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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.875 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.875
351.875 Grounds for shareholder dissent.
Status: in_force

351.875. Grounds for shareholder dissent. — 1. A shareholder is entitled to dissent from, and obtain payment of the fair value of his shares in the event of, any of the following corporate actions:

(1) Consummation of a plan of merger to which the corporation is a party if shareholder approval is required for the merger by law or the articles of incorporation and the shareholder is entitled to vote on the merger; or if the corporation is a subsidiary that is merged with its parent under the provisions of section 351.447 ;

(2) Consummation of a sale or exchange of all, or substantially all, of the property of the corporation other than in the usual and regular course of business, if the shareholder is entitled to vote on the sale or exchange, including a sale in dissolution, but not including a sale pursuant to court order or a sale for cash pursuant to a plan by which all or substantially all of the net proceeds of the sale will be distributed to the shareholders within one year after the date of sale;

(3) An amendment of the articles of incorporation that materially and adversely affects rights in respect of a dissenter's share because it:

(a) Alters or abolishes a preferential right of the shares;

(b) Creates, alters or abolishes a right in respect of redemption, including a provision respecting a sinking fund for the redemption or repurchase, of the shares;

(c) Alters or abolishes a preemptive right of the holder of the shares to acquire shares or other securities; or

(d) Excludes or limits the right of the shares to vote on any matter, or to cumulate votes, other than a limitation by dilution through issuance of shares or other securities with similar voting rights; or

(4) Any corporate action taken pursuant to a shareholder vote to the extent the articles of incorporation, bylaws, or a resolution of the board of directors provides that voting or nonvoting shareholders are entitled to dissent and obtain payment for their shares.

2. A shareholder entitled to dissent and obtain payment for his shares under sections 351.870 to 351.930 may not challenge the corporate action creating his entitlement unless the action is unlawful or fraudulent with respect to the shareholder or the corporation.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1432)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 356.241 — MO Code / Chapter 356 / Section 356.241
356.241 Foreign professional corporations, application for certificate of ...
Status: in_force

356.241. Foreign professional corporations, application for certificate of authority, contents. — The application of a foreign professional corporation for a certificate of authority for the purpose of rendering professional services in this state shall include a statement that all the shareholders, at least a majority of the directors and all the officers other than the secretary and treasurer are licensed in one or more states or territories of the United States or the District of Columbia to render a professional service described in the statement of purposes of the corporation.

(L. 1986 H.B. 1230)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 251.605 — MO Code / Chapter 251 / Section 251.605
251.605 District may be established — board, members, how appointed.
Status: in_force

251.605. District may be established — board, members, how appointed. — 1. A regional economic development district may be established by two or more governing bodies in order to plan, formulate, develop, promote, fund, conduct or cause to be conducted programs to encourage the economic development of the district. The governing bodies may establish such districts by enactment of identical ordinances or by mutual agreement of the governing bodies.

2. The qualifications, terms, and number of members of the regional economic development district board for each district shall be determined by the enacting ordinances or the mutual agreement of the governing bodies, except as provided in this subsection. Each governing body located in the regional economic development district shall have equal representation on the board. The chief executive officer of a county in the regional economic development district or mayor of a city in the regional economic development district shall appoint one resident each of such county or city to be on the board, and such officers shall jointly appoint one additional member to the board. The board shall select a chairman, treasurer, and any other officers it deems necessary to conduct its business, and shall meet in open session at a time and place designated by the chairman in order to make policy and administer the activities of the district.

3. The regional economic development district shall be a public governmental body for the purposes of section 610.010 and shall comply with the provisions of chapter 610 .

(L. 2007 H.B. 741)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 185.050 — MO Code / Chapter 185 / Section 185.050
185.050 Powers of council.
Status: in_force

185.050. Powers of council. — The council is hereby authorized and empowered to hold public and private hearings, to enter into contracts, within the limit of funds available therefor, with individuals, organizations and institutions for services furthering the educational objectives of the council's programs; to enter into contracts, within the limit of funds available therefor, with local and regional associations for cooperative endeavors furthering the educational objectives of the council's programs; to accept gifts, contributions and bequests of unrestricted funds from individuals, foundations, corporations and other organizations or institutions for the purpose of furthering the educational objectives of the council's programs; to make and sign any agreements and to do and perform any acts that may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The council may request from any department, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state such assistance and data as will enable it properly to carry out its powers and duties hereunder.

(L. 1965 p. 314 § 5)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 143.785 — MO Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143.785
143.785 Hearing before agency requesting setoff to determine validity of claim, ...
Status: in_force

143.785. Hearing before agency requesting setoff to determine validity of claim, when — appeal. — 1. If the state agency receives written application for a hearing contesting the setoff or the claim upon which the setoff is based, which application raises a factual issue which has not previously been litigated, the state agency shall grant a hearing to the taxpayer on the issues raised by the application, according to the procedures established under the provisions of chapter 536 . If the sum asserted as due and owing is not correct, an adjustment to the claimed sum shall be made.

2. The hearing required by subsection 1 of this section shall be in lieu of a hearing before the department of revenue, and the department shall not grant a hearing to determine the validity of the claimed sum or the propriety of the setoff.

3. If no factual issue has been raised by an application for a hearing contesting a setoff or the claim upon which the setoff is based, or the only issues raised have been previously litigated, the state agency may enter its order without there being an evidentiary hearing, and such order shall be a final decision entitled to judicial review as provided in sections 536.100 to 536.140 .

4. Appeals from actions taken at the hearing allowed under this section shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 536 .

(L. 1982 H.B. 946 § 5, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1275)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.821 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.821
227.821 SGT James L Shipley memorial highway designated for a portion of U.S. ...
Status: in_force

227.821. SGT James L Shipley memorial highway designated for a portion of U.S. Highway 50 in city of Tipton. — The portion of U.S. Highway 50 from Bahner Quarry Road continuing west to Tower Road through the city of Tipton in Moniteau County shall be designated the "SGT James L Shipley Memorial Highway". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with the costs to be paid by private donations.

(L. 2023 S.B. 127)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.4505 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.4505
67.4505 Authority created, powers, purpose — income and property exempt from ...
Status: in_force

67.4505. Authority created, powers, purpose — income and property exempt from taxation — immunity from liability. — 1. There is hereby created within any county of the third classification with a township form of government and with more than seven thousand two hundred but fewer than seven thousand three hundred inhabitants, and within any county of the second classification with more than seventy-five thousand but fewer than one hundred thousand inhabitants, a county drinking water supply lake authority, which shall be a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of this state.

2. The authority may exercise the powers provided to it under section 67.4520 over the reservoir area encompassing any drinking water supply lake of one thousand five hundred acres or more, as measured at its conservation storage level, and within the lake's watershed.

3. It shall be the purpose of each authority to promote the general welfare and a safe drinking water supply through the construction, operation, and maintenance of a drinking water supply lake.

4. The income of the authority and all property at any time owned by the authority shall be exempt from all taxation or any assessments whatsoever to the state or of any political subdivision, municipality, or other governmental agency thereof.

5. No county in which an authority is organized shall be held liable in connection with the construction, operation, or maintenance of any project or program undertaken pursuant to sections 67.4500 to 67.4520 , including any actions taken by the authority in connection with such project or program.

(L. 2011 H.B. 89, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1251) CROSS REFERENCE: Nonseverability clause, 640.099
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 256.438 — MO Code / Chapter 256 / Section 256.438
256.438 Fund created, use of moneys--rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

*256.438. Fund created, use of moneys--rulemaking authority. — 1. There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund to be known as the "Multipurpose Water Resource Program Fund", which shall consist of all money deposited in such fund from whatever source, whether public or private. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and other moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund. Any unexpended balance in such fund at the end of any appropriation period shall not be transferred to the general revenue fund and, accordingly, shall be exempt from the provisions of section 33.080 relating to the transfer of funds to the general revenue funds of the state by the state treasurer.

2. The department of natural resources is hereby granted authority to establish rules by which project sponsors can remit contributions to the fund created under this section. Such contributions shall only be collected from water resource project sponsors who are awarded financial assistance from the fund for water resource projects, as described in sections 256.435 to 256.445 . The contributions shall be used for the cost of administering the fund and the provision of financial assistance from the fund as described in sections 256.435 to 256.445 .

3. Upon appropriation, the department of natural resources shall use money in the fund created by this section for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of sections 256.435 to 256.445 , including, but not limited to, the provision of grants or other financial assistance, and, if such limitations or conditions are imposed, only upon such other limitations or conditions specified in the instrument that appropriates, grants, bequeaths, or otherwise authorizes the transmission of money to the fund.

4. The department of natural resources shall have the authority to promulgate rules to implement this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010 , that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028 . This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2016, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1713 merged with H.B. 1717) Effective 8-28-16 (H.B. 1717); *10-14-16 (H.B. 1713), see § 21.250 *H.B. 1713 was vetoed June 28, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 105.498 — MO Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105.498
105.498 Out-of-state travel costs for full-time employees, reporting requirements.
Status: in_force

105.498. Out-of-state travel costs for full-time employees, reporting requirements. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, if the spouse of any full-time employee of a public institution of higher education incurs out-of-state travel costs that are paid for or reimbursed by such institution, then such employee shall be required to file a quarterly travel report with the Missouri ethics commission listing the date or dates, location, purpose, and the full cost of any out-of-state travel made by such employee's spouse. Such costs shall include, but not be limited to, any transportation costs, lodging costs, and meal expenses that are paid for or reimbursed by the public institution. The commission shall publish travel reports in an electronic format on the commission's website and shall enable the reports to be easily searched by name, employee position, and institutional affiliation. The commission shall enable the electronic filing of reports.

2. In addition to the quarterly reports required under subsection 1 of this section, any spouse of a full-time employee of a public institution of higher education whose travels were funded by such public institution under the provisions of subsection 1 of this section during the one-year period immediately before August 28, 2016, shall, no later than six months after August 28, 2016, file an additional travel report with the commission covering travel expenditures during that one-year period. This travel report shall be identical in content to the quarterly travel reports required under subsection 1 of this section.

(L. 2016 S.B. 997 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.1132 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.1132
375.1132 Examination of reinsurance manager, director may conduct.
Status: in_force

375.1132. Examination of reinsurance manager, director may conduct. — 1. A reinsurance intermediary shall be subject to examination by the director. The director shall have access to all books, bank accounts and records of the reinsurance intermediary in a form usable to the director.

2. An RM may be examined as if it were the reinsurer.

(L. 1991 H.B. 385, et al. § 46) Effective 7-01-92, see § 375.1140
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 49.097 — MO Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49.097
49.097 Additional duties of county commissioners (second class counties).
Status: in_force

49.097. Additional duties of county commissioners (second class counties). — The county commissioners in counties of the second class shall collate and digest, in December of each year, the information received the preceding year in the reports of the various county officers and shall prepare and place on file in the county clerk's office a resume of this information for inspection by the public.

(L. 1965 p. 150 § 1, A.L. 1983 S.B. 219) Effective 1-1-85
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 217.080 — MO Code / Chapter 217 / Section 217.080
217.080 Department and division to maintain central office in Jefferson City.
Status: in_force

217.080. Department and division to maintain central office in Jefferson City. — The department and the divisions within the department shall maintain their central office in Jefferson City. The central office of a division shall not be located on the site of a correctional facility.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 19, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 476.456 — MO Code / Chapter 476 / Section 476.456
476.456 Probate or magistrate judges may become special commissioners, when — ...
Status: in_force

476.456. Probate or magistrate judges may become special commissioners, when — salary or retirement compensation — credit for service as justice of peace. — 1. Any person whether or not a licensed attorney having reached the age of sixty-five years, and having any prior judicial service except as a police judge or justice of the peace of twelve years or more on October 13, 1969, or having served an aggregate of twelve years continuously or otherwise as judge or commissioner of any of the courts provided for under the provisions of Sections 16 and 18, Article V of the Constitution, shall have the same rights and privileges upon the same conditions as are provided for the judges and commissioners specified in section 476.450 .

2. Any judge presently serving as a magistrate or probate judge is entitled to include any time he has served as a justice of the peace of this state in computing the prior judicial service required by this section.

(L. 1969 p. 554)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 432.045 — MO Code / Chapter 432 / Section 432.045
432.045 Credit agreements, defined — action by debtor on certain credit agreements ...
Status: in_force

432.045. Credit agreements, defined — action by debtor on certain credit agreements prohibited unless in writing — contents of written statement requirement — oral modification permitted, when. — 1. For the purposes of this section, the term "credit agreement" means an agreement to lend or forbear repayment of money, to otherwise extend credit, or to make any other financial accommodation.

2. A debtor may not maintain an action upon or a defense to a credit agreement unless the credit agreement is in writing, provides for the payment of interest or for other consideration, and sets forth the relevant terms and conditions, except this subsection shall not preempt other specific statutes that authorize additional protection for consumer credit used in personal, family or household purposes and the limitations on credit agreements in subsection 3 of this section.

3. (1) If a written credit agreement has been signed by a debtor, subsection 2 of this section shall not apply to any credit agreement between such debtor and creditor unless such written credit agreement contains the following language in boldface ten point type:

"Oral agreements or commitments to loan money, extend credit or to forbear from enforcing repayment of a debt including promises to extend or renew such debt are not enforceable. To protect you (borrower(s)) and us (creditor) from misunderstanding or disappointment, any agreements we reach covering such matters are contained in this writing, which is the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between us, except as we may later agree in writing to modify it."

(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to credit agreements for personal, family, or household purposes when there is already a written contract governing the transaction, and the debtor and creditor orally agree to defer one or more loan payments or make other credit agreement modifications and such deferrals or modifications are limited in duration to not more than ninety days.

4. Nothing contained in this section shall affect the enforceability by a creditor of any promissory note, guaranty, security agreement, deed of trust, mortgage, or other instrument, agreement, or document evidencing or creating an obligation for the payment of money or other financial accommodation, lien, or security interest.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1788, A.L. 1992 S.B. 688)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 411.523 — MO Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.523
411.523 Warehouseman liable for conversion, when.
Status: in_force

411.523. Warehouseman liable for conversion, when. — Where a warehouseman delivers the grain to one who is not in fact lawfully entitled to the possession of it, the warehouseman shall be liable as for conversion to all having a right of property or possession in the grain if he delivered the grain otherwise than as authorized by subdivisions (2) and (3) of section 411.511 , and though he delivered grain as authorized by that section he shall be liable if prior to the delivery he had either been requested by or on behalf of the person lawfully entitled to a right of property of possession in the grain not to make the delivery, or had information that the delivery about to be made was to one not lawfully entitled to possession of the grain.

(L. 1965 p. 606)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 447.532 — MO Code / Chapter 447 / Section 447.532
447.532 Courts — public corporations — public authority — officers — political ...
Status: in_force

447.532. Courts — public corporations — public authority — officers — political subdivisions holding intangible personal property for another presumed abandoned, when. — 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 447.536 , all intangible personal property held as of June 19, 2002, for the owner by any court, including any receivership or custodianship under court supervision, or public corporation, public authority, or public officer of this state, or a political subdivision thereof, that has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than three years is deemed abandoned and shall be turned over immediately to the treasurer pursuant to section 447.543 .

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 447.536 , all intangible personal property held for the owner whose last known address is located in Missouri, by a public officer, official, agency, department, or court, of the United States or any state or local government or governmental subdivision, agency, or entity thereof that has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than three years is deemed abandoned and shall be turned over to the treasurer pursuant to section 447.543 . If no address is listed or if the address is outside this state, all intangible personal property held for the owner by such entities listed in this section and located in this state, or held for a holder that is located in this state, that has remained unclaimed by the owner for more than three years is deemed abandoned and shall be turned over immediately to the treasurer pursuant to section 447.543 , except as provided in section 447.547 .

3. All intangible personal property referred to in this section is subject to the provisions of sections 447.500 to 447.595 .

(L. 1984 H.B. 1088 § 8, A.L. 1989 H.B. 506, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1052, A.L. 1994 S.B. 757, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1510, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1248) Effective 6-19-02