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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 230.020 — MO Code / Chapter 230 / Section 230.020
230.020 County highway commission — appointment.
Status: in_force

230.020. County highway commission — appointment. — Within sixty days after the taking effect of this chapter, it shall be the duty of the county commission in all counties of this state, except as otherwise in this chapter provided, to appoint four members of the county highway commission, one for a term of one year; one for a term of two years; one for a term of three years; and one for a term of four years. Upon expiration of the term of each of said county highway commissioners his successor shall be appointed for a term of four years, and every such county highway commissioner shall hold office for the term appointed and thereafter until his successor is appointed and qualified. Not more than two of said county highway commissioners shall be appointed from the same county commission district, and not more than two thereof shall be affiliated with the same political party. No person shall be eligible to appointment as a member of the county highway commission who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and who at time of his appointment is not a bona fide resident of county wherein appointed, and possessed of a knowledge of the interest of said county, and a known supporter and advocate of a system of county highways, constructed and maintained with a view to affording the greatest convenience to the greatest number of inhabitants of the county in the matter of farm-to-market roads. Within ten days after their appointment the members of such county highway commission shall meet at the county seats and organize by the election of one of their number as president, and another as secretary, of said commission.

(RSMo 1939 § 8503) Prior revision: 1929 § 7857
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 71.420 — MO Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71.420
71.420 Joint fire department committee — duties.
Status: in_force

71.420. Joint fire department committee — duties. — The joint fire department so installed, as aforesaid, shall be managed by a joint fire department committee consisting of one member from each of the contracting parties, which shall prescribe such rules and regulations, and appoint and employ such officers, firemen and other persons as may be necessary to efficiently operate the fire department, and acquire the necessary apparatus for the installation of the department, the property on which the fire department is to be located and supervise the erection of the fire department building, as authorized by ordinance, all as herein provided.

(RSMo 1939 § 7393) Prior revision: 1929 § 7242
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 448.130 — MO Code / Chapter 448 / Section 448.130
448.130 Insurance proceeds used for reconstruction — reconstruction defined.
Status: in_force

448.130. Insurance proceeds used for reconstruction — reconstruction defined. — In case of fire or any other disaster the insurance proceeds, if sufficient to reconstruct the building, shall be applied to such reconstruction. "Reconstruction of the building" , as used in this and section 448.140 , means restoring the building to substantially the same condition in which it existed prior to the fire or other disaster, with each unit and the common elements having the same vertical and horizontal boundaries as before.

(L. 1963 p. 648 § 13)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 92.725 — MO Code / Chapter 92 / Section 92.725
92.725 Lists, contents of.
Status: in_force

92.725. Lists, contents of. — Each list shall contain the following:

(1) A description of the land by the smallest legal subdivisions or by the smallest parts, lots, or parcels when sections and subdivisions of the land are divided into lots, blocks or parcels, and when such real estate cannot be so described, then by metes and bounds; and variance in any description of such real estate from year to year or any such variance between taxing authorities shall not be material so long as such descriptions reasonably identify the same land;

(2) A statement of the amount of each tax bill upon such parcel, including all tax bills thereon which are delinquent, the year of such assessment, the tract number, if any, of each tax bill, and the date or dates from which and the rate or rates at which interest and penalties shall be computed, and an appropriate designation of the owner or holder of each such tax bill;

(3) The names of the last known owners of such real estate as the same appear in the records of the assessor. The search of the record of the assessor must be made not more than thirty days prior to the filing of the petition specified in section 92.740 .

(L. 1971 H.B. 472 § 6, A.L. 1989 H.B. 342)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 488.4014 — MO Code / Chapter 488 / Section 488.4014
488.4014 Court costs in certain civil and criminal cases, exceptions — collection ...
Status: in_force

488.4014. Court costs in certain civil and criminal cases, exceptions — collection and deposit procedure — distribution — county entitled to judgment, when. — 1. A fee of ten dollars shall be assessed in all cases in which the defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty of a nonfelony violation of any provision of chapters 252 , 301 , 302 , 304 , 306 , 307 and 390 , and any infraction otherwise provided by law, a fee of twenty-five dollars shall be assessed in all misdemeanor cases otherwise provided by law in which the defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty, and a fee of seventy-five dollars shall be assessed in all felony cases in which the defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty, in criminal cases including violations of any county ordinance or any violation of a criminal or traffic law of the state, except that no such fees shall be collected in any proceeding in any court when the proceeding or the defendant has been dismissed by the court or when costs are to be paid by the state, county or municipality. All fees collected under the provisions of this section shall be collected and disbursed in the manner provided by sections 488.010 to 488.020 and payable to the county treasurer who shall deposit those funds in the county treasury.

2. Counties shall be entitled to a judgment in the amount of twenty-five percent of all sums collected, pursuant to this section, on recognizances given to the state in criminal cases, which are or may become forfeited, if not more than five hundred dollars, and fifteen percent of all sums over five hundred dollars, to be paid out of the amount collected.

(L. 2000 S.B. 1002 Revision, A.L. 2003 H.B. 613 merged with S.B. 466, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1188)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 475.544 — MO Code / Chapter 475 / Section 475.544
475.544 State law applicability.
Status: in_force

475.544. State law applicability. — Except where inconsistent with sections 475.541 , 475.542 , and 475.543 , the laws of this state relating to the registration and recognition of the acts of a foreign guardian, curator, or conservator contained in sections 475.335 to 475.340 shall be applicable.

(L. 2011 H.B. 111 merged with S.B. 59 merged with S.B. 213)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 392.040 — MO Code / Chapter 392 / Section 392.040
392.040 Election of directors — appointment of officers.
Status: in_force

392.040. Election of directors — appointment of officers. — 1. There shall be an annual election of directors to serve for the ensuing year, notice of which, appointing a time and place, shall be given by the directors chosen, as provided by law, for the first annual election, and thereafter by their successors in office; which notice shall be published not less than twenty days previous thereto in a newspaper published in the county where the principal office of the company shall be situated. The directors shall hold their offices for one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

2. They shall elect one of their number to be president of the company, and may appoint such other officers and agents as may be prescribed by the articles of association or bylaws of the company.

(RSMo 1939 § 5323) Prior revisions: 1929 § 4918; 1919 § 10129; 1909 § 3323) CROSS REFERENCE: Quorum of stockholders, powers, 351.267
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 199.220 — MO Code / Chapter 199 / Section 199.220
199.220 Order appealable.
Status: in_force

199.220. Order appealable. — The order shall be subject to review at the instance of either party, as in other civil cases.

(L. 1961 p. 518 § 5)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.1142 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.1142
162.1142 Blindness skills specialist fund created.
Status: in_force

162.1142. Blindness skills specialist fund created. — There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Blindness Skills Specialist Fund" which shall be administered by the division of special education within the department of elementary and secondary education. Moneys in the fund shall, upon appropriation, be used to establish and maintain the blindness skills specialist program pursuant to section 162.1136 .

(L. 1999 H.B. 401)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 453.012 — MO Code / Chapter 453 / Section 453.012
453.012 Requirements for adoption effective for petitions filed on or after August ...
Status: in_force

453.012. Requirements for adoption effective for petitions filed on or after August 28, 1997. — The provisions of sections 192.016 , 193.125 , 210.109 , 210.491 , 211.444 , and 211.447 , sections * 453.005 , 453.010 , 453.014 , 453.015 , 453.025 , 453.026 , 453.030 , 453.040 , 453.060 , 453.065 , 453.070 , 453.073 , 453.075 , 453.077 , 453.080 , 453.110 , 453.112 , and 453.170 and section ** 568.175 shall apply to petitions for adoption filed on or after August 28, 1997.

(L. 1997 H.B. 343 § 1) *Word "sections" does not appear in original rolls. **Word "section" does not appear in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 545.450 — MO Code / Chapter 545 / Section 545.450
545.450 When case may be removed to another circuit.
Status: in_force

545.450. When case may be removed to another circuit. — Whenever it shall appear, in the manner provided in section 545.490 , that the inhabitants of the entire circuit are so prejudiced against the defendant that a fair trial cannot be had therein, the cause shall, by order of the court or judge thereof, be removed to another circuit, in which such prejudice is not alleged to exist.

(RSMo 1939 § 4017) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3628; 1919 § 3971; 1909 § 5178 (1963) Defendant may not allege in his application that prejudice exists in multiple circuits. State v. Brookshire (Mo.), 368 S.W.2d 373.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 204.370 — MO Code / Chapter 204 / Section 204.370
204.370 Bonds, issuance on four-sevenths vote — certain counties (Jackson and Cass).
Status: in_force

204.370. Bonds, issuance on four-sevenths vote — certain counties (Jackson and Cass). — 1. No common sewer district in any county of the first classification which has a charter form of government and which contains all or any portion of a city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants, or in any county of the first classification without a charter form of government and which has a population of more than sixty-three thousand seven hundred but less than seventy-five thousand shall issue or deliver any bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving or extending any sewerage system payable from the revenues to be derived from the operation of the system unless a proposition to issue the bonds shall have received the assent of a majority of the voters of the sewer district who shall vote on the question or the written assent of three-quarters of the customers of the sewer district. For purposes of this section, "customer" shall mean:

(1) A political subdivision within the district which has a service or user agreement with the district; or

(2) A duly created subdistrict.

2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:

Shall revenue bonds in the amount of ______ dollars for the purpose of ______ (acquiring, constructing, improving or extending the sewerage system) be issued by the ______ common sewer district?

(L. 1967 p. 310 § 18, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 2001 H.B. 501)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.520 — MO Code / Chapter 537 / Section 537.520
537.520 Interest as part of damages.
Status: in_force

537.520. Interest as part of damages. — The jury on the trial of any issue, or on any inquisition of damages, may, if they shall think fit, give damages, in the nature of interest, over and above the value of the goods at the time of the conversion or seizure.

(RSMo 1939 § 3657) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3267; 1919 § 4222; 1909 § 5430
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.400 — MO Code / Chapter 537 / Section 537.400
537.400 Double damages for willful fires.
Status: in_force

537.400. Double damages for willful fires. — If any person shall willfully set on fire any woods, marshes or prairies whether his own or not, so as thereby to occasion any damage to any other person, such person shall make satisfaction in double damages to the party injured, to be recovered by civil action.

(RSMo 1939 § 3660) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3270; 1919 § 4225; 1909 § 5433
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 253.065 — MO Code / Chapter 253 / Section 253.065
253.065 Park rangers, appointment, powers as peace officers.
Status: in_force

253.065. Park rangers, appointment, powers as peace officers. — 1. Each park ranger employed by the director of the department of natural resources and such other employees as may be designated by the director shall be certified by the director of the department of public safety, as provided in chapter 590 . Each such person shall take and subscribe an oath of office to perform his duties faithfully and impartially and shall be given a certificate of commission as a peace officer for state parks. The commission shall grant him the same powers as other peace officers to maintain order, preserve the peace and make arrests for violations of law on all land under the jurisdiction and control of the director and on all state and county highways within the boundaries of state parks.

2. Each park ranger shall have the authority to have abandoned vehicles or watercraft removed from state and county roads within state parks and from all land and water owned, leased or under the supervision of the department of natural resources, if the vehicle has been left unattended on the land or in the water, on the roadway or right-of-way for a period of forty-eight hours. If the vehicle is creating a safety or health hazard, it may be removed as soon as is practical. The procedure contained in section 304.155 shall be observed for reporting the storage location, notification of the owner and disposal of the vehicle or watercraft.

(L. 1961 p. 230 § 2, A.L. 1983 H.B. 350)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 382.250 — MO Code / Chapter 382 / Section 382.250
382.250 Injunction, when authorized.
Status: in_force

382.250. Injunction, when authorized. — Whenever it appears to the director that any insurer or any director, officer, employee or agent thereof has committed or has threatened to commit a violation of sections 382.010 to 382.300 or of any rule, regulation, or order issued by the director pursuant to sections 382.010 to 382.300 , the director may apply to the circuit court for the county in which the principal office of the insurer is located or to the circuit court for Cole County for an order enjoining the insurer or the director, officer, employee or agent thereof from violating or continuing to violate sections 382.010 to 382.300 or any such rule, regulation or order, and for such other equitable relief as the nature of the case and the interests of the insurer's policyholders, creditors, shareholders, or the public may require.

(L. 1971 S.B. 101 § 28)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 196.1115 — MO Code / Chapter 196 / Section 196.1115
196.1115 Board's powers, duties and limitation on expenditures.
Status: in_force

*196.1115. Board's powers, duties and limitation on expenditures. — 1. The moneys appropriated to the life sciences research board that are not distributed by the board in any fiscal year to a center for excellence or a center for excellence endorsed program pursuant to section 196.1112 , if any, shall be held in reserve by the board or shall be awarded on the basis of peer review panel recommendations for capacity building initiatives proposed by public and private not-for-profit academic, research, or health care institutions or organizations, or individuals engaged in competitive research in targeted fields consistent with the provisions of sections 196.1100 to 196.1130 .

2. The life sciences research board may, in view of the limitations expressed in section 196.1130 :

(1) Award and enter into grants or contracts relating to increasing Missouri's research capacity at public or private not-for-profit institutions;

(2) Make provision for peer review panels to recommend and review research projects;

(3) Contract for support services;

(4) Lease or acquire facilities and equipment;

(5) Employ administrative staff; and

(6) Receive, retain, hold, invest, disburse or administer any moneys that it receives from appropriations or from any other source.

3. The Missouri technology corporation, established under section 348.251 , shall serve as the administrative agent for the life sciences research board.

4. The life sciences research board shall utilize as much of the moneys as reasonably possible for building capacity at public and private not-for-profit institutions to do research rather than for administrative expenses. The board shall not in any fiscal year expend more than two percent of the total moneys appropriated to it and of the moneys that it has in reserve or has received from other sources for its own administrative expenses for appropriations equal to or greater than twenty million dollars; three percent for appropriations less than twenty million dollars but equal to or greater than fifteen million dollars; four percent for appropriations less than fifteen million dollars but equal to or greater than ten million dollars; five percent for appropriations less than ten million dollars; provided, however, that the general assembly by appropriation from the life sciences research trust fund may authorize a limited amount of additional moneys to be expended for administrative costs.

(L. 2003 H.B. 688, A.L. 2011 1st Ex. Sess. S.B. 7) Effective: see contingency, section 348.280 *Revisor's Note: This section was declared unconstitutional in Missouri Roundtable for Life, Inc. v. State, 396 S.W.3d 348 (Mo.banc). (2013) Provisions of S.B. 7 from First Extraordinary Session in 2011 are unconstitutional; section B of act as codified in section 348.280 is a violation of the single subject requirement of Article III, Section 23 and remaining provisions of bill could not be severed. Missouri Roundtable for Life, Inc. v. State, 396 S.W.3d 348 (Mo.banc).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.458 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.458
351.458 Merger or consolidation with foreign corporation — procedure.
Status: in_force

351.458. Merger or consolidation with foreign corporation — procedure. — 1. One or more foreign corporations and one or more domestic corporations may be merged or consolidated in the following manner, if such merger or consolidation is permitted by the laws of the state under which each such foreign corporation is organized:

(1) Each domestic corporation shall comply with the provisions of this chapter with respect to the merger or consolidation, as the case may be, of domestic corporations and each foreign corporation shall comply with the applicable provisions of the laws of the state under which it is organized;

(2) If the surviving or new corporation, as the case may be, is to be governed by the laws of any state other than this state, it shall comply with the provisions of this chapter with respect to foreign corporations if it is to do business in this state, and regardless of whether or not it is to do business in this state it shall file with the secretary of state of this state:

(a) An agreement that it will promptly pay to the dissenting shareholders of any domestic corporation which is a party to the merger or consolidation the amount, if any, to which they shall be entitled under provisions of this chapter with respect to the rights of dissenting shareholders, and

(b) An agreement that it may be served with process in this state, and an irrevocable appointment of the secretary of state of this state as its agent to accept service of process, in any proceeding based upon any cause of action against any such domestic corporation arising in this state prior to the issuance of the certificate of merger or the certificate of consolidation by the secretary of state of this state, and in any proceeding for the enforcement of the rights of a dissenting shareholder of any such domestic corporation against the surviving or new corporation.

2. The effect of the merger or consolidation shall be the same as in the case of the merger or consolidation of domestic corporations; except, if the surviving or new corporation is to be governed by the laws of any state other than this state, to the extent that the laws of the other state shall otherwise provide.

3. If the surviving or new corporation is a foreign corporation, the effective date of such merger or consolidation shall be the date on which the same becomes effective in the state of domicile of such surviving or new corporation and the provisions of section 351.440 shall not apply. A document from the state of the domicile of the surviving corporation in the case of a merger, or the new corporation in the case of a consolidation, certifying that the merger or consolidation has become effective in such state shall be a requirement for the merger or consolidation becoming effective in this state.

(L. 1961 p. 248, A.L. 1965 p. 532, A.L. 2001 S.B. 288) Effective 7-01-01
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 521.490 — MO Code / Chapter 521 / Section 521.490
521.490 Effect of dissolution.
Status: in_force

521.490. Effect of dissolution. — When any attachment shall be dissolved, all proceedings touching the property and effects attached, and the garnishee summoned, shall be vacated, and the suit shall proceed as if it had been commenced by summons only.

(RSMo 1939 § 1486) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1322; 1919 § 1773; 1909 § 2342
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 262.829 — MO Code / Chapter 262 / Section 262.829
262.829 Principal office location — responsibilities of board.
Status: in_force

262.829. Principal office location — responsibilities of board. — The principal office of the board shall be located in Jefferson City, Missouri. The board may have offices at such other places as the board may from time to time designate. The board shall act as the organization within the department of agriculture charged with the promotion, research, and advisement of grapes and grape products in Missouri, and shall be the sole recipient of funding as provided for in section 311.554 .

(L. 2005 S.B. 355)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 87.500 — MO Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.500
87.500 Membership continued after retirement.
Status: in_force

87.500. Membership continued after retirement. — All members of any such fire department in any such city or county in this state shall become members of the fire department pension fund and relief association, and may continue in full membership in such association after having been retired from the department and pensioned by the association.

(RSMo 1939 § 9546) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8981; 1919 § 10305; 1909 § 3461
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 70.747 — MO Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.747
70.747 Board may invest in real estate.
Status: in_force

70.747. Board may invest in real estate. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the board shall have full power to invest and reinvest the funds and moneys of the system in improved real estate, including collective real estate funds and real estate investment trusts, wherever situated.

(L. 1984 H.B. 874, A.L. 2025 H.B. 147 merged with S.B. 71)