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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 172.745 — MO Code / Chapter 172 / Section 172.745
172.745 University of Missouri curators may control vehicle traffic on roads or ...
Status: in_force

172.745. University of Missouri curators may control vehicle traffic on roads or university property. — For the purpose of promoting public safety, health and general welfare and to protect life and property, the board of curators of the state university may establish regulations to control vehicular traffic, including speed regulations, on any thoroughfare owned or maintained by the state university and located within any of its campuses. Such regulations shall be consistent with the provisions of the general motor vehicle laws of this state.

(L. 1985 H.B. 288, et al. § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 136.030 — MO Code / Chapter 136 / Section 136.030
136.030 Duties of director of revenue.
Status: in_force

136.030. Duties of director of revenue. — The director of revenue shall:

(1) Organize the division of taxation and collection in such manner as he may deem necessary for its most efficient operation;

(2) Make provisions for the collection of the state income tax, estate tax, motor vehicle drivers' license tax, motor vehicle registration fees, motor vehicle fuel tax, sales and use tax and all other taxes;

(3) Arrange, administer and organize the division of taxation and collection so that employees may be interchangeable in work assignment, to the end that they may be shifted within the division of taxation and collection to meet seasonal and temporary demands and that the number of such employees shall be kept to the minimum consistent with efficient operation; and

(4) Centralize all record keeping, filing, payroll and other services required by the division of taxation and collection.

(L. 1945 p. 1428 § 16, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 479, A. 1949 S.B. 1020, A.L. 1965 p. 139) CROSS REFERENCE: Reimbursement of political subdivisions for loss of tax on household goods, how computed--duties of director of revenue and of state tax commission, 21.505
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 348.060 — MO Code / Chapter 348 / Section 348.060
348.060 Employees, appointment, qualifications, compensation — executive director ...
Status: in_force

348.060. Employees, appointment, qualifications, compensation — executive director to be secretary. — The commissioners shall employ an executive director. The executive director shall be the secretary of the authority and shall administer, manage, and direct the affairs and business of the authority, subject to the policies, control, and direction of the commissioners. The commissioners may employ technical experts and such other officers, agents, and employees as they deem necessary, and may fix their qualifications, duties, and compensation. The executive director and all other employees of the authority shall be state employees and eligible for all corresponding benefits. The commissioners may delegate to the executive director, or to one or more of its agents or employees, such powers and duties as it may deem proper.

(L. 1981 H.B. 681 § 12, A.L. 1999 H.B. 888) Effective 7-02-99
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 540.310 — MO Code / Chapter 540 / Section 540.310
540.310 Cannot be compelled to disclose vote.
Status: in_force

540.310. Cannot be compelled to disclose vote. — No member of a grand jury shall be obliged or allowed to testify or declare in what manner he or any other member of the grand jury voted on any question before them, or what opinions were expressed by any juror in relation to any such question.

(RSMo 1939 § 3923) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3534; 1919 § 3879; 1909 § 5087
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 41.030 — MO Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.030
41.030 Definitions.
Status: in_force

41.030. Definitions. — 1. The word "militia" as used in this code means all the active and potential military forces of the state, whether organized or unorganized.

2. Whenever reference is made in the articles of Uniform Code of Military Justice to the "military service" or to the "Armed Forces" of the United States the reference is deemed to include the military service and militia of this state.

3. "Primary next of kin" are, in order of precedence, surviving spouse, eldest child, father or mother, eldest brother or sister, or eldest grandchild.

(L. 1951 p. 654 §§ 3, 4, A.L. 1961 p. 479, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1524 & 2260)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 575.010 — MO Code / Chapter 575 / Section 575.010
575.010 Definitions.
Status: in_force

575.010. Definitions. — The following definitions shall apply to this chapter and chapter 576 :

(1) "Affidavit" means any written statement which is authorized or required by law to be made under oath, and which is sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths;

(2) "Government" means any branch or agency of the government of this state or of any political subdivision thereof;

(3) "Highway" means any public road or thoroughfare for vehicles, including state roads, county roads and public streets, avenues, boulevards, parkways or alleys in any municipality;

(4) "Judicial proceeding" means any official proceeding in court, or any proceeding authorized by or held under the supervision of a court;

(5) "Juror" means a grand or petit juror, including a person who has been drawn or summoned to attend as a prospective juror;

(6) "Jury" means a grand or petit jury, including any panel which has been drawn or summoned to attend as prospective jurors;

(7) "Law enforcement animal" means a dog, horse, or other animal used in law enforcement or a correctional facility, or by a municipal police department, fire department, search and rescue unit or agency, whether the animal is on duty or not on duty. The term shall include, but not be limited to, accelerant detection dogs, bomb detection dogs, narcotic detection dogs, search and rescue dogs, and tracking animals;

(8) "Official proceeding" means any cause, matter, or proceeding where the laws of this state require that evidence considered therein be under oath or affirmation;

(9) "Public record" means any document which a public servant is required by law to keep;

(10) "Testimony" means any oral statement under oath or affirmation;

(11) "Victim" means any natural person against whom any crime is deemed to have been perpetrated or attempted;

(12) "Witness" means any natural person:

(a) Having knowledge of the existence or nonexistence of facts relating to any crime; or

(b) Whose declaration under oath is received as evidence for any purpose; or

(c) Who has reported any crime to any peace officer or prosecutor; or

(d) Who has been served with a subpoena issued under the authority of any court of this state.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1983 S.B. 24, A.L. 1999 H.B. 248, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1270 and H.B. 2032, A.L. 2024 S.B. 754, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 84.225 — MO Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.225
84.225 Prohibited acts, penalty — disqualification from holding office or ...
Status: in_force

84.225. Prohibited acts, penalty — disqualification from holding office or employment, when. — Any officer or servant of the mayor or common council or municipal assembly of the cities, or other persons whatsoever, who forcibly resists or obstructs the execution or enforcement of any of the provisions of sections 84.012 to 84.340 or relating to the same, or who disburses or fails to disburse any money in violation thereof, or who hinders or obstructs the organization or maintenance of the board of police commissioners or the police force therein provided to be organized and maintained, or who maintains or controls any police force other than the one therein provided for, or who delays or hinders the due enforcement of sections 84.012 to 84.340 by failing or neglecting to perform the duties by such sections imposed upon him or her, shall be subject to a penalty of one thousand dollars for each offense, recoverable by the board by action at law in the name of the state, and shall forever thereafter be disqualified from holding or exercising any office or employment whatsoever under the mayor or common council or municipal assembly of such cities, or under sections 84.012 to 84.340 ; provided that, nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with the punishment, under any existing or any future laws of this state, of any criminal offense that is committed by the parties in or about the resistance, obstruction, hindrance, conspiracy, combination, or disbursement aforesaid.

(L. 2025 H.B. 495) Effective 3-26-25 Severability clause, see § 1.1001
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 301.3158 — MO Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.3158
301.3158 Legion of merit medal special license plate, procedure.
Status: in_force

301.3158. Legion of merit medal special license plate, procedure. — Any person who has been awarded the military service award known as the legion of merit medal may apply for special 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. Any such person shall make application for the special license plates on a form provided by the director of revenue and furnish such proof as a recipient of the legion of merit medal as the director may require. The director shall then issue license plates bearing letters or numbers or a combination thereof as determined by the advisory committee established in section 301.129 * , with the words "LEGION OF MERIT" 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 legion of merit medal. There shall be an additional fee charged for each set of legion of merit license plates issued under this section equal to the fee charged for personalized license plates. There shall be no limit on the number of license plates any person qualified under this section may obtain so long as each set of license plates issued under this section is issued for vehicles owned solely or jointly by such person. License plates issued under 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. 2010 H.B. 1524 & 2260, A.L. 2016 H.B. 2380) *Section 301.129 was repealed by H.B. 1298 Revision, 2014.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 302.545 — MO Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.545
302.545 Expungement of records, when.
Status: in_force

302.545. Expungement of records, when. — 1. Any person who is less than twenty-one years of age and whose driving privilege has been suspended or revoked, for a first determination under sections 302.500 to 302.540 , that such person was driving with two-hundredths of one percent of blood alcohol content, shall have all official records and all recordations maintained by the department of revenue of such suspension or revocation expunged two years after the date of such suspension or revocation, or when such person attains the age of twenty-one, whichever date first occurs. Such expungement shall be performed by the department of revenue without need of a court order. No records shall be expunged if the person was found guilty or pled guilty to operating a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in section 302.700 , or if the person was holding a commercial driver's license at the time of the offense, with a blood alcohol content of at least four-hundredths of one percent.

2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person whose license is suspended or revoked for a second or subsequent time pursuant to subsection 1 of this section or who is convicted of any alcohol-related driving offense before the age of twenty-one including, but not limited to:

(1) Driving while intoxicated pursuant to section 577.010 ; or

(2) Driving with excessive blood alcohol content pursuant to section 577.012 .

(L. 1996 H.B. 1169 & 1271 § 1 merged with S.B. 722 § 1, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683) (2001) Expungement of records allowed for twenty-year-old motorist who had a blood alcohol content of .133% when stopped. Baldwin v. Director of Revenue, 38 S.W.3d 401 (Mo.banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 41.598 — MO Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.598
41.598 Missouri National Guard homeland response program ribbon.
Status: in_force

41.598. Missouri National Guard homeland response program ribbon. — The adjutant general is hereby authorized to present, in the name of the state of Missouri, a Missouri National Guard homeland response force program ribbon, which shall be of suitable design, as may be determined by the adjutant general, to individual members of the Missouri National Guard who have participated in the homeland response force program. The period of eligibility shall be from January 1, 2012, to a future date to be determined by the adjutant general or the cessation of the homeland response force program. No Missouri National Guard homeland response force program ribbon shall be awarded to or retained by any person whose entire service shall not have been honorable. If a member qualifies for the Missouri National Guard homeland response force ribbon but dies before making a request or before receipt, then the Missouri National Guard homeland response force program ribbon may be requested by and presented to the surviving primary next of kin. The adjutant general shall adopt policies and operating regulations concerning only its internal management of this Missouri National Guard homeland response force program ribbon, which need not be published in the Missouri Register or the code of state regulations under chapter 536 , but these regulations shall be available for public inspection and review.

(L. 2026 H.B. 2593)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 198.260 — MO Code / Chapter 198 / Section 198.260
198.260 Form of ballot.
Status: in_force

198.260. Form of ballot. — The question of whether or not a nursing home shall be organized shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall there be organized in the counties of ______ , state of Missouri, a nursing home district for the establishment and operation of a nursing home to be located within the boundaries of the proposed district and having the power to impose a property tax not to exceed the annual rate of thirty-five cents on the hundred dollars assessed valuation without voter approval, and such additional tax as may be approved hereafter by vote thereon, to be known as "______ Nursing Home District" as prayed for by petition filed with the county clerk of ______ County, Missouri, on the ______ day of ______, 20______?

(L. 1963 p. 368 § 8, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1985 S.B. 100)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 86.257 — MO Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.257
86.257 Disability retirement allowance granted, when — periodic medical ...
Status: in_force

86.257. Disability retirement allowance granted, when — periodic medical examinations required, when — cessation of disability benefit, when. — 1. Upon the application of the chief of police or a member, any member who has completed ten or more years of creditable service or upon the police retirement system created by sections 86.200 to 86.366 first attaining, after August 28, 2013, a funded ratio, as defined in section 105.660 and as determined by the system's annual actuarial valuation, of at least eighty percent, a member who has completed five or more years of creditable service and who has become permanently unable to perform the duties of a police officer as the result of an injury or illness not exclusively caused or induced by the actual performance of his or her official duties or by his or her own negligence shall be retired by the board of trustees of the police retirement system upon certification by the medical board of the police retirement system and approval by the board of trustees of the police retirement system that the member is mentally or physically unable to perform the duties of a police officer, that the inability is permanent or likely to become permanent, and that the member should be retired.

2. Once each year during the first five years following such member's retirement, and at least once in every three-year period thereafter, the board of trustees may, and upon the member's application shall, require any nonduty disability beneficiary who has not yet attained sixty years of age to undergo a medical examination at a place designated by the medical board or such physicians as the medical board appoints. If any nonduty disability beneficiary who has not attained sixty years of age refuses to submit to a medical examination, his or her nonduty disability pension may be discontinued until his or her withdrawal of such refusal, and if his or her refusal continues for one year, all rights in and to such pension may be revoked by the board of trustees.

3. If the medical board certifies to the board of trustees that a nonduty disability beneficiary is able to perform the duties of a police officer, and if the board of trustees concurs on the report, then such beneficiary's nonduty disability pension shall cease.

4. If upon cessation of a disability pension under subsection 3 of this section, the former disability beneficiary is restored to active service, he or she shall again become a member, and he or she shall contribute thereafter at the same rate as other members. Upon his or her subsequent retirement, he or she shall be credited with all of his or her active retirement, but not including any time during which the former disability beneficiary received a disability pension under this section.

(L. 1957 p. 256 § 18, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1808, A.L. 2001 S.B. 290, A.L. 2009 H.B. 397 & H.B. 947, A.L. 2013 H.B. 116 merged with H.B. 336 merged with H.B. 722, A.L. 2015 H.B. 515)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 94.290 — MO Code / Chapter 94 / Section 94.290
94.290 City clerk to make tax books — charge collector.
Status: in_force

94.290. City clerk to make tax books — charge collector. — When the board of aldermen shall have fixed the rate of taxation for any given year, the city clerk shall make out appropriate and accurate tax books, and shall therein set out in suitable columns, opposite the name of each person and the item of taxable property, as returned by the assessor and board of equalization, the amount of taxes, whether general or special, due thereon, and shall charge the collector with the full amount of taxes levied and to be collected; the clerk shall also charge the city collector with all licenses and other duties of all kinds to be collected.

(RSMo 1939 § 7149) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6999; 1919 § 8450; 1909 § 9352
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 160.031 — MO Code / Chapter 160 / Section 160.031
160.031 School districts formed of cities or towns, defined.
Status: in_force

160.031. School districts formed of cities or towns, defined. — For the purpose of taxation under Section 11 of Article X of the Constitution, the term "school districts formed of cities or towns" includes any seven-director district in which is located any town or incorporated city.

(L. 1963 p. 200 § 1-3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 217.300 — MO Code / Chapter 217 / Section 217.300
217.300 Reception and diagnostic centers for classification of prisoners to be ...
Status: in_force

217.300. Reception and diagnostic centers for classification of prisoners to be established. — 1. The department shall establish reception and diagnostic centers for persons committed to the department.

2. All commitments shall be made to the department. Offenders shall be delivered to the center designated by the director.

3. Such centers shall be responsible for the study, evaluation, and classification of all persons committed to the department.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 43, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 208.022 — MO Code / Chapter 208 / Section 208.022
208.022 TANF electronic benefit cards to include photograph of recipient.
Status: in_force

208.022. TANF electronic benefit cards to include photograph of recipient. — All electronic benefits cards distributed to recipients of temporary assistance for needy families benefits shall have imprinted on the card a photograph of the recipient or protective payee authorized to use the card and shall expire and be subject to renewal after a period of three years. The card shall not be accepted for use by a retail establishment if the photograph of the recipient does not match the person presenting the card.

(L. 2011 H.B. 73 & 47 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 522.150 — MO Code / Chapter 522 / Section 522.150
522.150 Provisions of this chapter relating to official bonds shall apply to suits ...
Status: in_force

522.150. Provisions of this chapter relating to official bonds shall apply to suits against executors and others. — The provisions of this chapter in relation to suits on official bonds shall apply as well to suits on bonds of personal representatives, guardians, conservators and others required by law to give bond, with conditions for the performance of any duty or trust, as to suits on bonds of officers; and the persons aggrieved may prosecute suits in the same manner, and with like effect, and shall be subject, in all respects, to the provisions herein contained in respect to suits on official bonds, and the court shall possess the same power in relation to such suits.

(RSMo 1939 § 3256, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2868; 1919 § 1018; 1909 § 1225
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 256.060 — MO Code / Chapter 256 / Section 256.060
256.060 Survey of water resources.
Status: in_force

256.060. Survey of water resources. — The state geologist is authorized to make a survey of the water resources of the state, including a survey of underground water supplies and the chemical composition of such waters. Gauging stations shall be established and maintained, and such other field and laboratory work shall be done as may be deemed necessary.

(RSMo 1939 § 14891, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 311) Prior revision: 1929 § 13702 CROSS REFERENCE: Water pollution control, Chap. 644
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.525 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.525
115.525 Each house of general assembly to receive list of its newly elected ...
Status: in_force

115.525. Each house of general assembly to receive list of its newly elected members, when. — Within two days after the first meeting of each general assembly, the secretary of state shall lay before each house a list of its elected members, consistent with the abstracts in his office.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 12.375) Effective 1-01-78
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 324.1147 — MO Code / Chapter 324 / Section 324.1147
324.1147 Civil and criminal liability, no immunity, when.
Status: in_force

324.1147. Civil and criminal liability, no immunity, when. — The provisions of sections 324.1100 to 324.1148 shall not be construed to release any person from civil liability or criminal prosecution under any other law of this state.

(L. 2010 H.B. 2226, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 459.035 — MO Code / Chapter 459 / Section 459.035
459.035 Declarant presumed to be competent.
Status: in_force

459.035. Declarant presumed to be competent. — For the purpose of sections 459.010 to 459.055 , a physician or medical care facility may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that an individual who executed a declaration was competent when it was executed. The fact of an individual having executed a declaration shall not be considered as an indication of a declarant's mental incapacity. Advanced age of itself shall not be a bar to a determination of capacity.

(L. 1985 S.B. 51 § 6)