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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 383.016 — MO Code / Chapter 383 / Section 383.016
383.016 Articles of association and bylaws, additional contents.
Status: in_force

383.016. Articles of association and bylaws, additional contents. — The articles of association and the bylaws of any association created under the provisions of sections 383.010 to 383.040 shall:

(1) Specify and define the types of assessments, including but not limited to initial, regular, operating, special, any other assessment to cover losses and expenses incurred in the operation of the association, or any other assessment to maintain or restore the association's assets, solvency, or surplus;

(2) Specify by type of assessment the assessments that shall apply to members, former members, or both members and former members of the association; and

(3) With respect to any assessment to cover losses and expenses incurred in the operation of the association and any assessment to maintain or restore the association's assets, solvency, or surplus specify:

(a) The exact method and criteria by which the amounts of each type of assessment are to be determined;

(b) The time in which the assessments must be paid;

(c) That such assessments shall be made without limitation as to frequency;

(d) The maximum amount of any single assessment; and

(e) How such assessments apply to members and former members.

(L. 2006 H.B. 1837)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.1818 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.1818
67.1818 Licensure, taxicab code to include administrative procedures.
Status: in_force

67.1818. Licensure, taxicab code to include administrative procedures. — The commission shall establish as part of the taxicab code its own internal, administrative procedure for decisions involving the granting, denying, suspending, or revoking of licenses, or the imposition of administrative penalties not to exceed two hundred dollars, and shall develop a schedule of penalties which shall be available to the public and provided to all owners and operators of taxicabs. The commission shall study and take into account rate and fee structures as well as the number of existing taxicab licenses within the district in considering new applications for such licenses. The internal procedures set forth in the taxicab code shall allow appeals from license-related decisions to be conducted by independent hearing officers.

(L. 2002 H.B. 1041, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 492.050 — MO Code / Chapter 492 / Section 492.050
492.050 Parties to be sworn according to the ceremonies of their religion.
Status: in_force

492.050. Parties to be sworn according to the ceremonies of their religion. — Every person, believing in any other than the Christian religion, shall be sworn according to the peculiar ceremonies of his religion, if there be any such ceremonies.

(RSMo 1939 § 1883) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1719; 1919 § 5406; 1909 § 6350
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 446.300 — MO Code / Chapter 446 / Section 446.300
446.300 Copies from Livre Terrein.
Status: in_force

446.300. Copies from Livre Terrein. — Copies of all petitions, grants, orders and returns of survey, and other evidences of title, contained in any land book, commonly called Livre Terrein, and copies of all such other records of the French or Spanish government, and of such evidences of title mentioned in the preceding section, as are by law required to be deposited in the office of the recorder of land titles, duly certified by him, shall be received in evidence, with like effect as the original.

(RSMo 1939 § 1834) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1670; 1919 § 5357; 1909 § 6302
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 630.035 — MO Code / Chapter 630 / Section 630.035
630.035 Appointment of facility heads, medical staffs.
Status: in_force

630.035. Appointment of facility heads, medical staffs. — 1. The directors of the various divisions of the department, with the approval of the department director, shall, in accordance with chapter 36 , appoint for each facility under the administration and control of their respective divisions chief administrative officers of the facilities.

2. The major facilities of the department shall have chiefs of medical staff who shall be licensed physicians with responsibilities for the development and monitoring of medical care and treatment.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1724)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 21.145 — MO Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21.145
21.145 Member's daily expense allowance — when paid.
Status: in_force

21.145. Member's daily expense allowance — when paid. — Each senator or representative shall be reimbursed from the state treasury for actual and necessary expenses in an amount equal to eighty percent of the federal per diem established by the Internal Revenue Service for Jefferson City for each day on which the journal of the senate or house, respectively, shows the presence of such senator or representative. Upon certification by the president and secretary of the senate and by the speaker and chief clerk of the house of representatives as to the respective members thereof, the commissioner of administration shall approve and the state treasurer shall pay monthly such expense allowance.

(L. 1973 H.B. 616, A.L. 1977 S.B. 372, A.L. 1997 S.B. 299, A.L. 1999 H.B. 368)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 33.827 — MO Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.827
33.827 Definitions.
Status: in_force

33.827. Definitions. — As used in sections 33.825 to 33.831 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Congressional delegation" , all members of the United States Senate and House of Representatives from Missouri;

(2) "State" , all agencies of the state including independent agencies, state colleges and universities; and

(3) "Unfunded federal mandate" , a provision of a federal law or regulation that raises state or local government costs without providing the corresponding funding.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1109, et al. § 8)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 150.010 — MO Code / Chapter 150 / Section 150.010
150.010 Merchant defined.
Status: in_force

150.010. Merchant defined. — 1. Every person, corporation, copartnership or association of persons, except motor vehicle dealers as defined in sections 150.010 to 150.015 , who shall deal in the selling of goods, wares and merchandise at any store, stand or place occupied for that purpose, is declared to be a "merchant" . Every person, corporation, copartnership or association of persons doing business in this state shall, as a practice in the conduct of such business, make or cause to be made any wholesale or retail sales of goods, wares and merchandise to any person, corporation, copartnership or association of persons, shall be deemed to be a merchant whether said sales be accommodation sales, whether they be made from a stock of goods on hand or by ordering goods from another source, and whether the subject of said sales be similar or different types of goods than the type, if any, regularly manufactured, processed or sold by said seller.

2. The term "merchant" includes motor vehicle dealers as defined in sections 150.010 to 150.015 , but motor vehicle dealers shall not be subject to any ad valorem tax on his stock of goods, wares and merchandise, as otherwise prescribed by this chapter, and a motor vehicle property tax as prescribed by sections 150.010 to 150.015 shall be levied in lieu of such ad valorem tax.

(RSMo 1939 § 11303, A.L. 1945 p. 1838, A.L. 1974 S.B. 402) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10075; 1919 § 13065; 1909 § 11617 Effective 1-1-75
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 507.120 — MO Code / Chapter 507 / Section 507.120
507.120 Appointment of next friend, by whom.
Status: in_force

507.120. Appointment of next friend, by whom. — The appointment of a next friend for an infant shall be made by the court in which the suit is intended to be brought, or by a judge or clerk thereof.

(RSMo 1939 § 860) Prior revisions: 1929 § 709; 1919 § 1166; 1909 § 1740
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 60.480 — MO Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60.480
60.480 Property descriptions based on United States public land survey recognized.
Status: in_force

60.480. Property descriptions based on United States public land survey recognized. — Descriptions of tracts of land by reference to subdivisions, lines, or corners of the United States public land survey, or other original pertinent surveys, are hereby recognized as the basic and prevailing method for describing such tracts. Whenever coordinates of the Missouri state plane coordinate system are used in such descriptions they shall be construed as being supplementary to descriptions of such subdivisions, lines, or corners contained in official plats and field notes of record; and, in the event of any conflict, the descriptions by reference to the subdivisions, lines, or corners of the United States public land surveys, or other original pertinent surveys shall prevail over the description by coordinates.

(L. 1965 p. 173 § 9, A.L. 2023 H.B. 202 merged with S.B. 138)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 472.290 — MO Code / Chapter 472 / Section 472.290
472.290 Rules of evidence to apply — exceptions — specific rules.
Status: in_force

472.290. Rules of evidence to apply — exceptions — specific rules. — In proceedings under this code the rules of evidence in circuit courts, including any relating to simultaneous deaths, are applicable unless specifically displaced by the code. In addition, the following rules relating to determination of death and status are applicable:

(1) A certified or authenticated copy of a death certificate issued by an official or agency of the place where the death occurred is prima facie proof of the fact, place, date, time of death, and the identity of the decedent;

(2) A certified or authenticated copy of any record or report of a governmental agency, domestic or foreign, that a person is missing, detained, dead, or alive is prima facie evidence, sufficient to support a judicial finding, of the status and of the dates, circumstances, and places disclosed by the record or report;

(3) A person who is absent for a continuous period of five years, during which time he has not been heard from, and whose absence is not satisfactorily explained after diligent search or inquiry, is presumed to be dead. His death is presumed to have occurred at the end of the period unless there is sufficient evidence for determining that death occurred earlier.

(L. 1980 S.B. 637) Effective 1-01-81
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 28.090 — MO Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28.090
28.090 To make copies of official acts.
Status: in_force

28.090. To make copies of official acts. — He shall make out and deliver to every person requiring the same copies of any act, resolution, order of the general assembly, commission or other official act of the governor, roll, record, document, paper, bond or recognizance, deposited in his office by law, and shall certify such copies, under his hand, and affix thereto the seal of his office; and such copies shall be admitted as evidence in all courts of this state.

(RSMo 1939 § 12997, A.L. 1945 p. 1724) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11372; 1919 § 11613; 1909 § 11184 CROSS REFERENCES: Trademarks, registration of, Chap. 417 Vessels, bottling liquids, registration of, 417.260
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 443.849 — MO Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.849
443.849 Bonding requirements.
Status: in_force

409.858. Annual report, records — amendment, broker — dealers — capital requirements — fidelity bonds — financial reports. — 1. Residential mortgage loan brokers shall deliver a surety bond to the director prior to the issuance or renewal of a license:

(1) The surety bond shall provide coverage in an amount as prescribed in subsection 2 of this section;

(2) The surety bond shall be in a form as prescribed by the director;

(3) Such bond shall be issued by a bonding or insurance company authorized to do business in Missouri and shall secure the faithful performance of the applicant, its employees or agents, including mortgage loan originators, in connection with the activities of originating, servicing, or acquiring mortgage loans;

(4) The director may promulgate rules with respect to the requirements for such surety bonds as are necessary to accomplish the purposes of sections 443.701 to 443.893 .

2. The penal sum of the surety bond shall be maintained in an amount that reflects the dollar amount of loans originated by the residential mortgage loan broker as determined by the director but in no case shall be less than fifty thousand dollars or more than one million dollars.

3. When an action is commenced on a licensee's bond, the director may require the filing of a new bond.

4. Immediately upon any recovery on the bond, the licensee shall file a new bond.

5. The surety bond is for the protection of borrowers and the director may make a claim on the bond on behalf of any borrower sustaining injury as the result of the actions of a licensee not in compliance with or in violation of any of the provisions of sections 443.701 to 443.893 .

6. In lieu of presenting a claim directly, the director may release the bond to a borrower or the borrower's attorney to present a claim.

7. The surety may cancel or withdraw the bond under such terms as the director may prescribe but the bond shall cover any actions that occurred while the bond was in place for the applicable period of limitations under statute and so long as the bond is not exhausted by valid claims of borrowers.

(L. 1994 S.B. 718 § 16, A.L. 1995 H.B. 63, et al., A.L. 2001 S.B. 538, A.L. 2009 H.B. 382) Effective 7-08-09
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 169.572 — MO Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169.572
169.572 Dissolution of marriage, court not to divide retirement benefits or Social ...
Status: in_force

169.572. Dissolution of marriage, court not to divide retirement benefits or Social Security benefits. — 1. No court shall divide or set aside any federal old-age, survivors or disability insurance benefit provided to any party pursuant to the federal Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 200 et seq., in any proceeding for dissolution of marriage.

2. Subsequent to August 28, 1991, a court of competent jurisdiction may divide the pension, annuity, benefits, rights, and retirement allowance provided pursuant to this chapter between the parties to any action for dissolution of marriage, to the same extent and in the same manner the court may divide any federal old-age, survivors or disability insurance benefit of the parties provided pursuant to the federal Social Security Act.

(L. 1989 H.B. 610 § 2, A.L. 1991 S.B. 242, et al. § 169.142) (1993) Where statute provides that public school teacher's pension benefits may be divided in action for dissolution of marriage to same extent as Social Security benefits, public school teacher's pension benefits are not marital property. Kieninger v. Catlett, 854 S.W.2d 59 (Mo. App. W.D.) (2003) Provision that public school retirement system benefits are non-divisible, nonmarital property does not violate substantive due process or equal protection rights. In re Marriage of Woodson, 92 S.W.3d 780 (Mo.banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 359.361 — MO Code / Chapter 359 / Section 359.361
359.361 Distribution in kind.
Status: in_force

359.361. Distribution in kind. — Except as provided in writing in the partnership agreement, a partner, regardless of the nature of his contribution, has no right to demand and receive any distribution from a limited partnership in any form other than cash. Except as provided in writing in the partnership agreement, a partner may not be compelled to accept a distribution of any asset in kind from a limited partnership to the extent that the percentage of the asset distributed to him exceeds a percentage of that asset which is equal to the percentage in which he shares in distributions from the limited partnership.

(L. 1985 H.B. 512 & 650, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1432)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 8.220 — MO Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.220
8.220 Amount expended for construction not to exceed appropriation.
Status: in_force

8.220. Amount expended for construction not to exceed appropriation. — Whenever the state of Missouri appropriates moneys for the erection of a public building designating the amount and naming a commission or board or any person to erect the building, or contract for the same, the commission, board or person shall not exceed the amount appropriated for the purpose in any manner, but shall strictly comply with the act appropriating the moneys. Any commission, board or person violating this section upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 14937, 14938, A.L. 1957 p. 726) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 13743, 13744; 1919 §§ 10385, 10386; 1909 §§ 1288, 1289
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 311.205 — MO Code / Chapter 311 / Section 311.205
311.205 Self-dispensing of beer permitted, when.
Status: in_force

*311.205. Self-dispensing of beer permitted, when. — 1. Any person licensed to sell liquor at retail by the drink for consumption on the premises where sold may use a self-dispensing system, which is monitored and controlled by the licensee and allows patrons of the licensee to self-dispense beer or wine. Before a patron may dispense beer or wine, an employee of the licensee must first authorize an amount of beer or wine, not to exceed thirty-two ounces of beer or sixteen ounces of wine per patron per authorization, to be dispensed by the self-dispensing system.

2. No provision of law or rule or regulation of the supervisor shall be interpreted to allow any wholesaler, distributor, or manufacturer of intoxicating liquor to furnish self-dispensing or cooling equipment or provide services for the maintenance, sanitation, or repair of self-dispensing systems.

(L. 2012 H.B. 1498, A.L. 2016 S.B. 919 merged with S.B. 994) Effective 8-28-16 (S.B. 919); *10-14-16 (S.B. 994), see § 21.250 *S.B. 994 was vetoed July 1, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.085 — MO Code / Chapter 571 / Section 571.085
571.085 Purchase in another state by Missouri residents, permitted when.
Status: in_force

571.085. Purchase in another state by Missouri residents, permitted when. — Residents of the state of Missouri may purchase firearms in any state, provided that such residents conform to the applicable provisions of the Federal Gun Control Act of 1968, and regulations thereunder, and provided further that such residents conform to the provisions of law applicable to such purchase in the state of Missouri and in the state in which the purchase is made.

(L. 2011 H.B. 294, et al.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 327.600 — MO Code / Chapter 327 / Section 327.600
327.600 Definitions.
Status: in_force

327.600. Definitions. — As used in sections 327.600 to 327.635 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Practice of professional landscape architecture" , the location and arrangement of such tangible objects and features as are necessary to the purposes specified in the definition of landscape architecture, but shall not include the design of structures or facilities with separate and self-contained purposes such as are ordinarily included in the practice of engineering or architecture, and shall not include the making of final land plats for official approval or recording;

(2) "Professional landscape architecture" , the performance of professional services, including but not limited to consultations, research, analysis, planning, design, or responsible supervision in connection with feasibility studies, design surveys, formulation of graphic and written criteria to govern the planning and design of land construction programs, preparation, review, and analysis of master plans for land use and development, production of site plans, landscape grading and landscape drainage plans, irrigation plans, planting plans, and construction details, specifications, and reports for land development, design coordination, construction observation and the inspection of landscape architectural construction for the purpose of compliance with drawings and specifications.

(L. 1989 H.B. 190, et al. § 1, A.L. 2001 H.B. 567, A.L. 2014 S.B. 809)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 558.008 — MO Code / Chapter 558 / Section 558.008
558.008 Revocation of a fine.
Status: in_force

558.008. Revocation of a fine. — A defendant who has been sentenced to pay a fine may at any time petition the sentencing court for a revocation of a fine or any unpaid portion thereof. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the circumstances which warranted the imposition of the fine no longer exist or that it would otherwise be unjust to require payment of the fine, the court may revoke the fine or the unpaid portion in whole or in part or may modify the method of payment.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Transferred 2014; formerly 560.036; Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 161.527 — MO Code / Chapter 161 / Section 161.527
161.527 District not required to reduce operating levy, when — restrictions on ...
Status: in_force

161.527. District not required to reduce operating levy, when — restrictions on administrative costs and salaries — exemptions from restrictions, limitation — extension on exemptions may be submitted to voters. — 1. If a school district, which has an assessed valuation per average daily attendance equal to or less than the state average assessed valuation per average daily attendance, has transmitted by July fifteenth to the department of elementary and secondary education the report required by section 162.821 and such school district has received a notice pursuant to section 161.525 , such school district is not required to reduce its operating levy pursuant to section 164.013 when the district next determines its tax rate in accordance with the provisions of section 164.011 . However, if a school district does not reduce its operating levy as permitted in this subsection, the school district shall not in the current and next school year increase:

(1) Its administrative costs; or

(2) The aggregate amount of funds paid for salaries of employees of the district.

2. The restrictions on increasing administrative costs and funds paid for salaries as provided for in subsection 1 of this section shall continue in the district for each subsequent school year until combined balances in the teachers' and incidental funds at the end of a fiscal year are equal to or exceed three percent of the amount expended from the funds during the previous fiscal year as determined by the department of elementary and secondary education. Such restrictions provided for in subsection 1 of this section shall not apply to increased expenditures of the district necessary to maintain health insurance coverage for district employees at the same level that may have been provided by the district prior to implementation of the restrictions. Further, the restrictions shall not apply to increased expenditures of the district necessary to meet the district's share of contributions for employees who are members of the public school retirement system of Missouri, the public school retirement system of the school district of Kansas City, or the public school retirement system of the city of St. Louis.

3. The exemption from reduction authorized by subsection 1 of this section shall be limited to two tax years, at which time the district may submit to the voters of the district the question of whether to continue such exemption.

(L. 1992 S.B. 581 § 3 subsecs. 2, 3, 4, A.L. 1998 S.B. 781, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287) Effective 7-01-06