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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 276.100 — MO Code / Chapter 276 / Section 276.100
276.100 Organization may make and enforce bylaws and rules.
Status: in_force

276.100. Organization may make and enforce bylaws and rules. — Any such organization may make and enforce reasonable bylaws and rules for the conduct of its members but such organization shall not make any order, rule, regulation or bylaws limiting the right of any member of the organization to distribute, in whatever manner and at whatever times the member may desire, to the persons composing any partnership in which the member is financially interested or to the shareholders of any corporation or cooperative association in which such member is a shareholder the * profits of such member to the persons composing such partnership or to the shareholders of such corporation or cooperative association in proportion to the quantity of grain or other farm products shipped to such member by the persons composing such partnership or the shareholders of such corporation or cooperative association and any such order, rule, regulation or bylaw now nor hereafter, made, promulgated or adopted shall be invalid and void.

(RSMo 1939 § 14392) Prior revision: 1929 § 12734 *Word "to" appears in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.750 — MO Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67.750
67.750 Definitions.
Status: in_force

67.750. Definitions. — As used in sections 67.750 to 67.799 and sections 67.1700 to 67.1769 , the following terms mean:

(1) "Board" , any board, commission, committee or council appointed or designated to carry out the provisions of sections 67.750 to 67.799 and sections 67.1700 to 67.1769 ;

(2) "County" , any county or any city not within a county;

(3) "District" , any regional recreational district proposed or created pursuant to sections 67.750 to 67.799 and sections 67.1700 to 67.1769 ;

(4) "Executive" , any mayor, county executive, presiding commissioner, or other chief executive of a county;

(5) "Gateway Arch grounds" , the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial National Historic Site as defined by the United States Department of the Interior, and related public property and improvements;

(6) "Governing body" , any city council, county commission, board of aldermen, county council, board of education or township board;

(7) "Metropolitan district" , any metropolitan park and recreation district established pursuant to sections 67.1700 to 67.1769 ;

(8) "Political subdivision" , any county, township, city, incorporated town or village in the state of Missouri, and any school district in any county of the first classification without a charter form of government with a population of one hundred thousand or more inhabitants which contains all or part of a city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants;

(9) "Regional recreation fund" or "metropolitan park and recreation fund" , the fund held in the treasury of the county providing the largest financial contribution to the district or metropolitan district, as appropriate, which shall be the repository for all taxes and other moneys raised by or for the regional recreation district or metropolitan park and recreation district pursuant to sections 67.792 to 67.799 and sections 67.1700 to 67.1769 .

(L. 1961 p. 304 § 1, A.L. 1963 p. 120, A.L. 1993 S.B. 194, A.L. 1999 S.B. 405, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1504)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 334.520 — MO Code / Chapter 334 / Section 334.520
334.520 Board to license.
Status: in_force

334.520. Board to license. — The board shall license by examination, or otherwise as provided in sections 334.500 to 334.620 , all physical therapists in this state, who meet the requirements of sections 334.500 to 334.620 .

(L. 1969 H.B. 39 § 3, A.L. 1995 S.B. 452)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 302.345 — MO Code / Chapter 302 / Section 302.345
302.345 Diversion program participation prohibited, when.
Status: in_force

302.345. Diversion program participation prohibited, when. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no federal, state, county, municipal, or local court shall defer imposition of judgment, suspend imposition of sentence, or allow an individual who possesses a commercial driver's license or is required to possess a commercial driver's license issued pursuant to this chapter or the laws of another state to enter into a diversion program that would prevent a conviction for any violation, in any type of motor vehicle, of a federal, state, county, municipal, or local traffic control law from appearing on the driver's record maintained by the director of revenue.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al.) Effective 9-30-05
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 205.975 — MO Code / Chapter 205 / Section 205.975
205.975 Definitions.
Status: in_force

205.975. Definitions. — As used in sections 205.975 to 205.990 , the following words and terms mean:

(1) "Board of trustees" , board appointed by a governing body or jointly by governing bodies within a service area for the purposes of administering a county community mental health fund to establish and operate a community mental health center, mental health clinics, or any comprehensive mental health services; to supplement existing funds for a center, clinics, or services, or to purchase services from a center, clinics, or public facilities and not-for-profit corporations providing any comprehensive mental health services;

(2) "Community mental health center" , a legal entity through which comprehensive mental health services are provided to individuals residing in a certain service area;

(3) "Comprehensive mental health services" , inpatient services, outpatient services, day care and other partial hospitalization services, emergency services, diagnostic and treatment services, liaison and follow-up services, consultation and education services, rehabilitation services, prevention services, screening services, follow-up care services, transitional living services, alcoholism and alcohol abuse prevention and treatment services, and drug addiction and drug abuse prevention and treatment services;

(4) "Department" , department of mental health;

(5) "Governing body" , county commission, county legislature, or other chief legislative body of a county or city not within a county;

(6) "Mental health clinic" , a health entity offering community services delivered from a fixed place or from various places within a service area on an outpatient and consultative basis for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of emotional or mental disorders, alcoholism, or drug abuse;

(7) "Participating counties" , counties which choose to appropriate funds from their general tax revenues or levy and collect special taxes to support, with other counties, a community mental health center, mental health clinics, or any comprehensive mental health services;

(8) "Service area" , a defined geographic area as set forth in the state plan for comprehensive mental health services prepared by the department.

(L. 1969 S.B. 168 § 1, A.L. 1978 S.B. 652, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1383) Effective 1-1-91
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 89.080 — MO Code / Chapter 89 / Section 89.080
89.080 Board of adjustment — appointment — term — vacancies — organization.
Status: in_force

89.080. Board of adjustment — appointment — term — vacancies — organization. — Such local legislative body shall provide for the appointment of a board of adjustment, and in the regulations and restrictions adopted pursuant to the authority of sections 89.010 to 89.140 may provide that the board of adjustment may determine and vary their application in harmony with their general purpose and intent and in accordance with general or specific rules therein contained. The board of adjustment shall consist of five members, who shall be residents of the municipality except as provided in section 305.410 . The membership of the first board appointed shall serve respectively, one for one year, one for two years, one for three years, one for four years, and one for five years. Thereafter members shall be appointed for terms of five years each. Three alternate members may be appointed to serve in the absence of or the disqualification of the regular members. All members and alternates shall be removable for cause by the appointing authority upon written charges and after public hearing. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of any member whose term becomes vacant. The board shall elect its own chairman who shall serve for one year. The board shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of any ordinance adopted pursuant to sections 89.010 to 89.140 . Meetings of the board shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other times as the board may determine. Such chairman, or in his absence the acting chairman, may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public. The board shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the board and shall be a public record. All testimony, objections thereto and rulings thereon, shall be taken down by a reporter employed by the board for that purpose.

(RSMo 1939 § 7418, A.L. 1971 H.B. 320, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070, A.L. 2008 H.B. 1888) Prior revision: 1929 § 7265
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 483.130 — MO Code / Chapter 483 / Section 483.130
483.130 Courts to direct filing of papers.
Status: in_force

483.130. Courts to direct filing of papers. — Subject to other provisions of law, the provisions of supreme court rule and the supervisory jurisdiction of the supreme court, the courts, respectively, shall, by rule, direct the pleadings and other papers to be filed in such form and in such places as the court shall determine to best serve the citizenry, and shall direct their clerks in making up the rolls of the judgments rendered.

(RSMo 1939 § 2003, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1839; 1919 § 2336, 1909 § 3858 Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 79.050 — MO Code / Chapter 79 / Section 79.050
79.050 Elective officers, terms — chief of police or marshal, qualification — same ...
Status: in_force

79.050. Elective officers, terms — chief of police or marshal, qualification — same person may be elected collector and marshal — board of aldermen, four-year term permitted, submission to voters required. — 1. The following officers shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city, and shall hold office for the term of two years, except as otherwise provided in this section, and until their successors are elected and qualified, to wit: mayor and board of aldermen. The board of aldermen may provide by ordinance, after the approval of a majority of the voters voting at an election at which the issue is submitted, for the appointment of a collector and for the appointment of a chief of police, who shall perform all duties required of the marshal by law, and any other police officers found by the board of aldermen to be necessary for the good government of the city. The marshal or chief of police shall be twenty-one years of age or older. If the board of aldermen does not provide for the appointment of a chief of police and collector as provided by this section, a city marshal, who shall be twenty-one years of age or older, and collector shall be elected, and the board of aldermen may provide by ordinance that the same person may be elected marshal and collector, at the same election, and hold both offices and the board of aldermen may provide by ordinance for the election of city assessor, city attorney, city clerk and street commissioner, who shall hold their respective offices for a term of two years and until their successors shall be elected or appointed and qualified, except that the term of the city marshal shall be four years.

2. The board of aldermen may provide by ordinance, after the approval of a majority of the voters voting thereon at the next municipal election at which the issue is submitted, that the term of the collector shall be four years and the term of the mayor shall be two, three, or four years. Any person elected as collector after the passage of such an ordinance shall serve for a term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualified. Any person elected as mayor after the passage of such ordinance shall serve for a term of two, three, or four years, as provided, and until his successor is elected and qualified.

3. The board of aldermen may provide by ordinance that the term of the board of aldermen shall be four years. Such ordinance shall be submitted by the board to the voters of the city and shall take effect only upon the approval of a majority of the voters voting at an election at which the issue is submitted. Any person elected to the board of aldermen after the passage of such an ordinance shall serve for a term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualified.

(RSMo 1939 § 7101, A.L. 1961 p. 200, A.L. 1987 H.B. 155, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1531, A.L. 1989 H.B. 785, A.L. 1998 S.B. 580, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6951; 1919 § 8402; 1909 § 9304
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 414.417 — MO Code / Chapter 414 / Section 414.417
414.417 Criminal law enforcement vehicles and certain other vehicles, law not ...
Status: in_force

414.417. Criminal law enforcement vehicles and certain other vehicles, law not applicable — demonstration vehicles for alternative fuels authorized. — 1. Sections 414.400 to 414.417 shall not apply to the purchase or lease of a vehicle to be used primarily for criminal law enforcement or to the purchase or lease of a motorcycle, all-terrain vehicle, ambulance, or any type of vehicle for which the Environmental Protection Agency has not published fuel economy comparisons.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 414.400 to 414.417 , the department of natural resources and the department of economic development may acquire vehicles which use alternative fuels for the purposes of assessing and demonstrating either or both alternative vehicles and alternative fuels.

(L. 1991 H.B. 45 § 5, A.L. 2018 S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 610.115 — MO Code / Chapter 610 / Section 610.115
610.115 Penalty.
Status: in_force

610.115. Penalty. — A person who knowingly violates any provision of section 610.100 , 610.105 , 610.106 , or 610.120 is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

(L. 1973 S.B. 1 § 9, A.L. 1981 H.B. 554)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 300.205 — MO Code / Chapter 300 / Section 300.205
300.205 State speed laws applicable.
Status: in_force

300.205. State speed laws applicable. — The state traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles shall be applicable upon all streets within the city, except that the city may by ordinance declare and determine upon the basis of engineering and traffic investigation that certain speed regulations shall be applicable upon specified streets or in certain areas, in which event it shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a speed in excess of any speed so declared when signs are in place giving notice thereof, but no city ordinance shall regulate the speed of vehicles upon controlled access highways of the state.

(L. 1965 p. 445 § 41)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 565.020 — MO Code / Chapter 565 / Section 565.020
565.020 First degree murder, penalty — person under eighteen years of age, penalty.
Status: in_force

565.020. First degree murder, penalty — person under eighteen years of age, penalty. — 1. A person commits the offense of murder in the first degree if he or she knowingly causes the death of another person after deliberation upon the matter.

2. The offense of murder in the first degree is a class A felony, and, if a person is eighteen years of age or older at the time of the offense, the punishment shall be either death or imprisonment for life without eligibility for probation or parole, or release except by act of the governor. If a person has not reached his or her eighteenth birthday at the time of the commission of the offense, the punishment shall be as provided under section 565.033 .

(L. 1983 S.B. 276, A.L. 1984 S.B. 448 § A, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974, A.L. 2016 S.B. 590) Effective 7-13-16 CROSS REFERENCE: Execution, location, duties of the warden, 546.730
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 333.101 — MO Code / Chapter 333 / Section 333.101
333.101 Places of business may be inspected.
Status: in_force

333.101. Places of business may be inspected. — The board or any member thereof or any agent duly authorized by it may enter the office, premises, establishment or place of business of any licensee or registrant, or any office, premises, establishment or place where the practice of funeral directing, embalming, preneed selling or providing is carried on, or where such practice is advertised as being carried on for the purpose of inspecting said office, premises or establishment and for the purpose of inspecting the license and registration of any licensee or registrant and the manner and scope of training given by the licensee or registrant to the apprentice operating therein.

(L. 1965 p. 522 § 10, A.L. 1981 S.B. 16, A.L. 2009 S.B. 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 644.572 — MO Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.572
644.572 Commissioners authorized to borrow additional $10,000,000 for improvements.
Status: in_force

644.572. Commissioners authorized to borrow additional $10,000,000 for improvements. — In addition to those sums authorized prior to August 28, 2000, the board of fund commissioners of the state of Missouri, as authorized by Section 37(e) of Article III of the Constitution of the State of Missouri, may borrow on the credit of this state the sum of ten million dollars in the manner described, and for the purposes set out, in chapter 640 and this chapter.

(L. 2000 S.B. 741)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 8.017 — MO Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.017
8.017 House accounts committee to control use of certain space and equipment in ...
Status: in_force

8.017. House accounts committee to control use of certain space and equipment in capitol. — The house chamber, the house committee rooms, the offices of the members of the house on the third and fourth floors of the state capitol building and all other rooms and offices of the state capitol building designed for or assigned under section 8.007 to the use of the members and officers of the house, and all furniture, equipment and supplies therein, are reserved for the exclusive use of the members and officers of the house of representatives. These rooms, together with the furniture, equipment and supplies therein, are in direct charge and control of the house accounts committee. No use of any of said quarters other than by the house of representatives, its members or officers shall be made except with the written consent of the representative or officer occupying the office rooms and upon the order of the accounts committee.

(L. 1977 S.B. 419 § 2, A.L. 2018 S.B. 843)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 475.070 — MO Code / Chapter 475 / Section 475.070
475.070 Notice of petition for appointment of guardian or conservator for a minor — ...
Status: in_force

475.070. Notice of petition for appointment of guardian or conservator for a minor — service on parents of minor not required, when. — 1. Before appointing a guardian or conservator for a minor, notice of the petition therefor shall be served upon the following unless they have signed such petition or have waived notice thereof:

(1) The minor, if over fourteen years of age;

(2) The parents of the minor;

(3) The spouse of the minor;

(4) The person or entity nominated to serve as guardian or conservator;

(5) If directed by the court:

(a) Any person who has been appointed guardian or any person having care and custody of the minor;

(b) Any department, bureau or agency of the United States or of this state or any political subdivision thereof, which makes or awards compensation, pension, insurance or other allowance for the benefit of the ward's estate;

(c) Any department, bureau or agency of this state or any political subdivision thereof or any charitable organization of this state, which may be charged with the supervision, control or custody of the minor.

2. If the minor is over fourteen years of age, there shall be personal service upon him if personal service can be had. Service on others may be had in accordance with section 472.100 .

3. If a petition for the appointment of a guardian of a minor is filed for the sole and specific purpose of school registration or medical insurance coverage, upon the filing of an affidavit by the petitioner stating that, after due and diligent effort to the best of his or her ability, the whereabouts or identity of either or both parents of the minor remains unknown, the court may proceed with the appointment of such a guardian without having obtained service upon the parents of the minor.

(L. 1955 p. 385 § 296, A.L. 1959 S.B. 141, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1985 S.B. 35, et al., A.L. 2000 S.B. 944, A.L. 2018 S.B. 806)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 261.027 — MO Code / Chapter 261 / Section 261.027
261.027 Agreements to be terminated — new agreements — agriculture development fund ...
Status: in_force

261.027. Agreements to be terminated — new agreements — agriculture development fund created — investment — purposes. — 1. The director of agriculture of the state of Missouri shall, as soon as possible after August 13, 1988, terminate the agreement between the director of agriculture and the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States under which trust assets of the Missouri Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, assigned to the director of agriculture by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to Public Law 499, 81st Congress, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C.A. 440-444), and sections 261.025 and 261.026 , have been administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. The director of agriculture shall request the return to the state of Missouri of all or a part of the cash assets now under the control of the Secretary of Agriculture and the assets consisting of loans insured by the Secretary of Agriculture.

2. The director is also authorized to enter into new agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to Public Law 499 and for return to the state of Missouri, from time to time, of additional trust assets.

3. Any assets received from the Secretary of Agriculture shall be transferred to the state treasury and credited to a special fund which is hereby established and which shall be known as the "Agriculture Development Fund". The agriculture development fund shall be under the control of the director of the department of agriculture, who shall provide for the investment and reinvestment of the fund in secured or insured agricultural loans, government bonds, or other convertible securities. The fund and any income or interest received from the investment thereof may be released by and at the discretion of the director of agriculture for agricultural development and rehabilitation purposes.

(L. 1957 p. 3 §§ 261.027, 261.028, A.L. 1988 S.B. 742, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1201)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 361.729 — MO Code / Chapter 361 / Section 361.729
361.729 Persons, firms, and corporations not subject to administrative penalty for ...
Status: in_force

361.729. Persons, firms, and corporations not subject to administrative penalty for acts performed in reliance on written interpretations. — Any other provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, any person, firm or corporation shall not be subject to any administrative proceeding or penalty for any acts or omissions done in reliance on a written interpretation of any sections of chapter 408 , by the division of finance, which is applicable to a specific set of facts originally proposed by the person, firm or corporation prior to committing such acts or omissions.

(L. 1992 S.B. 705 § 9)