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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 287.510 — MO Code / Chapter 287 / Section 287.510
287.510 Temporary or partial awards may be made.
Status: in_force

287.510. Temporary or partial awards may be made. — In any case a temporary or partial award of compensation may be made, and the same may be modified from time to time to meet the needs of the case, and the same may be kept open until a final award can be made, and if the same be not complied with, the amount equal to the value of compensation ordered and unpaid may be doubled in the final award, if the final award shall be in accordance with the temporary or partial award.

(RSMo 1939 § 3734, A.L. 2005 S.B. 1 & 130) Prior revision: 1929 § 3344 (1953) Contention that temporary award could be doubled on final award only where defense is found frivolous or vexatious denied. Cebak v. John Nooter Boiler Works (A.), 258 S.W.2d 262. (1953) The making of a temporary award was not res adjudicata, after the time for review thereof had expired, as to the adjudication of the question of medical expenses even though medical treatment began before referee's hearing and continued thereafter. Finn v. Harrison (A.), 255 S.W.2d 93. (1953) This section vests discretion in the commission to determine whether an award should be doubled, and its determination therein is not to be disturbed unless commission acted arbitrarily or abused discretion. Powers v. Universal Atlas Cement Co. (A.), 261 S.W.2d 512. (1975) Double penalty for failure to comply with award not a proper matter for original consideration in the court of appeals. Todd v. Goostree (A.), 528 S.W.2d 470.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 313.842 — MO Code / Chapter 313 / Section 313.842
313.842 Compulsive gamblers fund, created, purpose — programs may be established — ...
Status: in_force

313.842. Compulsive gamblers fund, created, purpose — programs may be established — department of mental health to administer — fund not to lapse into general revenue. — There may be established programs which shall provide treatment, prevention and education services for compulsive gambling. As used in this section, "compulsive gambling" means a condition suffered by a person who is chronically and progressively preoccupied with gambling and the urge to gamble. Subject to appropriation, such programs shall be funded from the one-cent admission fee authorized pursuant to section 313.820 , and in addition, may be funded from the taxes collected and distributed to any city or county under section 313.822 . Such moneys shall be submitted to the state and credited to the "Compulsive Gamblers Fund", which is hereby established within the department of mental health. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, moneys in the fund at the end of any biennium shall not be transferred to the credit of the general revenue fund. The department of mental health shall administer programs, either directly or by contract, for compulsive gamblers. The commission may administer programs to educate the public about problem gambling and promote treatment programs offered by the department of mental health. In addition, the commission shall administer the voluntary exclusion program for problem gamblers authorized by section 313.833 .

(L. 1991 H.B. 149 § 20 Adopted by Referendum, Proposition A, November 3, 1992, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1081 merged with H.B. 1159, A.L. 2000 S.B. 902)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.506 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.506
67.506 Computation of county sales tax levy.
Status: in_force

67.506. Computation of county sales tax levy. — The tax rate for counties levying a sales tax under section 67.505 shall be computed by:

(1) Dividing the amount of the sales tax revenue required for reduction under subsection 3 of section 67.505 and section 163.087 by the total assessed valuation of the county and multiplying by one hundred to determine the amount of property tax reduction; and

(2) Subtracting the property tax rate reduction in subdivision (1) of this section from the tax rate ceiling for each class of property or subclass of real property.

(L. 2004 S.B. 960)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 574.110 — MO Code / Chapter 574 / Section 574.110
574.110 Using a laser pointer, offense of — violation, penalty.
Status: in_force

574.110. Using a laser pointer, offense of — violation, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of using a laser pointer if such person knowingly directs a light from a laser pointer at a uniformed safety officer, including a peace officer as defined under section 590.010 , security guard, firefighter, emergency medical worker, or other uniformed municipal, state, or federal officer.

2. As used in this section, "laser pointer" means a device that emits a visible light amplified by the stimulated emission of radiation.

3. The offense of using a laser pointer is a class A misdemeanor.

(L. 2021 S.B. 53 & 60)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.393 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.393
115.393 Election authority to deliver official ballots to polls — number of ...
Status: in_force

115.393. Election authority to deliver official ballots to polls — number of ballots, how determined. — Prior to the primary election, each election authority shall correct any errors or omissions on the sample ballots and cause official ballots to be printed. For each party having a ballot at the primary election, the election authority shall deliver to each polling place a number of ballots equal to at least one and a half times the number of ballots cast in the voting district for the party at the next to last primary election. If no ballots were cast for a party in a voting district at the last primary election, the election authority shall deliver to the polling place a number of ballots estimated to be sufficient for the party.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.175) Effective 1-01-78
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 192.762 — MO Code / Chapter 192 / Section 192.762
192.762 Department to license materials used to perform mammography — minimum ...
Status: in_force

192.762. Department to license materials used to perform mammography — minimum training and performance standards — rules, procedure, review. — 1. The department of health and senior services shall promulgate rules providing for general or specific licenses or registration, or exemption from licensing or registration, for radioactive materials and other sources of ionizing radiation used to perform mammography, pursuant to the provisions of section 192.006 and chapter 536 . The rules shall provide for amendment, suspension or revocation of licenses. In connection with those rules, the department of health and senior services may promulgate rules to establish requirements for record keeping, permissible levels of exposure, notification and reports of accidents, protective measures, technical qualifications of personnel, handling, transportation, interpretation, storage, waste disposal, posting and labeling of hazardous sources and areas, surveys and monitoring. The department shall promulgate rules and regulations specifying a patient notification/recall system when deficiencies are found in mammography. These rules and regulations shall be fairly consistent with recall criteria of national accrediting programs where available.

2. The rules promulgated pursuant to sections 192.760 to 192.766 shall not limit the intentional exposure of patients to radiation for the purpose of lawful therapy or research, as authorized by law.

3. The department of health and senior services shall promulgate rules specifying the minimum training and performance standards for an individual using a radiation machine for mammography as set forth in section 192.766 .

4. In promulgating rules pursuant to sections 192.760 to 192.766 , the department shall avoid requiring dual licensing, insofar as practical. Rules promulgated by the department may provide for recognition of other state or federal licenses as the department considers desirable, subject to registration requirements prescribed by the department.

(L. 1992 S.B. 721 § 6, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 137.585 — MO Code / Chapter 137 / Section 137.585
137.585 Township special road and bridge tax, how levied, collected and disbursed.
Status: in_force

137.585. Township special road and bridge tax, how levied, collected and disbursed. — 1. In addition to other levies authorized by law, the township board of directors of any township in their discretion may levy an additional tax not exceeding thirty-five cents on each one hundred dollars assessed valuation in their township for road and bridge purposes. Such tax shall be levied by the township board, to be collected by the collector-treasurer and turned into the county treasury, where it shall be known and designated as a special road and bridge fund.

2. The county commission of any such county may in its discretion order the county treasurer or collector-treasurer to retain an amount not to exceed five cents on the one hundred dollars assessed valuation out of such special road and bridge fund and to transfer the same to the county special road and bridge fund; and all of said taxes over the amount so ordered to be retained by the county shall be paid to the treasurers of the respective townships from which it came as soon as practicable after receipt of such funds, and shall be designated as a special road and bridge fund of such township and used by said townships only for road and bridge purposes, except that amounts collected within the boundaries of road districts formed in accordance with the provisions of sections 233.320 to 233.445 shall be paid to the treasurers of such road districts; provided that the amount retained, if any, by the county shall be uniform as to all such townships levying and paying such tax into the county treasury; provided further, that the proceeds of such fund may be used in the discretion of the township board of directors in the construction and maintenance of roads and in improving and repairing any street in any incorporated city, town or village in the township, if said street shall form a part of a continuous highway of the township running through said city, town or village.

(RSMo 1939 § 8821, A.L. 1945 p. 1497 § 8820, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 483, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 210) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8161; 1919 § 10923; 1909 § 11769
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 265.410 — MO Code / Chapter 265 / Section 265.410
265.410 License required, application, fee.
Status: in_force

265.410. License required, application, fee. — 1. A license shall be required for each commercial plant which slaughters livestock or poultry, processes meat or meat products for human consumption, or keeps meat or meat products in a cold storage warehouse. Before any license is issued or renewed an inspection shall be made to determine that the plant has complied with sections 265.300 to 265.470 .

2. Applications for the license shall be made on forms furnished by the director. The license fee shall be ten dollars for one year, and the license may be renewed.

(L. 1967 p. 371 § 11)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 92.180 — MO Code / Chapter 92 / Section 92.180
92.180 Wage brackets may be established.
Status: in_force

92.180. Wage brackets may be established. — In order to facilitate the collection of the tax herein authorized any such city may by ordinance create wage brackets within which the tax shall be uniform for taxpayers entitled to the same number of exemptions.

(Reenacted L. 1953 2d Ex. Sess. p. 14 § 8)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 385.316 — MO Code / Chapter 385 / Section 385.316
385.316 Investigations, administrative orders.
Status: in_force

385.316. Investigations, administrative orders. — 1. The director may conduct investigations or examinations of providers, administrators, insurers, or other persons to enforce the provisions of sections 385.300 to 385.320 and protect service contract holders in this state.

2. If the director determines that a person has engaged, is engaging, or is about to engage in a violation of sections 385.300 to 385.320 or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, or that a person has materially aided, is materially aiding, or is about to materially aid an act, practice, omission, or course of business constituting a violation of sections 385.300 to 385.320 or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, the director may issue such administrative orders as authorized under section 374.046 . A violation of this section is a level two violation under section 374.049 .

3. If the director believes that a person has engaged, is engaging, or is about to engage in a violation of sections 385.300 to 385.320 or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, or that a person has materially aided, is materially aiding, or is about to materially aid an act, practice, omission, or course of business constituting a violation of sections 385.300 to 385.320 or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, the director may maintain a civil action for relief authorized under section 374.048 .

4. The enforcement authority of the director under this section is cumulative to any other statutory authority of the director.

(L. 2007 H.B. 221)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 300.585 — MO Code / Chapter 300 / Section 300.585
300.585 Uniform traffic ticket to be issued when vehicle illegally parked or stopped.
Status: in_force

300.585. Uniform traffic ticket to be issued when vehicle illegally parked or stopped. — Whenever any motor vehicle without driver is found parked or stopped in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by ordinance of the city or by state law, the officer finding such vehicle shall take its registration number and may take any other information displayed on the vehicle which may identify its user, and shall conspicuously affix to such vehicle a uniform traffic ticket or other citation for the driver to answer to the charge against him within seven days during the hours and at a place specified in the traffic ticket.

(L. 1965 p. 445 § 153, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1270 and H.B. 2032)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 293.490 — MO Code / Chapter 293 / Section 293.490
293.490 Coal miner's lien for wages.
Status: in_force

293.490. Coal miner's lien for wages. — All employees of coal mines have, as security for work performed, a lien upon all property of the person owning, constructing or operating the mine, used in construction or operation, including real estate, building, machinery, and all other personal property, to satisfy in full the amount due for labor performed. The lien shall be enforced and secured upon the same general terms and after the manner of procedure in granting mechanics' liens.

(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 54)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 354.721 — MO Code / Chapter 354 / Section 354.721
354.721 Agents, registration required — rules and regulations authorized.
Status: in_force

354.721. Agents, registration required — rules and regulations authorized. — 1. A prepaid dental plan corporation shall register the names of all persons acting as agents, for the solicitation of contracts, with the director within thirty days after September 28, 1987.

2. The director may, after notice and hearing, promulgate reasonable rules and regulations to provide for the licensing of agents and the termination or revocation of such licenses.

(L. 1987 S.B. 272 § 11)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 192.505 — MO Code / Chapter 192 / Section 192.505
192.505 Radiation data management program to collect statistics to protect health ...
Status: in_force

192.505. Radiation data management program to collect statistics to protect health and environment. — The department of health and senior services shall develop and implement a responsible data management program of collecting and analyzing statistical information necessary to protect the public health and safety or the environment, and maintain a list of the persons authorized to use, possess, store, treat, or transfer sources of radiation within the state, and disseminate information relating to sources of radiation except when such information constitutes trade secrets or confidential information of the person from whom it is obtained, unless disclosure of such information is required by federal law.

(L. 1985 H.B. 295 § 2) CROSS REFERENCE: Environmental radiation monitoring program and fund, 260.750
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 257.320 — MO Code / Chapter 257 / Section 257.320
257.320 Existing improvement districts not deprived of rights — cooperative ...
Status: in_force

257.320. Existing improvement districts not deprived of rights — cooperative contracts — approval of future plans. — 1. Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to deprive any present levee, drainage, flood prevention, bank protection, sewer or other special soil or water district now organized and operating under laws of this state from exercising any of its rights or powers thereunder.

2. Agreements between such special district board and the board of trustees of a conservancy district may be made whenever mutually desirable by joint resolution of the boards of such special district board and the board of trustees of a conservancy district, which joint resolution may be passed either at a joint meeting or at separate meetings of the special district board and the board of trustees of a conservancy district.

3. Hereafter, no such special district or any new special district shall prepare and submit final plans and specifications for its improvements until they are first approved by the board of trustees of the conservancy district in which the special district wholly or partly lies. If the governing board of the special district and the board of trustees of the conservancy district cannot agree within a reasonable time upon the plans or specifications, either party may submit the plans or specifications for adjudication to the court having jurisdiction over the conservancy district.

4. Such special district may determine to appoint the board of trustees of the conservancy district as its governing board and the board of trustees may so act by vote spread upon its minutes.

5. By joint agreement of the respective boards, the chief engineer, attorney or other employees of the conservancy district may serve as joint employees of both districts, and the division of expense therefor shall be by equitable written agreement filed for public inspection.

(L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 32)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 169.100 — MO Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169.100
169.100 Gifts accepted.
Status: in_force

169.100. Gifts accepted. — Gifts, devises, bequests and legacies may be accepted by the board of trustees, to be held and invested and, except where specific direction for the use of a gift is made by a donor, used at its discretion for the benefit of the retirement system.

(L. 1945 p. 1353 § 10)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 249.310 — MO Code / Chapter 249 / Section 249.310
249.310 Trustees charged with maintenance of system.
Status: in_force

249.310. Trustees charged with maintenance of system. — It shall be the duty of such board of trustees to supervise the maintenance of such sewer system constructed under its supervision, or as may hereafter under proper authority be placed under its supervision, and to see that sewer system or systems be maintained in good condition; provided, however, that such board of trustees may, whenever in the opinion of said board of trustees it may become necessary, employ a person or persons, firm or corporation, of its selection, to do and perform such repair services as may be necessary to maintain said sewer system or systems in good condition, and may, if in the judgment of the board of trustees the occasion demands, employ an engineer to plan and supervise any such repairs; however, such board of trustees shall not have authority to expend within one year for maintenance purposes, including expenses of said district, more than the amount of the maintenance tax provided for in section 249.130 .

(RSMo 1939 § 12671)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 374.711 — MO Code / Chapter 374 / Section 374.711
374.711 Criminal background check, fingerprint submission.
Status: in_force

374.711. Criminal background check, fingerprint submission. — 1. The department of commerce and insurance may require that fingerprint submissions be made as part of an application seeking a license, or renewal of a license, for and as a general bail bond agent, a bail bond agent, or a surety recovery agent, as such terms are defined in section 374.700 .

2. If the department of commerce and insurance requires that fingerprint submissions be made as part of such application, the department of commerce and insurance shall require applicants to submit the fingerprints to the Missouri state highway patrol for the purpose of conducting a state and federal fingerprint-based criminal history background check.

3. The fingerprints and any required fees shall be sent to the Missouri state highway patrol's central repository. The fingerprints shall be used for searching the state criminal records repository and shall also be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a federal criminal records search under section 43.540 . The Missouri state highway patrol shall notify the department of any criminal history record information or lack of criminal history record information discovered on the individual. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 610.120 to the contrary, all records related to any criminal history information discovered shall be accessible and available to the department.

(L. 2025 S.B. 71 merged with S.B. 81 & 174)