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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 245.025 — MO Code / Chapter 245 / Section 245.025
245.025 Objections to incorporation heard — court decree filed with secretary of ...
Status: in_force

245.025. Objections to incorporation heard — court decree filed with secretary of state and county recorder. — Any owner of real estate or other property as herein described in said proposed district, who may not have signed said articles of association objecting to the organization and incorporation of said levee district, may, within fourteen days after the date of publication pursuant to section 245.020 , file his objection or objections why such levee district should not be organized and incorporated. Such objection or objections shall be limited to a denial of the statements in the articles of association, and shall be heard by the court in a summary manner, taking precedence over all matters except older matters of the same character, and in case all such objections are overruled, the circuit court shall, by its order duly entered of record, duly declare and decree said levee district a public corporation of this state, for a term not exceeding the time mentioned in said articles of association signed and filed. If the court finds that the land set out in said articles of association should not be incorporated into a levee district, it shall dismiss said proceedings and adjudge the costs against the signers of said articles of association in proportion to the acreage represented by each. Any person having signed the articles of association shall have no right to have said proceedings dismissed as to him without the written consent of the majority in acreage of the owners who signed said articles. The articles of association and petition may be amended as any other pleading. Within ten days after the said district has been declared a corporation by the court, the clerk thereof shall transmit to the secretary of state a certified copy of the findings and decree of the court incorporating said district, and the same shall be immediately filed in the office of the secretary of state in the same manner as articles of incorporation are now required to be filed under the general law concerning corporations. The secretary of state shall immediately send a certified copy to the U. S. Corp of Engineers District office where the levee district is located. A copy of said findings and decree, together with a plat of the district, shall also be filed in the office of the county recorder in each of the counties having land in said district, where the same shall become a permanent record, and each such recorder shall receive a fee of one dollar for filing and preserving the same.

(RSMo 1939 § 12495, A.L. 1994 S.B. 633) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10905; 1919 § 4599 Effective 7-12-94
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 417.280 — MO Code / Chapter 417 / Section 417.280
417.280 What constitutes evidence.
Status: in_force

417.280. What constitutes evidence. — The use by any person engaged in manufacturing, bottling or selling liquids, of a vessel marked or distinguished as aforesaid, the description of which has been filed and published as provided in section 417.250 , without the written consent of, or purchase from, the owner thereof, or the buying, selling, disposing of or trafficking in such vessels or any part thereof by such person without such written consent or purchase; or the possession by any junk dealer or dealer in secondhand articles of any such vessels, or any part thereof, without the written consent of or purchase from the owner thereof, shall be prima facie evidence of unlawful use, possession of or traffic in the same.

(RSMo 1939 § 15474) Prior revisions: 1929 § 14350; 1919 § 13284
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 106.170 — MO Code / Chapter 106 / Section 106.170
106.170 Impeachment trial proceedings.
Status: in_force

106.170. Impeachment trial proceedings. — The members being sworn, the supreme court or the special commission, as the case may be, shall proceed to hear, try and determine such impeachment, and may adjourn the trial to any other time; and the court or commission shall determine all questions of law arising during the trial upon the admissibility of evidence, the competency of witnesses, or otherwise, and may punish any person for contempt committed toward it, or for obstructing the administration of justice on such trial, in as full a manner as any court of record could do for like contempt toward such court. Except as otherwise provided in sections 106.020 to 106.210 , the rules of evidence and procedure applicable in civil actions before circuit judges in the circuit courts of this state shall be followed in all trials of impeachment whether before the supreme court or the special commission.

(RSMo 1939 § 12847, A.L. 1945 p. 1319 § 12851, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11221; 1919 § 9194; 1909 § 10223 Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 360.115 — MO Code / Chapter 360 / Section 360.115
360.115 Proceeds of bond sales and fees collected are not revenue of the state.
Status: in_force

360.115. Proceeds of bond sales and fees collected are not revenue of the state. — The proceeds of all bonds issued by the authority and of all fees permitted to be charged by the authority under sections 360.010 to 360.140 shall not be considered to be part of the revenue of the state within the meaning of Article III, Section 36, of the Constitution of Missouri, shall not be required to be deposited into the state treasury, and shall not be subject to appropriation by the general assembly. The proceeds and fees shall remain under the exclusive control and management of the authority to be used as required pursuant to sections 360.010 to 360.140 .

(L. 1975 H.B. 70 § 22)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 197.260 — MO Code / Chapter 197 / Section 197.260
197.260 Report of compliance, service — disclosure of reports, confidentiality of ...
Status: in_force

197.260. Report of compliance, service — disclosure of reports, confidentiality of information. — 1. Upon the completion of a survey, the department shall prepare a report of the department's findings with respect to whether the hospice is in compliance or out of compliance with the provisions of sections 197.250 to 197.280 and the rules made pursuant thereto. The report shall contain a list of deficiencies found and cite each statute or rule with which the hospice is found to be out of compliance. A copy of the report shall be served upon the hospice not later than fifteen working days after the survey is completed. The hospice shall inform the department of the time necessary for compliance and shall file a plan of correction with the department within ten days of the receipt of the deficiency list. As used in this subsection, "days" shall exclude weekends and state holidays.

2. The department of health and senior services may disclose to the public final reports of the inspections or surveys showing the standards by which inspections or surveys were conducted, whether such standards were met, and, if such standards were not met, in what manner they were not met and how the facility proposed to correct or did correct the deficiencies. All other information whatsoever, including information and reports submitted to the department of health and senior services by governmental agencies and recognized accrediting organizations in whole or in part for certification purposes pursuant to sections 197.250 to 197.280 , collected during such inspections or surveys or information which is derived as a result of such inspections or surveys shall be confidential and shall be disclosed only to the person or organization which is the subject of the inspection or survey or a representative thereof.

(L. 1992 H.B. 899 § 6)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 266.031 — MO Code / Chapter 266 / Section 266.031
266.031 Permits required, fees, terms — penalty for late application.
Status: in_force

266.031. Permits required, fees, terms — penalty for late application. — 1. Any person who sells, distributes, offers or exposes for sale any agricultural or vegetable seed in the state of Missouri shall obtain a seed permit from the director of agriculture unless exempted as in section 266.080 . Seed dealers must purchase permits for each seed sales classification performed, selling or taking orders for seed from other than an established place of business, selling seed from a retail place of business, selling seed from a wholesale place of business, or negotiating sales as a broker. A separate permit shall be required for each place of business from which seed regulated by this law is sold. A separate permit shall also be required of each person selling or taking orders for seed from other than an established place of business. Seed permit fees will be assessed as follows:

2. Farmers and seed producers shall be classed as seedsmen and must comply with all the provisions of sections 266.011 to 266.111 when the farmers or seed producers:

(1) Offer, sell or expose for sale seed not of their own production;

(2) Sell and deliver seed to a purchaser by way of common carrier;

(3) Sell seed by any public sales service;

(4) Advertise or label seed referring to the purity or germination.

3. No permit is transferable. All persons holding a Missouri seed permit shall post the permit in a conspicuous place in the place of business to which it applies. The licensing year shall be twelve months, or any fraction thereof, beginning on January first and ending December thirty-first. All permit fees shall be paid to the Missouri department of agriculture and shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the agriculture protection fund created in section 261.200 .

4. If the application for renewal of any seed permit is not filed prior to expiration date in any year, a penalty of fifty percent shall be assessed and added to the original fee and shall be paid by the applicant before that renewal license shall be issued; provided, that such penalty shall not apply if the applicant furnishes an affidavit certifying that he or she has not engaged in selling, distributing, offering or exposing seed for sale, subsequent to the expiration date of his or her license.

(L. 1951 p. 5 § 266.030, A.L. 1957 p. 13, A.L. 1979 H.B. 57, A.L. 2019 S.B. 133)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 8.730 — MO Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.730
8.730 Income must be adequate to establish facility.
Status: in_force

8.730. Income must be adequate to establish facility. — The licensing agent shall not cause or permit the establishment or placement of any blind vendor in a vending facility unless it is first determined that the facility produces or is likely to produce within a reasonable time an adequate net income for a blind vendor.

(L. 1981 S.B. 965 § 7)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.543 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.543
115.543 Court to appoint persons making recount — persons authorized to be present ...
Status: in_force

115.543. Court to appoint persons making recount — persons authorized to be present during recount. — Whenever a recount is ordered pursuant to section 115.539 or 115.601 , the court shall determine the number of persons necessary to assist with the recount and shall appoint such persons equally from lists submitted to the court by the contestant and the contestee. Each person appointed pursuant to this section shall be a disinterested person and a registered voter of the area in which the contested election was held. Each person so appointed shall take the oath prescribed for and receive the same pay as an election judge in the jurisdiction where he is registered. After being sworn not to disclose any facts uncovered by the recount, except those which are contained in the court report, the contestant and the contestee shall be permitted to be present in person or represented by an attorney at the recount to observe the recount. Each recount shall be completed under the supervision of the court, and the persons appointed to assist with the recount shall perform such duties as the court shall direct. Upon completion of any duties prescribed by the court, the persons appointed to assist with the recount shall make a written and signed report of their findings to the court. The findings of the persons appointed to assist with the recount shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein, but any person present at the examination of the votes may be a witness to contradict the findings. No one other than the election authority, representatives of the court, the contestant and contestee, their attorneys, and those specifically appointed by the court to assist with the recount shall be present during any recount ordered pursuant to the provisions of section 115.539 .

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 13.040, A.L. 1993 S.B. 31)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 492.540 — MO Code / Chapter 492 / Section 492.540
492.540 Depositions, how certified and to whom delivered.
Status: in_force

492.540. Depositions, how certified and to whom delivered. — The officer taking such depositions shall attach thereto his certificate, stating the time and place when and where such depositions were taken, that the witnesses were duly sworn as to the truth of their depositions, and that they subscribed the same, and shall enclose them, together with the commission and the evidence of notice; and the whole, being carefully sealed up, shall be delivered by the officer to the recorder of the county in which the suit is pending, or in which the property or matter is situate or belongs, to which such depositions relate.

(RSMo 1939 § 1965) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1801; 1919 § 5488; 1909 § 6431
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 65.657 — MO Code / Chapter 65 / Section 65.657
65.657 Ballot, form — majority vote required.
Status: in_force

65.657. Ballot, form — majority vote required. — 1. Before the township board of any such township shall adopt any plan or create any commission provided for in sections 65.650 to 65.700 , it shall order the question as to whether or not the township board shall adopt township planning or zoning submitted to the voters of the township.

2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

3. If a majority of the votes cast on the question be in favor of the adoption of zoning or planning, the township board may then proceed as provided in sections 65.650 to 65.700 .

(L. 1989 S.B. 11 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 108.500 — MO Code / Chapter 108 / Section 108.500
108.500 Definitions.
Status: in_force

108.500. Definitions. — As used in sections 108.500 to 108.532 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Code" , the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

(2) "Director" , director of the department of economic development or his designee;

(3) "Issuers" , state agencies, cities, counties and other entities having authority to issue private activity bonds;

(4) "Private activity bonds" , private activity bonds within the meaning of Sections 141, 146(g) and 146(i) of the Code;

(5) "State ceiling" , the aggregate amount of private activity bonds, the interest on which is excludable from federal gross income pursuant to Section 103(a) of the Code, which may be issued within the state of Missouri during any calendar year commencing after 1987 in accordance with Section 146 of the Code.

(L. 1985 S.B. 140 § 2, A.L. 1987 S.B. 351) Effective 1-01-88
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 249.730 — MO Code / Chapter 249 / Section 249.730
249.730 Court costs not taxed, when.
Status: in_force

249.730. Court costs not taxed, when. — In the event of any suit at law or in equity hereafter filed against any delinquent taxpayer for the purpose of enforcing collection of any tax levied by any sewer district incorporated under the laws of this state, and in the event the petition in such suit claims an amount as penalties in excess of one-half of one percent per month and for which no use has been provided by law, in such suits it shall be unlawful to tax any court costs against such taxpayer so sued.

(RSMo 1939 § 12688)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.624 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.624
227.624 Terminating negotiations, rejecting requests and responses.
Status: in_force

227.624. Terminating negotiations, rejecting requests and responses. — If the commission is not satisfied with the results of negotiations with a potential private partner for an agreement, the commission may terminate negotiations with the potential private partner. The commission may reject any and all requests for approval and responses to a request for proposals.

(L. 2006 H.B. 1380)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 170.007 — MO Code / Chapter 170 / Section 170.007
170.007 Industrial quality eye protective devices defined.
Status: in_force

170.007. Industrial quality eye protective devices defined. — As used in sections 170.005 to 170.009 "industrial quality eye protective devices" means devices meeting the standards of the American National Standard Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection, Z87.1-1968, and subsequent revisions thereof, approved by the American National Standards Institute, Inc.

(L. 1976 S.B. 519 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 528.100 — MO Code / Chapter 528 / Section 528.100
528.100 Conservators may act for disabled persons.
Status: in_force

528.100. Conservators may act for disabled persons. — The conservators of the estates of minors and disabled persons, appointed according to law, are hereby authorized, in behalf of their respective protectees, to do and perform any matter or thing respecting the division of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, as herein directed, which shall be binding on such protectee, and deemed as valid to every purpose as if the same had been done by such protectee after his disabilities are removed.

(RSMo 1939 § 1718, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1554; 1919 § 2002; 1909 § 2566
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 29.110 — MO Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29.110
29.110 Auditor may administer oath.
Status: in_force

29.110. Auditor may administer oath. — The state auditor or such person or persons in his department as he may designate in writing shall have power to administer all oaths and affirmations required or allowed by law, in matters touching the duties of his office.

(RSMo 1939 § 13068, A.L. 1945 p. 584 § 18) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11451; 1919 § 13357; 1909 § 11858
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 371.180 — MO Code / Chapter 371 / Section 371.180
371.180 Limitation on lending powers.
Status: in_force

371.180. Limitation on lending powers. — A development finance corporation organized under the provisions of this chapter shall not lend money when credit is readily available elsewhere. Before granting a loan, the directors of the corporation shall endeavor so far as is reasonably possible to ascertain that the first opportunity to grant the loan has been given to the banks, insurance companies and to other lending institutions of the state.

(L. 1961 p. 157 § 21)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 578.173 — MO Code / Chapter 578 / Section 578.173
578.173 Baiting or fighting animals — penalty.
Status: in_force

578.173. Baiting or fighting animals — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of baiting or fighting animals if he or she:

(1) Baits or fights animals;

(2) Permits baiting or animal fighting to be done on any premises under his or her charge or control;

(3) Promotes, conducts, or stages a baiting or fight between two or more animals;

(4) Advertises a baiting or fight between two or more animals;

(5) Collects any admission fee for a baiting or fight between two or more animals;

(6) Knowingly attends the baiting or fighting of animals;

(7) Knowingly sells, offers for sale, ships, or transports any animal which has been bred or trained to bait or fight another animal;

(8) Owns or possesses any of the cockfighting implements, commonly known as gaffs and slashers, or any other sharp implement designed to be attached to the leg of a gamecock; or

(9) Manufactures, sells, barters, or exchanges any of the cockfighting implements, commonly known as gaffs and slashers, or any other sharp implement designed to be attached to the leg of a gamecock.

2. The offense of baiting or fighting animals is a class E felony.

(Adopted by Initiative, Proposition A, § B, November 3, 1998, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17 (2000) Proposition A did not violate constitutional requirements of single subject and clear title. United Gamefowl Breeders Ass'n. of Missouri v. Nixon, 19 S.W.3d 137 (Mo.banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 50.1170 — MO Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.1170
50.1170 Applicability.
Status: in_force

50.1170. Applicability. — Unless otherwise specifically provided in sections 50.1000 to 50.1300 , the provisions of sections 50.1000 to 50.1200 in effect before January 1, 2000, shall apply to any county employee whose employment terminates before January 1, 2000. The provisions of sections 50.1000 to 50.1300 , as amended, shall apply to any county employee whose employment terminates on or after January 1, 2000.

(L. 1994 S.B. 579 § 18, A.L. 1999 S.B. 308 & 314 merged with S.B. 467) Effective 1-01-00
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 169.530 — MO Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169.530
169.530 False statement, misdemeanor — correction of records — adjustment.
Status: in_force

169.530. False statement, misdemeanor — correction of records — adjustment. — Any person who shall knowingly make any false statement, or shall falsify or permit to be falsified any record or records of this retirement system in any attempt to defraud such system, as a result of such act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable therefor under the laws of this state. Should any change or error in records result in any member or beneficiary receiving from the retirement system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the board of trustees shall have the power to correct such error and, as far as practicable, may adjust the payments in such a manner that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which such member or beneficiary was correctly entitled shall be paid.

(L. 1943 p. 805 § 13, A.L. 1955 p. 524, A.L. 1961 p. 384)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 442.490 — MO Code / Chapter 442 / Section 442.490
442.490 Remainder limited to heirs of a person having a life estate — how disposed of.
Status: in_force

442.490. Remainder limited to heirs of a person having a life estate — how disposed of. — Where a remainder shall be limited to the heirs, or heirs of the body, of a person to whom a life estate in the same premises shall be given, the persons who, on the termination of the life estate, shall be the heir or heirs of the body of such tenant for life shall be entitled to take as purchasers in fee simple, by virtue of the remainder so limited in them.

(RSMo 1939 § 3500) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3110; 1919 § 2269; 1909 § 2874 CROSS REFERENCE: Devise for life and to children in fee after his death creates life estate and remainder in fee simple, 474.470 (1957) Conveyance to wife and heirs of her body by warranty deed which contained statement that grantor conveys to grantees "all his right, title and interest in the above land, to be effective at his death, reserving herein a life estate in said land, intending at the death of his wife, Myrtle Weaver, for the land to descend to the heirs of her body", held valid conveyance and not testamentary disposition. Cook v. Daniels (Mo.), 306 S.W.2d 573.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.1800 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.1800
375.1800 Residency of insurance companies, domestic and foreign.
Status: in_force

375.1800. Residency of insurance companies, domestic and foreign. — 1. A domestic insurance company shall be deemed for all purposes, including venue, to reside in, and be a resident of, the county where its registered office is maintained.

2. A foreign insurance company shall be deemed for all purposes, including venue, to reside in, and be a resident of, the county where its registered office is maintained. A foreign insurance company that does not maintain a registered office in any county in Missouri shall be deemed to reside in, and be a resident of, Cole County.

(L. 2019 S.B. 7)