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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 541.020 — MO Code / Chapter 541 / Section 541.020
541.020 Jurisdiction of circuit courts.
Status: in_force

541.020. Jurisdiction of circuit courts. — Except as otherwise provided by law, the circuit courts shall have exclusive original jurisdiction in all cases of felony, misdemeanor and infractions. Except as otherwise provided by law, circuit judges may hear and determine originally all cases of felony, misdemeanor and infractions and may hear and determine upon a trial de novo cases of misdemeanor and infractions.

(RSMo 1939 § 3891, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3501; 1919 § 3846; 1909 § 5054 Effective 1-02-79
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 217.435 — MO Code / Chapter 217 / Section 217.435
217.435 Work or educational release program.
Status: in_force

217.435. Work or educational release program. — 1. The director may establish, at those correctional facilities he so designates, a program of work and educational release for those offenders who meet the standards established by department rules and regulations.

2. Each offender on work release shall pay a percentage of his wages, established by department rules, to a maximum of the per capita cost of offender support per month, to the department as maintenance. The money received from the inmate shall be deposited in the inmate fund and shall be expended pursuant to section 217.430 .

3. All offenders in college educational release programs shall be responsible for their own school expenses.

(L. 1982 H.B. 1196 § 95, A.L. 1989 H.B. 408)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 632.510 — MO Code / Chapter 632 / Section 632.510
632.510 Release of information, when.
Status: in_force

632.510. Release of information, when. — In order to protect the public, relevant information and records which are otherwise confidential or privileged shall be released to the agency with jurisdiction or the attorney general for the purpose of meeting the notice requirement provided in section 632.483 or 632.484 and determining whether a person is or continues to be a sexually violent predator.

(L. 1998 H.B. 1405, et al. § 11, A.L. 1999 H.B. 852)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.750 — MO Code / Chapter 393 / Section 393.750
393.750 Bonds legal investments for enumerated purposes.
Status: in_force

393.750. Bonds legal investments for enumerated purposes. — Bonds issued by any commission under the provisions of sections 393.700 to 393.770 * are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. The bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.

(L. 1978 H.B. 1126 § 11) Effective 12-07-78 *Words "this act" appear in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 137.715 — MO Code / Chapter 137 / Section 137.715
137.715 Clerks and deputies, appointment, compensation, how paid.
Status: in_force

137.715. Clerks and deputies, appointment, compensation, how paid. — Each county assessor shall, subject to the approval of the governing body of the county, appoint the additional clerks and deputies that he or she deems necessary for the prompt and proper discharge of the duties of his office. A portion of the salaries of the clerks and deputies hired by each county assessor shall be paid by the state in accordance with sections 137.710 and 137.750 , and the remainder of the salaries for such clerks and deputies shall be paid by the county in which they are employed.

(L. 1980 S.B. 679 § 1) (1985) Held that the county assessor makes the final decision concerning who is employed in his office, rather than requiring the county commission to specifically approve each person hired. State ex rel. Lack v. Melton, 692 S.W.2d 302 (Mo. en banc.)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 57.109 — MO Code / Chapter 57 / Section 57.109
57.109 May contract for services on federal water resources lands, limitation.
Status: in_force

57.109. May contract for services on federal water resources lands, limitation. — 1. Every sheriff shall have the power to contract with the Secretary of the Army of the United States, acting through the Corps of Engineers, for the purpose of providing increased law enforcement services at or near water resources development projects, active or inactive, under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army which are located within the county of the contracting sheriff.

2. No such contracts shall be for a period of more than two years.

(L. 1979 S.B. 260 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 650.105 — MO Code / Chapter 650 / Section 650.105
650.105 Assistance program established — distribution of state funds — access to ...
Status: in_force

650.105. Assistance program established — distribution of state funds — access to laboratories — limitation on establishment of new laboratories. — 1. There is hereby created the "Missouri Crime Laboratory Assistance Program" within the department of public safety. The purpose of this program is to provide state financial assistance to defray part of the operational costs incurred by crime laboratories.

2. Funds that are appropriated and collected pursuant to section 488.029 for this program shall be appropriated to the department.

3. Distribution of these state funds shall be by contractual arrangement between the department and each respective laboratory providing the service. Terms of the contract shall be negotiable each year. The state auditor shall audit from time to time all crime laboratories receiving state funds.

4. Nothing in sections 650.100 and 650.105 shall prohibit any crime laboratory from receiving federal or local funds should such funds become available.

5. All law enforcement agencies, municipal, county and state, shall have access to crime laboratories funded hereunder.

6. No state funds shall be expended unless appropriated by the general assembly for this purpose.

7. No new crime laboratories shall be started with state funds until authorized by the general assembly.

(L. 1979 S.B. 202 §§ 2 to 8, A.L. 2003 S.B. 39)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 71.910 — MO Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71.910
71.910 Proposition not to be resubmitted, when.
Status: in_force

71.910. Proposition not to be resubmitted, when. — In the event that the question of annexing such territory fails to receive the necessary majorities, the question shall not be resubmitted to the voters for a period of at least two years.

(L. 1963 p. 126 § 6, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 242.370 — MO Code / Chapter 242 / Section 242.370
242.370 Existing drains may be connected.
Status: in_force

242.370. Existing drains may be connected. — 1. At the time of the construction, in any district incorporated under sections 242.010 to 242.690 , of the plan for reclamation herein referred to, all ditches or systems of drainage already constructed in said district and all watercourses shall, if necessary to the drainage of any of the lands in said district, be connected with and made a part of the works and improvements of the plan of drainage of said district.

2. But no ditches, drains or systems of drainage constructed in said district after the completion of the aforesaid plan of drainage of said district, shall be connected therewith, unless the consent of the board of supervisors shall be first had and obtained, which consent shall be in writing and shall particularly describe the method, terms and conditions of such connection, and shall be approved by the chief engineer. Said connection, if made, shall be in strict accord with the method, terms and conditions laid down in said consent.

3. If the landowner or owners wishing to make such connection are refused by the board of supervisors or decline to accept the consent granted, the said landowner or owners may file a petition for such connection in the circuit court having jurisdiction in said district, and the matter in dispute shall in a summary manner be decided by said court which decision shall be final and binding on the district and landowner or owners.

4. No connection with the works or improvements of said plan of drainage of said district or with any ditch, drain or artificial drainage wholly within said district shall be made, caused or effected by any landowner or owners, company or corporation, municipal or private, by means of or with any ditch, drain, cut, fill, roadbed, levee, embankment or artificial drainage, wholly without the limits of said district, unless such connection is consented to by the board of supervisors, or in the manner herein provided.

(RSMo 1939 § 12376) Prior revisions: 1929 § 10795; 1919 § 4425; 1909 § 5531
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.102 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.102
115.102 Election judge, service as, employer not to discriminate against — ...
Status: in_force

115.102. Election judge, service as, employer not to discriminate against — violation, penalty. — 1. An employer shall not terminate, discipline, threaten or take adverse actions against an employee based on the employee's service as an election judge.

2. An employee who is appointed to serve as an election judge may, on election day, be absent from his or her employment for the period of time that the election authority requires the employee to serve as election judge. Employees must notify employers at least seven days prior to an election that they will be absent from work on election day due to service as an election judge.

3. An employee discharged in violation of this section may bring a civil action against the employer within ninety days of discharge for recovery of lost wages and other damages caused by the violation and for an order directing reinstatement of the employee. If the employee prevails, the employee shall be entitled to receive reasonable attorney's fees and costs.

(L. 2002 S.B. 675)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 650.255 — MO Code / Chapter 650 / Section 650.255
650.255 Commissions, suspension, reinstatement, procedure — lost, replaced, how.
Status: in_force

650.255. Commissions, suspension, reinstatement, procedure — lost, replaced, how. — 1. An inspector's commission may be suspended by the director after due investigation and recommendation by the board, for the incompetence or untrustworthiness of the holder thereof or for willful falsification of any matter or statement contained in his application or in a report of any inspection made by him. Written notice of any such suspension shall be given by the director within not more than ten days thereof to the inspector and his employer. A person whose commission has been suspended shall be entitled to an appeal to the board as provided in section 650.285 and to be present in person or to be represented by counsel at the hearing of the appeal.

2. If the board has reason to believe that a licensed inspector is no longer qualified to hold his commission, the board shall, upon not less than ten days' written notice to the inspector and his employer, hold a hearing at which the inspector and his employer shall have an opportunity to be heard. If, as a result of the hearing, the board finds that the inspector is no longer qualified to hold his commission, the board shall recommend to the director that the commission shall be revoked and the director shall thereupon revoke the commission forthwith.

3. A person whose commission has been suspended shall be entitled to apply, after ninety days from the date of the suspension, for reinstatement of the commission.

4. If a commission is lost or destroyed, a new commission shall be issued in its place without another examination.

(L. 1984 H.B. 1060 §§ 12, 13)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 392.360 — MO Code / Chapter 392 / Section 392.360
392.360 Forfeiture — penalties.
Status: in_force

392.360. Forfeiture — penalties. — Every telecommunications company, and all officers, agents and employees of any telecommunications company shall obey, observe and comply with every order, direction or requirement made by the commission, under authority of this chapter, so long as the same shall be and remain in force. Any telecommunications company which shall violate any provision of sections 392.190 to 392.530 , or which fails, omits or neglects to obey, observe or comply with any order or decision or any direction or requirement of the commission, shall forfeit to the state of Missouri not to exceed the sum of five thousand dollars for each and every offense. Every violation of any such order or decision or direction or requirement, or of said sections, shall be a separate and distinct offense, and, in case of a continuing violation, every day's continuance thereof shall be and be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense.

(RSMo 1939 § 5682, A.L. 1987 H.B. 360) Prior revisions: 1929 § 5226; 1919 § 10514
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 473.180 — MO Code / Chapter 473 / Section 473.180
473.180 Persons not acceptable as sureties.
Status: in_force

473.180. Persons not acceptable as sureties. — No judge of probate, sheriff, marshal, clerk of a court, or deputy of either, and no attorney at law, shall be taken as surety for any executor or administrator.

(RSMo 1939 § 21, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 81) Prior revisions: 1929 § 21; 1919 § 20; 1909 § 28
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 238.325 — MO Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.325
238.325 Fees, tolls and charges, allowed when, enforcement authority — relocation ...
Status: in_force

238.325. Fees, tolls and charges, allowed when, enforcement authority — relocation of highways and roads, authority. — 1. The corporation may, subject to commission approval:

(1) Establish and impose fees for services provided by the corporation; and

(2) Charge and collect tolls, fees and rents for use of a project to pay project costs or operation and anticipated future maintenance costs of a project; and

(3) Enforce collection of tolls in conjunction with the Missouri department of transportation, Missouri highway patrol or any other law enforcement official in the state of Missouri.

2. To construct a toll facility, a corporation may relocate an existing state highway subject to approval by the commission or an existing local public street or road subject to approval by the local transportation authority having control and jurisdiction over such street or road. A corporation shall not incorporate an existing free public street, road, or highway into a corporation project that will be subject to tolls.

(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 20, A.L. 1997 S.B. 67)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 205.977 — MO Code / Chapter 205 / Section 205.977
205.977 Tax authorized.
Status: in_force

205.977. Tax authorized. — Any county which has one or more service areas within its boundaries or which is within the boundaries of a service area may, by a majority vote of the qualified voters voting thereon, levy and collect a tax to accomplish any of the following purposes:

(1) Providing necessary funds to establish, operate, and maintain community mental health centers, mental health clinics, or any comprehensive mental health services;

(2) Providing funds to supplement existing funds for the operation and maintenance of community mental health centers, mental health clinics, or any comprehensive mental health services;

(3) Purchasing any of the comprehensive mental health services from community mental health centers, mental health clinics, and other public facilities or not-for-profit corporations which are designated by the department.

(L. 1969 S.B. 168 § 3, A.L. 1978 S.B. 652, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1383) Effective 1-1-91
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 287.041 — MO Code / Chapter 287 / Section 287.041
287.041 For-hire motor carrier not an employer of a lessor — definition.
Status: in_force

287.041. For-hire motor carrier not an employer of a lessor — definition. — Notwithstanding any provision of sections 287.030 and 287.040 , for purposes of this law, in no event shall a for-hire motor carrier operating within a commercial zone as defined in section 360.041 * or section 390.020 or operating under a certificate issued by the Missouri department of transportation or by the United States Department of Transportation, or its subagencies, be determined to be the employer of a lessor, as defined at 49 C.F.R. Section 376.2(f), or of a driver receiving remuneration from a lessor, as defined at 49 C.F.R. Section 376.2(f), provided, however, the term "for-hire motor carrier" shall in no event include an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or any governmental entity.

(L. 2005 S.B. 1 & 130) *Section 360.041 does not exist.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 578.616 — MO Code / Chapter 578 / Section 578.616
578.616 Civil forfeiture, when.
Status: in_force

578.616. Civil forfeiture, when. — 1. If a person who owns, possesses, breeds, or sells a large carnivore violates sections 578.600 to 578.624 , such large carnivore and any other large carnivore owned or possessed by such person are subject to civil forfeiture.

2. The prosecuting attorney in an action under section 578.614 may file a petition requesting that the court issue an order for civil forfeiture of all of the large carnivores owned or possessed by the person violating sections 578.600 to 578.624 .

(L. 2010 S.B. 795)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.087 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.087
115.087 Selection of judges in counties not having a board of election commissioners.
Status: in_force

115.087. Selection of judges in counties not having a board of election commissioners. — 1. In each county which does not have a board of election commissioners, the election judges shall be selected from lists provided by the county committee of each major political party or as authorized pursuant to section 115.081 . Not later than December tenth in each year in which county committeemen are elected, the county committee of each major political party shall submit to the election authority a list of persons qualified to serve as election judges in double the number required to hold a general election in the county. For each election, the election authority shall select and appoint the number of judges required to hold the election. If a county committee fails to present the prescribed number of names of qualified persons by the time prescribed, the election authority may select and appoint the number of judges provided by law for the county committee's party. If the election authority deems any person on a list to be unqualified, the election authority may request the county committee which submitted the list to furnish another name.

2. The state chairperson of each established political party may, in jurisdictions where no county committee exists and where the county clerk is the election authority, submit a list of persons qualified to serve as election judges to the county clerk. The county clerk may select and appoint additional judges from such list pursuant to section 115.081 .

3. County clerks may compile a list of persons who claim no political affiliation and who volunteer to be election judges. A county clerk may select and appoint additional judges from such list pursuant to section 115.081 .

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 3.020, A.L. 2002 S.B. 675)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 46.082 — MO Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46.082
46.082 Dent.
Status: in_force

46.082. Dent. — Commencing at the northeast corner of section four, township thirty-four, range two, west; thence west to the northwest corner of township thirty-four, range three, west; thence north with the range line between ranges three and four, west, to the northeast corner of township thirty-five, range four, west; thence west with the township line to the northwest corner of section three, township thirty-five, range eight, west; thence south with the subdivisional line to the southwest corner of section thirty-four, township thirty-four, range eight, west; thence east with the township line to the southwest corner of township thirty-four, range seven, west; thence south with the range line to the southwest corner of township thirty-two, range seven, west; thence east with the township line to the southeast corner of township thirty-two, range three, west; thence north with the range line to the northeast corner of said township; thence west to the range line between ranges three and four, west; thence north with said range line to the northeast corner of township thirty-three, range four, west; thence east along township line between townships thirty-three and thirty-four to the southeast corner of section thirty-three, township thirty-four, range two, west; and thence north with the subdivisional line to the place of beginning.

(RSMo 1939 § 13610) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11951; 1919 § 9353; 1909 § 3570
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 650.393 — MO Code / Chapter 650 / Section 650.393
650.393 Commission established, membership, terms.
Status: in_force

650.393. Commission established, membership, terms. — 1. The governing body of a county may establish an emergency communications system commission within the geographical boundaries of such county. Each such commission shall be composed of seven commissioners appointed by the chief executive officer of the county in which the commission is established.

2. The commission shall include a chief of police of a municipality located within the county, the chief of the police or the sheriff of the county, a chief of a municipal fire department located within the county, a chief of a fire protection district located within the county, and three at-large commissioners, who shall be residents of the county, all subject to the confirmation of the governing body of the county. Where applicable, the member who is a municipal chief of police shall be chosen from those persons nominated by a local police chiefs association. The members who are chiefs of either a municipal fire department or a fire protection district shall be chosen from those persons nominated by a local fire chiefs association. One at-large commissioner shall be chosen from those persons nominated by a local municipal league or organization. At least two of the at-large commissioners shall be persons who are not employed by a fire department or district, a police or sheriff's department, or any emergency medical system, or who are not elected or appointed officials of a political subdivision of the state or are not employed by the state of Missouri.

3. The terms of office of the commissioner who is a chief of police or sheriff of the county shall be coterminous with such person's term of office as chief of police or sheriff. At the first meeting of the commission, the other commissioners shall choose the length of their terms, with two commissioners serving for two years, three commissioners serving for three years and one commissioner serving for four years. All succeeding commissioners shall serve for five years. Terms shall end on December thirty-first of the respective year. No commissioner shall serve for more than two consecutive full terms. A commissioner who is not an at-large commissioner shall remain in office only so long as he or she retains office with the department or district that such commissioner served at the time such person was appointed to the board of commissioners. Vacancies on the board of commissioners shall be filled by persons appointed by the chief executive officer of the county in the same manner by which the commissioner whose office is vacant was first appointed.

(L. 2002 S.B. 795)