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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 475.121 — MO Code / Chapter 475 / Section 475.121
475.121 Admission to mental health or developmental disability facilities.
Status: in_force

475.121. Admission to mental health or developmental disability facilities. — 1. Pursuant to an application alleging that the admission of the ward to a particular mental health or developmental disability facility is appropriate and in the best interest of the ward, the court may authorize the guardian or limited guardian to admit the ward to such facility. Such application shall be accompanied by a physician's statement setting forth the factual basis for the need for continued admission including a statement of the ward's current diagnosis, plan of care, treatment or habilitation and the probable duration of the admission.

2. If the court finds that the application establishes the need for inpatient care, habilitation or treatment of the ward in a mental health or developmental disability facility without the adduction of further evidence, it shall issue an order authorizing the guardian to admit the ward to such facility in accordance with the provisions of section 632.120 or section 633.120 .

3. The court may, in its discretion, appoint an attorney to represent the ward. The attorney shall meet with the ward and may request a hearing on the application. If a hearing is requested, the court shall set the application for hearing. If there is no request for hearing, the court may rule on the application without a hearing. The attorney for the ward shall be allowed a reasonable fee for his services rendered to be assessed as costs under section 475.085 .

4. Proceedings under this section may be combined with adjudication proceedings under section 475.075 .

(L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1985 S.B. 35, et al., A.L. 2011 H.B. 555 merged with H.B. 648)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 417.175 — MO Code / Chapter 417 / Section 417.175
417.175 Registration of emblem effective for five years, renewal procedure, fee.
Status: in_force

417.175. Registration of emblem effective for five years, renewal procedure, fee. — 1. Registration of an emblem hereunder shall be effective for a term of five years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within six months prior to the expiration of such term, on a form to be furnished by the secretary of state, the registration may be renewed for a like term. The required renewal fee of twenty-five dollars shall accompany the application for renewal of the registration. An emblem registration may be renewed for successive periods of five years in a like manner.

2. All applications for renewals under sections 417.170 to 417.180 , whether for registrations made under sections 417.170 to 417.180 or for registrations effected under any prior act, shall include a statement that the emblem is still in use in this state.

(L. 1995 S.B. 80 & 88)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 337.1070 — MO Code / Chapter 337 / Section 337.1070
337.1070 Construction and severability.
Status: in_force

337.1070. Construction and severability. — 1. This Compact and the Commission's rulemaking authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes, and the implementation and administration of the Compact. Provisions of the Compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of Rules shall not be construed to limit the Commission's rulemaking authority solely for those purposes.

2. The provisions of this Compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this Compact is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the constitution of any Member State, a State seeking participation in the Compact, or of the United States, or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remainder of this Compact and the applicability thereof to any other government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.

3. Notwithstanding subsection 2 of this section, the Commission may deny a State's participation in the Compact or, in accordance with the requirements of subsection 2 of section 337.1060 , terminate a Member State's participation in the Compact, if it determines that a constitutional requirement of a Member State is a material departure from the Compact. Otherwise, if this Compact shall be held to be contrary to the constitution of any Member State, the Compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the remaining Member States and in full force and effect as to the Member State affected as to all severable matters.

(L. 2023 S.B. 70 merged with S.B. 157)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 100.450 — MO Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.450
100.450 Bonds, no personal liability on, not a debt of issuing subdivision or state ...
Status: in_force

100.450. Bonds, no personal liability on, not a debt of issuing subdivision or state — interest on bonds exempt from income tax. — 1. Neither the commissioners of any authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. Bonds issued under this section by an authority, created by or pursuant to sections * shall not be a debt of the municipality, the county or the state and neither the municipality, the county or the state shall be liable thereon nor in any event shall such bonds be payable out of any funds or properties other than those acquired for the purposes of this law and such bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction.

2. Bonds of an authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities, and interest thereon and income therefrom shall be exempt from income taxes.

(L. 1967 p. 172 § 16) *No section numbers appear in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 644.540 — MO Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.540
644.540 Tangible property tax, when levied.
Status: in_force

644.540. Tangible property tax, when levied. — If at any time after the issuance of any of the bonds it shall become apparent to the commissioner of administration that the funds available in the state revenue fund will not be sufficient for the payment of the sinking fund and interest on outstanding obligations of the state and for the purpose of public education and the principal and interest maturing and accruing on the bonds during the next succeeding fiscal year, a direct tax shall be levied upon all taxable tangible property in the state for the payment of the bonds and the interest that will accrue thereon. In such event, it shall be the duty of the commissioner of administration annually, on or before the first day of July, to determine the rate of taxation necessary to be levied upon all taxable tangible property within the state to raise the amount of money needed to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds maturing and accruing in the next succeeding fiscal year, taking into consideration available funds, delinquencies and costs of collection. The commissioner of administration shall annually certify the rate of taxation so determined to the county clerk of each county and to the comptroller or other officer in the city of St. Louis whose duty it shall be to make up and certify the tax books wherein are extended the ad valorem state taxes. It shall be the duty of the county clerks and of the comptroller or other proper officer in the city of St. Louis to extend upon the tax book the taxes to be collected and to certify the same to the collectors of the revenue of their respective counties and of the city of St. Louis, who shall collect such taxes at the same time and in the same manner and by the same means as are now or may hereafter be provided by law for the collection of state and county taxes, and to pay the same into the state treasury for the credit of the water pollution control bond and interest fund.

(L. 1972 S.B. 596) Effective 3-29-72
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.639 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.639
115.639 Three hours off work to vote — interference by employer a class four offense.
Status: in_force

115.639. Three hours off work to vote — interference by employer a class four offense. — 1. Any person entitled to vote at any election held within this state shall, on the day of such election, be entitled to absent himself from any services or employment in which he is then engaged or employed, for a period of three hours between the time of opening and the time of closing the polls for the purpose of voting, and any such absence for such purpose shall not be reason for the discharge of or the threat to discharge any such person from such services or employment; and such employee, if he votes, shall not, because of so absenting himself, be liable to any penalty or discipline, nor shall any deduction be made on account of such absence from his usual salary or wages; provided, however, that request shall be made for such leave of absence prior to the day of election, and provided further, that this section shall not apply to a voter on the day of election if there are three successive hours while the polls are open in which he is not in the service of his employer. The employer may specify any three hours between the time of opening and the time of closing the polls during which such employee may absent himself.

2. Any employer violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a class four election offense.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 15.025) Effective 1-01-78
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 546.660 — MO Code / Chapter 546 / Section 546.660
546.660 Section 546.650 construed.
Status: in_force

546.660. Section 546.650 construed. — Section 546.650 shall not extend to convictions for writing or publishing any libel; nor shall any such security be hereafter required by any court upon any complaint, prosecution or conviction for any such writing or publishing.

(RSMo 1939 § 4098) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3709; 1919 § 4053; 1909 § 5259
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.865 — MO Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.865
452.865 Simultaneous proceeding.
Status: in_force

452.865. Simultaneous proceeding. — If a proceeding for enforcement under sections 452.850 to 452.915 has been or is commenced in this state and a court of this state determines that a proceeding to modify the determination has been commenced in another state having jurisdiction to modify the determination under sections 452.740 to 452.845 , the enforcing court shall immediately communicate with the modifying court. The proceeding for enforcement continues unless the enforcing court, after consultation with the modifying court, stays or dismisses the proceeding.

(L. 2009 H.B. 481)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 362.173 — MO Code / Chapter 362 / Section 362.173
362.173 Investments in small business investment companies.
Status: in_force

362.173. Investments in small business investment companies. — Every bank and every trust company organized under the laws of this state shall have power to and may, to the extent that national banks are permitted so to do by the laws of the United States, purchase shares of stock in small business investment companies incorporated under either the laws of this state or of the United States for the purpose of operating under the "Small Business Investment Act of 1958" (72 Stat. 689).

(L. 1959 S.B. 48 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 493.130 — MO Code / Chapter 493 / Section 493.130
493.130 Unlawful for officer or person holding property in trust to make profit in ...
Status: in_force

493.130. Unlawful for officer or person holding property in trust to make profit in contract with any newspaper. — It shall be unlawful for any officer of the law, attorney at law, administrator, agent or person holding property in trust, to make a profit, directly or indirectly, through or by virtue of any contract, express or implied, made with any newspaper or publishing company for any advertisements, official or otherwise, and any rebate contracted for, allowed or given to such officer, attorney or person shall be accounted for, and the benefit thereof given to the party entitled thereto.

(RSMo 1939 § 14973) Prior revisions: 1929 § 13780; 1919 § 10408; 1909 § 594
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 452.025 — MO Code / Chapter 452 / Section 452.025
452.025 Verified pleadings, form and content.
Status: in_force

452.025. Verified pleadings, form and content. — 1. All pleadings required to be verified under this chapter may at the time of execution be made by the acknowledgment thereof by the petitioner or respondent made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of this state, and evidenced by the officer's certificate, under official seal, attached or annexed to the pleading in form and content substantially as follows:

2. All references in this chapter regarding a "verified" document shall be satisfied by compliance with the requirements of subsection 1 of this section.

(L. 2004 S.B. 1211)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.921 — MO Code / Chapter 393 / Section 393.921
393.921 Members must use services of nonprofit water company if available — ...
Status: in_force

393.921. Members must use services of nonprofit water company if available — membership not transferable, exception — meetings, how called, notice, procedure. — 1. No person shall become a member of a nonprofit water company unless such person shall agree to use services furnished by the company when such shall be available through its facilities. The bylaws of a company shall provide that any person, including an incorporator, shall cease to be a member of such company if such person shall fail or refuse to use services made available by the company or if services shall not be made available to such person by the company within a specified time after such person shall have become a member of such company. Membership in the company shall not be transferable, except as provided in the bylaws. The bylaws may prescribe additional qualifications and limitations with respect to membership.

2. An annual meeting of the members shall be held at such time as shall be provided in the bylaws.

3. Special meetings of the members may be called by the board of directors, by any three directors, by not less than ten percent of the members or by the president.

4. Meetings of members shall be held at such place as may be provided in the bylaws. In the absence of any such provisions, all meetings shall be held in the city or town in which the principal office of the company is located.

5. Except as otherwise provided in sections 393.900 to 393.951 , written or printed notice stating the time and place of each meeting of members and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given to each member, either personally or by mail, not less than ten nor more than twenty-five days before the date of the meeting.

6. Two percent of the members, present in person or by mail or proxy shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the members, unless the bylaws prescribe the presence of a greater percentage of the members for a quorum. If less than a quorum is present at any meeting, a majority of those present in person may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.

7. Each member shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting. Voting shall be in person, but, if the bylaws so provide, may also be by proxy or by mail, or both. If the bylaws provide for voting by proxy or by mail, they shall also prescribe the conditions under which proxy or mail voting shall be exercised.

(L. 1999 H.B. 450 § 8 and L. 1999 S.B. 160 & 82 § 8, A.L. 2011 H.B. 315)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 162.013 — MO Code / Chapter 162 / Section 162.013
162.013 School boards may expend district funds to provide accident and property ...
Status: in_force

162.013. School boards may expend district funds to provide accident and property damage insurance for members, when. — Notwithstanding other sections of the school laws which provide that members of school boards shall serve without compensation, the school board of any school district in the state, upon adoption of a resolution by the vote of a majority of all its members to authorize such action, may expend school district funds to purchase insurance to indemnify the members of the school board, individually, against loss for damages for personal or bodily injury to a person, or for damage or loss of property, caused by the negligent act, error, or omission of a member when acting within the scope of his office.

(L. 1977 S.B. 143)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 374.757 — MO Code / Chapter 374 / Section 374.757
374.757 Notification by agent of intention to apprehend — local law enforcement may ...
Status: in_force

374.757. Notification by agent of intention to apprehend — local law enforcement may accompany agent — violations, penalties. — 1. Any agent licensed by sections 374.695 to 374.775 who intends to apprehend any person in this state shall inform law enforcement authorities in the city or county in which such agent intends such apprehension, before attempting such apprehension. Such agent shall present to the local law enforcement authorities a certified copy of the bond and all other appropriate paperwork identifying the principal and the person to be apprehended. Local law enforcement may accompany the agent. Failure of any agent to whom this section applies to comply with the provisions of this section shall be a class A misdemeanor for the first violation and a class E felony for subsequent violations; and shall also be a violation of section 374.755 and may in addition be punished pursuant to that section.

2. The surety recovery agent shall inform the local law enforcement in the county or city where such agent is planning to enter a residence. Such agent shall have a certified copy of the bond and all appropriate paperwork to identify the principal. Local law enforcement, when notified, may accompany the surety recovery agent to that location to keep the peace if an active warrant is effective for a felony or misdemeanor. If a warrant is not active, the local law enforcement officers may accompany the surety recovery agent to such location. Failure to report to the local law enforcement agency is a class A misdemeanor. For any subsequent violations, failure to report to the local law enforcement agency is a class E felony.

(L. 2001 S.B. 267, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1122, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491) Effective 1-01-17
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 100.500 — MO Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.500
100.500 Bonds or other obligations legal investments for enumerated purposes, when.
Status: in_force

100.500. Bonds or other obligations legal investments for enumerated purposes, when. — All public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions and public bodies, all banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on insurance business, and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, moneys, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bond or other obligations issued by an authority pursuant to this law or commission, or agency or any other public body in the United States for industrial purposes, when such bonds and other obligations are secured by a contract for financial assistance to be paid by the federal government or any agency thereof and such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations. However, nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.

(L. 1967 p. 172 § 21)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 43.360 — MO Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43.360
43.360 Director — appointment, qualification, duties.
Status: in_force

43.360. Director — appointment, qualification, duties. — The superintendent of the Missouri state highway patrol shall appoint from the membership of the patrol, a director of the division of drug and crime control who shall be responsible for the operation of the division.

(L. 1983 S.B. 294 § 2)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 79.350 — MO Code / Chapter 79 / Section 79.350
79.350 Mayor or board may inspect books and records of officers.
Status: in_force

79.350. Mayor or board may inspect books and records of officers. — The mayor or board of aldermen shall have power, as often as he or they may deem it necessary, to require any officer of the city to exhibit his accounts or other papers or records, and to make report to the board of aldermen, in writing, touching any matter relating to his office.

(RSMo 1939 § 7106) Prior revisions: 1929 § 6956; 1919 § 8407; 1909 § 9309
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 149.031 — MO Code / Chapter 149 / Section 149.031
149.031 Refunds or exchange for stamps, when made.
Status: in_force

149.031. Refunds or exchange for stamps, when made. — The director shall make a refund or exchange new stamps for any stamps which are damaged, or for stamps which have been affixed to packages of cigarettes returned to factories, sold or shipped into another state for sale or use there or have become unfit for use and consumption or unsalable. Application to the director for the exchange * or refund must be accompanied by affidavit, damaged stamps, bill of lading covering shipment to factories or other states, or any other proof as required by the director.

(L. 1974 H.B. 1612 § 5) *Word "exchanges" appears in original rolls.