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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 234.210 — MO Code / Chapter 234 / Section 234.210
234.210 Acquisition of toll bridges, by whom.
Status: in_force

234.210. Acquisition of toll bridges, by whom. — Any county, municipality, road district, political or civil subdivision of a county or of the state, severally or acting with other authorized agencies in this or adjoining states, may acquire, own and operate, construct, or aid in the construction, in whole or in part, improve or extend, and maintain toll bridges, including the approaches thereto, either within or adjacent to the territory over which such public agency has jurisdiction and over any of the rivers and waters in or forming the boundary between this and other states.

(RSMo 1939 § 8547)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 411.160 — MO Code / Chapter 411 / Section 411.160
411.160 Grain inspected and weighed by authorized inspectors — penalty.
Status: in_force

411.160. Grain inspected and weighed by authorized inspectors — penalty. — 1. When official inspection, weighing, or supervising of actual weighing of grain is requested in this state whether into or out of state licensed warehouses or portions of warehouses so licensed for public storage operations, subject to the provisions of this chapter, or in cars, barges, wagons, trucks, or sacks at warehouses where official state grain inspection or weighing is maintained shall be performed by such persons as have been duly appointed by the director and qualified according to law.

2. Any person who shall inspect grain where state grain inspection is established, or any person who shall officially weigh or supervise the weighing of grain in public warehouses where official state grain weighing is established and who has not been duly appointed by the director or directed by a state weighmaster so to do, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by confinement in the county jail, or if in the city of St. Louis in the city jail of the city, for not less than three months nor more than six months, or both such fine and confinement, at the discretion of the court, for every such offense so committed.

(RSMo 1939 § 14662, A.L. 1941 p. 373 § 14, A.L. 1965 p. 606, A.L. 1980 S.B. 601) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13362; 1919 § 6034; 1909 § 6811
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 387.130 — MO Code / Chapter 387 / Section 387.130
387.130 Granting or attempting to grant reduced rates prohibited.
Status: in_force

387.130. Granting or attempting to grant reduced rates prohibited. — No motor carrier or any officer or agent thereof or any person acting for or employed by it, shall assist, suffer or permit any person or corporation to obtain transportation for any passenger or household goods between points within this state at less than the rates then established and in force in accordance with the schedules filed and published in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, by means of false billing, false classification, false weight or weighing, or false report of weight, or by any other device or means. No person, corporation, or any officer, agent or employee of a corporation, who shall deliver household goods for transportation within this state to a motor carrier, shall seek to obtain or obtain such transportation for such household goods at less than the rates then established and in force therefor, as aforesaid, by false billing, false or incorrect classification, false weight or weighing, false representation of the contents of a package, or false report or statement of weight, or by any other device or means, whether with or without the consent or connivance of the motor carrier, or any of its officers, agents or employees.

(RSMo 1939 § 5612, A.L. 1996 S.B. 780) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5156; 1919 § 10445
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 578.622 — MO Code / Chapter 578 / Section 578.622
578.622 Additional exemptions
Status: in_force

578.622. Additional exemptions — Sections 578.600 to 578.624 shall not apply to a circus, the University of Missouri-Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine, or a zoological park that is a part of a district created under chapter 184 .

(L. 2010 S.B. 795)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.091 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.091
473.091 Clerk's duties as to certain forms — not practice of law.
Status: in_force

473.091. Clerk's duties as to certain forms — not practice of law. — Upon request to the judge of the probate division of the circuit court, clerks of the court may under his supervision assist in filling out all forms necessary for obtaining an order of refusal of letters of administration pursuant to section 473.090 , and the performance of the duties required by this section shall not constitute the practice of law as defined in section 484.010 .

(L. 1980 S.B. 637, A.L. 1981 S.B. 117) Effective 6-10-81
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 369.364 — MO Code / Chapter 369 / Section 369.364
369.364 Federal associations may have same powers as state associations.
Status: in_force

369.364. Federal associations may have same powers as state associations. — Unless federal laws or regulations provide otherwise, federal savings associations with principal offices located within this state and the members, stockholders, and deposit account owners thereof shall possess all of the rights, powers, privileges, benefits, immunities and exemptions that are now provided or that may be hereafter provided by the laws of this state for associations organized under the laws of this state and for the members, stockholders, and account owners thereof and all such laws shall apply to such associations and the members and stockholders thereof. This provision is additional and supplemental to any provision which by specific reference is applicable to federal savings associations and the members and stockholders thereof.

(L. 1971 S.B. 3 § 72, A.L. 1982 S.B. 464) Effective 4-30-82
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.035 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.035
375.035 Renewal after termination of producer's contract.
Status: in_force

375.035. Renewal after termination of producer's contract. — 1. Any insurer in this state shall, upon termination or cancellation of an independent insurance producer's contract, permit the renewal of all contracts of insurance written by the independent insurance producer for a period of one year from the date of termination, as determined by the underwriting requirements of the insurer. If any insured fails to meet the current underwriting requirements of the insurer, the insurer shall give the terminated independent insurance producer and the insured thirty days' notice of its intention not to renew the contract of insurance.

2. Any insurer renewing contracts of insurance in accordance with this section shall pay commissions for the renewals to the terminated or cancelled independent insurance producer in the same amount and manner as paid to the independent insurance producer under the terminated or cancelled contract.

3. When the insurer renews a contract of insurance pursuant to this section, the renewal shall be for a time period equal to the greater of one year or one additional term of the term specified in the original contract.

(L. 1979 H.B. 506 § 3, A.L. 2001 S.B. 193) Effective 1-01-03
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.246 — MO Code / Chapter 355 / Section 355.246
355.246 Action by written consent.
Status: in_force

355.246. Action by written consent. — 1. Unless limited or prohibited by the articles or bylaws, action required or permitted by this chapter to be approved by the members may be approved without a meeting of members if the action is approved by members holding at least eighty percent of the voting power. The action must be evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken, signed by those members representing at least eighty percent of the voting power, and delivered to the corporation for inclusion in the minutes or filing with the corporate records.

2. If not otherwise determined under section 355.241 or 355.261 , the record date for determining members entitled to take action without a meeting is the date the first member signs the consent under subsection 1 of this section.

3. A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document filed with the secretary of state.

4. Written notice of member approval pursuant to this section shall be given to all members who have not signed the written consent. If written notice is required, member approval pursuant to this section shall be effective ten days after such written notice is given.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1095) Effective 7-01-95
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 191.692 — MO Code / Chapter 191 / Section 191.692
191.692 Premarital HIV testing, rulemaking authorized, when.
Status: in_force

191.692. Premarital HIV testing, rulemaking authorized, when. — The department of health and senior services may promulgate rules providing for mandatory premarital HIV testing if the Centers for Disease Control so indicates.

(L. 1988 H.B. 1151 & 1044 § 12) Effective 6-1-88
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 700.671 — MO Code / Chapter 700 / Section 700.671
700.671 Prohibitions — violation, penalty.
Status: in_force

700.671. Prohibitions — violation, penalty. — 1. No person shall:

(1) Falsely hold himself, herself, or a business organization out as a licensed installer;

(2) Falsely impersonate a licensed installer;

(3) Present as his or her own the installer's license of another;

(4) Knowingly give false or forged evidence to the commission;

(5) Use or attempt to use an installer license that has been suspended or revoked; or

(6) Engage in the business or act in the capacity of a licensed installer or advertise himself, herself, or a business organization as available to engage in the business or act in the capacity of an installer without being duly licensed by the commission.

2. Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1096)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 40.208 — MO Code / Chapter 40 / Section 40.208
40.208 Boards of review — appointment — membership — qualifications — powers and ...
Status: in_force

40.208. Boards of review — appointment — membership — qualifications — powers and duties. — 1. The state judge advocate may constitute one or more boards of review, each composed of not less than three commissioned officers, each of whom shall be a member of the Missouri Bar and one of whom shall be a judge advocate of the Army or Air National Guard.

2. In a case referred to it, the board of review may act only with respect to the findings and sentence as approved by the convening authority. It may affirm only such findings of guilty, and the sentence or such part or amount of the sentence, as it finds correct in law and fact and determines, on the basis of the entire record, should be approved. In considering the record it shall have authority to weigh the evidence, judge the credibility of witnesses, and determine controverted questions of fact, recognizing that the trial court saw and heard the witnesses.

3. If the board of review sets aside the findings and sentence, it may, except where the setting aside is based on lack of sufficient evidence in the record to support the findings, order a rehearing. If it sets aside the findings and sentence and does not order a rehearing, it shall order that the charges be dismissed.

4. The state judge advocate shall, unless there is to be further action by the governor, instruct the convening authority to take action in accordance with the decision of the board of review. If the board of review has ordered a rehearing but the convening authority finds a rehearing impracticable, he may dismiss the charges.

5. In the event one or more boards of review are constituted in accordance with this section, the state judge advocate shall prescribe uniform rules of procedure for proceedings in and before such board or boards of review.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1035 § 68)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 148.110 — MO Code / Chapter 148 / Section 148.110
148.110 Tax in lieu of other taxes.
Status: in_force

148.110. Tax in lieu of other taxes. — It is the purpose and intent of the general assembly to substitute the tax provided by sections 148.010 to 148.110 for the tax on bank shares which was imposed by section 10959, RSMo 1939, and for all taxes on all tangible and intangible personal property of all banking institutions subject to the provisions of sections 148.010 to 148.110 , except taxes on tangible personal property owned by the taxpayer and held for lease or rental to others and for all property taxes on the shares of such banking institutions.

(L. 1945 p. 1921 § 11, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1054) (1990) Bank institutions tax may be substituted for the bank share tax and for taxes on all personal property of banking institutions. Banking tax does not run afoul of the uniformity requirement of Art. X, Sec. 3. Mercantile Bank National Assn. v. Berra, 796 S.W.2d 22 (Mo. en banc.).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.910 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.910
260.910 Violations of dry-cleaning remediation laws — civil damages.
Status: in_force

260.910. Violations of dry-cleaning remediation laws — civil damages. — 1. No person shall:

(1) Operate an active dry-cleaning facility in violation of sections 260.900 to 260.960 , rules and regulations adopted pursuant to sections 260.900 to 260.960 or orders of the director pursuant to sections 260.900 to 260.960 , or operate an active dry-cleaning facility in violation of any other applicable federal or state environmental statutes, rules or regulations;

(2) Prevent or hinder a properly identified officer or employee of the department or other authorized agent of the director from entering, inspecting, sampling or responding to a release at reasonable times and with reasonable advance notice to the operator as authorized by sections 260.900 to 260.960 ;

(3) Knowingly make any false material statement or representation in any record, report or other document filed, maintained or used for the purpose of compliance with sections 260.900 to 260.960 ;

(4) Knowingly destroy, alter or conceal any record required to be maintained by sections 260.900 to 260.960 or rules and regulations adopted pursuant to sections 260.900 to 260.960 ;

(5) Willfully allow a release in excess of a reportable quantity or knowingly fail to make an immediate response to a release in accordance with sections 260.900 to 260.960 and rules and regulations pursuant to sections 260.900 to 260.960 .

2. The director may bring a civil damages action against any person who violates any provisions of subsection 1 of this section. Such civil damages may be assessed in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars for each violation and are in addition to any other penalty assessed by law.

3. In assessing any civil damages pursuant to this section, a court of competent jurisdiction shall consider, when applicable, the following factors:

(1) The extent to which the violation presents a hazard to human health;

(2) The extent to which the violation has or may have an adverse effect on the environment;

(3) The amount of the reasonable costs incurred by the state in detection and investigation of the violation; and

(4) The economic savings realized by the person in not complying with the provision for which a violation is charged.

(L. 2000 S.B. 577) Expires 8-28-17; see § 260.965
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.970 — MO Code / Chapter 57 / Section 57.970
57.970 Years of service, calculation.
Status: in_force

57.970. Years of service, calculation. — For the purpose of calculating benefits of a member, years of service as an employee and twelfths of a year are to be used.

(L. 1983 H.B. 81 § 57.930)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 230.245 — MO Code / Chapter 230 / Section 230.245
230.245 Priority of roads by usage.
Status: in_force

230.245. Priority of roads by usage. — 1. In establishing the comprehensive road plan required by sections 230.200 to 230.260 , priority in construction, reconstruction, improvement, restoration and maintenance of roads shall be given in the following order:

(1) County roads presently used for school bus routes, mail routes and milk routes;

(2) County roads now used for any two of the purposes named in subdivision (1) above;

(3) County roads now used for any one of the purposes named in subdivision (1) above;

(4) County roads which may be used if improved or restored for a school bus route, mail route, or milk route;

(5) The construction of county roads which may be used for a school bus route, mail route or milk route;

(6) Any other county road containing a live rural unit, as defined in subsection 2 of this section, if consideration is given to the number of live rural units served by the road, and the amount of traffic on the road.

2. The following terms as used in sections 230.200 to 230.260 mean:

(1) "County roads" , all public roads located within the county, except roads or highways constructed or maintained by the state transportation department or by the federal government, and except roads, streets, or highways in incorporated villages, towns, or cities;

(2) "Live rural unit" , any church, school, dwelling, or farm.

(L. 1971 H.B. 105 § 10)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 242.280 — MO Code / Chapter 242 / Section 242.280
242.280 Exceptions heard and determined by circuit court — procedure.
Status: in_force

242.280. Exceptions heard and determined by circuit court — procedure. — 1. The drainage district or any owner of land or other property in said district, may file exceptions to said report or to any assessment for either benefits or damages, within ten days after the last day of publication of the notice provided for in the preceding section. All exceptions shall be heard by the court and determined in a summary manner so as to carry out liberally the purposes and needs of the district, and if it appears to the satisfaction of the court, after having heard and determined all of said exceptions, that the estimated cost of constructing the improvement contemplated in the plan for reclamation is less than the benefits assessed against the land and other property in said district, then the court shall approve and confirm said commissioners' report as so modified and amended.

2. The court may at any time before final confirmation or approval refer the report back to the commissioners with or without instructions, and when the report is again filed, notice shall be given in the form and for the time provided in section 242.270 . Exceptions to the second report shall be filed within ten days after the date of the last day of publication, and heard and determined in a summary manner.

3. The court shall adjudge and apportion the costs incurred by the exceptions filed and shall condemn any land or other property, within or without the boundary lines of the district, that is shown by the report of the commissioners to be needed for rights-of-way, holding basins and other works, or that may be needed for material to be used in constructing said works, following, as nearly as possible, the procedure that is now provided for by law for the appropriation of land and other property taken for telegraph, telephone and railroad rights-of-way.

4. The clerk of said circuit court shall transmit a certified copy of the court decree and copy of the commissioners' report, as confirmed or amended by the court, to the secretary of the board of supervisors of the district, who shall make and transmit a certified copy of the said decree and that part of the said report affecting land in each county to the recorder of each county having lands in the district, or affected by the said report, where the same shall become a permanent record and each such recorder shall receive a fee of one dollar for receiving, filing and preserving the same.

5. Any person may appeal from the judgment of the court, and upon such appeal there may be determined either or both of the following questions: First, whether just compensation has been allowed for property appropriated and, second, whether proper damages have been allowed for property prejudicially affected by the improvements.

(RSMo 1939 § 12338) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10757; 1919 § 4392; 1909 § 5518
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 236.230 — MO Code / Chapter 236 / Section 236.230
236.230 Dams without chutes declared nuisances.
Status: in_force

236.230. Dams without chutes declared nuisances. — Every person who shall erect or maintain, or cause to be erected or maintained, in or across any of the waters of this state, unless said waters be wholly upon his own premises, any dam or other obstruction, no matter for what purpose, and shall not place and maintain thereon an apron or chute not less than fifteen feet wide, and sloping from each side to the center, so that the center shall be at least six inches lower than either edge, and having an inclination of not more than forty-five degrees, and so situated that the main current of water, impeded in its natural flow by the dam or other obstruction, shall pass over the same, or who shall not so construct or arrange such dam or other obstruction that it shall be lowest at the point where the apron or chute shall be placed, and low enough for the free passage of fish over the same each way, whenever the stream in which the same shall be situate shall be swollen beyond its ordinary size, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be held to be guilty of a distinct offense each day he shall be in default as aforesaid; and every dam or other obstruction erected or maintained in violation of this section, shall be a public nuisance, and may be abated as such.

(RSMo 1939 § 10312) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9183; 1919 § 7425; 1909 § 5482
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 211.500 — MO Code / Chapter 211 / Section 211.500
211.500 Establishment of regional juvenile detention districts, when.
Status: in_force

211.500. Establishment of regional juvenile detention districts, when. — 1. Any two or more counties within the state may form an agreement to establish a regional juvenile detention district. The district shall have a boundary which includes the areas within each member county, and it shall be named the "______ Regional Juvenile Detention District".

2. The county commission of each county desiring to join the district shall approve an ordinance or resolution to join the district and shall approve the agreement which specifies the duties of each county within the district.

3. If any county wishes to join a district which has already been established pursuant to this section, the agreement shall be rewritten and reapproved by each member county.

4. The agreement which specifies the duties of each county shall contain the following:

(1) The name of the district;

(2) The names of the counties within the district;

(3) The formula for calculating each county's contribution to the costs of the district;

(4) The types of juveniles which the regional juvenile detention center may house, limited to juveniles which may be transferred to counties pursuant to state law;

(5) The methods which may be used for constructing or leasing a regional juvenile detention center;

(6) The duties of the director of the regional juvenile detention center; and

(7) The timing and procedures for approval of the regional juvenile detention center district's annual budget by the regional juvenile detention center commission.

5. Any county, city, town or village may contract with a regional juvenile detention center commission for the holding of its juvenile offenders.

(L. 1998 H.B. 971 § 1) Effective 7-1-99
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 52.220 — MO Code / Chapter 52 / Section 52.220
52.220 Collector of St. Louis City — duties.
Status: in_force

52.220. Collector of St. Louis City — duties. — The collector of the City of St. Louis shall collect the state taxes in the limits of said city in the same manner and to the same extent, and do and perform all other things and matters appertaining thereto, as fully to all intents and purposes as now required, or which may be required, of the county collectors.

(RSMo 1939 § 11235) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10004; 1919 § 12994; 1909 § 11546 CROSS REFERENCE: Collector of revenue and deputies in St. Louis City--compensation, 82.605 to 82.680