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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 41.120 — MO Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.120
41.120 Governor, commander in chief of militia.
Status: in_force

41.120. Governor, commander in chief of militia. — The governor of the state, by virtue of his office, is the commander in chief of the militia of the state, except such portion thereof as may at times be in the service of the United States.

(RSMo 1939 § 15015, A.L. 1951 p. 654 § 9) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13822; 1919 § 7350
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 246.275 — MO Code / Chapter 246 / Section 246.275
246.275 Public levee district may be established by any county, procedure — powers ...
Status: in_force

246.275. Public levee district may be established by any county, procedure — powers of governing body — no power of taxation. — The governing body of any county may designate and establish a public levee district within the county, if the governing body has received a petition signed by a majority of landowners within the proposed public levee district requesting the establishment of such a district. Any such public levee district shall have no powers of taxation. Once a public levee district is established and duly created by a majority vote of the governing body of the county, the governing body, on behalf of the public levee district, may receive and expend moneys for the purposes of repair and maintenance of the public levee district's levee and related appurtenances and such governing body shall have the powers of a levee district board of directors specified in sections 245.285 to 245.545 , other than the power of taxation specified in section 245.445 . The governing body of the county having established a public levee district pursuant to this section shall be considered the district's governmental sponsor.

(L. 1993 1st Ex. Sess. S.B. 3 § 2) Effective 9-30-93
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 204.270 — MO Code / Chapter 204 / Section 204.270
204.270 Report of commissioners, map or plan, where filed.
Status: in_force

204.270. Report of commissioners, map or plan, where filed. — The commissioners shall make their report, accompanied by a map or plan showing the boundaries of the proposed district in relation to the property lines intersected or followed by them, also in relation to city or county boundaries, to the court by which they were appointed, and shall thereupon be discharged by the court. The report and map, if approved by the court, shall then be filed in the office of the recorder of deeds for each county in which a portion of the proposed district is situated and with the county commission of each such county.

(L. 1967 p. 310 § 8)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 167.270 — MO Code / Chapter 167 / Section 167.270
167.270 Specialized courses of instruction — pupils at risk of dropping out — ...
Status: in_force

167.270. Specialized courses of instruction — pupils at risk of dropping out — pregnant teens and teen mothers. — 1. Local school districts are encouraged to offer additional specialized programs for any pupil who has a high risk of becoming a high school dropout. Additional financial assistance from state aid provided by section 167.260 shall be provided to those school districts which offer such courses. For any programs established pursuant to this section, such additional state aid shall be distributed according to rules and regulations developed by the state board of education.

2. The rate of reimbursement to local school districts for specialized courses of instruction designed to keep high school pupils from dropping out of school shall be determined on the basis of eight thousand eighty-three dollars for each full-time teacher who teaches such a course which is approved by the state department of elementary and secondary education.

3. A local school district shall be eligible for additional state aid, subject to appropriation therefor, for a program of alternative education programs for pregnant teens and teen mothers who are enrolled as pupils in the district. Such programs may include specialized courses of instruction established pursuant to subsection 1 of this section and such supplemental services as the district may establish within guidelines set by the state board of education to enable teen mothers to complete high school. For these supplemental services a district may accept funds from federal, local and private sources as may be available. Two or more districts may form a consortium to offer these supplemental services. A district which is not a member of a consortium and which does not offer these services may contract with a district which does. Such a district offering such services may waive all or a portion of the tuition for such a pupil.

(L. 1990 S.B. 740 § 6)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 287.440 — MO Code / Chapter 287 / Section 287.440
287.440 Limitation begins to run, when.
Status: in_force

287.440. Limitation begins to run, when. — Where recovery is denied to any person in a suit brought at law or in admiralty to recover damages in respect of bodily injury or death on the ground that the person was an employee and the defendant was an employer subject to and within the meaning of this chapter, or when recovery is denied to any person in an action brought under the provisions of a workers' compensation law of any other state or jurisdiction on the ground that the person was an employee under and subject to the provisions of this chapter, the limitation of time prescribed in section 287.430 shall begin to run from the date of the ultimate termination or abandonment of such suit or compensation proceeding, when such suit or compensation proceedings are filed within two years after the filing by the employer of the report of injury or death complained of, or in case payments have been made on account of the injury or death, within two years from the date of the last payment.

(L. 1941 p. 717 § 3727a, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 445, A.L. 1965 p. 419, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1396)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.955 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.955
260.955 Department to report on fund, corrective action from fund.
Status: in_force

260.955. Department to report on fund, corrective action from fund. — The department shall annually transmit a report to the general assembly and the governor regarding:

(1) Receipts of the fund during the preceding calendar year and the sources of the receipts;

(2) Disbursements from the fund during the preceding calendar year and the purposes of the disbursements;

(3) The extent of corrective action taken pursuant to sections 260.900 to 260.960 during the preceding calendar year; and

(4) The prioritization of sites for expenditures from the fund.

(L. 2000 S.B. 577) Expires 8-28-17; see § 260.965
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 336.050 — MO Code / Chapter 336 / Section 336.050
336.050 Examinations to be held — to include what.
Status: in_force

336.050. Examinations to be held — to include what. — The board shall hold examinations of applicants for a license as an optometrist at such times and places as it may determine. The examination of applicants for a license as an optometrist may include both practical demonstrations and written and oral tests, and shall embrace the subjects normally taught in schools of optometry approved by the board.

(RSMo 1939 § 10117, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308) Prior revision: 1929 § 13505
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 379.1821 — MO Code / Chapter 379 / Section 379.1821
379.1821 Licensure required for issuance of policies — inapplicability to mass ...
Status: in_force

379.1821. Licensure required for issuance of policies — inapplicability to mass marketing and certain policies — rulemaking authority. — 1. No master policy or certificate of insurance shall be issued or delivered in this state unless issued or delivered by an insurer which is duly licensed in this state to write the lines of insurance covered by the master policy or is an eligible nonadmitted insurer pursuant to section 384.021 .

2. The provisions of sections 379.1800 to 379.1824 shall not apply to the mass marketing or any other type of marketing of individual personal lines property and casualty insurance policies.

3. Sections 379.1800 to 379.1824 shall not apply to policies of credit property or credit casualty insurance that and which insure the debtors of a creditor or creditors with respect to their indebtedness.

4. Sections 379.1800 to 379.1824 shall not apply to policies of personal automobile insurance or personal motor vehicle liability insurance, nor shall such sections be construed as authorizing the sale or issuance of personal automobile insurance or personal motor vehicle liability insurance under a group or master policy within this state.

5. Sections 379.1800 to 379.1812 shall not apply to policies issued by a nonadmitted insurer pursuant to chapter 384 .

6. Nothing in sections 379.1800 to 379.1824 shall limit the authority of the director with respect to complaints or disputes involving residents of this state arising out of a master policy that has been issued or delivered in another state.

7. The director may promulgate rules as necessary to implement and administer the provisions of sections 379.1800 to 379.1824 . 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 and is subject to 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, 2021, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 2021 H.B. 604 merged with S.B. 6) Effective 1-01-22, see § 379.1824
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 143.788 — MO Code / Chapter 143 / Section 143.788
143.788 Confidential information, disclosure by department, when, exception — ...
Status: in_force

143.788. Confidential information, disclosure by department, when, exception — limitation on use, violation, penalties. — 1. The provisions of section 32.057 and any other confidentiality statute of this state to the contrary notwithstanding, the department may provide any state agency submitting a claim for setoff and collection under sections 143.782 to 143.788 all information necessary to accomplish and carry out the provisions of sections 143.782 to 143.788 , but shall not provide any state agency with any information whose disclosure is prohibited by Section 6103(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.

2. The information obtained by a state agency from the department of revenue in accordance with the provisions of sections 143.782 to 143.788 shall retain its confidentiality and shall only be used by another state agency in the pursuit of its debt collection duties and practices; and any employee or prior employee of any state agency who unlawfully discloses any such information for any other purpose, except as otherwise specifically authorized by law, shall be subject to the same penalties specified by section 32.057 for unauthorized disclosure of confidential information by an agent or employee of the department of revenue.

(L. 1982 H.B. 946 § 9) Effective 3-16-82
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 236.170 — MO Code / Chapter 236 / Section 236.170
236.170 Court shall include in its order, what.
Status: in_force

236.170. Court shall include in its order, what. — When the party petitioning prays for an acre of land whereon to abut his dam, the court shall include in its order, if the petition is granted, a judgment vesting the title of such acre of land in the party petitioning, his heirs and assigns forever.

(RSMo 1939 § 10302) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9173; 1919 § 7415; 1909 § 5472
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 150.140 — MO Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.140
150.140 Blanks to collector.
Status: in_force

150.140. Blanks to collector. — Such clerk shall deliver to the collector of his county all licenses so issued, and charge him therewith in a book to be kept for that purpose.

(RSMo 1939 § 11313, A.L. 1945 p. 1838) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10085; 1919 § 13075; 1909 § 11627
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 139.390 — MO Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.390
139.390 Removal from township — levy and collection of taxes.
Status: in_force

139.390. Removal from township — levy and collection of taxes. — In case any person, upon whom any tax shall be assessed under the provisions of this chapter, in any township, shall have removed out of such township after such assessment, it shall be lawful for the collector of such township to levy and collect such tax off of the goods and chattels of the person assessed, within any township or city of the county to which said person may have removed, or in which he shall reside.

(RSMo 1939 § 14013) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12336; 1919 § 13249; 1909 § 11737
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.579 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.579
115.579 Duty of circuit clerk upon filing of petition — answer, when due.
Status: in_force

115.579. Duty of circuit clerk upon filing of petition — answer, when due. — 1. Immediately after a petition is filed, the clerk of the circuit court shall issue a summons upon the petition to the contestee, returnable by the day designated by the circuit court to the circuit court. The summons shall be served in any county of the state in the same manner provided for service of process in civil actions. If the contestee cannot be found within two days, the summons shall be served by leaving the summons and a copy of the petition at the residence address shown on the contestee's declaration of candidacy and by posting the summons in a conspicuous place in the office of the clerk of the circuit court.

2. Immediately after the petition is filed, the clerk of the circuit court shall send by certified or registered mail a certified copy of the petition to the election authority responsible for issuing a statement announcing the results of the contested election and to each election authority responsible for conducting the election in any area where an alleged irregularity occurred.

3. Not later than fifteen days after the petition is filed, the contestee may file an answer to the petition, specifying reasons why his nomination should not be contested. If the contestee wishes to contest the validity of any votes given to the contestant, he shall set forth in his answer the votes he wishes to contest and the facts he will prove in support of such contest and shall pray leave to produce his proof.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 13.310) Effective 1-01-78
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.152 — MO Code / Chapter 393 / Section 393.152
393.152 Delinquency in payment, deposit or guarantee to continue service ...
Status: in_force

393.152. Delinquency in payment, deposit or guarantee to continue service prohibited, when — inapplicability. — 1. A public utility regulated under this chapter shall not require a deposit or guarantee as a condition of continued residential service to any existing customer who has been delinquent in paying his or her utility bill at least five times in twelve consecutive months if:

(1) Such customer has consistently made a payment for each month during the twelve consecutive months, provided that each payment is made by the delinquent date; and

(2) Each payment made in subdivision (1) of this subsection is at least seventy-five dollars or twenty-five percent of the total outstanding balance, provided that the total outstanding balance is three hundred dollars or less.

2. This section shall not apply to any customer whose total outstanding balance exceeds three hundred dollars or to any customer making payments under a pay plan previously arranged with the utility.

(L. 2011 S.B. 48)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 108.175 — MO Code / Chapter 108 / Section 108.175
108.175 Use of facsimile signatures and seals, requirements — Missouri banks or ...
Status: in_force

108.175. Use of facsimile signatures and seals, requirements — Missouri banks or trust companies may act as agents, exception. — 1. All other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, whenever under any statute, or under any charter of any municipal corporation or county in this state, any bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness is issued by any county, city, town, village, school district, educational institution, drainage district, levee district, nursing home district, hospital district, library district, road district, fire protection district, water supply district, sewer district, housing authority, land clearance for redevelopment authority, special authority created under section 64.920 , authority created pursuant to the provisions of chapter 238 , or other municipality, political subdivision or district of this state, the seal of such issuer may be impressed thereon or affixed thereto or imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon, and if such bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness shall be authenticated by a bank or trust company having its principal office in the state of Missouri by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer or employee thereof, the duly authorized officers of such issuer executing and attesting such bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness may all do so by facsimile signature provided such signatures have been duly filed as provided in the uniform facsimile signature of public officials law, and only a bank or trust company having its principal office in the state of Missouri, when duly authorized by ordinance or resolution of such issuer, may act for and on behalf of any such issuer as the transfer agent, registrar, paying agent, authenticating agent or other agent with respect to such bond note or other evidence of indebtedness, except that nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit a bank or trust company having its principal office outside the state of Missouri from serving as a copaying agent with respect to such bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness.

2. All other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, whenever under any statute, or under any charter of any municipal corporation or county in this state, any bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness is authorized to bear a facsimile signature or signatures, such bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness may bear the facsimile signature of the person or persons holding the office or offices of said issuer authorized to execute or attest the same on the date of the original issuance thereof regardless of the fact that said office or offices may be held by other persons on the date of any exchange, sale or transfer of such bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness.

(L. 1983 S.B. 181) Effective 7-1-83
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.1692 — MO Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.1692
454.1692 Direct request.
Status: in_force

454.1692. Direct request. — (a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this state applies.

(b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, sections 454.1695 through 454.1716 apply.

(c) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention support order or foreign support agreement:

(1) a security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and

(2) an obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefitted from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this state under the same circumstances.

(d) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the family support division.

(e) This Article, sections 454.1680 to 454.1716 , does not prevent the application of laws of this state that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.

(L. 2011 H.B. 260) Effective 6-15-16, see § 454.1728
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 61.250 — MO Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61.250
61.250 Failure of overseer to follow instructions — penalty (second, third and ...
Status: in_force

61.250. Failure of overseer to follow instructions — penalty (second, third and fourth class counties). — All overseers shall follow the plans and instructions of the county highway engineer in all matters concerning the expenditure of the funds and improving the roads, and should any road overseer fail or refuse, without sufficient cause, to follow the plans and instructions of the county highway engineer, the county highway engineer may suspend such overseer, and shall at once report the matter to the county commission, and said commission, upon hearing, may remove such overseer from office.

(RSMo 1939 § 8666) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8017; 1919 § 10793; 1909 § 10562
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 515.060 — MO Code / Chapter 515 / Section 515.060
515.060 Referees to hear and determine cause without delay.
Status: in_force

515.060. Referees to hear and determine cause without delay. — The referee or referees appointed in pursuance of any order of reference shall proceed with diligence to hear and determine the matter in controversy.

(RSMo 1939 § 1144) Prior revisions: 1929 § 978; 1919 § 1428; 1909 § 1998
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 293.080 — MO Code / Chapter 293 / Section 293.080
293.080 Mine owner to report, when.
Status: in_force

293.080. Mine owner to report, when. — Every operator shall submit a report to the director during the month of January of each year, which report shall include the name of the person or firm engaged in mining, the location of the mines, the number of acres of land owned or leased, the number of shafts, adits, slopes or open pits operated, the number of men employed in and about the mines, average wages paid employees, the amount of mineral produced, the number and description of all accidents resulting in serious personal injury and the number and description of all fatal accidents.

(L. 1959 S.B. 188 § 9)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 386.120 — MO Code / Chapter 386 / Section 386.120
386.120 Office of commission, hours — meetings — official seal — equipment, ...
Status: in_force

386.120. Office of commission, hours — meetings — official seal — equipment, supplies — commissioners to reside where — service upon commission, what constitutes, how made. — 1. The principal office of the commission shall be at the state capital at the city of Jefferson City. The office required by this subsection shall be provided and assigned by the board of public buildings.

2. The commission shall at all times, except Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, be open and in session for the transaction of business and the commissioners shall devote their entire time to the duties of their office.

3. The commission shall have an official seal bearing the following inscription: "Public Service Commission of the State of Missouri". The seal shall be affixed to all writs and authentications of copies of records and to such other instruments as the commission shall direct. All courts shall take judicial notice of such seal.

4. The commission may sue and be sued in its official name. The offices of said commission shall be supplied with all necessary books, maps, charts, stationery, office furniture, telephone and telegraph connections, and all other necessary appliances and incidentals, to be paid for in the same manner as other expenses authorized by this chapter.

5. The offices of the commission shall be open during business hours on all days except Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, and one or more responsible persons, designated by the commission or by the secretary, under the direction of the commission, shall be on duty at all times, in immediate charge thereof.

6. Any summons or other writ issued by any court of this state or of the federal government shall be served upon the secretary of the commission or on any commissioner at the principal office of the commission in Jefferson City. Service of any summons or other writ upon the secretary of the commission, or upon any single commissioner, shall constitute service upon the entire commission.

(RSMo 1939 § 5587, A.L. 1984 H.B. 1477, A.L. 2009 S.B. 376) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5131; 1919 § 10420