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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 307.177 — MO Code / Chapter 307 / Section 307.177
307.177 Transporting hazardous materials, equipment required — federal physical ...
Status: in_force

307.177. Transporting hazardous materials, equipment required — federal physical requirements not applicable, when — violations, penalty. — 1. It is unlawful for any person to operate any bus, truck, truck-tractor and trailer combination, or other commercial motor vehicle and trailer upon any highway of this state, whether intrastate transportation or interstate transportation, unless such transportation is conducted in accordance with the hazardous material regulations established by the United States Department of Transportation pursuant to Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, as such regulations have been and may periodically be amended.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section to the contrary, Part 391, Subpart E, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, relating to the physical requirements of drivers shall not be applicable to drivers in intrastate commerce, provided such drivers were licensed by this state as chauffeurs to operate commercial motor vehicles on May 13, 1988.

3. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section may result in the commercial motor vehicle and trailer and driver of such vehicle and trailer being placed out of service. Criteria used for placing drivers and vehicles out of service are the North American Uniform Out-of-Service Criteria adopted by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and the United States Department of Transportation, as such criteria have been and may periodically be amended.

4. Violation of this section shall be deemed a class A misdemeanor.

(L. 1983 H.B. 539 § 307.171, A.L. 1988 S.B. 423, A.L. 1991 H.B. 251, A.L. 2002 S.B. 712, A.L. 2003 H.B. 371)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 575.040 — MO Code / Chapter 575 / Section 575.040
575.040 Perjury — penalties.
Status: in_force

575.040. Perjury — penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of perjury if, with the purpose to deceive, he or she knowingly testifies falsely to any material fact upon oath or affirmation legally administered, in any official proceeding before any court, public body, notary public or other officer authorized to administer oaths.

2. A fact is material, regardless of its admissibility under rules of evidence, if it could substantially affect, or did substantially affect, the course or outcome of the cause, matter or proceeding.

3. Knowledge of the materiality of the statement is not an element of this crime, and it is no defense that:

(1) The person mistakenly believed the fact to be immaterial; or

(2) The person was not competent, for reasons other than mental disability or immaturity, to make the statement.

4. It is a defense to a prosecution under subsection 1 of this section that the person retracted the false statement in the course of the official proceeding in which it was made provided he or she did so before the falsity of the statement was exposed. Statements made in separate hearings at separate stages of the same proceeding, including but not limited to statements made before a grand jury, at a preliminary hearing, at a deposition or at previous trial, are made in the course of the same proceeding.

5. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of retraction under subsection 4 of this section.

6. The offense of perjury committed in any proceeding not involving a felony charge is a class E felony.

7. The offense of perjury committed in any proceeding involving a felony charge is a class D felony unless:

(1) It is committed during a criminal trial for the purpose of securing the conviction of an accused for any felony except murder, in which case it is a class B felony; or

(2) It is committed during a criminal trial for the purpose of securing the conviction of an accused for murder, in which case it is a class A felony.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 9.030 — MO Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9.030
9.030 Governor to proclaim Jefferson Day.
Status: in_force

9.030. Governor to proclaim Jefferson Day. — The governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting apart April thirteenth as "Jefferson Day", and recommending that it be observed by the people with appropriate exercises in the public schools and otherwise to the end that the memory of the public service and the humanitarian principles of Thomas Jefferson may be perpetuated.

(RSMo 1939 § 15314, A.L. 1957 p. 725)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.563 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.563
473.563 Settlement after citation, penalty.
Status: in_force

473.563. Settlement after citation, penalty. — If, after service of the citation, the executor or administrator appears and files his settlement he shall be fined for his failure to file settlement at the proper time in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, unless he satisfies the court that it was impracticable for him to file settlement. All fines shall be paid into the county treasury and the executor or administrator and his sureties are liable for the same upon their bonds.

(RSMo 1939 § 218, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 200) Prior revisions: 1929 § 219; 1919 § 218; 1909 § 227
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 249.200 — MO Code / Chapter 249 / Section 249.200
249.200 Trustees to furnish bonds.
Status: in_force

249.200. Trustees to furnish bonds. — All trustees elected for any sewer district formed under the provisions of sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall furnish bond with good and sufficient sureties in favor of the district for the faithful accounting for all funds under their control. Said bond to be satisfactory to and to be approved by the circuit court; such bond shall be in the sum of not less than ten thousand dollars for each trustee. Each treasurer of a board of trustees of any district under sections 249.010 to 249.420 shall, before taking custody of any funds of the district also furnish a bond with good and sufficient sureties in favor of the district in such sum as may be determined from time to time by the board of trustees, depending upon the amount in the custody of the treasurer; such bond shall be satisfactory to and approved by the circuit court; such treasurer shall not expend or pay out any sum of money belonging to the district except upon warrants drawn and authorized by the board of trustees. The premiums on bonds above required shall be paid out of funds in the hands of the board of trustees and shall be regarded as expense of said board.

(RSMo 1939 § 12673)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.666 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.666
162.666 St. Louis students' bill of rights.
Status: in_force

162.666. St. Louis students' bill of rights. — 1. The provisions of this section shall be known and may be cited as the "St. Louis Students' Bill of Rights".

2. For the purposes of this section, "district" means a metropolitan school district, as defined in section 160.011 .

3. Each district shall reinstitute the basic kindergarten through eighth grade * system of grade schools within the district.

4. Every child within the district of the appropriate age and appropriate aptitude for discipline and openness to instruction shall have the right to attend a basic kindergarten through eighth grade school.

5. Every child within the district shall have the right to attend such school closest to such child's home.

6. Every child within the district shall have the right to transfer to any other such school within the district.

7. The district shall have the right to transport children to relieve overcrowding. Transportation to relieve overcrowding shall be performed in such a manner as to fill in school seats in buildings that have surplus seats, but shall not be permitted to displace any child who has elected to attend the school located closest to such child's home.

8. The per pupil expenditure of funds for the cost of education shall be equalized to the greatest extent possible, with appropriate variation allowable in order to accommodate the special remedial needs of children who test below grade level and the needs of gifted children.

9. Schools for gifted children with accelerated academic programs shall be established and evenly distributed across the district. The district shall have the right to transport children to and from schools for the gifted. Children who attend schools for the gifted shall have the right to attend such school which is located closest to such child's home and shall have the right to transfer to or attend any other school for the gifted within the district.

10. The provisions of the St. Louis students' bill of rights shall only become effective upon approval by a majority of the voters of the city of St. Louis voting thereon. The governing board of the transitional district established pursuant to section 162.1100 may conduct a legal analysis of the program enumerated in this section, shall publish any such analysis and make the analysis available to the public and shall propose, to the extent that the program is consistent with the Missouri and United States Constitutions, place before the voters of the city of St. Louis no later than March 15, 1999, a proposal to implement the program. If approved by a majority of such voters, the program shall be implemented consistent with the Missouri and United States Constitutions.

11. The proposal shall be submitted substantially as follows:

(L. 1998 S.B. 781 § 1) *Word "grade" does not appear in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 443.873 — MO Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.873
443.873 Failure to comply with subpoenas, director may petition circuit court for ...
Status: in_force

443.873. Failure to comply with subpoenas, director may petition circuit court for compliance order, injunctive relief and other remedies authorized. — If any person does not comply with a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued or caused to be issued by the director, the director may petition the circuit court of the county in which the person subpoenaed resides or has the person's principal place of business for an order requiring the subpoenaed person to appear and testify and to produce such books, accounts, records and other documents as are specified in the subpoena duces tecum. The court may grant injunctive relief restraining the person from advertising, promoting, soliciting, entering into, offering to enter into, continuing, or completing any residential mortgage financing transaction or residential mortgage servicing transaction. The court may grant such other relief, including, but not limited to, the restraint, by injunction or appointment of a receiver, of any transfer, pledge, assignment or other disposition of the person's assets or any concealment, alteration, destruction or other disposition of books, accounts, records or other documents and materials as the court deems appropriate, until the person has fully complied with the subpoena or subpoena duces tecum and the director has completed an investigation or examination.

(L. 1994 S.B. 718 § 26 subsec. 2, A.L. 1995 H.B. 63, et al.) Effective 6-13-95
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.383 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.383
115.383 Name changes on ballot, how made.
Status: in_force

115.383. Name changes on ballot, how made. — Any election authority duly notified that a name is to be removed from the ballot or that a new candidate has been selected shall have the proper corrections made on the ballot before the ballot is delivered to or while it is in the hands of the printer.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 10.155, A.L. 2013 S.B. 99)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 383.120 — MO Code / Chapter 383 / Section 383.120
383.120 Immunity granted persons reporting and to director.
Status: in_force

383.120. Immunity granted persons reporting and to director. — There shall be no liability on the part of and a cause of action of any nature shall not arise against an insurer reporting hereunder, or its agents or employees, or the director or his representatives, for any action taken by them pursuant to this section.

(L. 1976 H.B. 1308 § 5)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.633 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.633
67.633 Staff and administration expenses, limitation — certain institutions not to ...
Status: in_force

67.633. Staff and administration expenses, limitation — certain institutions not to receive funds. — 1. No more than fifteen percent of the annual revenues of the commission shall be used for administrative or staffing expenses.

2. No funds raised through the imposition of a three and three-fourths percent room tax provided for in section 67.619 may be used to promote, fund, or contribute to the support of any institution receiving funds from taxes levied upon real and personal property under the provisions of chapter 184 .

(L. 1984 S.B. 709 § 14) Effective 5-15-84
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 429.260 — MO Code / Chapter 429 / Section 429.260
429.260 Proceeds divided pro rata, when.
Status: in_force

429.260. Proceeds divided pro rata, when. — The liens for work and labor done or things furnished, as specified in sections 429.010 to 429.340 , shall be upon an equal footing, without reference to the date of filing the account or lien; and in all cases where a sale shall be ordered and the property sold, which may be described in any account or lien, the proceeds arising from such sale, when not sufficient to discharge in full all the liens against the same without reference to the date of filing the account or lien, shall be paid pro rata on the respective liens; provided, such account or liens shall have been filed and suit brought as provided by said sections.

(RSMo 1939 § 3569) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3179; 1919 § 7239; 1909 § 8235
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 443.807 — MO Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.807
443.807 Director, power to request injunction, when.
Status: in_force

443.807. Director, power to request injunction, when. — The director may, through the attorney general, request the circuit court in the appropriate jurisdiction to issue an injunction to restrain any person from violating, or continuing to violate, any provision of sections 443.701 to 443.893 .

(L. 1994 S.B. 718 § 2 subsec. 3, A.L. 1995 H.B. 63, et al., A.L. 2009 H.B. 382) Effective 7-08-09
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 411.010 — MO Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.010
411.010 Short title.
Status: in_force

411.010. Short title. — This chapter shall be known by the short title of "Missouri Grain Warehouse Law".

(L. 1941 p. 373 § 1, A.L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1980 S.B. 601)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 540.331 — MO Code / Chapter 540 / Section 540.331
540.331 Lists of tangible personal property — authority of grand jury (first class ...
Status: in_force

540.331. Lists of tangible personal property — authority of grand jury (first class counties). — The circuit judge exercising criminal jurisdiction shall give the lists prepared in accordance with section 137.155 or 137.360 , in charge of the grand jury, who shall have the authority to examine such list of property with a view of inquiring into the correctness of such list. No such list shall be altered, changed or amended after it is filed with the county clerk, except by order of the county commission. Any person who alters, changes or amends any such list without such order shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Every county clerk or deputy county clerk who shall knowingly permit any such list to be altered, changed or amended without such order shall forfeit one hundred dollars, to be recovered by suit upon his official bond.

(L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al. § 540.330)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 137.485 — MO Code / Chapter 137 / Section 137.485
137.485 Constitutional charter cities subject to the provisions of sections 137.485 ...
Status: in_force

137.485. Constitutional charter cities subject to the provisions of sections 137.485 to 137.550. — Any constitutional charter cities in this state not situated within a county shall be subject to the provisions of sections 137.485 to 137.550 with respect to the assessment of real and tangible personal property for state, school and local purposes.

(L. 1945 p. 1859 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 197.264 — MO Code / Chapter 197 / Section 197.264
197.264 Client's bill of rights, contents — discharge planning, contents.
Status: in_force

197.264. Client's bill of rights, contents — discharge planning, contents. — 1. The hospice shall submit to the department for approval a bill of rights that shall be equally applicable to all clients. This bill of rights shall at least include the client's right to be fully informed about his care alternatives, including choice of service providers, charges and payment resources, the right to be a full participant in the development of his plan of care and the right to be treated with dignity and respect. The hospice shall provide each client with a copy of its bill of rights. The hospice shall ensure that each of its clients can fully receive each provision of its approved bill of rights.

2. Discharge planning shall be an ongoing responsibility of the agency. Appropriate discharge activity shall include reasonable notice of discharge to the client or responsible party or both.

(L. 1992 H.B. 899 § 8)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 534.170 — MO Code / Chapter 534 / Section 534.170
534.170 Amendments permitted and new parties added, when.
Status: in_force

534.170. Amendments permitted and new parties added, when. — Any judge may, in open court and at any time, in furtherance of justice and on such terms as may be proper, on motion of either party, allow any complaint, summons, writ or other proceeding to be amended and permit new parties as coplaintiffs or codefendants to be added and correct a mistake in the name of either party.

(RSMo 1939 § 2856, A.L. 1945 p. 1089, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2470; 1919 § 3018; 1909 § 7680 Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 292.480 — MO Code / Chapter 292 / Section 292.480
292.480 To provide protection for persons engaged in building.
Status: in_force

292.480. To provide protection for persons engaged in building. — That all scaffolds, hoists, stays, ladders, supports, or other mechanical contrivances, erected or constructed by any person, firm or corporation, in this state, for the use in the erection, repairing, alteration, painting, tuckpointing, removal or any work whatsoever of any house, building, bridge, viaduct, or other structure, shall be erected and constructed, in a safe, suitable and proper manner, and shall be so erected and constructed, placed and operated, as to give proper and adequate protection to the life and limb of any person or persons, employed or engaged thereof, or passing under or by the same, and in such manner as to prevent the falling of any material that may be used or deposited thereon. Scaffolding or staging, swung or suspended from an overhead support, more than twenty feet from the ground or floor, shall have where practicable a safety rail properly bolted, secured and braced rising at least thirty-four inches above the floor, or main portion of such scaffolding or staging, and extending along the entire length of the outside and ends thereof, and properly attached thereto, and such scaffolding or staging shall be so fastened as to prevent the same from swaying from the building or structure.

(RSMo 1939 § 10226) Prior revision: 1929 § 13269
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 367.052 — MO Code / Chapter 367 / Section 367.052
367.052 Leased property, rental or installment contracts not misappropriated unless ...
Status: in_force

367.052. Leased property, rental or installment contracts not misappropriated unless marked — defacing marks, effect — claimant may recover — pawnbroker not liable. — When an item of property is the subject of a lease, rental transaction or retail installment contract with a company domiciled in the state, between the claimant and the claimant's lease or rental customer at the time it is delivered into the possession of the pawnbroker, the property shall not be deemed misappropriated unless it bears a conspicuous permanent label or marking identifying it as the claimant's property. Evidence of defacing or the removal of identification marking of leased or rented property shall be treated as marked and identified and therefore deemed to be misappropriated. Property subject to a lease, rental transaction or retail installment contract with a company domiciled in the state, which is not marked as provided in this subsection may be recovered by the claimant upon payment to the pawnbroker of all moneys owing to or advanced by the pawnbroker in the pawn or purchase transaction, and upon producing evidence identifying the property as having been the property of the claimant and leased or rented at the time the property was placed in the pawnbroker's possession. The pawnbroker shall be free from liability in connection with the recovery of leased or rental property pursuant to this subsection.

(L. 1998 H.B. 1526 § 367.044 subsec. 7)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 191.907 — MO Code / Chapter 191 / Section 191.907
191.907 Original source of information to receive a portion of any recovery.
Status: in_force

191.907. Original source of information to receive a portion of any recovery. — 1. Any person who is the original source of the information used by the attorney general to bring an action under subsection 14 of section 191.905 shall receive ten percent of any recovery by the attorney general. As used in this section, "original source of information" means information no part of which has been previously disclosed to or known by the government or public. If the court finds that the person who was the original source of the information used by the attorney general to bring an action under subsection 14 of section 191.905 planned, initiated, or participated in the conduct upon which the action is brought, such person shall not be entitled to any percentage of the recovery obtained in such action.

2. Any person who is the original source of information about the willful violation by any person of section 36.460 shall receive ten percent of the amount of compensation that would have been paid the employee forfeiting his or her position under section 36.460 if the employee was found to have acted fraudulently in connection with the state medical assistance program.

(L. 2007 S.B. 577)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 116.290 — MO Code / Chapter 116 / Section 116.290
116.290 Printing of copies of statewide measures — to be posted at polling places — ...
Status: in_force

116.290. Printing of copies of statewide measures — to be posted at polling places — distribution, exception. — 1. The secretary of state shall distribute copies of each statewide ballot measure, except proposed constitutions as published in newspapers for legal notice of the election.

2. The secretary of state shall print copies of each proposed constitution in pamphlet form.

3. From copies delivered by the secretary of state, each election authority shall post at least two copies of each notice and pamphlet at each polling place during the time the polls are open.

4. The secretary of state shall print any new language being proposed for adoption or rejection in boldface type.

(L. 1980 S.B. 658, A.L. 1983 S.B. 234)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 230.250 — MO Code / Chapter 230 / Section 230.250
230.250 County highway commission may designate certain roads as part of ...
Status: in_force

230.250. County highway commission may designate certain roads as part of supplemental state highway system — state highways and transportation commission to approve. — Any county adopting sections 230.200 to 230.260 may, through their county highway commission, designate not less than twenty-five miles nor more than fifty miles of roads within the county which are connecting roads between present supplementary farm to market state highways. Upon designation and approval by the state highways and transportation commission, these roads shall become a part of the permanent supplementary state highway system.

(L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 11)