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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 182.280 — MO Code / Chapter 182 / Section 182.280
182.280 Board may sell lands, when — exceptions (cities 10,000 or over).
Status: in_force

182.280. Board may sell lands, when — exceptions (cities 10,000 or over). — Whenever the board of trustees of any public library acquires a lot or tract of land, and the board determines that it is not judicious to erect the library building upon the lot, the board may sell or exchange the lot and to use the proceeds of the sale or exchange for the purposes of a site for a library building, or for the erection of a library building, on any other land purchased or leased by or donated to the board and which it may deem suitable for the building. Sections 182.260 , 182.270 and 182.280 shall not apply to cities under ten thousand inhabitants.

(RSMo 1939 § 14766, A.L. 1955 p. 555 § 182.270) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13462; 1919 § 7205; 1909 § 8201
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 144.400 — MO Code / Chapter 144 / Section 144.400
144.400 Suit for taxes filed, where — jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

144.400. Suit for taxes filed, where — jurisdiction. — Except as in sections 144.010 to 144.510 otherwise provided, all suits for taxes herein required to be filed shall be filed in the county wherein the person resides or has a place of business or agent for the transaction of business in this state or where he or it may be found. If such suit be by attachment it shall be brought in the county wherein the property attached is located. Such suits may be heard by circuit or associate circuit judges in the same manner as other civil cases, with the amount of the tax being the amount demanded for purposes of determining whether the case may be heard and determined by an associate circuit judge without special assignment.

(RSMo 1939 § 11438, A.L. 1941 p. 698, A.L. 1943 p. 1012, A.L. 1945 p. 1865, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Effective 1-2-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 380.111 — MO Code / Chapter 380 / Section 380.111
380.111 School district's real and personal property may be insured — procedure for ...
Status: in_force

380.111. School district's real and personal property may be insured — procedure for district to become member. — All Missouri mutual insurance companies may accept as members any school district of this state, and may insure the real and personal property thereof as in the case of other members of the company. Any school district in this state may, by a two-thirds vote of the board of directors of the district, become a member of any Missouri mutual insurance company, and may insure the real and personal property of the school district in the company as in the case of other members thereof, and may, out of the incidental funds of the district, pay for such insurance and for all assessments lawfully made by the company as in the case of other members of the company.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1498) Effective 1-01-85
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 362.070 — MO Code / Chapter 362 / Section 362.070
362.070 Compensation for organizing bank or trust company prohibited — penalty.
Status: in_force

362.070. Compensation for organizing bank or trust company prohibited — penalty. — 1. No individual, partnership, unincorporated association or corporation shall, directly or indirectly, receive or contract to receive any commission, compensation, bonus, right or privilege of any kind for organizing any bank or trust company in this state, or for securing a subscription to the original capital stock or surplus of any bank or trust company in this state, or to any increase thereof; provided, that this section shall not be construed as prohibiting an attorney at law from receiving compensation for legal service in connection therewith.

2. Each and every individual, partnership, unincorporated association or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit to the state one hundred dollars for each and every violation, and in addition thereto double the amount of the commission, compensation or bonus.

(RSMo 1939 § 7946, A.L. 1967 p. 445) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5350; 1919 § 11733
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 86.270 — MO Code / Chapter 86 / Section 86.270
86.270 Investigation and examination of applicants for disability benefits.
Status: in_force

86.270. Investigation and examination of applicants for disability benefits. — 1. Any determination of whether a member is disabled under the provisions of section 86.257 or 86.263 shall consist of an investigation of the member's physical and mental condition by the medical board of the police retirement system under the provisions of section 86.237 and an investigation by the board of trustees of the police retirement system of any other matter relevant to determine whether the member satisfies the applicable requirements of section 86.257 or 86.263 . The board of trustees may authorize the use of staff of the police retirement system and other persons not employed by the police retirement system to assist in its investigation. The board of trustees of the police retirement system and the medical board of the police retirement system and any such physicians appointed by the medical board under the provisions of section 86.237 may communicate with each other as to matters relevant to determine whether the member satisfies the applicable requirements of section 86.257 or 86.263 .

2. The board of trustees shall require each member who applies for disability benefits and any disability beneficiary to be reexamined under the provisions of section 86.257 or 86.263 to undergo medical examinations at places designated by the medical board and any physicians appointed by the medical board under the provisions of section 86.237 .

(L. 1957 p. 256 § 22, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1808, A.L. 2009 H.B. 397 & H.B. 947, A.L. 2015 H.B. 515)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 311.561 — MO Code / Chapter 311 / Section 311.561
311.561 Charges, how paid and collected.
Status: in_force

311.561. Charges, how paid and collected. — Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter, all charges imposed by this chapter shall be paid and collected as provided in sections 311.520 and 311.553 , and the affixing of stamps to the containers of intoxicating liquor shall not be required or sufficient to show the payment of the charges.

(L. 1961 p. 43)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.460 — MO Code / Chapter 474 / Section 474.460
474.460 Testator surviving devisee, effect.
Status: in_force

474.460. Testator surviving devisee, effect. — When any estate is devised to any child, grandchild or other relative of the testator, and the devisee dies before the testator, or is treated as if he predeceased the testator, leaving lineal descendants who survive the testator by one hundred twenty hours, the descendants shall take the estate, real or personal, as the devisee would have done if he had survived the testator by one hundred twenty hours.

(RSMo 1939 § 528, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 275, A.L. 1980 S.B. 637) Prior revisions: 1929 § 527; 1919 § 516; 1909 § 546 Effective 1-01-81 (1962) Where decedent left his entire estate to his sister and expressly stated in his will that he did not desire his half-sister to have any part of his estate, the half-sister would inherit the estate when the sister who was devised all of the estate died before the testator. In re Smith's Estate (Mo.), 353 S.W.2d 721. (1972) The term "relative" as used in this statute is reserved for relatives by consanguinity and not by marriage. McComb v. Lyons (Mo.), 487 S.W.2d 16.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 320.085 — MO Code / Chapter 320 / Section 320.085
320.085 Immunity from civil or criminal actions for furnishing fire loss ...
Status: in_force

320.085. Immunity from civil or criminal actions for furnishing fire loss information in good faith — presumption — closed records. — 1. No civil or criminal action shall lie against any agency or company identified herein and the officer, attorney, agent or employee of either, which shall act in good faith under the provisions of sections 320.081 to 320.086 . Any information or records produced in compliance with sections 320.081 to 320.086 shall be a closed meeting or a closed record as these terms are used in subdivision (1) of section 610.010 and shall remain same until necessary for the prosecution or defense of a civil or criminal action.

2. Good faith shall be presumed on the part of any agency or company identified herein and the officer, attorney, agent or employee of either, which shall act in the absence of fraud or malice pursuant to sections 320.081 to 320.086 . Nothing in sections 320.081 to 320.086 shall relieve any person, official, or insurance company from the provisions of sections 375.420 and 375.930 to 375.948 .

(L. 1983 H.B. 337)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.839 — MO Code / Chapter 393 / Section 393.839
393.839 Membership — meetings, annual, special — quorum — voting.
Status: in_force

393.839. Membership — meetings, annual, special — quorum — voting. — 1. No person shall become a member of a nonprofit sewer company unless such person shall agree to use services furnished by the company when such shall be available through its facilities. The bylaws of a company may provide that any person, including an incorporator, shall cease to be a member thereof if such person shall fail or refuse to use services made available by the company or if services shall not be made available to such person by the company within a specified time after such person shall have become a member thereof. Membership in the company shall not be transferable, except as provided in the bylaws. The bylaws may prescribe additional qualifications and limitations in respect of membership.

2. An annual meeting of the members shall be held at such time as shall be provided in the bylaws.

3. Special meetings of the members may be called by the board of directors, by any three directors, by not less than ten percent of the members or by the president.

4. Meetings of members shall be held at such place as may be provided in the bylaws. In the absence of any such provisions, all meetings shall be held in the city or town in which the principal office of the company is located.

5. Except as otherwise provided in sections 393.825 to 393.861 and section 393.175 , written or printed notice stating the time and place of each meeting of members and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given to each member, either personally or by mail, not less than ten nor more than twenty-five days before the date of the meeting.

6. Two percent of the members, present in person or by mail or proxy shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the members, unless the bylaws prescribe the presence of a greater percentage of the members for a quorum. If less than a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority of those present in person may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

7. Each member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting. Voting shall be in person, but, if the bylaws so provide, may also be by proxy or by mail, or both. If the bylaws provide for voting by proxy or by mail, they shall also prescribe the conditions under which proxy or mail voting shall be exercised.

(L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. H.B. 1 merged with S.B. 3) Effective 12-23-97
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 404.650 — MO Code / Chapter 404 / Section 404.650
404.650 Law of Missouri to apply, when — other state's laws applicable, when.
Status: in_force

404.650. Law of Missouri to apply, when — other state's laws applicable, when. — 1. Sections 404.400 to 404.650 apply to a transfer that refers to the Missouri personal custodian law in the designation under section 404.540 by which the transfer is made if at the time of the transfer the transferor, the beneficiary or the personal custodian is a resident of this state or the custodial property is located in this state. The personal custodianship so created remains subject to sections 404.400 to 404.650 despite a subsequent change in residence of a transferor, the beneficiary or the personal custodian, or the removal of custodial property from this state.

2. A person designated as a personal custodian under sections 404.400 to 404.650 is subject to personal jurisdiction in this state with respect to any matter relating to the personal custodianship.

3. A transfer that purports to be made and which is valid under the uniform custodial trust law, personal custodian law, or a substantially similar law, of another state is governed by the law of the designated state and may be executed and is enforceable in this state if at the time of the transfer the transferor, the beneficiary or the custodian is a resident of the designated state or the custodial property is located in the designated state.

4. A transfer that purports to be made under the uniform custodial trust law of Missouri or the adult custodian law of Missouri is governed by sections 404.400 to 404.650 .

(L. 1986 S.B. 651 § 14, A.L. 1989 H.B. 145, A.L. 1993 S.B. 277)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 174.753 — MO Code / Chapter 174 / Section 174.753
174.753 Director of the arboretum, appointment — powers and duties — director to be ...
Status: in_force

174.753. Director of the arboretum, appointment — powers and duties — director to be only employee of state. — 1. The director of the Missouri arboretum may be appointed by the president of the university and approved by the board of regents of Northwest Missouri State University.

2. The director of the Missouri arboretum may:

(1) Acquire, archive, process, and disseminate information on horticultural and botanical resources that are or could be of value to the governor, members of the general assembly, and other policy- and decision-makers in this state;

(2) Act as a representative of the state in horticultural matters as pertains to agriculture, both within and outside the state when necessary or appropriate, or when requested to do so by a proper authority, which shall include the legislative and executive branches of this state;

(3) Conduct interpretative programs, investigations, and research pertaining to horticulture and botanical resources, including, but not limited to, native woody plant and certain herbaceous plant species distribution in this state, their relationships to each other and certain faunae and their environment as it pertains to agriculture and horticulture;

(4) Maintain plant inventories on or near the Northwest Missouri State University campus in natural or contrived ecosystems;

(5) Establish a depository for preservation of live, native, and adaptive plant germ plasm, and the arboretum may act as a distribution source of such germ plasm for cooperating affiliated arboretums involved in plant evaluation, teaching and research programs;

(6) Maintain, as part of the statewide arboretum plant collections, plants which are representative of but not necessarily restricted to the flora and plant communities of Missouri, which among other benefits will support research and investigative programs;

(7) Contract with private entities or state agencies to assist in training of students and the citizenry with respect to native and introduced woody and herbaceous plant materials and their importance to Missouri. In connection therewith, the director may establish a graduate level internship program;

(8) The director shall be the only state employee of the Missouri arboretum.

(L. 1993 S.B. 84 § 14 subsecs. 2, 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 292.656 — MO Code / Chapter 292 / Section 292.656
292.656 Medical needles, employer use of OSHA- or FDA-approved devices permitted.
Status: in_force

292.656. Medical needles, employer use of OSHA- or FDA-approved devices permitted. — Notwithstanding any provision of section 292.655 to the contrary, employers that use medical needles in the routine course of conducting business in this state may use any Occupational Safety and Health Administration- or Food and Drug Administration-approved device.

(L. 2012 H.B. 1647 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 313.710 — MO Code / Chapter 313 / Section 313.710
313.710 Missouri-bred horses, program to encourage.
Status: in_force

313.710. Missouri-bred horses, program to encourage. — A program to encourage and award the owners and breeders of Missouri-bred horses that win horse races in this state may be established by rules and regulations promulgated by the commission.

(L. 1986 S.B. 572) Effective 5-06-86
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 577.060 — MO Code / Chapter 577 / Section 577.060
577.060 Leaving the scene of an accident — penalties.
Status: in_force

577.060. Leaving the scene of an accident — penalties. — 1. A person commits the offense of leaving the scene of an accident when:

(1) Being the operator of a vehicle or a vessel involved in an accident resulting in injury or death or damage to property of another person; and

(2) Having knowledge of such accident he or she leaves the place of the injury, damage or accident without stopping and giving the following information to the other party or to a law enforcement officer, or if no law enforcement officer is in the vicinity, then to the nearest law enforcement agency:

(a) His or her name;

(b) His or her residence, including city and street number;

(c) The registration or license number for his or her vehicle or vessel; and

(d) His or her operator's license number, if any.

2. For the purposes of this section, all law enforcement officers shall have jurisdiction, when invited by an injured person, to enter the premises of any privately owned property for the purpose of investigating an accident and performing all necessary duties regarding such accident.

3. The offense of leaving the scene of an accident is:

(1) A class A misdemeanor;

(2) A class E felony if:

(a) Physical injury was caused to another party; or

(b) Damage in excess of one thousand dollars was caused to the property of another person; or

(c) The defendant has previously been found guilty of any offense in violation of this section; or committed in another jurisdiction which, if committed in this state, would be a violation of an offense of this section; or

(3) A class D felony if a death has occurred as a result of the accident.

4. A law enforcement officer who investigates or receives information of an accident involving an all-terrain vehicle and also involving the loss of life or serious physical injury shall make a written report of the investigation or information received and such additional facts relating to the accident as may come to his or her knowledge, mail the information to the department of public safety, and keep a record thereof in his or her office.

5. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the operation of all-terrain vehicles when property damage is sustained in sanctioned all-terrain vehicle races, derbies and rallies.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 1983 H.B. 287, A.L. 1986 S.B. 450, A.L. 1989 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 3, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491, A.L. 2016 H.B. 2332, A.L. 2017 S.B. 34)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 71.940 — MO Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71.940
71.940 Codification and compilation of ordinances, defined.
Status: in_force

71.940. Codification and compilation of ordinances, defined. — For the purposes of sections 71.940 to 71.948 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Codification" includes:

(a) The compilation and revision of the general ordinances of the municipality;

(b) The changing of sections deemed advisable;

(c) The omission of sections deemed unnecessary;

(d) The addition of new provisions; and

(e) The adoption of the whole by an adopting ordinance and publication in permanently bound or loose-leaf book form;

(2) "Compilation" includes the collecting, assembling and organizing of existing ordinances of the municipality and publication thereof in permanently bound or loose-leaf book form.

(L. 1997 H.B. 749 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 407.800 — MO Code / Chapter 407 / Section 407.800
407.800 Going-out-of-business sales, requirements, limitations, extension — exceptions.
Status: in_force

407.800. Going-out-of-business sales, requirements, limitations, extension — exceptions. — Any person, except a licensed auctioneer as defined in section 343.010 , who advertises or conducts a going-out-of-business sale or any sale of merchandise which indicates the person conducting the sale is terminating or liquidating the person's trade, commerce or business for any reason shall inform the attorney general, in writing, not less than ten days prior to the sale of the duration of the sale by indicating the first and last days of the sale. Any person who informs the attorney general that the person is going to conduct a going-out-of-business sale shall submit to the attorney general information regarding the items which will be offered for sale during the going-out-of-business sale. The inventory shall not be supplemented after the beginning of such sale. The going-out-of-business sale shall not exceed a period of sixty days unless an extension has been registered with the attorney general's office by affidavit. Such affidavit shall indicate the duration of such extension and the reasons therefor, and the time extension shall not exceed a reasonable time period as determined by the attorney general based upon the information provided to the attorney general by the person conducting the sale. Any affidavit supporting the request for an extension shall describe the efforts made by the person and the person's plan to dispose of such sale items, and shall state why the items remain unsold, and shall contain any other information requested by the attorney general. A violation of this section shall be considered a violation of section 407.020 and shall be remedied pursuant to section 407.100 . If the attorney general fails to take action within one hundred twenty days after a violation of this section occurs, the prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney of the appropriate jurisdiction may take action as provided in sections 407.020 and 407.100 .

(L. 1980 H.B. 993, A.L. 1986 S.B. 685, A.L. 1995 H.B. 558)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 82.130 — MO Code / Chapter 82 / Section 82.130
82.130 Redistricting not to affect eligibility of electors.
Status: in_force

82.130. Redistricting not to affect eligibility of electors. — In case of redistricting or division of such city into wards, creation of any new ward or wards, or change of boundary in any ward or wards, every qualified elector residing in any ward at any general city election next thereafter, duly registered, shall be a qualified voter of such ward, and nothing in this chapter contained shall be so construed as to prevent any elector from voting or being eligible to any office by reason merely of such redistricting or division or creation of any new ward or wards, or change in the boundary of any ward or wards.

(RSMo 1939 § 7630) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7487; 1919 § 8898; 1909 § 9747
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 21.232 — MO Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21.232
21.232 Printing, other services for house of representatives — costs how paid — ...
Status: in_force

21.232. Printing, other services for house of representatives — costs how paid — disposition of balance. — 1. The house of representatives shall establish a revolving fund which shall be funded annually by appropriation, and which shall receive funds paid or transferred to the house of representatives for printing, duplicating, surplus property, refunds from vendors, personal reimbursements, or any other service for which there is a fee charged by the house of representatives. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund and shall make disbursements from the fund for those things authorized by the house of representatives accounts committee as provided by rules of the house of representatives and as appropriated by the general assembly and expended as provided in section 21.230 .

2. An unexpended balance in the fund at the end of the biennium not exceeding five thousand dollars is exempt from the provisions of section 33.080 relating to transfer of unexpended balances to the ordinary revenue fund.

(L. 1979 H.B. 601 §§ 1, 2, A.L. 1982 S.B. 833)