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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 336.140 — MO Code / Chapter 336 / Section 336.140
336.140 Board meetings — compensation of board members — fund created, use, ...
Status: in_force

336.140. Board meetings — compensation of board members — fund created, use, transferred to general revenue, when. — 1. The board shall hold meetings for the examination of applicants for registration and the transaction of other business pertaining to its duties at least once in six months. Such regular meetings require at least ten days' public notice of the time and place of such meetings. The president or vice president of the board shall have the authority to call additional meetings of the board without the ten-day notice when such is deemed necessary, provided that sufficient notice is given to the other board members and to the general public under chapter 610 . Each member of the board shall receive as compensation an amount set by the board not to exceed fifty dollars for each day devoted to the affairs of the board, and shall be entitled to reimbursement of his or her expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of his or her official duties. All fees payable under this chapter shall be collected by the division of professional registration, which shall transmit the same to the department of revenue for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of a fund to be known as the "Optometry Fund". All costs and expenses incurred in administering the provisions of this chapter shall be appropriated and paid from this fund.

2. The provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding, money in this fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue until the amount in the fund at the end of the biennium exceeds two times the amount of the appropriation from the board's funds for the preceding fiscal year or, if the board requires by rule permit renewal less frequently than yearly, then three times the appropriation from the board's funds for the preceding fiscal year. The amount, if any, in the fund which shall lapse is that amount in the fund which exceeds the appropriate multiple of the appropriations from the board's funds for the preceding fiscal year.

(RSMo 1939 § 10112, A. 1949 H.B. 2074, A.L. 1963 p. 432, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1266, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 1985 S.B. 99, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780 merged with S.B. 308, A.L. 2008 S.B. 850) Prior revision: 1929 § 13500
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 290.565 — MO Code / Chapter 290 / Section 290.565
290.565 Law not to apply to certain personnel.
Status: in_force

290.565. Law not to apply to certain personnel. — The provisions of sections 290.550 to 290.580 shall not apply to regularly employed nonresident executive, supervisory or technical personnel.

(L. 1993 H.B. 416 & 417 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 490.270 — MO Code / Chapter 490 / Section 490.270
490.270 Certified copies of religious records.
Status: in_force

490.270. Certified copies of religious records. — Copies of the register referred to in section 490.260 , certified by the pastor or other head of any such society or congregation, or by the clerk or other keeper of such register, and verified by his affidavit in writing, shall be received in evidence.

(RSMo 1939 § 1830) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1666; 1919 § 5353; 1909 § 6298
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 196.056 — MO Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.056
196.056 Charitable fund-raising events, nonprofit organization may prepare food in ...
Status: in_force

196.056. Charitable fund-raising events, nonprofit organization may prepare food in private home — notification to consumer — exceptions. — 1. A nonprofit organization may prepare food in a private home or other area for distribution to the end consumer at a charitable fund-raising event.

2. The nonprofit organization may inform the consumer by placing a clearly visible placard at the serving location that the food was prepared in a kitchen that is not subject to regulation and inspection by the regulatory authority.

3. The nonprofit organization may notify the regulatory authority in writing or via electronic mail prior to the beginning of the event. If made, such notification shall include the following: name of the nonprofit organization; date, time, and location of the event; and name and contact information of the person responsible for the event.

4. This section does not apply to a food establishment regulated by the department of health and senior services providing food for the event.

5. This section shall not apply to any county with a charter form of government and with more than nine hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, any city not within a county, any county with a charter form of government and with more than two hundred thousand but fewer than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, any county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants, any home rule city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than one county, any county with a charter form of government and with more than three hundred thousand but fewer than four hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, any county of the first classification with more than two hundred thousand but fewer than two hundred sixty thousand inhabitants, and any county of the first classification with more than one hundred fifty thousand but fewer than two hundred thousand inhabitants.

6. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the authority of the department of health and senior services or local health departments to conduct an investigation of a food-borne disease or outbreak.

(L. 2014 S.B. 525)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 190.821 — MO Code / Chapter 190 / Section 190.821
190.821 Tax period — failure to pay, delinquency, enforcement procedures.
Status: in_force

190.821. Tax period — failure to pay, delinquency, enforcement procedures. — 1. An ambulance service reimbursement allowance tax period as provided in sections 190.800 to 190.836 shall be from the first day of October to the thirtieth day of September. The department shall notify each ambulance service with a balance due on the thirtieth day of September of each year the amount of such balance due. If any ambulance service fails to pay its ambulance service reimbursement allowance tax within thirty days of such notice, the reimbursement allowance shall be delinquent. The reimbursement allowance tax may remain unpaid during an appeal as provided in section 190.812 .

2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if any reimbursement allowance tax imposed under section 190.800 is unpaid and delinquent, the department of social services may proceed to enforce the state's lien against the property of the ambulance service and to compel the payment of such reimbursement allowance tax in the circuit court having jurisdiction in the county where the ambulance service is located. In addition, the director of the department of social services or the director's designee may cancel or refuse to issue, extend, or reinstate a MO HealthNet participation agreement to any ambulance service which fails to pay such delinquent reimbursement allowance tax required by section 190.800 unless under appeal as allowed in section 190.812 .

3. Except as otherwise provided in this section, failure to pay a delinquent reimbursement allowance tax imposed under section 190.800 shall be grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of a license granted under this chapter. The director of the department of social services may notify the department of health and senior services to deny, suspend, or revoke the license of any ambulance service which fails to pay a delinquent reimbursement allowance tax unless under appeal as provided in section 190.812 .

(L. 2009 S.B. 307) Expires 9-30-29; see § 190.839
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 142.200 — MO Code / Chapter 142 / Section 142.200
142.200 Duty of attorney general — suit in name of state.
Status: in_force

142.200. Duty of attorney general — suit in name of state. — It is hereby made the duty of the attorney general of the state of Missouri to render all necessary assistance to the director of revenue in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and for such purpose any and all civil suits and actions for the enforcement of any provision of this chapter may be brought in the name of the state of Missouri at the relation of the director of revenue, and for such purpose, the attorney general is hereby authorized and empowered to employ such counsel and special attorneys as may in his judgment be necessary and any expenses so incurred by the attorney general in his employment of counsel and in the enforcement of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be chargeable against and paid out of funds appropriated for such purpose.

(L. 1943 p. 670 § 25, A.L. 1972 S.B. 263, A.L. 1998 S.B. 619) Effective 1-1-99
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 508.074 — MO Code / Chapter 508 / Section 508.074
508.074 Civil action, transfer of prohibited if result is application of foreign law.
Status: in_force

508.074. Civil action, transfer of prohibited if result is application of foreign law. — No state court, arbitration panel, tribunal, or administrative agency shall transfer any civil action if such transfer would result in the application of any other foreign law, as the term foreign law is defined in section 506.602 , that would violate or likely violate fundamental rights, as the term fundamental rights is defined in section 506.602 .

(L. 2026 S.B. 977 & 1011)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 139.250 — MO Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.250
139.250 Failure to make payment — forfeiture — proceedings against defaulting collector.
Status: in_force

139.250. Failure to make payment — forfeiture — proceedings against defaulting collector. — 1. If any collector or collector-treasurer fails to make payment of the amount due from him or her on settlement, or in the time and manner prescribed by law, he or she and his or her sureties shall be liable to pay, as a penalty, ten percent a month on the amount wrongfully withheld, to be computed from the time the amount ought to have been paid until actual payment. This section shall apply to all revenue collections made by him or her, whether for state, county, city, town, district or school taxes, general or special, except that this section shall not apply to any collections related to taxes paid under protest or as part of a disputed assessment.

2. In case of refusal, notice may be served upon the collector or collector-treasurer in default and his or her sureties, informing them that a motion will be made to the circuit court of the county for a judgment against the collector and his or her sureties, for all sums of money due from him or her to the state or county, as the case may be, at time of making the motion, together with the penalty aforesaid.

3. The circuit courts of this state may hear and determine all such motions and proceedings.

4. The judgments rendered by the court under the provisions of this section shall have the same force and effect and be enforced in the same manner that other judgments in the circuit courts of this state are enforced.

5. Proceedings under this section shall be in the state or county, as the case may be. The notice may be served by any sheriff, coroner, or other person who would be a competent witness, and shall be served at least five days before the motion is made. The court may compel the production of all books, papers, records and other documents in the possession of the collector or others, to be used as evidence in the cause.

(RSMo 1939 § 11104; RSMo 1939 § 11105, A.L. 1945 p. 1907, A.L. 1959 H.B. 106, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1593) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 9933, 9934; 1919 §§ 12925, 12926; 1909 §§ 11479, 11480
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.810 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.810
227.810 Annistyn Kate Rackley Memorial Highway designated in Pemiscot County.
Status: in_force

227.810. Annistyn Kate Rackley Memorial Highway designated in Pemiscot County. — The portion of State Highway J from CST Service Road continuing west to State Highway U in Pemiscot County shall be designated the "Annistyn Kate Rackley Memorial Highway". The department of transportation shall erect and maintain appropriate signs designating such highway, with the costs to be paid by private donations.

(L. 2022 H.B. 1738)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 304.341 — MO Code / Chapter 304 / Section 304.341
304.341 Turns at intersection — violation, penalty.
Status: in_force

304.341. Turns at intersection — violation, penalty. — 1. The driver of a vehicle intending to turn at an intersection shall do so as follows:

(1) Right turns. — Both the approach for a right turn and a right turn shall be made as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway.

(2) Left turns. — The driver of a vehicle intending to turn left at any intersection shall approach the intersection in the extreme left-hand lane lawfully available to the traffic moving in the direction of travel of such vehicle and, after entering the intersection, the left turn shall be made so as to leave the intersection in a lane lawfully available to traffic moving in such direction upon the roadway being entered.

(3) The highways and transportation commission or local authorities in their respective jurisdictions may cause official traffic-control devices to be placed within or adjacent to intersections and thereby require and direct that a different course from that specified in this section be traveled by vehicles turning at an intersection, and when such devices are so placed no driver of a vehicle shall turn a vehicle at any intersection other than as directed and required by such devices.

2. It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite direction at any intersection controlled by a traffic signal or police officer; nor shall such turn be made at any place unless the movement can be made in safety and without interfering with other traffic. The driver of a vehicle shall not turn such vehicle around so as to proceed in the opposite direction upon any curve or upon the approach to or near the crest of a grade, or at any place upon a roadway where such vehicle cannot be seen by the driver of any other vehicle approaching from either direction along the roadway within a distance of three hundred feet, or where the same may create a traffic hazard.

3. No vehicle in a residence district shall be turned left across the roadway or so as to proceed in the opposite direction when any other vehicle is approaching from either direction where the same may create a traffic hazard.

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 304.361 , violation of this section is a class C misdemeanor.

(L. 1969 S.B. 180 § 8.304.018, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1047)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 379.1970 — MO Code / Chapter 379 / Section 379.1970
379.1970 Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

379.1970. Rulemaking authority. — The department of commerce and insurance may promulgate all necessary rules and regulations for the administration of sections 379.1900 to 379.1970 . 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 January 1, 2026, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 2025 H.B. 974, et al.) Effective 1-01-26
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 630.020 — MO Code / Chapter 630 / Section 630.020
630.020 Departmental goals, duties.
Status: in_force

630.020. Departmental goals, duties. — 1. The department shall seek to do the following for the citizens of this state:

(1) Reduce the incidence and prevalence of mental disorders, developmental disabilities and alcohol or drug abuse through primary, secondary and tertiary prevention;

(2) Maintain and enhance intellectual, interpersonal and functional skills of individuals affected by mental disorders, developmental disabilities or alcohol or drug abuse by operating, funding and licensing modern treatment and habilitation programs provided in the least restrictive environment possible;

(3) Improve public understanding of and attitudes toward mental disorders, developmental disabilities and alcohol and drug abuse.

2. The department shall make necessary orders, policies and procedures for the government, administration, discipline and management of its facilities, programs and operations.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1724)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.840 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.840
162.840 Form of ballot.
Status: in_force

162.840. Form of ballot. — The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall there be organized a special school district comprising the school districts of ______ (described by school district name and/or number), state of Missouri, for vocational education and for the education and training of handicapped and severely handicapped children, embracing the entire area of these school districts, having the power to impose a property tax not to exceed the annual rate of twenty-five cents on each hundred dollars assessed valuation, and any additional tax that is approved hereafter by vote thereon, and to be known as "The Special School District of ______," as prayed for by a petition filed with state board of education on the ______ day of ______, 20______?

(L. 1973 H.B. 474 § 39, A.L. 1974 S.B. 571, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 238.408 — MO Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.408
238.408 Property held by transit authority — status for purposes of taxation.
Status: in_force

238.408. Property held by transit authority — status for purposes of taxation. — All property, real and personal, owned or held by any transit authority established pursuant to section 238.400 , and all interest income derived from any notes, bonds or other instruments in writing issued by such transit authority, shall possess the same status, with respect to taxation in the state of Missouri, as is now or may hereafter be possessed by property, real and personal, owned or held by cities within the state of Missouri, and by the interest income derived from notes, bonds or other instruments in writing issued by such cities.

(L. 1991 S.B. 235 § 5)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 178.920 — MO Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.920
178.920 Procedure for establishing sheltered workshops — hearing — certificate — ...
Status: in_force

178.920. Procedure for establishing sheltered workshops — hearing — certificate — revocation. — 1. Any group of persons desiring to establish a sheltered workshop which will be eligible for state aid shall request a certificate of approval from the department. The request shall be in writing on forms provided by the department, and shall contain such information as the department may reasonably require.

2. Within sixty days after receipt of the request, the department shall hold a hearing to determine suitability of the proposed sheltered workshop to provide appropriate supervised employment and rehabilitation for handicapped persons.

3. If, after hearing, the department determines that the proposed sheltered workshop will be a proper agent of the state for the purpose of employment and rehabilitation of handicapped persons, it shall notify the persons requesting the certificate that they will be issued a certificate of approval upon filing with the department the applicant's certificate of incorporation as a not-for-profit corporation and a copy of its charter and bylaws. No provision of the charter or bylaws shall conflict with the rules and regulations of the department.

4. The department may refuse to issue a certificate of authority if it finds that a proposed sheltered workshop will not be a proper agency of the state for the purpose of employment and rehabilitation of handicapped persons and it may, after notice and hearing, revoke the certificate of authority of any sheltered workshop which is no longer qualified because the need for the workshop no longer exists or for violation of any rule or regulation of the department.

(L. 1965 p. 309 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 306.113 — MO Code / Chapter 306 / Section 306.113
306.113 Operate defined — probable cause required.
Status: in_force

306.113. Operate defined — probable cause required. — 1. For purposes of sections 306.111 to 306.119 * , the term "operate" means to physically control the movement of a vessel in motion under mechanical or sail power in water.

2. No arrest shall be made under sections 306.111 to 306.119 * unless probable cause exists for that arrest.

(L. 1993 S.B. 167) Effective 6-30-93 *Section 306.111 was transferred to section 577.025 and the following sections were repealed by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17: 306.112 306.116 306.118 306.114 306.117 306.119
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 307.018 — MO Code / Chapter 307 / Section 307.018
307.018 Traffic citation, infraction, no warrant of arrest, when — alternate ...
Status: in_force

307.018. Traffic citation, infraction, no warrant of arrest, when — alternate notice, procedure. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no court shall issue a warrant of arrest for a person's failure to respond, pay the fine assessed, or appear in court with respect to a traffic citation issued for an infraction under the provisions of this chapter. In lieu of such warrant of arrest, the court shall issue a notice of failure to respond, pay the fine assessed, or appear, and the court shall schedule a second court date for the person to respond, pay the fine assessed, or appear. A copy of the court's notice with the new court date shall be sent to the driver of the vehicle. If the driver fails to respond, pay the fine assessed, or appear on the second court date, the court shall issue a second notice of failure to respond, pay the fine assessed, or appear. If the driver fails to respond, pay the fine assessed, or appear after the second notice, the court may issue a default judgment under section 556.021 for the infraction.

2. At any point after the default judgment has been entered, the driver may appear in court to state that he or she is unable to pay and to request the court to modify the judgment. The court shall hold a hearing to determine whether the driver has the ability to pay. If the court finds the driver lacks the present ability to pay, the court shall modify the judgment in any way authorized by statute or court rule, including:

(1) Allowing for payment of the fine on an installment basis;

(2) Waiving or reducing the amount owed; or

(3) Requiring the driver to perform community service or attend a court-ordered program in lieu of payment.

3. At any point after the default judgment has been entered, the driver may appear in court and show proof that he or she corrected the equipment violation for which the fine and costs were assessed. If the driver shows such proof, the court may waive the fines and costs that are due.

(L. 2024 S.B. 754, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 92.350 — MO Code / Chapter 92 / Section 92.350
92.350 State and political subdivisions to deduct earnings tax — compensation for ...
Status: in_force

92.350. State and political subdivisions to deduct earnings tax — compensation for collecting. — The state of Missouri and all its political subdivisions or instrumentalities shall deduct from the wages and salaries of their employees the amount of any municipal earnings tax levied upon the income of the particular employee, and pay same to the municipality levying said tax. The state of Missouri and its political subdivisions and instrumentalities shall be entitled to deduct and retain of the total amount so collected to compensate such employer for collecting the tax a percentage as follows: Three percent if said municipal earnings tax is one-half of one percent of gross earnings. One and one-half percent if said municipal earnings tax is one percent of gross earnings.

(L. 1965 p. 216 § 92.285)