in such capacity shall only be entered into pursuant to a written authorization, specifying the responsibilities of each party. The authorization shall, at a minimum, contain provisions that:

(1) The insurer may terminate the RB's authority at any time;

(2) The RB shall render accounts to the insurer accurately detailing all material transactions, including information necessary to support all commissions, charges and other fees received by or owing to the RB, and remit all funds due to the insurer within thirty days of receipt;

(3) All funds collected for the insurer's account shall be held by the RB in a fiduciary capacity in a bank which is a qualified United States financial institution;

(4) The RB shall comply with section 375.1120 ;

(5) The RB shall comply with the written standards established by the insurer for the cession or retrocession of all risks;

(6) The RB shall disclose to the insurer any relationship with any reinsurer to which business will be ceded or retroceded.

(L. 1991 H.B. 385, et al. § 40) Effective 7-01-92, see § 375.1140
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 165.251 — MO Code / Chapter 165 / Section 165.251
165.251 Additional security may be required.
Status: in_force

165.251. Additional security may be required. — If the board of a seven-director district at any time deems it necessary for the protection of the school district, by resolution it may require a depositary to deposit additional security, and upon failure to do so within five days after the service of a copy of the resolution upon the depositary the board may proceed to select another depositary in its place in the manner provided herein.

(L. 1963 p. 200 § 6-25) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 165.433)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.381 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.381
115.381 Secretary of state to notify appropriate election authorities of ...
Status: in_force

115.381. Secretary of state to notify appropriate election authorities of nomination, when. — Whenever the selections are properly certified to the secretary of state by the chair or acting chair of the party nominating committees for a special election or after the secretary of state has certified the names of candidates pursuant to section 115.387 or 115.401 , the secretary of state shall notify all appropriate election authorities of the selections in a timely fashion.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.150, A.L. 1999 H.B. 676)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.420 — MO Code / Chapter 82 / Section 82.420
82.420 Public market.
Status: in_force

82.420. Public market. — It shall be the duty of the mayor and municipal assembly or council in all cities of three hundred thousand inhabitants or over, or which may hereafter attain a population of three hundred thousand or over, to establish and locate a market for the sale, at wholesale or retail, of fruits, vegetables and other farm or dairy products.

(RSMo 1939 § 7720) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7572; 1919 § 8982; 1909 § 9833
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 142.900 — MO Code / Chapter 142 / Section 142.900
142.900 Director may prescribe forms and require the submission of information.
Status: in_force

142.900. Director may prescribe forms and require the submission of information. — The director of the department of revenue may prescribe forms upon which reports are made to the director and all other forms and information the director deems necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and may require periodic submission of information from any person dealing in, transporting or storing motor fuel.

(L. 1999 S.B. 414 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 141.310 — MO Code / Chapter 141 / Section 141.310
141.310 Exclusive power to collect taxes — expenses of suit.
Status: in_force

141.310. Exclusive power to collect taxes — expenses of suit. — 1. The exclusive power to collect such tax bills of any tax bill owner or holder or taxing authority under the terms and conditions of sections 141.210 to 141.810 is hereby given to the collector after suit has been filed or received by the collector; provided, however, that if in any year the collector shall fail to institute suit against any parcel of real estate, as provided herein, then any taxing authority or the holder of any tax bill may institute a suit under sections 141.210 to 141.810 to foreclose any delinquent tax lien or liens upon such real estate, such suit to be brought in the name of the collector at the relation of the taxing authority or tax bill owner who institutes the suit, and shall have the same effect and be subject to the same procedure as suits brought by the collector, except that the person bringing such suit shall deliver a copy of the petition to the collector ten days prior to filing same.

2. The expenses of all suits so brought including court costs, publication costs, attorneys' fees and other expenses shall be advanced by the person bringing such suit, except that if in any such suit so brought there are tax liens upon the same parcels of * real estate described therein delinquent two years or more for general state, county and school purposes, such costs and expenses shall be advanced by the collector as if the collector had brought the suit.

(L. 1943 p. 1029 § 10, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1351, et al.) *Word "or" appears in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 161.1125 — MO Code / Chapter 161 / Section 161.1125
161.1125 Report to joint committee on education.
Status: in_force

161.1125. Report to joint committee on education. — Before November 30, 2021, and before November thirtieth of each year thereafter, the department shall report to the joint committee on education on the implementation of sections 161.1080 to 161.1130 .

(L. 2019 H.B. 604)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.875 — MO Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.875
452.875 Service of petition and order.
Status: in_force

452.875. Service of petition and order. — Except as otherwise provided in section 452.885 , the petition and order shall be served by any method authorized by the laws of this state upon the respondent and any person who has physical custody of the child.

(L. 2009 H.B. 481)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 242.630 — MO Code / Chapter 242 / Section 242.630
242.630 Unpaid warrants to draw interest.
Status: in_force

242.630. Unpaid warrants to draw interest. — Any warrant issued under sections 242.010 to 242.690 that is not paid when presented to the treasurer of the board of supervisors of the district, because of lack of funds in the treasury, such fact shall be endorsed on the back of such warrant, and such warrant shall draw interest thereafter at a rate of not more than twelve percent per annum, until such time as there is any money on hand to pay the amount of the warrant and the interest then accumulated, but no interest shall be allowed on warrants after such time when sufficient funds are in the treasury to pay the endorsed warrants and interest.

(RSMo 1939 § 12356, A.L. 1985 H.B. 378) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10775; 1919 § 4408; 1909 § 5532
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 431.204 — MO Code / Chapter 431 / Section 431.204
431.204 Business covenants on employment, customers, and disposing of ownership ...
Status: in_force

431.204. Business covenants on employment, customers, and disposing of ownership interest — presumed enforceable, when — modification by court, when. — 1. A reasonable covenant in writing promising not to solicit, recruit, hire, induce, persuade, encourage, or otherwise interfere with, directly or indirectly, the employment of one or more employees or owners of a business entity shall be presumed to be enforceable and not a restraint of trade pursuant to subsection 1 of section 416.031 if it is between a business entity and the owner of the business entity and does not continue for more than two years following the end of the owner's business relationship with the business entity.

2. A reasonable covenant in writing promising not to solicit, induce, direct, or otherwise interfere with, directly or indirectly, a business entity's customers, including any reduction, termination, or transfer of any customer's business, in whole or in part, for the purposes of providing any product or any service that is competitive with those provided by the business entity shall be presumed to be enforceable and not a restraint of trade pursuant to subsection 1 of section 416.031 if the covenant is limited to customers with whom the owner dealt and if the covenant is between a business entity and an owner, so long as the covenant does not continue for more than five years following the end of the owner's business relationship with the business entity.

3. A provision in writing by which an owner promises to provide prior notice of the owner's intent to terminate, sell, or otherwise dispose of such owner's ownership interest in the business entity shall be presumed to be enforceable and not a restraint of trade pursuant to subsection 1 of section 416.031 .

4. If a covenant is overbroad, overlong, or otherwise not reasonably necessary to protect the protectable business interests of the business entity seeking enforcement of the covenant, a court shall modify the covenant, enforce the covenant as modified, and grant only the relief reasonably necessary to protect such interests.

5. Nothing in this section is intended to create or to affect the validity or enforceability of covenants not to compete, other types of covenants, or nondisclosure or confidentiality agreements, except as expressly provided in this section.

6. Except as provided in subsection 3 of this section, nothing in this section shall be construed to limit an owner's ability to seek or accept employment with another business entity immediately upon, or at any time subsequent to, termination of the owner's business relationship with the business entity, whether such termination was voluntary or nonvoluntary.

(L. 2023 S.B. 103)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.471 — MO Code / Chapter 327 / Section 327.471
327.471 Attorney general to assist board with legal assistance.
Status: in_force

327.471. Attorney general to assist board with legal assistance. — The attorney general of Missouri shall, when requested by the board, render legal assistance in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.

(L. 1969 S.B. 117)