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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 169.466 — MO Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169.466
169.466 Annual pension increase, when.
Status: in_force

169.466. Annual pension increase, when. — 1. Any retired member with fifteen or more years of creditable service at retirement receiving retirement benefits on August 28, 1997, shall receive on January first of each year, commencing on January 1, 1998, an increase in the amount of benefits received by the retired member pursuant to sections 169.410 to 169.540 during the preceding year of one hundred percent of the increase in the consumer price index calculated in the manner provided in this section; except that, no such increase in retirement benefits shall be paid for any year if such increase in the consumer price index is less than one percent. Such annual retirement benefit increase, however, shall not exceed three percent. A retired member qualified to receive an annual retirement benefit increase pursuant to this section shall not be eligible to receive an additional benefit until the January first after the first anniversary of the date on which he or she commenced receiving retirement benefits pursuant to sections 169.410 to 169.540 . Benefits shall not be decreased in the case of a decrease in the consumer price index for any year.

2. For the purpose of this section, any increase in the consumer price index shall be determined by the board of trustees in November of each year based on the consumer price index for the twelve-month period ended on September thirtieth of such year over the consumer price index for the twelve-month period ended on September thirtieth of the year immediately prior thereto. Any increase so determined shall be applied by the board of trustees in calculating increases in retirement benefits that become payable pursuant to this section for the twelve-month period beginning on the January first immediately following such determination.

3. An annual increase in retirement benefits, if any, shall be payable monthly with monthly installments of other retirement benefits pursuant to sections 169.410 to 169.540 .

(L. 1996 S.B. 860, A.L. 1997 H.B. 612 merged with S.B. 309, A.L. 2001 H.B. 660, A.L. 2007 S.B. 406)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 445.080 — MO Code / Chapter 445 / Section 445.080
445.080 Penalty for recording an imperfect plat.
Status: in_force

445.080. Penalty for recording an imperfect plat. — If any person, his agent or attorney, shall cause a map or plat of any such city, town, village or addition thereto to be recorded, which does not set forth and describe all parcels of ground which have been or shall be promised or set apart for public uses, such persons shall forfeit double the value of the ground so promised or pretended to have been set apart for public uses, and not set forth on the plat. The forfeitures arising under this chapter may be recovered by civil action, with costs, in the name of the county to the use of the school fund of the incorporated city, town or village in which the land lies, or the county, as the case may be.

(RSMo 1939 § 12810) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11186; 1919 § 9288; 1909 § 10295
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 337.705 — MO Code / Chapter 337 / Section 337.705
337.705 Discrimination prohibited, when.
Status: in_force

337.705. Discrimination prohibited, when. — No official, employee, board, commission, or agency of the state of Missouri, any county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision of this state shall discriminate between persons licensed under sections 337.700 to 337.739 when promulgating rules or when requiring or recommending services that legally may be performed by persons licensed under sections 337.700 to 337.739 .

(L. 2010 H.B. 2226, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 300.210 — MO Code / Chapter 300 / Section 300.210
300.210 Regulation of speed by traffic signals.
Status: in_force

300.210. Regulation of speed by traffic signals. — The city traffic engineer is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.

(L. 1965 p. 445 § 42)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 217.850 — MO Code / Chapter 217 / Section 217.850
217.850 Correctional center, unlawful use of unmanned aircraft over, offense of — ...
Status: in_force

217.850. Correctional center, unlawful use of unmanned aircraft over, offense of — permissible acts — violation, penalty — signage to be posted. — 1. A person commits the offense of unlawful use of unmanned aircraft over a correctional center if he or she purposely:

(1) Operates an unmanned aircraft within a vertical distance of four hundred feet over a correctional center's secure perimeter fence; or

(2) Allows an unmanned aircraft to make contact with a correctional center, including any person or object on the premises of or within the facility.

2. For purposes of this section, "correctional center" shall include:

(1) Any correctional center as defined in section 217.010 ;

(2) Any private jail as defined in section 221.095 ; and

(3) Any county or municipal jail.

3. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the operation of an unmanned aircraft by:

(1) An employee of the correctional center at the direction of the chief administrative officer of the facility;

(2) A person who has written consent from the chief administrative officer of the facility;

(3) An employee of a law enforcement agency, fire department, or emergency medical service in the exercise of official duties;

(4) A government official or employee in the exercise of official duties;

(5) A public utility or a rural electric cooperative if:

(a) The unmanned aircraft is used for the purpose of inspecting, repairing, or maintaining utility transmission or distribution lines or other utility equipment or infrastructure;

(b) The utility notifies the correctional center before flying the unmanned aircraft, except during an emergency; and

(c) The person operating the unmanned aircraft does not physically enter the prohibited space without an escort provided by the correctional center;

(6) An employee of a railroad in the exercise of official duties on any land owned or operated by a railroad corporation regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration; or

(7) A person operating an unmanned aircraft pursuant to and in compliance with any waiver issued by the Federal Aviation Authority under 14 C.F.R. Section 107.200 .

4. The offense of unlawful use of unmanned aircraft over a correctional center shall be punishable as an infraction unless the person uses an unmanned aircraft for the purpose of:

(1) Delivering a gun, knife, weapon, or other article that may be used in such manner to endanger the life of an offender or correctional center employee, in which case the offense is a class B felony;

(2) Facilitating an escape from confinement under section 575.210 , in which case the offense is a class C felony; or

(3) Delivering a controlled substance, as that term is defined under section 195.010 , in which case the offense is a class D felony.

5. Each correctional center shall post a sign warning of the provisions of this section. The sign shall be at least eleven inches by fourteen inches and posted in a conspicuous place.

(L. 2020 H.B. 1963)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 644.555 — MO Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.555
644.555 Treasurer to report on bond transactions to general assembly.
Status: in_force

644.555. Treasurer to report on bond transactions to general assembly. — The state treasurer shall, in his report, furnish to the general assembly, from time to time, a detailed statement of the total amount of bonds and the total amount of the proceeds thereof, the expense of collection and the amounts used to carry out the provisions of sections 644.500 to 644.560 .

(L. 1972 S.B. 596 § 12) Effective 3-29-72
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 436.556 — MO Code / Chapter 436 / Section 436.556
436.556 Prohibited acts.
Status: in_force

436.556. Prohibited acts. — No consumer legal funding company shall:

(1) Pay or offer to pay commissions, referral fees, or other forms of consideration to any attorney, law firm, medical provider, chiropractor, or physical therapist or any of their employees for referring a consumer to the company;

(2) Accept any commissions, referral fees, rebates, or other forms of consideration from an attorney, law firm, medical provider, chiropractor, or physical therapist or any of their employees;

(3) Intentionally advertise materially false or misleading information regarding its products or services;

(4) Refer, in furtherance of an initial legal funding, a customer or potential customer to a specific attorney, law firm, medical provider, chiropractor, or physical therapist or any of their employees. However, the company may refer the customer to a local or state bar association referral service if a customer needs legal representation;

(5) Fail to promptly supply a copy of the executed contract to the consumer's attorney;

(6) Knowingly provide funding to a consumer who has previously assigned or sold a portion of the right to proceeds from the consumer's legal claim unless the consumer legal funding company pays or purchases the entire unsatisfied funded amount and contracted charges from the prior consumer legal funding company or the two companies agree to a lesser amount in writing. However, multiple companies may agree to contemporaneously provide funding to a consumer, provided that the consumer and the consumer's attorney consent to the arrangement in writing;

(7) Receive any right to or make any decisions with respect to the conduct of the underlying legal claim or any settlement or resolution thereof. The right to make such decisions shall remain solely with the consumer and the attorney in the legal claim;

(8) Knowingly pay or offer to pay for court costs, filing fees, or attorney's fees either during or after the resolution of the legal claim by using funds from the consumer legal funding contract. The consumer legal funding contract shall include a provision advising the consumer that the funding shall not be used for such costs or fees; or

(9) Sell a consumer litigation funding contract in whole or in part to a third party. However, if the consumer legal funding company retains responsibility for collecting payment, administering, and otherwise enforcing the consumer legal funding contract, the provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any of the following:

(a) An assignment to a wholly owned subsidiary of the consumer legal funding company;

(b) An assignment to an affiliate of the consumer legal funding company that is under common control;

(c) The granting of a security interest under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, or as otherwise permitted by law.

(L. 2023 S.B. 103)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 578.012 — MO Code / Chapter 578 / Section 578.012
578.012 Animal abuse — penalties.
Status: in_force

578.012. Animal abuse — penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of animal abuse if he or she:

(1) Intentionally or purposely kills an animal in any manner not allowed by or expressly exempted from the provisions of sections 578.005 to 578.023 and 273.030 ;

(2) Purposely or intentionally causes injury or suffering to an animal; or

(3) Having ownership or custody of an animal knowingly fails to provide adequate care which results in substantial harm to the animal.

2. Animal abuse is a class A misdemeanor, unless the defendant has previously been found guilty of animal abuse or the suffering involved in subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of this section is the result of torture or mutilation consciously inflicted while the animal was alive, in which case it is a class E felony.

(L. 1983 S.B. 211 § 4, A.L. 1994 S.B. 545, A.L. 1996 S.B. 491, A.L. 2001 S.B. 462, A.L. 2013 S.B. 9, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17 (1989) "Willfully" is an essential element of the offense of animal abuse and distinguishes it from the offense of animal neglect. State v. Price, 772 S.W.2d 9. (Mo.App.E.D.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 84.480 — MO Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.480
84.480 Chief of police — appointment — qualifications — compensation.
Status: in_force

84.480. Chief of police — appointment — qualifications — compensation. — The board of police commissioners shall appoint a chief of police who shall be the chief police administrative and law enforcement officer of such cities. The chief of police shall be chosen by the board solely on the basis of his or her executive and administrative qualifications and his or her demonstrated knowledge of police science and administration with special reference to his or her actual experience in law enforcement leadership and the provisions of section 84.420 . At the time of the appointment, the chief shall have had at least five years' executive experience in a governmental police agency and shall be certified by a surgeon or physician to be in a good physical condition, and shall be a citizen of the United States and shall either be or become a citizen of the state of Missouri and resident of the city in which he or she is appointed as chief of police. In order to secure and retain the highest type of police leadership within the departments of such cities, the chief shall receive a salary of not less than eighty thousand two hundred eleven dollars, nor more than a maximum salary amount established by the board by resolution.

(RSMo 1939 § 7656, A.L. 1943 p. 727 § 7657, A.L. 1951 p. 297, A.L. 1955 p. 307, A.L. 1958 2d Ex. Sess. p. 152, A.L. 1963 p. 135, A.L. 1965 p. 199, A.L. 1967 1st Ex. Sess. p. 873, A.L. 1969 p. 149, A.L. 1971 S.B. 118, A.L. 1975 S.B. 349, A.L. 1977 S.B. 68, A.L. 1979 H.B. 702, A.L. 1981 S.B. 164, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1433 & 1574, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1304, A.L. 1991 H.B. 321 & 343, A.L. 1998 S.B. 473, A.L. 2001 S.B. 4, A.L. 2008 S.B. 801, A.L. 2013 H.B. 336, A.L. 2023 S.B. 186) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7524; 1919 § 8935; 1909 § 9787
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 261.026 — MO Code / Chapter 261 / Section 261.026
261.026 Director — trust assets — duties.
Status: in_force

261.026. Director — trust assets — duties. — 1. The director of agriculture is authorized and directed to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to section 2(f) (40 U.S.C.A. § 440f) of the aforesaid act of the Congress of the United States, upon such terms and conditions and for such periods of time as may be mutually agreeable, authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States to accept, administer, expend and use in the state of Missouri all of such trust assets for carrying out the purposes of Titles I and II of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C.A. §§ 1001-1007a), in accordance with the applicable provisions of Title IV thereof (7 U.S.C.A. §§ 1030-1039), as now or hereafter amended, and to do any and all things necessary to effectuate said agreements.

2. The United States and the Secretary of Agriculture thereof shall be held free from liability by virtue of any transfer of such assets to the director of agriculture.

(L. 1951 p. 3 §§ 2, 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 209.339 — MO Code / Chapter 209 / Section 209.339
209.339 Conversation between a hearing person and a deaf person, interpreter is ...
Status: in_force

209.339. Conversation between a hearing person and a deaf person, interpreter is deemed a conduit, confidentiality, exceptions. — 1. A person who interprets a conversation between a person who can hear and a deaf person is deemed a conduit for the conversation and may not disclose or be compelled to disclose by subpoena, the contents of the conversation which he facilitated without the prior consent of the person who received his professional services, except as provided in subsections 2 to 4 of this section.

2. A court may order disclosure of the contents of a conversation to provide evidence in proceedings related to criminal charges. However, all communications, which are privileged by law, shall be protected as privileged communications in the same manner when an interpreter is used.

3. The prohibition on disclosure of the contents of a conversation does not apply in any investigation, hearing or other proceeding to determine whether, and to what extent, a licensee should be disciplined. In addition no such licensee may withhold records or testimony bearing upon whether, and to what extent, a licensee should be disciplined, on the ground of not being permitted to disclose the contents of a conversation.

4. A person, whether or not a licensed interpreter, is not prohibited from disclosing, and may not refuse to disclose, the contents of a conversation in any proceeding related to allegations that the person has practiced interpreting without a license.

(L. 1994 S.B. 568 § 19)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 263.452 — MO Code / Chapter 263 / Section 263.452
263.452 Declaration of commission, when — election, procedure.
Status: in_force

263.452. Declaration of commission, when — election, procedure. — 1. Upon motion of the county commission, or upon the petition of one hundred landowners in any county, the county commission shall declare that a threat exists to the agricultural economy of the county by reason of the growth and infestation of noxious weeds. After such declaration there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the county at the next general election, the question of enforcing the provisions of sections 263.450 to 263.474 . The question shall be submitted substantially as follows:

2. The election thereon shall be conducted, votes canvassed, and the results declared in the manner provided in chapter 115 for county general elections. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of enforcing the law controlling noxious weeds, the clerk of the county commission shall enter upon the commission records the result of the election and, within ten days after the election, shall notify the state director of agriculture of the result of the election. If a majority of the votes cast at the election are not in favor of enforcing such law, the question shall not be resubmitted for at least two years after the election.

(L. 1992 H.B. 1199 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 536.120 — MO Code / Chapter 536 / Section 536.120
536.120 Suspension of decisions or orders.
Status: in_force

536.120. Suspension of decisions or orders. — Pending the filing and final disposition of proceedings for review under sections 536.100 to 536.140 , the agency may stay the enforcement of its order and may temporarily grant or extend relief denied or withheld. Any court in which such proceedings for review may be pending may issue all necessary and appropriate process to stay or require the agency to stay the enforcement of its order or temporarily to grant or extend or require the agency temporarily to grant or extend relief denied or withheld, pending the final disposition of such proceedings for review. Such stay or other temporary relief by a reviewing court may be conditioned upon such terms as shall appear to the court to be proper. No such stay or temporary relief shall be granted by a reviewing court without notice, except in cases of threatened irreparable injury; and when in any case a stay or other temporary relief is granted without notice the court shall then make an order, of which due notice shall be given, setting the matter down for hearing as promptly as possible on the question whether such stay or other temporary relief shall be continued in effect. No such stay or other temporary relief shall be granted or continued unless the court is satisfied that the public interest will not be prejudiced thereby.

(L. 1945 p. 1504 § 10)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 486.735 — MO Code / Chapter 486 / Section 486.735
486.735 Selling or manufacturing notary seals, registration required — requirements ...
Status: in_force

486.735. Selling or manufacturing notary seals, registration required — requirements for sale or manufacture — violation, penalty. — 1. A vendor or manufacturer shall register with the secretary prior to selling or manufacturing notary seals. The secretary shall maintain an internet site for the purpose of allowing vendors and manufacturers to confirm the current standing of any notary in the state.

2. A vendor or manufacturer shall not provide a notary seal to a purchaser claiming to be a notary, unless the purchaser presents a notary commission issued by the secretary, and unless:

(1) In the case of a purchaser appearing in person, the vendor or manufacturer identifies this individual as the person named in the commission, through either personal knowledge or satisfactory evidence of identity; or

(2) In the case of a purchaser ordering a seal by mail or delivery service, the vendor or manufacturer confirms the notary's standing as a commissioned notary through the internet site.

3. For each commission, a vendor or manufacturer shall make or sell only one seal and, if requested by the person presenting the commission, only one embossing seal.

4. After manufacturing or providing a notary seal, the vendor shall affix an image of all seals on a form as prescribed by the secretary and, within seven business days, send the completed form to the secretary, retaining a copy of the form and the commission for a period of five years.

5. A notary obtaining a seal as a result of a name change shall present a copy of the confirmation of notary's name or address change from the secretary in accordance with sections 486.780 and 486.785 .

6. A vendor or manufacturer who fails to comply with this section shall be subject to a fine of one thousand dollars for each violation. For multiple violations, a vendor's permission to sell or manufacture notary seals may be withdrawn by the secretary. Such violation shall not preclude the civil liability of the vendor to parties injured by the vendor's failure to comply with this section.

(L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 475.240 — MO Code / Chapter 475 / Section 475.240
475.240 Report and approval of sale.
Status: in_force

475.240. Report and approval of sale. — Whenever any conservator sells any real estate belonging to his protectee, under an order of court, he shall report the sale to the court ordering the sale, within the same time and in the same manner as personal representatives are required by law to report sales of real estate made by them for the payment of debts. The report shall remain on file ten days before being acted upon and shall be proceeded upon as in the case of sales of real estate by a personal representative. Any sale, if approved by the court, is valid to all intents and purposes. If the court refuses to approve the report, the order of sale may be renewed, and the same proceedings shall be had as upon the original order.

(RSMo 1939 § 407, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 329, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45) Prior revisions: 1929 § 407; 1919 § 403; 1909 § 433