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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 59.005 — MO Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59.005
59.005 Definitions.
Status: in_force

59.005. Definitions. — As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:

(1) "Copying" or "reproducing" , any recorded instrument or document, the act of making a single reproduction in any medium of a recorded document or instrument;

(2) "Document" or "instrument" , any writing or drawing presented to the recorder of deeds for recording;

(3) "Duplicate" , copies, copies requested concurrently with, but in excess of one reproduction in any medium of a recorded instrument or document or collection thereof;

(4) "File" , "filed" or "filing" , the act of delivering or transmitting a document to the recorder of deeds for recording into the official public record;

(5) "Grantor" or "grantee" , the names of the parties involved in the transaction used to create the recording index;

(6) "Legal description" includes but is not limited to the lot or parts thereof, block, plat or replat number, plat book and page and the name of any recorded plat or a metes and bounds description with acreage, if stated in the description, or the quarter/quarter section, and the section, township and range of property, or any combination thereof. The address of the property shall not be accepted as legal description;

(7) "Legible" , all text, seals, drawings, signatures or other content within the document must be capable of producing a clear and readable image from record, regardless of the process used for recording;

(8) "Page" , any writing, printing or drawing printed on one side only covering all or part of the page, not larger than eight and one-half inches in width and eleven inches in height for pages other than a plat or survey;

(9) "Record" , "recorded" or "recording" , the recording of a document into the official public record, regardless of the process used;

(10) "Recorder of deeds" , the separate recorder of deeds in those counties where separate from the circuit clerk and the circuit clerk and ex officio recorder of deeds in those counties where the offices are combined.

(L. 2001 H.B. 606 merged with S.B. 288 merged with S.B. 515, A.L. 2005 H.B. 58 merged with S.B. 210)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 99.1006 — MO Code / Chapter 99 / Section 99.1006
99.1006 Rural economic stimulus authority authorized, limitations.
Status: in_force

99.1006. Rural economic stimulus authority authorized, limitations. — Each municipality may create an authority to be known as a "Rural Economic Stimulus Authority"; provided, however:

(1) No such authority shall transact any business or exercise its powers pursuant to sections 99.1000 to 99.1060 until and unless the governing body of such municipality shall, in accordance with subsection 1 of section 99.1033 , approve, by ordinance, the exercise of the powers, functions, and duties of an authority under sections 99.1000 to 99.1060 ;

(2) No governing body of a municipality shall adopt an ordinance pursuant to subdivision (1) of this section unless it finds:

(a) That it would be in the interest of the public to consider the establishment of a development area in accordance with sections 99.1000 to 99.1060 ; and

(b) That the development of such a development area would be in the interest of the public health, safety, morals, or welfare of the residents of such municipality.

(L. 2003 H.B. 289)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 633.210 — MO Code / Chapter 633 / Section 633.210
633.210 Office of autism services established, duties — autism spectrum disorder ...
Status: in_force

633.210. Office of autism services established, duties — autism spectrum disorder defined. — 1. There is hereby established in the department of mental health within the division of developmental disabilities, an "Office of Autism Services". The office of autism services, under the supervision of the director of the division of developmental disabilities, shall provide leadership in program development for children and adults with autism spectrum disorders, to include establishment of program standards and coordination of program capacity.

2. For purposes of this section, the term "autism spectrum disorder" shall be defined as in standard diagnostic criteria for pervasive developmental disorder, to include: autistic disorder; Asperger's syndrome; pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified; childhood disintegrative disorder; and Rett's syndrome.

(L. 2008 S.B. 768 § 633.225, A.L. 2011 H.B. 555 merged with H.B. 648)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 238.217 — MO Code / Chapter 238 / Section 238.217
238.217 Costs of petition process, how paid.
Status: in_force

238.217. Costs of petition process, how paid. — The costs of filing and defending the petition and all publication and incidental costs incurred in obtaining circuit court certification of the petition for voter approval shall be paid by the petitioners. If a district is organized under sections 238.200 to 238.275 , the petitioners may be reimbursed for such costs out of the revenues received by the district.

(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 42) Effective 5-30-90
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 221.340 — MO Code / Chapter 221 / Section 221.340
221.340 Duties of board.
Status: in_force

221.340. Duties of board. — It shall be the duty of such board of visitors, by personal visitation or otherwise, to keep themselves fully advised of the conditions and management of all corrective institutions, supported wholly or in part by county or municipal taxation, or which are under county or municipal control, and especially the county jails. They shall examine every department of each institution, and shall ascertain its condition as to effective and economical administration, the cleanliness, discipline and comfort of its inmates and other respects, and at least once in every three months all of said institutions shall be visited by said board or a committee of its members. In case the said board or one of its committees shall find any state of things in any institution, which in their opinion shall be injurious to the county or to the inmates of the institution, or which is contrary to good order and public policy, it shall be their duty to address a memorial to the presiding judge, sheriff, and county commission, or other officials having jurisdiction, in which memorial they shall set forth the facts observed and shall suggest such remedies as in their judgment may be necessary.

(RSMo 1939 § 9588, A.L. 2003 S.B. 184) Prior revisions: 1929 § 12948; 1919 § 12197; 1909 § 1331
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 115.133 — MO Code / Chapter 115 / Section 115.133
115.133 Qualifications of voters.
Status: in_force

115.133. Qualifications of voters. — 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, any citizen of the United States who is a resident of the state of Missouri and seventeen years and six months of age or older shall be entitled to register and to vote in any election which is held on or after his eighteenth birthday.

2. No person who is adjudged incapacitated shall be entitled to register or vote. No person shall be entitled to vote:

(1) While confined under a sentence of imprisonment;

(2) While on probation or parole after conviction of a felony, until finally discharged from such probation or parole; or

(3) After conviction of a felony or misdemeanor connected with the right of suffrage.

3. Except as provided in federal law or federal elections and in section 115.277 , no person shall be entitled to vote if the person has not registered to vote in the jurisdiction of his or her residence prior to the deadline to register to vote.

(L. 1977 H.B. 101 § 7.010, A.L. 1979 S.B. 275, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1600, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1993 H.B. 23, A.L. 2002 S.B. 675, A.L. 2003 H.B. 511)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 194.160 — MO Code / Chapter 194 / Section 194.160
194.160 Distribution of bodies.
Status: in_force

194.160. Distribution of bodies. — 1. The secretary of the board shall cause to be distributed the bodies aforesaid, to any of the educational institutions mentioned in section 194.120 , upon the acceptance and compliance by said educational institution with the provisions of sections 194.120 to 194.180 , in proportion to the number of students in attendance at said educational institutions where the subject of human anatomy is studied or investigated.

2. The board may employ a carrier or carriers for the conveyance of such bodies, which bodies shall be well enclosed within a suitable encasement, and carefully deposited free from public observation. Said carrier shall obtain a receipt from the officer or other person having custody of any dead body subject to the provisions of sections 194.120 to 194.180 for each body received by said carrier, and said receipt shall set forth the name of the deceased, if known, and all other data that will aid in identifying such body, and shall deposit this receipt with the secretary of the board.

(RSMo 1939 § 10001) Prior revisions: 1929 § 9130; 1919 § 7345; 1909 § 8326
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 50.565 — MO Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50.565
50.565 County law enforcement restitution fund may be established, proceeds ...
Status: in_force

50.565. County law enforcement restitution fund may be established, proceeds designated for deposit in, use of moneys — audit of fund. — 1. A county commission may establish by ordinance or order a fund whose proceeds may be expended only for the purposes provided for in subsection 3 of this section. The fund shall be designated as a county law enforcement restitution fund and shall be under the supervision of a board of trustees consisting of two citizens of the county appointed by the presiding commissioner of the county, two citizens of the county appointed by the sheriff of the county, and one citizen of the county appointed by the county coroner or medical examiner. The citizens so appointed shall not be current or former elected officials, current or former employees of the sheriff's department, the office of the prosecuting attorney for the county, office of the county commissioners, or the county treasurer's office. If a county does not have a coroner or medical examiner, the county treasurer shall appoint one citizen to the board of trustees.

2. Money from the county law enforcement restitution fund shall only be expended upon the approval of a majority of the members of the county law enforcement restitution fund's board of trustees and only for the purposes provided for by subsection 3 of this section.

3. Money from the county law enforcement restitution fund shall only be expended for the following purposes:

(1) Narcotics investigation, prevention, and intervention;

(2) Purchase of law enforcement-related equipment and supplies for the sheriff's office;

(3) Matching funds for federal or state law enforcement grants;

(4) Funding for the reporting of all state and federal crime statistics or information; and

(5) Any county law enforcement-related expense, including those of the prosecuting attorney, approved by the board of trustees for the county law enforcement restitution fund that is reasonably related to investigation, charging, preparation, trial, and disposition of criminal cases before the courts of the state of Missouri.

4. The county commission may not reduce any law enforcement agency's budget as a result of funds the law enforcement agency receives from the county law enforcement restitution fund. The restitution fund is to be used only as a supplement to the law enforcement agency's funding received from other county, state, or federal funds.

5. County law enforcement restitution funds shall be audited as are all other county funds.

6. No court may order the assessment and payment authorized by this section if the plea of guilty or the finding of guilt is to the charge of speeding, careless and imprudent driving, any charge of violating a traffic control signal or sign, or any charge which is a class C misdemeanor or an infraction. No assessment and payment ordered pursuant to this section may exceed three hundred dollars for any charged offense.

(L. 2004 H.B. 1055, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 334.1200 — MO Code / Chapter 334 / Section 334.1200
334.1200 Purpose.
Status: in_force

*334.1200. Purpose. — The purpose of this compact is to facilitate interstate practice of physical therapy with the goal of improving public access to physical therapy services. The practice of physical therapy occurs in the state where the patient/client is located at the time of the patient/client encounter. The compact preserves the regulatory authority of states to protect public health and safety through the current system of state licensure.

This compact is designed to achieve the following objectives:

1. Increase public access to physical therapy services by providing for the mutual recognition of other member state licenses;

2. Enhance the states' ability to protect the public's health and safety;

3. Encourage the cooperation of member states in regulating multistate physical therapy practice;

4. Support spouses of relocating military members;

5. Enhance the exchange of licensure, investigative, and disciplinary information between member states; and

6. Allow a remote state to hold a provider of services with a compact privilege in that state accountable to that state's practice standards.

(L. 2016 H.B. 1816 merged with S.B. 608 merged with S.B. 635 merged with S.B. 973) Effective 4-25-17, see § 334.1230. *S.B. 608 was vetoed July 5, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 478.320 — MO Code / Chapter 478 / Section 478.320
478.320 Associate circuit judges, authorized number — population determination — ...
Status: in_force

478.320. Associate circuit judges, authorized number — population determination — election — restrictions on practice of law or paid public appointment — residency requirement. — 1. In counties having a population of thirty thousand or less, there shall be one associate circuit judge. In counties having a population of more than thirty thousand and less than one hundred thousand, there shall be two associate circuit judges. In counties having a population of one hundred thousand or more, there shall be three associate circuit judges and one additional associate circuit judge for each additional one hundred thousand inhabitants.

2. For purposes of this section, notwithstanding the provisions of section 1.100 , population of a county shall be determined on the basis of the last previous decennial census of the United States; and, beginning after certification of the year 2000 decennial census, on the basis of annual population estimates prepared by the United States Bureau of the Census, provided that the number of associate circuit judge positions in a county shall be adjusted only after population estimates for three consecutive years indicate population change in the county to a level provided by subsection 1 of this section.

3. Except in circuits where associate circuit judges are selected under the provisions of Sections 25(a) to (g) of Article V of the constitution, the election of associate circuit judges shall in all respects be conducted as other elections and the returns made as for other officers.

4. In counties not subject to Sections 25(a) to (g) of Article V of the constitution, associate circuit judges shall be elected by the county at large.

5. No associate circuit judge shall practice law, or do a law business, nor shall he or she accept, during his or her term of office, any public appointment for which he or she receives compensation for his or her services.

6. No person shall be elected as an associate circuit judge unless he or she has resided in the county for which he or she is to be elected at least one year prior to the date of his or her election; provided that, a person who is appointed by the governor to fill a vacancy may file for election and be elected notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection.

(L. 1978 H.B. 1634, A.L. 1985 S.B. 5, et al., A.L. 1999 S.B. 1, et al., A.L. 2013 H.B. 374 & 434 merged with S.B. 100, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1231 merged with S.B. 621) Effective 7-08-14
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 204.260 — MO Code / Chapter 204 / Section 204.260
204.260 Common sewer commissioners, when appointed, oath, authority, compensation — ...
Status: in_force

204.260. Common sewer commissioners, when appointed, oath, authority, compensation — stenographer and clerk, compensation. — 1. The circuit court shall within thirty days after receiving the petition appoint three disinterested persons, one of whom shall be a licensed civil engineer or surveyor, as common sewer district commissioners to lay out and define the boundaries of the proposed district.

2. The common sewer district commissioners may alter or amend the boundaries of the proposed district as set forth in the petition so that it embraces all of the area capable of being efficiently drained by the system of trunk sewers, or so as to exclude from the district any part of the natural drainage area which is so situated as not to be benefitted by the proposed trunk sewers or treatment plants, and for this purpose they shall have power to have made all surveys and maps necessary to locate and describe the boundaries.

3. The common sewer district commissioners shall qualify by taking an oath to faithfully and impartially perform their duties and when so qualified shall give notice by publication at least five times, in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the proposed district, of the time and place where they will meet to consider and establish the boundaries. The notice shall be given at least twenty days prior to the meeting, and the meeting place shall be in the courthouse of the county in which the major portion of the proposed district lies.

4. At the meeting the common sewer district commissioner first named in the order of appointment shall preside, and all persons residing or owning real property in the proposed district, or adjacent thereto, shall have the right to be heard as to the location of the boundaries of the proposed district; and the common sewer district commissioners or a majority of them after the hearing shall fix and determine the boundaries of the proposed district.

5. The common sewer district commissioners may adjourn from day to day until the hearings are complete, and for their services shall receive such compensation as may be determined by the circuit court which appoints them. They may employ a competent person as stenographer and clerk, whose compensation shall be as set by the circuit court.

(L. 1967 p. 310 § 7, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 443.360 — MO Code / Chapter 443 / Section 443.360
443.360 Compensation of trustees under trust deeds.
Status: in_force

443.360. Compensation of trustees under trust deeds. — As a compensation for his services, any person selling property at auction under any writing, instrument or deed made or executed for securing the payment of any debt shall receive a commission on the amount of sales not exceeding two percent on the first one thousand dollars, and one percent on all sums over that amount and under five thousand dollars, and one-half of one percent on all sums over that amount.

(RSMo 1939 § 3479) Prior revisions: 1929 § 3092; 1919 § 2251; 1909 § 2856
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 376.1532 — MO Code / Chapter 376 / Section 376.1532
376.1532 Violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

376.1532. Violations, penalties. — 1. If the director determines that a person has engaged, is engaging, or has taken a substantial step toward engaging in a violation of sections 376.1500 to 376.1532 , or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, or that a person has materially aided or is materially aiding an act, practice, omission, or course of business constituting a violation of sections 376.1500 to 376.1532 or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, the director may issue such administrative orders as authorized under section 374.046 . A violation of sections 376.1500 to 376.1532 is a level two violation under section 374.049 . The director of the department of commerce and insurance may also suspend or revoke the license or certificate of authority of such person for any willful violation.

2. If the director believes that a person has engaged, is engaging, or has taken a substantial step toward engaging in a violation of sections 376.1500 to 376.1532 or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, or that a person has materially aided or is materially aiding an act, practice, omission or course of business constituting a violation of sections 376.1500 to 376.1532 or a rule adopted or order issued pursuant thereto, the director may maintain a civil action for relief authorized under section 374.048 . A violation of sections 376.1500 to 376.1532 is a level two violation under section 374.049 .

(L. 2007 H.B. 818 merged with S.B. 66) Effective 8-28-07 (S.B. 66); 1-01-08 (H.B. 818)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 8.668 — MO Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8.668
8.668 Board to prescribe details and incidents of the bonds and make necessary ...
Status: in_force

8.668. Board to prescribe details and incidents of the bonds and make necessary covenants. — The board may prescribe the form, details and incidents of the bonds, and make the covenants that in its judgment are advisable or necessary properly to secure the payment thereof; but the form, details, incidents and covenants shall not be inconsistent with any of the provisions of sections 8.660 to 8.670 . Such bonds may have the seal of the board impressed thereon or affixed thereto or imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon. If such bonds shall be authenticated by the bank or trust company acting as registrar for such bonds by the manual signature of a duly authorized officer or employee thereof, the duly authorized officers of the board executing and attesting such bonds may all do so by facsimile signature provided such signatures have been duly filed as provided in the uniform facsimile signature of public officials law, sections 105.273 to 105.278 , when duly authorized by resolution of the board and the provisions of section 108.175 shall not apply to such bonds. The holder or holders of any bond or bonds issued hereunder or of any coupons representing interest accrued thereon may, by proper civil action either at law or in equity, compel the board to perform all duties imposed upon it by the provisions of sections 8.660 to 8.670 , including the making and collecting of sufficient rates and charges for the use of the project for which the bonds were issued, and also to enforce the performance of any and all other covenants made by the board in the issuance of the bonds.

(L. 2003 H.B. 401 § 8.646) Effective 2-26-03