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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 292.430 — MO Code / Chapter 292 / Section 292.430
292.430 Penalty for violation.
Status: in_force

292.430. Penalty for violation. — Any person, firm or corporation who shall, personally or through any agent violate any of the provisions of sections 292.300 to 292.440 , or who fails or refuses to comply with any of its requirements, or who obstructs or interferes with any examination or investigation being made by the inspection section in accordance with the provisions of sections 292.300 to 292.440 , or any employee who shall violate any of the provisions of sections 292.300 to 292.440 , shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars or more than two hundred dollars and in each case shall stand committed until such fine and costs are paid, unless otherwise discharged by due process of law.

(RSMo 1939 § 10224) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13265; 1919 § 6830
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 105.680 — MO Code / Chapter 105 / Section 105.680
105.680 Expenses for cost statements, how paid.
Status: in_force

105.680. Expenses for cost statements, how paid. — 1. For any proposed change in plan benefits, the expense of having the cost statement prepared shall be assured before the legislative body may take final action to approve a proposed substantial change in plan benefits.

2. The expense of having the cost statement prepared shall be paid by the plan if the substantial proposed change is initiated or approved by the plan's governing board.

3. When the general assembly is the legislative body considering a proposed change in plan benefits, the joint committee on public employee retirement, upon approval by a majority of the statutory number of senators serving on the committee and approval of a majority of the statutory number of representatives serving on the committee, may assume the expense of preparing a cost statement required by sections 105.660 to 105.685 by employing or contracting with an actuary or actuaries who possess the qualifications required by the provisions of sections 105.660 to 105.685 upon such terms as may be agreed upon and within the limits of appropriations made therefor, or may order the plan to provide such statement.

4. If the expense of preparing the cost statement is not assured by reason of subsection 2 or 3 above, the expense shall be paid by the individual, group of individuals, department or agency seeking such proposed change.

(L. 1979 H.B. 130 § 5, A.L. 1985 H.B. 695)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 246.150 — MO Code / Chapter 246 / Section 246.150
246.150 Lands to remain subject to district taxes.
Status: in_force

246.150. Lands to remain subject to district taxes. — Any lands sold for delinquent state, county, school, road or other general taxes shall remain subject to any taxes, assessments or installments thereof, thereafter to become due to any levee or drainage district for years subsequent to the year for which such general taxes were delinquent and to satisfy which the lands were sold.

(RSMo 1939 § 12610) Prior revision: 1929 § 11021
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 454.630 — MO Code / Chapter 454 / Section 454.630
454.630 Release of information.
Status: in_force

454.630. Release of information. — When an order for health benefit plan coverage pursuant to sections 454.600 to 454.645 is in effect, the obligor's employer or union shall * release to the division or obligee, upon request, information on such coverage, including the name of the administrator or insurer.

(L. 1993 S.B. 253 § 13) Effective 5-26-93 *Word "shall" does not appear in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 263.515 — MO Code / Chapter 263 / Section 263.515
263.515 Quarantined areas, authority from regulations by department — articles from ...
Status: in_force

263.515. Quarantined areas, authority from regulations by department — articles from other states regulated. — 1. The department may promulgate regulations quarantining this state, or any portion thereof, and governing the storage or other handling in the quarantined areas of regulated articles and the movement of regulated articles into or from such areas. The department shall determine when such action is necessary, or appears reasonably necessary, to prevent or retard the spread of the boll weevil.

2. The department may promulgate regulations governing the movement of regulated articles from other states or portions thereof into this state when such state is known to be infested with the boll weevil.

(L. 1995 S.B. 66 § 7)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 290.305 — MO Code / Chapter 290 / Section 290.305
290.305 Rebates by workers prohibited, exception.
Status: in_force

290.305. Rebates by workers prohibited, exception. — No person, firm or corporation shall violate the wage provisions of any contract contemplated in sections 290.210 to 290.340 or suffer or require any employee to work for less than the rate of wages so fixed, or violate any of the provisions contained in sections 290.210 to 290.340 . Where workers are employed and their rate of wages has been determined as provided in sections 290.210 to 290.340 , no person, either on his or her behalf or for any other person, shall request, demand or receive, either before or after such worker is engaged, that such worker pay back, return, donate, contribute, or give any part or all of said worker's wages, salary, or thing of value, to any person, upon the statement, representation, or understanding that failure to comply with such request or demand will prevent such worker from procuring or retaining employment, and no person shall, directly or indirectly, pay, request or authorize any other person to violate this section. This section shall not apply to any agent or representative of a duly constituted labor organization acting in the collection of dues or assessments of such organization.

(L. 1969 S.B. 142, A.L. 2018 H.B. 1729, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 362.145 — MO Code / Chapter 362 / Section 362.145
362.145 Content of application — director may approve or reject — examination of ...
Status: in_force

362.145. Content of application — director may approve or reject — examination of branches. — 1. The application shall specify the name, capital and surplus of the bank or trust company filing it, the amount of capital and surplus set aside for the purpose and the powers applied for, together with the place or places where operations are to be carried on, if the application is for permission to establish a branch or branches, and the location of the chief office of the bank or banks, corporation or corporations, if the application is for permission to invest in the stock of any such bank or corporation.

2. The director shall have power to approve or reject the application, in whole or in part, if, for any reason, the granting of the application is deemed inexpedient, and shall also have the power from time to time to increase or decrease the number of places where the banking operations may be carried on.

3. Every bank or trust company organized hereunder operating foreign branches shall be required to furnish information concerning the condition of the branches to the director, upon demand, and the director may order a special examination of the branches at such time or times as he may deem best.

(RSMo 1939 § 7948, A.L. 1967 p. 445) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5353; 1919 § 11736
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 487.200 — MO Code / Chapter 487 / Section 487.200
487.200 Medication-assisted treatment, not prohibited, when.
Status: in_force

487.200. Medication-assisted treatment, not prohibited, when. — 1. As used in this section, "medication-assisted treatment" means the use of pharmacological medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a whole patient approach to the treatment of substance use disorders.

2. If a family court participant requires treatment for opioid or other substance misuse or dependence, a family court shall not prohibit such participant from participating in and receiving medication-assisted treatment under the care of a physician licensed in this state to practice medicine. A family court participant shall not be required to refrain from using medication-assisted treatment as a term or condition of successful completion of the family court program.

3. A family court participant assigned to a treatment program for opioid or other substance misuse or dependence shall not be in violation of the terms or conditions of the family court on the basis of his or her participation in medication-assisted treatment under the care of a physician licensed in this state to practice medicine.

(L. 2017 S.B. 501)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 292.380 — MO Code / Chapter 292 / Section 292.380
292.380 Workrooms to be kept in sanitary condition.
Status: in_force

292.380. Workrooms to be kept in sanitary condition. — All employers engaged in carrying on any process or manufacture or labor referred to in section 292.310 , shall provide and maintain adequate devices for carrying off all poisonous or injurious fumes from any furnaces which may be employed in any such process or manufacture or labor, and shall also provide and maintain adequate and efficient facilities for carrying off all injurious dust, and the floors in any room or apartment where such work or process is carried on shall be kept and maintained in a smooth and hard condition, and no sweeping shall be permitted during working hours except where the floor in such workshop is dampened so as to prevent the raising of dust; and all ore, slag, dross and fume shall be kept in some room or apartment separate from the workrooms occupied by the employees, and all mixing and weighing of such ore, slag, dross or fume shall be done in such separate room or apartment, and all such material shall be dampened or covered before being handled or transported by employees.

(RSMo 1939 § 10219) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13260; 1919 § 6825
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 267.603 — MO Code / Chapter 267 / Section 267.603
267.603 Quarantined livestock testing — violations of orders — hearing — witnesses, ...
Status: in_force

267.603. Quarantined livestock testing — violations of orders — hearing — witnesses, fees and mileage — penalties, fines — appeals — fines credited to enforcement and administration fund. — 1. Any owner or custodian of livestock placed under quarantine may be required by the state veterinarian to test or retest such livestock for disease, in accordance with the terms and conditions and upon such schedule as the state veterinarian shall designate in his order of quarantine. In the event that disease is discovered in any such livestock the owner thereof shall comply with the order of the state veterinarian in effecting the removal, disposition, or cure of any such diseased livestock, or animals or birds exposed thereto, in the manner and in the time period designated in such orders.

2. Any person who violates an order of the state veterinarian issued under this section may be summoned by the director to a hearing to be held in the county where the livestock are quarantined to be set not later than twenty days from the date of summons. At the hearing, such person and the state shall have the opportunity to present in person or by counsel such statements, testimony, evidence and argument as may be pertinent to the charges or to any defense. The director may subpoena any persons or documents incident to the hearing, the director or his designated representative may take testimony orally, by deposition or by exhibit, in the same manner and with the same fees and mileage as prescribed in judicial proceedings in civil cases. The director or his designated representative may also administer oaths to those giving evidence. Following the hearing the director may:

(1) Assess a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for each violation and a penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each day such person fails to implement tests for disease or effect the removal, disposal or cure of livestock subject to prior order of quarantine; or

(2) Dismiss the case.

3. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the director after a hearing pursuant to this section may appeal to the circuit court for a trial de novo in the county where the livestock are quarantined. All penalties assessed under this section shall be credited to the livestock dealer law enforcement and administration fund.

(L. 1989 S.B. 300) Effective 5-04-89
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 10.247 — MO Code / Chapter 10 / Section 10.247
10.247 UFO Capitals of Missouri, city of Piedmont and county of Wayne.
Status: in_force

10.247. UFO Capitals of Missouri, city of Piedmont and county of Wayne. — The city of Piedmont and the county of Wayne are hereby selected for and shall be known as the "UFO Capitals of Missouri". Hundreds of UFO sightings occurred in Piedmont and Wayne County, Missouri, between February and April 1973. These incidents were part of a large pattern of UFO sightings throughout the United States in 1973.

(L. 2023 S.B. 139)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 469.250 — MO Code / Chapter 469 / Section 469.250
469.250 Payment or transfers to fiduciaries or at the direction of the fiduciary, ...
Status: in_force

469.250. Payment or transfers to fiduciaries or at the direction of the fiduciary, effect on transferor. — A person who in good faith pays or transfers to a fiduciary or to any other person as directed by a fiduciary any money or other property which the fiduciary as such is authorized to receive, is not responsible for the proper application thereof by the fiduciary, and any right or title acquired from the fiduciary in consideration of such payment or transfer is not invalid in consequence of a misapplication by the fiduciary.

(L. 1959 S.B. 121 § 2, A.L. 1991 S.B. 352, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1511) Effective 7-10-91 Transferred 2004; formerly 456.250 CROSS REFERENCE: Transfer of corporate securities by fiduciary, rights of corporation or agency, 403.250 to 430.350
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 459.020 — MO Code / Chapter 459 / Section 459.020
459.020 Revocation — mental or physical condition not considered part of medical ...
Status: in_force

459.020. Revocation — mental or physical condition not considered part of medical records — liability for failure to act, when. — 1. A declaration may be revoked at any time and in any manner by which the declarant is able to communicate his intent to revoke, without regard to mental or physical condition.

2. The attending physician or health care provider shall make the revocation a part of the declarant's medical record.

3. There shall be no criminal or civil liability on the part of any person for failure to act upon a revocation made pursuant to this section unless the revocation is in the patient's medical record or unless that person has actual knowledge of the revocation.

(L. 1985 S.B. 51 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 374.764 — MO Code / Chapter 374 / Section 374.764
374.764 Alleged violations and complaints, procedure.
Status: in_force

374.764. Alleged violations and complaints, procedure. — 1. The director shall examine and inquire into all alleged violations or complaints filed with the department of commerce and insurance of the bail bond law of the state, and inquire into and investigate the bail bond business transacted in the state by any bail bond agent, general bail bond agent, or surety recovery agent.

2. The director or any of his or her duly appointed agents may compel the attendance before him or her, and may examine, under oath, the directors, officers, bail bond agents, general bail bond agents, surety recovery agents, employees, or any other person in reference to the condition, affairs, management of the bail bond or surety recovery business, or any matters relating thereto. He or she may administer oaths or affirmations and shall have power to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses and to require and compel the production of records, books, papers, contracts, or other documents if necessary.

3. The director may make and conduct the investigation in person or the director may appoint one or more persons to make and conduct the investigation. If made by a person other than the director, the person duly appointed by the director shall have the same powers as granted to the director pursuant to this section. A certificate of appointment under the official seal of the director shall be sufficient authority and evidence thereof for the person to act. For the purpose of making the investigations, or having the same made, the director may employ the necessary clerical, actuarial, and other assistance.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1122) Effective 1-01-05
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 41.700 — MO Code / Chapter 41 / Section 41.700
41.700 Organized militia not liable for acts done in performance of duty.
Status: in_force

41.700. Organized militia not liable for acts done in performance of duty. — Whenever any portion of the organized militia is called into active service to execute the laws, engage in disaster relief, suppress actual or prevent threatened insurrection or repel invasion, the commanding officer shall use his own discretion with respect to the propriety of attacking or firing upon any mob or unlawful assembly. His honest and reasonable judgment in the exercise of his duty shall be full protection, civilly and criminally, for any act or acts done while on duty; and no member of the organized militia in the active service of the state shall be liable civilly or criminally for any act or acts done by him in the performance of his duty.

(L. 1951 p. 654 § 69)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 362.1116 — MO Code / Chapter 362 / Section 362.1116
362.1116 Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

362.1116. Rulemaking authority. — The director may issue forms and orders and, after notice and comment, may adopt and amend rules necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions of sections 362.1010 to 362.1117 and may repeal rules and forms.

(L. 2017 H.B. 292, A.L. 2024 S.B. 1359)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 172.290 — MO Code / Chapter 172 / Section 172.290
172.290 Grants not to be diverted — reasonable portion may be used for administration.
Status: in_force

172.290. Grants not to be diverted — reasonable portion may be used for administration. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, grants made to the curators for specified purposes and uses shall not be applied, either wholly or in part, to any other uses; provided, however, that in carrying out its duties as trustee, the curators may use a reasonable portion of its endowment to support internal endowment administration and development functions. For purposes of this section, "reasonable portion" shall mean no more than two percent of the total market value of the endowment for the applicable year.

(RSMo 1939 § 10809, A.L. 2009 H.B. 239) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9652; 1919 § 11549; 1909 § 11123
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 170.013 — MO Code / Chapter 170 / Section 170.013
170.013 Missouri higher education civics achievement examination, required when — ...
Status: in_force

170.013. Missouri higher education civics achievement examination, required when — question requirements. — 1. Any student entering a public institution of higher education for the first time after July 2019 who is pursuing an associate's or bachelor's degree from such institution shall successfully pass an examination on the provisions and principles of American civics with a score of seventy percent or greater as a condition of graduation from such institution. The examination shall be known as the "Missouri Higher Education Civics Achievement Examination".

2. The examination required under this section shall consist of at least fifty questions, but shall not exceed one hundred questions, and shall be similar to the one hundred questions administered to applicants for United States citizenship by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services division of the Department of Homeland Security. Subject matter on the examination shall include the United States Constitution, the United States Bill of Rights, governmental institutions, historical manifestations of federalism, and history of constitutional interpretation and amendments.

3. The examination required under this section may be included within any other examination that is administered on the provisions and principles of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the state of Missouri, and on American history and American institutions, as required in subsection 3 of section 170.011 .

4. Institutions of higher education may use online testing to comply with the provisions of this section.

(L. 2018 S.B. 807 & 577)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 91.840 — MO Code / Chapter 91 / Section 91.840
91.840 May establish rapid transit commission, or commissioner.
Status: in_force

91.840. May establish rapid transit commission, or commissioner. — All such cities are hereby authorized and empowered by ordinance to create and establish a rapid transit commission and determine the number of members thereof, or, in lieu of such commission, create the office of rapid transit commissioner; provide for the appointment and removal of such commission or commissioner, prescribe their qualifications, fix their term of office and compensation, define their powers and duties, provide for the employment of assistants, and do all other things necessary for the proper and efficient functioning of such commissioner or commission, and for carrying out effectively the provisions of sections 91.780 to 91.840 .

(RSMo 1939 § 7780) Prior revision: 1929 § 7640
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 99.350 — MO Code / Chapter 99 / Section 99.350
99.350 Board of commissioners — meetings — quorum — employees.
Status: in_force

99.350. Board of commissioners — meetings — quorum — employees. — 1. The powers hereunder vested in each land clearance for redevelopment authority shall be exercised by the board of commissioners thereof. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum of such board for the purpose of conducting business and exercising the powers of the authority and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the board upon a vote of a majority of the commissioners present, unless in any case the bylaws of the authority shall require a larger number. Meetings of the board of an authority may be held anywhere within the perimeter boundaries of the area of operation of the authority.

2. The commissioners of an authority shall elect a chairman and vice chairman from among the commissioners; however, the first chairman shall be designated by the mayor. An authority may employ an executive director, technical experts and such other officers, agents and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. For such legal services as it may require, an authority may call upon the chief law officer of the communities within its area of operation or may employ its own counsel and legal staff. An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such powers or duties as it may deem proper.

(L. 1951 p. 300 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 141.670 — MO Code / Chapter 141 / Section 141.670
141.670 Collector protected from all loss, cost, damages and expenses.
Status: in_force

141.670. Collector protected from all loss, cost, damages and expenses. — Any taxing authority or the owner or holder of any tax bill or bills, filing any list or lists of unpaid tax bills with the collector, shall protect, defend, indemnify and hold the collector harmless from any and all loss, cost, damage, or expense which such collector may incur or for which he may be liable, by reason of any error, mistake, omission or any other act rendering the collector liable to suit made by such taxing authority or the owner or holder of any such tax bill in the preparation and filing of such list or lists of tax bills with the collector.

(L. 1943 p. 1029 § 50)