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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 630.050 — MO Code / Chapter 630 / Section 630.050
630.050 Rules, promulgation, procedure — public inspection — facility policies.
Status: in_force

630.050. Rules, promulgation, procedure — public inspection — facility policies. — 1. The department shall promulgate rules under the provisions of this section and chapter 536 as necessary to prescribe policies or standards which affect charging, funding and licensing procedures of residential facilities, day programs and specialized services available to the public and for reporting and investigating complaints of abuse and neglect. The rules applicable to each facility, program or service operated, funded or licensed by the department shall be available for public inspection and review at such facility, program or service. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024 .

2. The department shall adopt operating regulations concerning only its internal management which need not be published in the Missouri Register or the code of state regulations under chapter 536 , but these regulations shall be available at department facilities for public inspection and review.

3. Under the supervision of the department and its respective divisions, each facility shall adopt policies concerning only its internal management or its procedures for its patients, residents or clients without publishing such policies in the Missouri Register or the code of state regulations under chapter 536 , but the facility policies shall be available at such facility for public inspection and review.

4. The rules, operating regulations and facility policies shall be compatible with and appropriate to the facility or program mission, population served, size, type of service and other reasonable classifications.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1724, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3, A.L. 2008 S.B. 1081)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 491.330 — MO Code / Chapter 491 / Section 491.330
491.330 Associate circuit judge may order witness attached, when.
Status: in_force

491.330. Associate circuit judge may order witness attached, when. — Whenever it shall appear to the satisfaction of the associate circuit judge that any person duly subpoenaed to appear before him in a suit shall have failed without just cause to attend as a witness in conformity to such subpoena, and the party in whose behalf the subpoena was issued, or his attorney, shall make oath that the testimony of such witness is material, the associate circuit judge shall have power to issue an attachment to compel the attendance of such witness.

(RSMo 1939 § 2652, A.L. 1945 p. 765 § 88) Prior revisions: 1929 § 2266; 1919 § 2816; 1909 § 7493
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 525.270 — MO Code / Chapter 525 / Section 525.270
525.270 Claimants of debts assigned, or property sold, may be made parties, how — ...
Status: in_force

525.270. Claimants of debts assigned, or property sold, may be made parties, how — notice, how given — trial. — 1. If the garnishee disclose in his answer, and declare his belief, that the debt owing by him to the defendant, or the supposed property of the defendant in his hands, has been sold or assigned to a third person, and the plaintiff contests or disputes the existence, force or validity of such sale or assignment, the court shall make an order upon the supposed vendee or assignee, to appear at a designated time and sustain his claim to the property or debt.

2. A copy of such order shall be served upon him, as in the case of a summons, if he can be found; if not, it shall be published once a week, for three consecutive weeks, in some newspaper published in or nearest the county in which the action is pending, which shall be equivalent to service. If the party so notified fail to appear as required, the garnishee's averment of such sale or assignment shall be disregarded; but if he appear, and, in writing, filed in the cause and verified by affidavit, claim under such sale or assignment, a trial of his right shall be had, without unnecessary delay, upon an issue made thereon; and if the same be determined in his favor, the garnishee shall, as to the property or debt in question, be discharged.

(RSMo 1939 § 1586) Prior revisions: 1929 § 1422; 1919 § 1872; 1909 § 2439
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 620.1500 — MO Code / Chapter 620 / Section 620.1500
620.1500 Governor's advisory council on agriculture science and technology created, ...
Status: in_force

620.1500. Governor's advisory council on agriculture science and technology created, members, duties, expenses. — 1. There is hereby created within the department of economic development the "Governor's Advisory Council on Agriculture Science and Technology". The council shall consist of seven members. Two members shall be Missouri farmers, of which one member shall be a Missouri grain producer and one member shall be a Missouri livestock producer. The members of the council shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor. The governor shall appoint one of the members as chairperson. At the council's discretion, it may call upon experts for advice and consultation on the issues in question.

2. The council's duties shall include but not be limited to the following, as they relate to agricultural science and technology:

(1) Apprising the governor of new developments in the scientific and technological communities;

(2) Providing scientific inquiry into regulatory matters, upon the governor's request;

(3) Identifying strengths, weaknesses, and long-term needs of the state regarding science and technology;

(4) Predicting potential economic opportunities for the state in the plant biotechnology industry; and

(5) Apprising the governor of new developments in forestry technologies.

3. The members of the council shall serve without compensation except that the members shall be reimbursed for reasonable travel and meeting expenses related to the functions of the council.

(L. 2006 S.B. 1008)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 80.580 — MO Code / Chapter 80 / Section 80.580
80.580 Disincorporation through failure of trustees to qualify.
Status: in_force

80.580. Disincorporation through failure of trustees to qualify. — If the trustees appointed by the county commission under section 80.040 shall fail to qualify and assume the duties of such trustees, within one year after their appointment, or if the voters of such village shall fail for one year to elect such trustees, then such village shall be disincorporated by the county commission of the county where the village is located, upon the petition of any citizen residing in such village, after the publication of notice of the presentation of such petition published for two weeks successively prior to such application in some newspaper in this state nearest the village.

(RSMo 1939 § 7296, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971) Prior revisions: 1929 § 7145; 1919 § 8594; 1909 § 9482
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 506.366 — MO Code / Chapter 506 / Section 506.366
506.366 Procedure for nonprepayment of fees.
Status: in_force

506.366. Procedure for nonprepayment of fees. — An offender seeking to bring a civil action or to appeal a judgment in a civil action without the prepayment of fees or security due to indigency shall submit a request to the court to proceed without the prepayment of fees. The request shall include a certified copy of the offender's correctional center account statement, which shall be provided by the department of corrections for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the petition or notice of appeal.

(L. 1997 S.B. 56 § 3)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 100.170 — MO Code / Chapter 100 / Section 100.170
100.170 Construction to be under contract — how let, notice.
Status: in_force

100.170. Construction to be under contract — how let, notice. — Whenever the approved plan for the project calls for the construction, improvement or extension of facilities, the municipality shall enter into a contract for the purpose. All contracts shall be let on competitive bidding to the lowest and best bidder. Notice of the letting of the contracts shall be given in the manner provided by section 8.250 .

(L. 1961 p. 189 § 17) (1967) This section is ordinarily applicable only to contracts whereby city itself assumes obligation or indebtedness, and a third class city is not required to let construction contracts for projects financed by industrial revenue bonds by competitive bidding to lowest and best bidder. Wring v. City of Jefferson (Mo.), 413 S.W.2d 292.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 70.270 — MO Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70.270
70.270 Sovereignty to be retained.
Status: in_force

70.270. Sovereignty to be retained. — Sovereignty shall be retained over any real property used under the terms of any contract or cooperative action within the jurisdiction and territorial limits of the municipality or political subdivision in which it is located, and to that extent shall be a limitation upon the contracting parties under the provisions of sections 70.210 to 70.320 .

(L. 1947 V. I p. 401 § 7403e)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 51.100 — MO Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51.100
51.100 Location of office.
Status: in_force

51.100. Location of office. — Each clerk of the county commission shall keep his office at such place or places as the county commission shall direct, not more than two hundred yards from the courthouse or permanent meeting place of the county commission of which he is clerk, and there shall keep the records, papers, seal and property of his office and transact his official business.

(RSMo 1939 § 13293, A.L. 1945 p. 653 § 24, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision) Prior revisions: 1929 § 11674; 1919 § 2120; 1909 § 2683
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 301.442 — MO Code / Chapter 301 / Section 301.442
301.442 Transfer of commercial vehicle registration plates authorized in business ...
Status: in_force

301.442. Transfer of commercial vehicle registration plates authorized in business ownership sale or transfer. — Whenever a business is sold by the owner thereof and as part of the sale the ownership of one or more commercial motor vehicles is transferred, or whenever an individual or partnership transfers ownership of a business and commercial motor vehicles owned by him or them to a corporation substantially owned by him or them in a nontaxable transfer under the provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code, the original owner of any such vehicles may transfer the registration plates issued for such vehicles to the new owner who, upon notification to the director of revenue of the sale or transfer of ownership of the business and transfer of the registration plates, may use those registration plates for the remainder of the current registration period as if he, they, or it had originally purchased the plates. The director may prescribe the necessary forms for use in making the notification and may require that the notification be made under oath.

(L. 1981 S.B. 138 § 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 644.545 — MO Code / Chapter 644 / Section 644.545
644.545 Water pollution control bond and interest fund money to stand appropriated ...
Status: in_force

644.545. Water pollution control bond and interest fund money to stand appropriated for payment of principal and interest on bonds. — All funds paid into the water pollution control bond and interest fund shall be and stand appropriated without legislative action to the payment of principal and interest of the bonds, there to remain until paid out in discharge of the principal of the bonds and interest accruing thereon, and no part of such funds shall be used for any other purpose so long as any of the principal of the bonds and the interest thereon shall be unpaid.

(L. 1972 S.B. 596 § 10) Effective 3-29-72
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 436.505 — MO Code / Chapter 436 / Section 436.505
436.505 Credit life insurance may be offered to purchaser.
Status: in_force

436.505. Credit life insurance may be offered to purchaser. — A preneed contract may offer the purchaser the option to acquire and maintain credit life insurance on the life of the purchaser. Such insurance shall provide for the payment of death benefits to the seller in an amount equal to the total of all contract payments unpaid as of the date of such purchaser's death, and shall be used solely to make those unpaid payments. Any such credit life insurance shall be provided by a duly authorized insurance company and the preneed contract shall clearly identify the name of the insurer and the amount of payment allocated to the premium payment for the credit life. No seller or provider may provide any form of self insured credit life.

(L. 2009 S.B. 1)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 537.067 — MO Code / Chapter 537 / Section 537.067
537.067 Joint and several liability of defendants in tort actions, allocation of ...
Status: in_force

537.067. Joint and several liability of defendants in tort actions, allocation of responsibility for judgment — defendants several liability for punitive damages. — 1. In all tort actions for damages, if a defendant is found to bear fifty-one percent or more of fault, then such defendant shall be jointly and severally liable for the amount of the judgment rendered against the defendants. If a defendant is found to bear less than fifty-one percent of fault, then the defendant shall only be responsible for the percentage of the judgment for which the defendant is determined to be responsible by the trier of fact; except that, a party is responsible for the fault of another defendant or for payment of the proportionate share of another defendant if any of the following applies:

(1) The other defendant was acting as an employee of the party;

(2) The party's liability for the fault of another person arises out of a duty created by the federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. Section 51.

2. The defendants shall only be severally liable for the percentage of punitive damages for which fault is attributed to such defendant by the trier of fact.

3. In all tort actions, no party may disclose to the trier of fact the impact of this section.

(L. 1987 H.B. 700 § 41, A.L. 2005 H.B. 393) CROSS REFERENCE: Applicability of statute changes to cases filed after August 28, 2005, 538.305 (2001) Joint and several liability applies to Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission; application of statute would not require the public payment of a private debt or the unconstitutional diversion of appropriated highway funds. Smith v. Coffey, 37 S.W.3d 797 (Mo.banc.).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 141.260 — MO Code / Chapter 141 / Section 141.260
141.260 Foreclosure of tax lien — tax sale certificate — evidence — priorities.
Status: in_force

141.260. Foreclosure of tax lien — tax sale certificate — evidence — priorities. — 1. Whenever it shall appear that a tax bill has been due and unpaid for a period of at least two years after the date on which, if a general tax bill, it became delinquent, or, if a special tax bill, such bill or any installment thereof became due, the tax lien, represented by such tax bill, and the tax liens of other delinquent tax bills, shall be summarily foreclosed in the manner provided in sections 141.210 to 141.810 .

2. Ownership of a tax bill, or of a tax sale certificate, or certificate of purchase, or tax deed, or any other instrument or record of a tax bill not bearing evidence of cancellation or payment, by the tax district or taxing authority issuing the same, or by any other owner thereof, shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that the tax bill or tax lien represented thereby has not been paid to the tax district or to the owner of the tax bill or tax lien.

3. The holders of tax sale certificates, certificates of purchase, or tax deeds, issued by any municipality, shall be on a parity as to priority of liens and shall have the same rights as the taxing authorities holding or owning general tax bills for the same tax year, and may in like manner foreclose their liens under sections 141.210 to 141.810 .

(L. 1943 p. 1029 § 4, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1351, et al.) (2004) Remedy of foreclosure is not available for delinquent special assessments on property owned by housing authority; section 99.200 exempts housing authorities from collection remedies for all liens except voluntary liens. In re Foreclosure of Liens v. Housing Authority of Kansas City, 150 S.W.3d 364 (Mo.App.W.D.).
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 355.271 — MO Code / Chapter 355 / Section 355.271
355.271 List of members.
Status: in_force

355.271. List of members. — 1. After fixing a record date for a notice of a meeting, a corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all its members who are entitled to vote at the annual meeting. The list must show the address and number of votes each member is entitled to vote at the meeting.

2. The list of members must be available for inspection by any member for the purpose of communication with other members concerning the meeting, beginning two business days after notice is given of the meeting for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting, at the corporation's principal office or at a reasonable place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A member, a member's agent or a member's attorney is entitled on written demand to inspect the list, at a reasonable time, during the period it is available for inspection.

3. The corporation shall make the list of members available at the meeting, and any member, a member's agent or attorney is entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.

4. If the corporation refuses to allow a member, a member's agent or a member's attorney to inspect the list of members before or at the meeting, the circuit court of the county where a corporation's principal office, or, if none in this state, its registered office, is located, on application of the member, may summarily order the inspection and may postpone the meeting for which the list was prepared until the inspection is complete, and may order the corporation to pay the member's costs, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred to obtain the order.

5. Unless a written demand to inspect a membership list has been made under subsection 2 of this section prior to the membership meeting and a corporation improperly refuses to comply with the demand, refusal or failure to comply with this section does not affect the validity of action taken at the meeting.

(L. 1994 H.B. 1095) Effective 7-01-95
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 486.940 — MO Code / Chapter 486 / Section 486.940
486.940 Electronic signature and seal, requirements — employers, restrictions.
Status: in_force

486.940. Electronic signature and seal, requirements — employers, restrictions. — 1. In notarizing an electronic document, the notary shall attach to, or logically associate with, the electronic notarial certificate a registered electronic signature and a registered electronic notary seal, or a registered single element in conformity with subsection 2 of this section, in such a manner that the signature and the seal, or the single element, are attributed to the electronic notary as named on the commission.

2. A registered electronic signature shall be:

(1) Unique to the electronic notary;

(2) Capable of independent verification;

(3) Attached to or logically associated with an electronic notarial certificate in such a manner that any subsequent alteration of the certificate or underlying electronic document prominently displays evidence of the alteration; and

(4) Attached or logically associated by a means under the electronic notary's sole control.

3. At all times the means for producing registered electronic notary seals, or registered single elements as described in subsection 2 of this section, shall be kept under the sole control of the electronic notary.

4. An employer of an electronic notary shall not use or control the means for producing registered electronic signatures and notary seals, or registered single elements combining the required features of both, nor upon termination of a notary's employment retain any software, coding, disk, certificate, card, token, or program that is intended exclusively to produce a registered electronic signature, notary seal, or combined single element, regardless of whether the employer financially supported the employee's activities as a notary.

5. A registered electronic signature may be used by the electronic notary for lawful purposes other than performing electronic notarizations, provided that neither the title "notary" nor any other indication of status as a notarial officer is part of the signature.

6. Neither a registered electronic notary seal nor a combined single element containing the seal shall be used by the electronic notary for any purpose other than performing lawful electronic notarizations.

(L. 2020 H.B. 1655)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 374.182 — MO Code / Chapter 374 / Section 374.182
374.182 Organization plan to be submitted — contents.
Status: in_force

374.182. Organization plan to be submitted — contents. — The department shall submit an organizational plan in the same manner as is required of departments under subsection (2) of section 1 of the Reorganization Act of 1974; provided, however, that the compensation levels to be reported shall include those of the director, the deputy director, the assistant director for policies and licenses, the assistant director for consumer services and the general counsel.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1739 § 4)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 178.935 — MO Code / Chapter 178 / Section 178.935
178.935 Special certificates for employment of disabled persons at sheltered ...
Status: in_force

178.935. Special certificates for employment of disabled persons at sheltered workshops — commensurate wage requirements — issuance of certificate, criteria. — 1. For the purposes of this section, the following terms mean:

(1) "Certificate" , authorization issued to employers by the department to pay special wages to workers who have disabilities for the work being performed;

(2) "Commensurate wage" , a wage paid to a disabled person when his or her disability impairs his or her productive and earning capacities for the work being performed. The wage shall be commensurate with the worker's productivity as compared to the wage and productivity of an experienced worker who is not disabled.

2. Notwithstanding any provision of law to contrary, the department, to the extent necessary to prevent the curtailment of opportunities for employment, shall provide for the employment, under special certificates, of disabled persons at sheltered workshops, at wages which are:

(1) Lower than the wage rate applicable under sections 290.500 to 290.530 ;

(2) Commensurate with those paid to nondisabled workers, employed in the vicinity in which the persons under the certificates are employed, for essentially the same type, quality, and quantity of work; and

(3) Related to the person's productivity.

3. The department shall not issue a certificate under subsection 2 of this section unless the sheltered workshop provides written assurances to the department of the following:

(1) In the case of persons paid on an hourly rate basis, wages paid in accordance with subsection 2 of this section shall be reviewed by the sheltered workshop at periodic intervals at least once every six months; and

(2) Wages paid in accordance with subsection 2 of this section shall be adjusted by the sheltered workshop at periodic intervals, at least once each year, to reflect changes in the prevailing wage paid to experienced nondisabled persons employed in the locality for essentially the same type of work.

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2 of this section, no sheltered workshop shall be permitted to reduce the hourly wage rate prescribed by certificate under this section of any disabled worker for a period of two years from such date without prior authorization from the department.

(L. 2021 H.B. 432)