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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 81.280 — MO Code / Chapter 81 / Section 81.280
81.280 Elective officers — terms — appointment — offices combined — section to be ...
Status: in_force

81.280. Elective officers — terms — appointment — offices combined — section to be effective after vote (cities of 7,500 to 100,000 in certain counties). — 1. At municipal elections in all cities and towns under special legislative charters, located in a county containing a city, or a part of a city, of over four hundred thousand population, which have attained a population of seven thousand five hundred inhabitants, and not more than one hundred thousand there shall be elected one alderman from each ward for a four-year term; at municipal elections there shall be elected a mayor for a four-year term; and there shall be elected an attorney, a treasurer, who shall be, by virtue of his office, collector of revenue of the city, an auditor, a municipal judge, and a clerk, each of whom shall hold his respective office for a term of two years, and their successors shall be elected accordingly, except that any such city may provide by ordinance that the attorney, treasurer, municipal judge, and clerk be appointed by the mayor, subject to the approval of the city council, and the ordinance may further provide that all or any of such officers when so appointed and any of the appointive officers of any such city, except the members of any board created by statute, shall hold office for an indefinite term and at the pleasure of the mayor and city council. In addition to the above officers the city council shall provide by ordinance for the appointment of an assessor and a chief of police, whose duties shall be prescribed by ordinance.

2. The city council may by ordinance combine the offices of clerk and treasurer. When so combined, this office may be filled by election at municipal elections or may be made appointive by ordinance under the same provisions applying to the offices separately.

3. The provisions of this section shall apply only after a majority of the voters voting thereon at a municipal election approve the effectiveness of this section for such city or town. The question shall be placed upon the ballot by a petition signed by a number of voters of the city or town equal to five percent of the total number of votes cast for mayor at the last election, or by a resolution of the board of aldermen of the city or town.

(L. 1965 p. 194 § 1, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971 merged with H.B. 1634) Effective 8-13-78 (H.B. 971); 1-02-79 (H.B. 1634)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 188.110 — MO Code / Chapter 188 / Section 188.110
188.110 Discrimination by colleges, universities and hospitals prohibited — no ...
Status: in_force

188.110. Discrimination by colleges, universities and hospitals prohibited — no requirement to pay fees, when. — 1. No public or private college, university or hospital shall discriminate against any person for refusal to participate in abortion.

2. No applicant, student, teacher, or employee of any school shall be required to pay any fees that would in whole or in part fund an abortion for any other applicant, student, teacher, or employee of that school, if the individual required to pay the fee gives written notice to the proper school authorities that it would be in violation of his or her conscience or beliefs to pay for or fund abortions. The school may require the individual to pay that part of the fees not funding abortions, if the school makes reasonable precautions and gives reasonable assurance that the fees that are paid are segregated from any fund for the payment of abortions.

(L. 1986 H.B. 1596)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 254.225 — MO Code / Chapter 254 / Section 254.225
254.225 Forest landowner cost-share incentive program authorized, reimbursements ...
Status: in_force

254.225. Forest landowner cost-share incentive program authorized, reimbursements provided, when — application, procedure. — 1. The commission may administer a forest landowner cost-share incentive program to promote sustainable forestry on private lands. Such program may provide reimbursement cost share for up to fifty percent of the cost of precommercial forestry activities on eligible lands. Eligible forestry activities shall be carried out in accordance with best management practices and sustainable forestry principles.

2. Any forest landowner may submit a program application to the state forester on forms provided by the commission. Application procedures and acceptance criteria shall be specified by the commission.

3. No application for such program shall be accepted for a tract of land containing less than forty acres. The total amount of incentives provided to any person shall not exceed five thousand dollars in any calendar year.

(L. 2002 H.B. 1348) CROSS REFERENCE: Land designated as forest croplands not eligible for the cost-share incentive program, 254.040
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 70.420 — MO Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.420
70.420 Powers and duties of commissioners.
Status: in_force

70.420. Powers and duties of commissioners. — The commissioners shall have the powers and duties and be subject to the limitations provided for in the compact entered into between the two states, and together with five commissioners from the state of Illinois shall form the "Bi-State Development Agency".

(L. 1949 p. 562 § 5)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 375.445 — MO Code / Chapter 375 / Section 375.445
375.445 Company operating fraudulently or in bad faith, penalties.
Status: in_force

375.445. Company operating fraudulently or in bad faith, penalties. — 1. It is unlawful for any insurance company transacting business under the laws of this state to:

(1) Conduct its business fraudulently;

(2) Fail to carry out its contracts in good faith; or

(3) Habitually and as a matter of business practice compelling claimants under policies or liability judgment creditors of the insured to either accept less than the amount due under the terms of the policy or resort to litigation against the company to secure payment of the amount due.

2. If the director determines that a person has engaged, is engaging in, or has taken a substantial step toward engaging in an act, practice or course of business constituting a violation of this section or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, or that a person has materially aided or is materially aiding an act, practice, omission, or course of business constituting a violation of this section or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, the director may issue such administrative orders as authorized under section 374.046 . Each practice in violation of this section is a level two violation under section 374.049 . Each act as a part of a practice does not constitute a separate violation under section 374.049 . The director may also suspend or revoke the license or certificate of authority of such person for any willful violation.

3. If the director believes that a person has engaged, is engaging in, or has taken a substantial step toward engaging in an act, practice or course of business constituting a violation of this section or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, or that a person has materially aided or is materially aiding an act, practice, omission, or course of business constituting a violation of this section or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, the director may maintain a civil action for relief authorized under section 374.048 . Each practice violation of this section is a level two violation under section 374.049 . Each act as part of a practice does not constitute a separate violation under section 374.049 .

(L. 1967 p. 516, A.L. 2007 S.B. 66)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 394.230 — MO Code / Chapter 394 / Section 394.230
394.230 Effect of consolidation or merger.
Status: in_force

394.230. Effect of consolidation or merger. — The effect of consolidation or merger shall be as follows:

(1) The several cooperatives, parties to the consolidation or merger, shall be a single cooperative, which in the case of a consolidation, shall be the new cooperative provided for in the articles of consolidation, and, in the case of a merger, shall be that cooperative designated in the articles of merger as the surviving cooperative, and the separate existence of all cooperatives, parties to the consolidation or merger, except the new or surviving cooperative, shall cease;

(2) Such new or surviving cooperative shall have all the rights, privileges, immunities, and powers and shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities of a cooperative organized under the provisions of this chapter, and shall possess all the rights, privileges, immunities, and franchises, as well of a public as of a private nature, and all property, real and personal, applications for membership, all debts due on whatever account, and all other choses in action, of each of the consolidating or merging cooperatives, and furthermore all and every interest of, or belonging or due to, each of the cooperatives so consolidated or merged, shall be taken and deemed to be transferred to and vested in such new or surviving cooperative without further act or deed; and the title to any real estate, or any interest therein, under the laws of this state vested in any such cooperatives shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of such consolidation or merger;

(3) Such new or surviving cooperative shall thenceforth be responsible and liable for all of the liabilities and obligations of each of the cooperatives so consolidated or merged, and any claim existing, or action or proceeding pending, by or against any of such cooperatives may be prosecuted as if such consolidation or merger had not taken place, but such new or surviving cooperative may be substituted in its place;

(4) Neither the rights of creditors nor any liens upon the property of any of such cooperatives shall be impaired by such consolidation or merger; and

(5) In the case of a consolidation, the articles of consolidation shall be deemed to be the articles of incorporation of the new cooperative; and in the case of a merger, the articles of incorporation of the surviving cooperatives shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, if any, that changes therein are provided for in the articles of merger.

(RSMo 1939 § 5401)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 210.120 — MO Code / Chapter 210 / Section 210.120
210.120 Medical institution staff members, duties of.
Status: in_force

210.120. Medical institution staff members, duties of. — Whenever a person is required to report under sections 210.110 to 210.165 in his official capacity as a staff member of a medical institution, whether public or private, he shall immediately notify the physician in charge or his designee who shall then take or cause to be taken color photographs of physical trauma and shall, if medically indicated, cause to be performed radiologic examination of the child who is the subject of a report, costs of which shall be paid by the division. Reproductions of such color photographs and/or radiologic reports shall be sent to the division as soon as possible.

(L. 1975 H.B. 578 § 3) Effective 6-6-75
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 701.363 — MO Code / Chapter 701 / Section 701.363
701.363 All installations shall have state certificate of inspection and meet ...
Status: in_force

701.363. All installations shall have state certificate of inspection and meet safety code. — Each privately owned or operated installation and each installation owned or operated by the state of Missouri or any political subdivision of the state shall have a state certificate of inspection and meet the safety code promulgated pursuant to sections 701.350 to 701.380 .

(L. 1994 H.B. 1035 § 4 subsec. 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 192.470 — MO Code / Chapter 192 / Section 192.470
192.470 Judicial review.
Status: in_force

192.470. Judicial review. — Any person aggrieved by any finding or order of the department under sections 192.400 to 192.490 may appeal as provided in chapter 536 .

(L. 1963 p. 359 § 8)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 217.580 — MO Code / Chapter 217 / Section 217.580
217.580 Catalog of products furnished public officers — institutions to report ...
Status: in_force

217.580. Catalog of products furnished public officers — institutions to report estimates of needs. — 1. The department shall develop a program to promote the products and services available from the vocational enterprises program.

2. Once every year, the vocational enterprises program shall issue a descriptive list of the styles, designs, qualities and types of goods, materials or services available for the ensuing year.

3. On July first of each year the proper officers of the state and of the divisions, agencies and institutions and political subdivisions of the state shall report to the vocational enterprises program estimates for the ensuing year of the amount of supplies of different kinds or the types of services required to be purchased by them that can or may be furnished by the vocational enterprises program.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 102, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408, A.L. 1994 S.B. 763)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 569.200 — MO Code / Chapter 569 / Section 569.200
569.200 Criminal mischief, offense of — penalty.
Status: in_force

569.200. Criminal mischief, offense of — penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of criminal mischief if he or she unlawfully detains, occupies, or trespasses upon a residential dwelling.

2. The offense of criminal mischief is a class A misdemeanor.

(L. 2024 H.B. 2062)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 95.375 — MO Code / Chapter 95 / Section 95.375
95.375 Indebtedness of city not to be increased — proceeds from sale of bonds, how ...
Status: in_force

95.375. Indebtedness of city not to be increased — proceeds from sale of bonds, how applied. — No such bonds shall be issued in such a manner as to increase the indebtedness of the said city, but such bonds shall be sold as directed by the board of aldermen of such city, and the proceeds thereof shall be applied only to the payment and discharge of the judgment and decrees of any court for the payment of which the same may be issued, and such bonds so sold shall be delivered at the same time that the judgment and decrees aforesaid shall be paid and discharged.

(RSMo 1939 § 7154) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7004; 1919 § 8455; 1909 § 9357
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 334.245 — MO Code / Chapter 334 / Section 334.245
334.245 Abortions, only physicians to perform — violations, penalty.
Status: in_force

334.245. Abortions, only physicians to perform — violations, penalty. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary that may allow a person to provide services relating to pregnancy, including prenatal, delivery, and postpartum services, no person other than a licensed physician is authorized to perform or induce an abortion.

2. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class B felony.

(L. 2010 S.B. 793)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 184.104 — MO Code / Chapter 184 / Section 184.104
184.104 Notices, information content — notice to be given by restricted certified ...
Status: in_force

184.104. Notices, information content — notice to be given by restricted certified mail — deemed delivered, when, procedure — locale of museum, how determined. — 1. In addition to any other information prescribed for a particular notice, all notices given by a museum pursuant to sections 184.101 to 184.122 shall contain the following information:

(1) The lender's or claimant's name;

(2) The lender's or claimant's last known address;

(3) A brief description of the property on loan to the museum referenced in the notice;

(4) The date of the loan, if known, or the approximate date of acquisition of the property;

(5) The name of the museum; and

(6) The name, address, and telephone number of the appropriate official or office to be contacted regarding the property.

2. All notices given by a museum pursuant to sections 184.101 to 184.122 shall be mailed by restricted certified mail to the lender's or claimant's last known address shown on the museum's records. Notice is deemed given as of the date of receipt by the lender or claimant if the museum receives proof of receipt by the lender or claimant within thirty days after mailing the notice.

3. If, after a diligent search of its records, the museum does not know the identity of the lender, or does not have an address for the lender or claimant, or if proof of receipt is not received by the museum within thirty days of mailing a notice under subsection 2 of this section, notice is deemed given if the museum publishes notice at least once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in both the county, or city if appropriate, in which the museum is located and the county, or city if appropriate, of the lender's or claimant's last address, if known. The date of a notice under this subsection shall be the date of the second published notice. For purposes of this section, a museum is located in the county, or city if appropriate, in which it has its principal place of business, or, if a loan of property was made to a branch of a museum in the county, or city if appropriate, in which the branch is located.

(L. 1991 S.B. 344 § 3) Effective 12-31-91
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 262.020 — MO Code / Chapter 262 / Section 262.020
262.020 Members — organization — order of business.
Status: in_force

262.020. Members — organization — order of business. — 1. The Missouri state horticultural society shall be composed of such persons as take an interest in the advancement of horticulture in this state who shall apply for membership and pay into the society treasury the sum of one dollar per year, or ten dollars for a life membership, the basis for organization to be the Missouri state horticultural society, as now known and existing, and whose expenses have been borne and annual reports paid for by appropriations from the state treasury.

2. The business of the society, so far as it relates to transactions with the state, shall be conducted by an executive board to be composed of the president, vice president, second vice president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected by ballot at an annual meeting of the society; the governor of the state shall be ex officio a member of the board; all other business of the society to be conducted as its bylaws may direct.

3. All appropriations made by the state for the aid of the society shall be expended by means of requisitions to be made by order of the board on the commissioner of administration, signed by the president and secretary and attested with the seal; and the treasurer shall annually publish a detailed statement of the expenditures of the board, covering all moneys received by it.

4. There shall be printed annually, under the direction of the board, such number of reports of the proceedings of the board, society and auxiliary societies as may, in the judgment of the state purchasing agent, be justified by the appropriation made for that purpose by the general assembly, such annual report not to contain more than four hundred pages.

5. The secretary of the society shall receive a salary of eight hundred dollars per annum as full compensation for his services; all other officers shall serve without compensation, except that they may receive their actual expenses in attending meetings of the board.

(RSMo 1939 § 14033, A. 1949 S.B. 1091) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12366; 1919 § 11954; 1909 § 615
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 253.120 — MO Code / Chapter 253 / Section 253.120
253.120 Confederate Memorial Park endowment fund.
Status: in_force

253.120. Confederate Memorial Park endowment fund. — The endowment fund authorized by section 2, Laws of Missouri 1925, page 136, shall be maintained by the department of natural resources as a permanent endowment for the maintenance of the Confederate Memorial Park. The department of natural resources may accept gifts, donations, or bequests for the maintenance of the memorial park and for the endowment fund until the fund reaches the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars. The department of natural resources may sell, convey or otherwise convert into money any property received and shall invest all moneys of the endowment fund and use the income therefrom for the maintenance of the park, but the principal shall remain intact as a permanent endowment fund.

(L. 1957 p. 306)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 226.690 — MO Code / Chapter 226 / Section 226.690
226.690 Preexisting junkyards — screening — removal.
Status: in_force

226.690. Preexisting junkyards — screening — removal. — Any junkyard lawfully in existence on August 4, 1966, which is within one thousand feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the traveled roadway of any highway on the interstate or primary system shall be screened, if feasible, by the state highways and transportation commission so as to render it not visible from such highways. When the state highways and transportation commission shall determine that adequate screening of such junkyards is not economically feasible or possible, it is authorized to acquire by purchase, exchange, condemnation proceedings, or otherwise, all interests in land necessary to secure the relocation, removal, or disposal of junkyards involved and to pay for the relocation, removal, or disposal thereof. The commission may acquire such lands or interests in lands as is necessary to provide adequate screening of junkyards when it considers it to be in the best interest of the state.

(L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 905 § 5)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 403.330 — MO Code / Chapter 403 / Section 403.330
403.330 Tax obligations.
Status: in_force

403.330. Tax obligations. — Sections 403.250 to 403.350 do not affect any obligation of a corporation or transfer agent with respect to estate, inheritance, succession or other taxes imposed by the laws of this state.

(L. 1959 S.B. 241 § 9)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.102 — MO Code / Chapter 57 / Section 57.102
57.102 To report on jail and prisoners (second class counties).
Status: in_force

57.102. To report on jail and prisoners (second class counties). — The sheriff in counties of the second class shall on January first of each year and every three months thereafter file with the circuit court of the county a report on the conditions of the county jail, the number of prisoners confined in said jail, together with recommendations relating to its operation.

(L. 1965 p. 150 § 8)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 196.465 — MO Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.465
196.465 Semiannual inspection of plants.
Status: in_force

196.465. Semiannual inspection of plants. — Upon receipt of the application for a license accompanied by the required fee, the department shall inspect the plant to be licensed and if it finds that such plant complies with the provisions of law, the department shall issue such license. The persons designated by the department to make such inspection shall be persons having practical knowledge of the operation of cold storage plants and the storage of food therein, and shall be thoroughly familiar with the provisions of the law applicable to locker plants and the applicable rules and regulations of the department. The department shall inspect all locker plants licensed under sections 196.450 to 196.515 at least once each six months, and may make such additional inspections as the department deems necessary. The department and its representatives shall have access to locker plants at all reasonable times for the purpose of making inspections.

(L. 1945 p. 940 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 494.495 — MO Code / Chapter 494 / Section 494.495
494.495 Jury may separate, when — duty of court.
Status: in_force

494.495. Jury may separate, when — duty of court. — The court may permit the jury to separate at any adjournment or recess of the court during the trial and jury deliberation in all cases of misdemeanor or felony, except in capital cases. When the jurors are permitted to separate, after being impaneled as provided for in sections 494.400 to 494.505 , and at each adjournment the court shall admonish them that it is their duty not to converse among themselves, nor to suffer others to converse with them or in their hearing on any subject connected with the trial, or to form or express any opinion thereon, until the cause is finally submitted to them, or until they return to the jury room to continue their deliberations.

(L. 1989 S.B. 127, et al.)