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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.076 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.076
115.076 Administration of grant, loan, or other aid program — rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

115.076. Administration of grant, loan, or other aid program — rulemaking authority. — 1. Subject to appropriation of federal funds, the secretary of state shall administer a grant, loan, or other aid program for the purpose of providing funds to election authorities:

(1) To purchase electronic voting machines that are accessible to all individuals with disabilities, including people who are blind or visually impaired;

(2) To make polling places, including path of travel, entrances, exits and voting areas of each polling facility accessible to individuals with disabilities, including the blind and visually impaired, in a manner that provides the same opportunity for access and secret, independent and verifiable participation, including privacy and independence, as for other voters;

(3) To provide individuals with disabilities and individuals who are blind and visually impaired with information about the accessibility of polling places, including outreach programs to inform individuals about the availability of accessible polling places and to train election officials, poll workers, and election volunteers on how to best promote the access and participation of individuals in elections, and to provide assistance in all accommodations needed by voters with disabilities. Such funding may be in the form of matching grants. The secretary of state when awarding grants shall give priority to jurisdictions which have the highest number of residents, according to the most recent federal census, with an income below the federal poverty level as established by the federal Department of Health and Human Services or its successor agency. The secretary of state may promulgate rules to effectuate the provisions of this section.

2. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010 , that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028 . This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2002, shall be invalid and void.

(L. 2002 S.B. 675, A.L. 2003 H.B. 511)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 33.305 — MO Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33.305
33.305 Board of fund commissioners and board of public buildings, additional ...
Status: in_force

33.305. Board of fund commissioners and board of public buildings, additional authority. — 1. "Public entity" , as used in this section, shall mean the board of fund commissioners of the state and the state board of public buildings.

2. Any public entity as defined in subsection 1 of this section may:

(1) Execute and perform any obligations under any instruments, contracts, or agreements convenient or necessary to incur obligations with interest calculated at a fixed or variable rate, provided that no more than twenty percent of the debt of the public entity to be outstanding on the day after the issuance of any variable rate debt shall be variable rate debt; and

(2) Obtain without any requirement for bidding, but with compliance with the public entity's policies, credit enhancement or other financing arrangements and execute and perform any obligations under any related contracts and agreements convenient or necessary to facilitate such enhancement or financing arrangements including but not limited to arrangements such as municipal bond insurance; surety bonds; liquidity facilities; forward agreements; tender agreements; remarketing agreements; option agreements; interest rate swap, exchange, cap, lock or floor agreements; letters of credit; and purchase agreements.

3. All financial arrangements entered into under the provisions of this section shall be fully enforceable as valid and binding contracts as and to the extent provided herein and by other applicable law.

4. Nothing in this section shall be applied or interpreted to diminish the power any public entity may otherwise have under any other provisions of law.

(L. 2004 H.B. 959 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 348.412 — MO Code / Chapter 348 / Section 348.412
348.412 Use of loan proceeds — eligibility — rules.
Status: in_force

348.412. Use of loan proceeds — eligibility — rules. — 1. Eligible borrowers:

(1) Shall use the proceeds of the agricultural business development loan to acquire agricultural property or for the expansion, acquisition, construction, improvement, or rehabilitation of a qualifying agribusiness; and

(2) May not finance more than ninety percent of the anticipated cost of the project through the agricultural business development loan.

2. The project shall have opportunities to succeed in the development, expansion and operation of businesses involved in adding value to, marketing, exporting, processing, or manufacturing agricultural products that will benefit the state economically and socially through direct or indirect job creation or job retention.

3. The authority shall promulgate rules establishing eligibility pursuant to the provisions of sections 348.400 to 348.415 , taking into consideration:

(1) The eligible borrower's ability to repay the agricultural business development loan;

(2) The general economic conditions of the area in which the agricultural property will be located;

(3) The prospect of success of the particular project for which the loan is sought; and

(4) Such other factors as the authority may establish.

4. The authority may promulgate rules to provide for:

(1) The requirement or nonrequirement of security or endorsement and the nature thereof;

(2) The manner and time or repayment of the principal and interest;

(3) The maximum rate of interest;

(4) The right of the eligible borrower to accelerate payments without penalty;

(5) The amount of the guaranty charge;

(6) The effective period of the guaranty;

(7) The percent of the agricultural business development loan, not to exceed fifty percent, covered by the guaranty;

(8) The assignability of agricultural business development loans by the eligible lender;

(9) Procedures in the event of default on an agricultural business development loan;

(10) The due diligence effort on the part of eligible lenders for collection of guaranteed loans;

(11) Collection assistance to be provided to eligible lenders; and

(12) The extension of the guaranty in consideration of duty in the Armed Forces, unemployment, natural disasters, or other hardships.

(L. 1997 H.B. 557, A.L. 2004 S.B. 740, et al., A.L. 2011 S.B. 161) CROSS REFERENCE: Rulemaking authority, effective when, null and void, when, 348.426
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 1.200 — MO Code / Chapter 1 / Section 1.200
1.200 Equality of citizens.
Status: in_force

1.200. Equality of citizens. — In all cases proper for the cognizance of the civil authority of this state and the courts of judicature in the same, all the citizens of the United States are equally entitled to the privileges of law and justice with the citizens of this state.

(RSMo 1939 § 647, A.L. 1957 p. 587) Prior revisions: 1929 § 647; 1919 § 7050; 1909 § 8049
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 563.061 — MO Code / Chapter 563 / Section 563.061
563.061 Use of force by persons with responsibility for care, discipline or safety ...
Status: in_force

563.061. Use of force by persons with responsibility for care, discipline or safety of others. — 1. The use of physical force by an actor upon another person is justifiable when the actor is a parent, guardian or other person entrusted with the care and supervision of a minor or an incompetent person or when the actor is a teacher or other person entrusted with the care and supervision of a minor for a special purpose; and

(1) The actor reasonably believes that the force used is necessary to promote the welfare of a minor or incompetent person, or, if the actor's responsibility for the minor is for special purposes, to further that special purpose or to maintain reasonable discipline in a school, class or other group; and

(2) The force used is not designed to cause or believed to create a substantial risk of causing death, serious physical injury, disfigurement, extreme pain or extreme emotional distress.

2. A warden or other authorized official of a jail, prison or correctional institution may, in order to maintain order and discipline, use whatever physical force, including deadly force, that is authorized by law.

3. The use of physical force by an actor upon another person is justifiable when the actor is a person responsible for the operation of or the maintenance of order in a vehicle or other carrier of passengers and the actor reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent interference with its operation or to maintain order in the vehicle or other carrier, except that deadly force may be used only when the actor reasonably believes it necessary to prevent death or serious physical injury.

4. The use of physical force by an actor upon another person is justified when the actor is a physician or a person assisting at his or her direction; and

(1) The force is used for the purpose of administering a medically acceptable form of treatment which the actor reasonably believes to be adapted to promoting the physical or mental health of the patient; and

(2) The treatment is administered with the consent of the patient or, if the patient is a minor or an incompetent person, with the consent of the parent, guardian, or other person legally competent to consent on his or her behalf, or the treatment is administered in an emergency when the actor reasonably believes that no one competent to consent can be consulted and that a reasonable person, wishing to safeguard the welfare of the patient, would consent.

5. The use of physical force by an actor upon another person is justifiable when the actor acts under the reasonable belief that:

(1) Such other person is about to commit suicide or to inflict serious physical injury upon himself or herself; and

(2) The force used is necessary to thwart such result.

6. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of justification under this section.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 192.060 — MO Code / Chapter 192 / Section 192.060
192.060 Department to keep vital statistics.
Status: in_force

192.060. Department to keep vital statistics. — It shall be the duty of the department of health and senior services to have charge of the state system of registration of births and deaths; to prepare the necessary methods, forms and blanks for obtaining and preserving such records, and to insure the faithful registration of the same in the registration districts and in the central bureau of vital statistics at the capital of the state. The said department shall be charged with the uniform and thorough enforcement of the said law throughout the state and shall, from time to time, promulgate any additional forms and amendments that may be necessary for this purpose. Suitable provision shall be made, including fireproof vaults and filing cases, for the permanent and safe preservation of all official records and other matters pertaining to vital statistics for which the bureau of vital statistics may be responsible.

(RSMo 1939 § 9760, A.L. 1945 p. 945 § 20) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9040; 1919 § 5706; 1909 § 6664 CROSS REFERENCE: Vital statistics, generally, Chap. 193
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 644.586 — MO Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.586
644.586 Board may borrow additional $20,000,000 for purposes of storm water control.
Status: in_force

644.586. Board may borrow additional $20,000,000 for purposes of storm water control. — In addition to those sums authorized prior to August 28, 2006, the board of fund commissioners of the state of Missouri, as authorized by Section 37(h) of Article III of the Constitution of the State of Missouri, may borrow on the credit of this state the sum of twenty million dollars in the manner described, and for the purposes set out, in chapter 640 and in this chapter.

(L. 2005 S.B. 246)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 356.011 — MO Code / Chapter 356 / Section 356.011
356.011 Citation of law.
Status: in_force

356.011. Citation of law. — Sections 356.011 to 356.261 may be cited as "The Professional Corporation Law of Missouri".

(L. 1986 H.B. 1230)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 178.170 — MO Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.170
178.170 Qualifications of reader.
Status: in_force

178.170. Qualifications of reader. — If possible, the person selected as a reader for the blind pupil shall be a person who, in the judgment of the executive officer of the institution, is worthy of the assistance in pursuing his school work which the remuneration provided for in section 178.160 will accord him.

(L. 1963 p. 200 § 13-17) (Source: RSMo 1959 § 177.150)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.1042 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.1042
376.1042 Marketing by agent, agency or broker violation of law.
Status: in_force

376.1042. Marketing by agent, agency or broker violation of law. — The sale, solicitation or marketing of any plan in violation of section 376.1040 by an agent, agency or broker shall constitute a violation of section 375.141 .

(L. 1993 H.B. 709 § 39, A.L. 2019 S.B. 514)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 197.700 — MO Code / Chapter 197 / Section 197.700
197.700 Medical staff membership to be considered on individual basis, ...
Status: in_force

197.700. Medical staff membership to be considered on individual basis, discrimination prohibited. — In the selection of medical staff members licensed under chapter 334 , no medical staff bylaws, departmental bylaws or hospital licensed under this chapter shall discriminate against any practitioner of the healing arts who holds a license to practice medicine and surgery in this state for reasons based solely upon the practitioner's branch of the healing arts or the school or health care facility in which the practitioner received medical schooling, postgraduate training or certification if such medical schooling or postgraduate training was accredited by the American Osteopathic Association or the American Medical Association. Each applicant for medical staff membership shall be considered on an individual basis pursuant to objective criteria applied equally to each applicant.

(L. 1993 S.B. 54 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 575.240 — MO Code / Chapter 575 / Section 575.240
575.240 Permitting escape — penalties.
Status: in_force

575.240. Permitting escape — penalties. — 1. A public servant, contract employee of a county or private jail, or employee of a private jail who is authorized and required by law to have charge of any person charged with or convicted of any offense commits the offense of permitting escape if he or she knowingly:

(1) Suffers, allows or permits any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, or anything adapted or designed for use in making an escape, to be introduced into or allowed to remain in any place of confinement, in violation of law, regulations or rules governing the operation of the place of confinement; or

(2) Suffers, allows or permits a person in custody or confinement to escape.

2. The offense of permitting escape is a class E felony, unless committed by suffering, allowing, or permitting any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument to be introduced into a place of confinement, in which case it is a class B felony.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60, A.L. 2009 S.B. 44, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 227.553 — MO Code / Chapter 227 / Section 227.553
227.553 Utility facilities located in right-of-way, survey required — notification ...
Status: in_force

227.553. Utility facilities located in right-of-way, survey required — notification requirements. — 1. At the earliest possible date in the design of a construction project on a state highway, the commission shall attempt to determine what utility facilities are located within the right-of-way of the planned construction project by researching permit files and reviewing map files maintained by the commission. The commission shall also, as necessary, conduct field investigations and contact local governments to identify any utility facilities within the right-of-way.

2. Within thirty days of completion of the survey conducted under subsection 1 of this section, the commission shall notify in writing owners of each known utility facility that a construction project is planned that may conflict with their utility facility. The notification shall include the name or route number of the highway, the geographical limits of the planned construction project * , a general description of the work to be done including a preliminary plan, the desired date for completion of a relocation plan, and the anticipated month and year a letting date could be set for the construction project.

3. The owner shall examine the notice and notify the commission in writing of any utility facility not correctly described in the commission's notice. Within sixty days of receiving the notice required in subsection 2 of this section, the owner shall provide a written response to the commission. The response shall describe and provide the general location of each utility facility of the owner by confirming the location shown in the commission's notice or by providing additions or corrections.

(L. 2005 H.B. 209 § 227.243) Effective 1-01-06 *Word "protect" appears in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.345 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.345
351.345 Liability of directors.
Status: in_force

351.345. Liability of directors. — In addition to any other liabilities imposed by law upon directors of a corporation, the directors of a corporation who shall knowingly declare and pay any dividend except as permitted by and in accordance with the provisions of sections 351.210 and 351.220 , and except, with respect to liquidating dividends, as permitted by, and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in connection with reduction of stated capital or with dissolution, shall be jointly and severally liable for all the debts of the corporation then existing, and for all that shall be thereafter contracted as long as they shall respectively continue in office; provided, that the amount for which they shall be liable shall not exceed the amount of such dividend, and that if any of the directors shall be absent at the time of making the dividend, or shall object thereto, and shall file their objection, in writing, with the secretary of the corporation, they shall be exempted from said liability; and further provided that a director shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the books of account of the corporation or statements prepared by any of its officials as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and earnings of the corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.

(RSMo 1939 §§ 5045, 5347, A.L. 1943 p. 410 § 44) Prior revisions: 1929 §§ 4569, 4942; 1919 §§ 9761, 10153; 1909 §§ 3002, 3348
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 300.345 — MO Code / Chapter 300 / Section 300.345
300.345 Riding on motorcycles, additional passenger, requirements.
Status: in_force

300.345. Riding on motorcycles, additional passenger, requirements. — 1. A person operating a motorcycle shall ride only upon the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and such operator shall not carry any other person nor shall any other person ride on a motorcycle unless such motorcycle is designed to carry more than one person, in which event a passenger may ride upon the permanent and regular seat if designed for two persons, or upon another seat firmly attached to the rear or side of the operator.

2. The operator of a motorized bicycle shall ride only astride the permanent and regular seat attached thereto, and shall not permit more than one person to ride thereon at the same time, unless the motorized bicycle is designed to carry more than one person. Any motorized bicycle designed to carry more than one person must be equipped with a passenger seat and footrests for the use of a passenger.

(L. 1965 p. 445 § 70, A.L. 1980 H.B. 995 & 1051) Effective 6-20-80
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 233.425 — MO Code / Chapter 233 / Section 233.425
233.425 Dissolution of road district — petition — notice — dissolution vote, Bates ...
Status: in_force

233.425. Dissolution of road district — petition — notice — dissolution vote, Bates County, when. — 1. Whenever a petition, signed by the owners of a majority of the acres of land owned by residents of the county residing within the district organized under the provisions of sections 233.320 to 233.445 , shall be filed with the county commission of any county in which such district is situated, setting forth the name of the district and the number of acres owned by each signer of such petition and the whole number of acres in such district, the county commission shall have power, if in its opinion the public good will be thereby advanced, to disincorporate such road district. No such road district shall be disincorporated until notice is published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county where the district is situated for four weeks successively prior to the hearing of such petition.

2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any special road district located in any county with more than fifteen thousand seven hundred but fewer than seventeen thousand six hundred inhabitants and with a county seat with more than four thousand two hundred ten but fewer than six thousand inhabitants shall have placed on the ballot by no later than the general election in November 2026 whether to dissolve such special road district. If the voters approve such question to dissolve the special road district, the responsibilities and outstanding obligations of the district shall be transferred to the county.

(RSMo 1939 § 8855, A.L. 1993 S.B. 194, A.L. 1994 H.B. 940, A.L. 2025 H.B. 199) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8195; 1919 § 10956
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 285.234 — MO Code / Chapter 285 / Section 285.234
285.234 Transient employer to post notice of registration for income tax ...
Status: in_force

285.234. Transient employer to post notice of registration for income tax withholding, workers' compensation and unemployment insurance, violation, penalty — inapplicability to certain out-of-state businesses. — 1. Every transient employer, as defined in section 285.230 shall post in a prominent and easily accessible place at the work site a clearly legible copy of the following:

(1) The notice of registration for employer withholding issued to such transient employer by the director of revenue;

(2) Proof of coverage for workers' compensation insurance or self-insurance signed by the transient employer and verified by the department of revenue through the records of the division of workers' compensation; and

(3) The notice of registration for unemployment insurance issued to such transient employer by the division of employment security.

2. Any transient employer failing to comply with the provisions of this section shall be liable for a penalty of five hundred dollars per day until the notices required by this section are posted as provided by this section.

3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to out-of-state businesses operating under sections 190.270 to 190.285 .

(L. 1992 S.B. 626 § 1, A.L. 1997 H.B. 472, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1190)