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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 192.739 — MO Code / Chapter 192 / Section 192.739
192.739 Confidentiality of reports — release of reports, requirements.
Status: in_force

192.739. Confidentiality of reports — release of reports, requirements. — 1. All reports and records made pursuant to sections 192.735 to 192.744 and maintained by the department and other appropriate persons, officials and institutions pursuant to sections 192.735 to 192.744 shall be confidential. Information shall not be made available to any individual or institution except to:

(1) Appropriate staff of the department;

(2) Any person engaged in a bona fide research project, with the permission of the director of the department, except that no information identifying the subjects of the reports or the reporters shall be made available to researchers unless the department requests and receives consent for such release pursuant to the provisions of this section;

(3) The Missouri brain injury advisory council, except that no information identifying the subjects of the reports or the reporters shall be made available to the council unless consent for release is requested and received pursuant to the provisions of this section. Only information pertaining to brain injuries as defined in section 192.735 shall be released to the council.

2. The department shall not reveal the identity of a patient, a reporting physician or hospital, except that the identity of the patient may be released upon written consent of the patient, parent or guardian, the identity of the physician may be released upon written consent of the physician, and the identity of the hospital may be released upon written consent of the hospital.

3. The department shall request consent for release from a patient, a reporting physician or hospital only upon a showing by the applicant for such release that obtaining the identities of certain patients, physicians or hospitals is necessary for his research.

4. The department shall at least annually compile a report of the data accumulated through the reporting system established under section 192.737 and shall submit such data relating to brain injuries as defined in section 192.735 and in accordance with confidentiality restrictions established pursuant to sections 192.735 to 192.744 to the director of the Missouri brain injury advisory council.

(L. 1986 H.B. 1243 § 3, A.L. 2011 H.B. 464)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 640.125 — MO Code / Chapter 640 / Section 640.125
640.125 Test results to be reported — records to be retained — notices — ...
Status: in_force

640.125. Test results to be reported — records to be retained — notices — information to be provided. — 1. The public water system shall report to the department of natural resources the results of all tests required by the state drinking water regulations and shall report to each customer in accordance with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder.

2. Any owner or operator of a public water system subject to the provisions of section 192.320 and sections 640.100 to 640.140 shall retain in its premises, or at a convenient location near its premises, for a period of time specified by the department of natural resources the following records: records of operation; records of bacteriological analyses; records of chemical and physical analyses made pursuant to section 192.320 and sections 640.100 to 640.140 ; records of action taken by the system to correct violations of state drinking water rules and regulations; copies of any written reports, summaries or communications relating to sanitary surveys of the system conducted by the system itself, by a private consultant, or by any local, state or federal agency; and records concerning a variance or exemption granted to the system. If a public water system fails to comply with the state drinking water rules and regulations, monitoring requirements, or has been granted a variance or exemption, or fails to comply with the schedule or conditions prescribed pursuant to a variance or exemption, the department of natural resources shall require the supplier of water to notify its users and the public of the extent and nature of the noncompliance. Notification shall be in form and manner prescribed or otherwise approved by the department of natural resources.

3. When an investigation of any water supply, plant or methods used is undertaken by the department of natural resources, the person in charge of the water supply shall furnish on demand to the department such information as the rules and regulations promulgated require to determine the quality of the water being dispensed.

(L. 1978 S.B. 509 § 192.204, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1161) Effective 6-09-98
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 139.053 — MO Code / Chapter 139 / Section 139.053
139.053 Property taxes, how paid — estimates — interest — refunds — exemption for ...
Status: in_force

139.053. Property taxes, how paid — estimates — interest — refunds — exemption for property taxes paid by financial institutions. — 1. The governing body of any county, excluding township counties, may by ordinance or order provide for the payment of all or any part of current real and personal property taxes which are owed, at the option of the taxpayer, on an annual, semiannual or quarterly basis at such times as determined by such governing body.

2. The ordinance shall provide the method by which the amount of property taxes owed for the current tax year in which the payments are to be made shall be estimated. The collector shall submit to the governing body the procedures by which taxes will be collected pursuant to the ordinance or order. The estimate shall be based on the previous tax year's liability. A taxpayer's payment schedule shall be based on the estimate divided by the number of pay periods in which payments are to be made. The taxpayer shall at the end of the tax year pay any amounts owed in excess of the estimate for such year. The county shall at the end of the tax year refund to the taxpayer any amounts paid in excess of the property tax owed for such year. No interest shall be paid by the county on excess amounts owed to the taxpayer. Any refund paid the taxpayer pursuant to this subsection shall be an amount paid by the county only once in a calendar year.

3. If a taxpayer fails to make an installment payment of a portion of the real or personal property taxes owed to the county, then such county may charge the taxpayer interest on the amount of property taxes still owed for that year.

4. Any governing body enacting the ordinance or order specified in this section shall first agree to provide the county collector with reasonable and necessary funds to implement the ordinance or order.

5. Subsection 1 of this section shall not apply to payment for real property taxes by financial institutions, as defined in section 381.410 , who pay tax obligations which they service from escrow accounts, as defined in Title 24, Part 3500, Section 17, Code of Federal Regulation, as amended.

(L. 1998 H.B. 1734 § 50.1500, A.L. 2000 H.B. 1238 merged with S.B. 894, A.L. 2001 H.B. 738 merged with S.B. 186)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 338.056 — MO Code / Chapter 338 / Section 338.056
338.056 Generic substitutions, when, requirements — violations, penalty.
Status: in_force

338.056. Generic substitutions, when, requirements — violations, penalty. — 1. Except as provided in subsection 2 of this section, the pharmacist filling prescription orders for drug products prescribed by trade or brand name may select another drug product with the same active chemical ingredients of the same strength, quantity and dosage form, and of the same generic drug or interchangeable biological product type, as determined by the United States Adopted Names and accepted by the Federal Food and Drug Administration. Selection pursuant to this section is within the discretion of the pharmacist, except as provided in subsection 2 of this section. The pharmacist who selects the drug or interchangeable biological product to be dispensed pursuant to this section shall assume the same responsibility for selecting the dispensed drug or biological product as would be incurred in filling a prescription for a drug or interchangeable biological product prescribed by generic or interchangeable biologic name. The pharmacist shall not select a drug or interchangeable biological product pursuant to this section unless the product selected costs the patient less than the prescribed product.

2. A pharmacist who receives a prescription for a brand name drug or biological product may select a less expensive generically equivalent or interchangeable biological product unless:

(1) The patient requests a brand name drug or biological product; or

(2) The prescribing practitioner indicates that substitution is prohibited or displays "brand medically necessary", "dispense as written", "do not substitute", "DAW", or words of similar import on the prescription.

3. No prescription shall be valid without the signature of the prescriber, except an electronic prescription.

4. If an oral prescription is involved, the practitioner or the practitioner's agent, communicating the instructions to the pharmacist, shall instruct the pharmacist as to whether or not a therapeutically equivalent generic drug or interchangeable biological product may be substituted. The pharmacist shall note the instructions on the file copy of the prescription.

5. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2 of this section to the contrary, a pharmacist may fill a prescription for a brand name drug by substituting a generically equivalent drug or interchangeable biological product when substitution is allowed in accordance with the laws of the state where the prescribing practitioner is located.

6. Violations of this section are infractions.

(L. 1978 H.B. 933, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1237, A.L. 2016 S.B. 875, A.L. 2018 S.B. 826, A.L. 2019 S.B. 514)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.935 — MO Code / Chapter 260 / Section 260.935
260.935 Dry-cleaning facility registration surcharge — deposited in fund — ...
Status: in_force

260.935. Dry-cleaning facility registration surcharge — deposited in fund — penalties and interest for nonpayment. — 1. Every active dry-cleaning facility shall pay, in addition to any other environmental response surcharges, an annual dry-cleaning facility registration surcharge as follows:

(1) Five hundred dollars for facilities which use no more than one hundred forty gallons of chlorinated solvents;

(2) One thousand dollars for facilities which use more than one hundred forty gallons of chlorinated solvents and less than three hundred sixty gallons of chlorinated solvents per year; and

(3) Fifteen hundred dollars for facilities which use at least three hundred sixty gallons of chlorinated solvents per year.

2. The active dry-cleaning facility registration surcharge imposed by this section shall be reported and paid to the department on an annual basis. The commission shall prescribe by administrative rule the procedure for the report and payment required by this section.

3. The department shall provide each person who pays a dry-cleaning facility registration surcharge pursuant to this section with a receipt. The receipt or the copy of the receipt shall be produced for inspection at the request of any authorized representative of the department.

4. All moneys collected or received by the department pursuant to this section shall be transmitted to the department of revenue for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the dry-cleaning environmental response trust fund created in section 260.920 . Following each annual reporting date, the state treasurer shall certify the amount deposited in the fund to the department.

5. If any person does not pay the active dry-cleaning facility registration surcharge or any portion of the active dry-cleaning facility registration surcharge imposed by this section by the date prescribed for such payment, the department shall impose and such person shall pay, in addition to the active dry-cleaning facility registration surcharge owed by such person, a penalty of fifteen percent of the active dry-cleaning facility registration surcharge. Such penalty shall be deposited in the dry-cleaning environmental response trust fund.

6. If any person does not pay the active dry-cleaning facility registration surcharge or any portion of the active dry-cleaning facility registration surcharge imposed by this section by the date prescribed for such payment, the department shall also impose interest upon the unpaid amount at the rate of ten percent per annum from the date prescribed for the payment of such surcharge and penalties until payment is actually made. Such interest shall be deposited in the dry-cleaning environmental response trust fund.

(L. 2000 S.B. 577, A.L. 2005 S.B. 170 merged with S.B. 225) Effective 7-06-05 (S.B. 170); 8-28-05 (S.B. 225) Expires 8-28-17; see § 260.965
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 87.510 — MO Code / Chapter 87 / Section 87.510
87.510 Honorary members admitted.
Status: in_force

87.510. Honorary members admitted. — Any such association may provide for the admission of honorary members in such manner and under such conditions as may be set forth in their articles of association and incorporation.

(RSMo 1939 § 9547) Prior revisions: 1929 § 8982; 1919 § 10306; 1909 § 3462
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.225 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.225
351.225 Shareholders' meetings prescribed by bylaws.
Status: in_force

351.225. Shareholders' meetings prescribed by bylaws. — 1. (1) Meetings of shareholders may be held at such place, either within or without this state, as may be provided in the bylaws. In the absence of any such provisions, all meetings shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in this state.

(2) If authorized by the board of directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the board of directors may adopt, shareholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of shareholders may, by means of remote communication:

(a) Participate in a meeting of shareholders; and

(b) Be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of shareholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that:

a. The corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a shareholder or proxyholder;

b. The corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such shareholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the shareholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings; and

c. If any shareholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the corporation.

2. An annual meeting of shareholders for the election of directors shall be held on a day which each corporation shall fix by its bylaws; and if no day be so provided, then on the second Monday in the month of January. Failure to hold the annual meeting at the designated time shall not work a forfeiture or dissolution of the corporation.

3. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called by the board of directors or by such other person or persons as may be authorized by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.

(L. 1943 p. 410 § 27, A.L. 1986 S.B. 565, A.L. 2009 S.B. 217)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 354.444 — MO Code / Chapter 354 / Section 354.444
354.444 Administrative orders for violations — voluntary forfeitures, civil actions.
Status: in_force

354.444. Administrative orders for violations — voluntary forfeitures, civil actions. — 1. If the director determines that a person has engaged, is engaged in, or has taken a substantial step toward engaging in an act, practice or course of business constituting a violation of sections 354.400 to 354.636 , 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 354.400 to 354.636 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 any of these sections is a level one violation under section 374.049 .

2. If the director believes that a person has engaged, is engaging in, or has taken a substantial step toward engaging in an act, practice or course of business constituting a violation of sections 354.400 to 354.636 , 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 354.400 to 354.636 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 any of these sections is a level one violation under section 374.049 .

(L. 1997 H.B. 335, A.L. 2007 S.B. 66)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 474.140 — MO Code / Chapter 474 / Section 474.140
474.140 Inheritance and statutory rights barred on misconduct of spouse.
Status: in_force

474.140. Inheritance and statutory rights barred on misconduct of spouse. — If any married person voluntarily leaves his or her spouse and goes away and continues with an adulterer or abandons his or her spouse without reasonable cause and continues to live separate and apart from his or her spouse for one whole year next preceding his or her death, or dwells with another in a state of adultery continuously, such spouse is forever barred from his or her inheritance rights, homestead allowance, exempt property or any statutory allowances from the estate of his or her spouse unless such spouse is voluntarily reconciled to him or her and resumes cohabitation with him or her.

(RSMo 1939 § 337, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 250, A.L. 2001 H.B. 537) Prior revisions: 1929 § 337; 1919 § 333; 1909 § 365 (1963) Wife was barred from statutory rights and allowances in deceased husband's estate on the ground that she had abandoned him for more than one year, and husband's filing of cross petition in wife's divorce action which was not concluded before husband's death held not to constitute acquiescence in such abandonment. Heil v. Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children (A.), 365 S.W.2d 736. (1967) A claimant may qualify as a "widow" within the purview of this section only if she has been reduced to that condition by the ordinary and usual vicissitudes of life and not by a felonious act committed by her which created that condition. In re Estate of Laspy (A.), 409 S.W.2d 725.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 379.123 — MO Code / Chapter 379 / Section 379.123
379.123 Violation deemed unfair trade practice.
Status: in_force

379.123. Violation deemed unfair trade practice. — Violation of section 379.122 shall be unfair trade practice as defined by sections 375.930 to 375.948 and shall be subject to all of the provisions and penalties provided by such sections.

(L. 2001 S.B. 151) Transferred 2004; formerly 379.127 *Section number "375.126" appears in original rolls.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 321.250 — MO Code / Chapter 321 / Section 321.250
321.250 Board to certify rate of levy to county commission.
Status: in_force

321.250. Board to certify rate of levy to county commission. — On or before the applicable date required under section 67.110 of each year, the board shall certify to the county commission of each county within which the district is located a rate of levy so fixed by the board as provided by law, with directions that at the time and in the manner required by law for levy of taxes for county purposes such county commissions shall levy a tax at the rate so fixed and determined upon the assessed valuation of all the taxable tangible property within the district, in addition to such other taxes as may be levied by such county commissions.

(L. 1947 V. I p. 432 § 26, A.L. 1978 S.B. 628, A.L. 1982 S.B. 649 & H.B. 1096, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1392)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 182.810 — MO Code / Chapter 182 / Section 182.810
182.810 Insurance for library boards.
Status: in_force

182.810. Insurance for library boards. — The library board or board of trustees of any library in the state supported in whole or in part by taxation may purchase and maintain insurance for members of the board, individually, against any liabilities incurred as board members.

(L. 1982 S.B. 835)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 351.1114 — MO Code / Chapter 351 / Section 351.1114
351.1114 Written action permitted, when, requirements.
Status: in_force

351.1114. Written action permitted, when, requirements. — 1. If the articles or bylaws so provide, any action may be taken by written action signed, or consented to by authenticated electronic communication, by the members who own voting power equal to the voting power required to take the same action at a members' meeting at which a quorum of members were present. If the articles or bylaws do not so provide, an action required or permitted to be taken at a members' meeting may be taken by written action signed, or consented to by authenticated electronic communication by all of the members.

2. The written action shall be effective when signed or consented to by authenticated electronic communication by the required number of members unless a different effective time is provided in the written action.

3. When written action is permitted to be taken by less than all members, all members shall be notified within a reasonable time of its text and effective date. Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, a member who does not sign or consent to the written action has no liability for the action or actions taken by the written action.

(L. 2011 S.B. 366)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 475.305 — MO Code / Chapter 475 / Section 475.305
475.305 Enforcement of order of payment.
Status: in_force

475.305. Enforcement of order of payment. — If the conservator fails to pay the money ordered to be paid, the same proceedings may be had against him and his sureties to compel payment as are authorized in cases where a personal representative fails, when ordered, to pay claims against an estate.

(RSMo 1939 § 432, A.L. 1955 p. 385 § 342, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45) Prior revisions: 1929 § 433; 1919 § 429; 1909 § 459
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 169.510 — MO Code / Chapter 169 / Section 169.510
169.510 Obligations of system paid how — effect of change in law.
Status: in_force

169.510. Obligations of system paid how — effect of change in law. — 1. The payment of all pension benefits, refunds and other benefits or expenses pursuant to the provisions of sections 169.410 to 169.540 and all expenses in connection with the administration and operation of the retirement system are hereby made obligations chargeable against the assets of the retirement system and not of the employers, and the assets of the retirement system shall not be diverted or used for any purpose other than the payment of such obligations.

2. No alteration, amendment or repeal of sections 169.410 to 169.540 shall be deemed to affect the rights of members of any retirement system established thereunder with reference to deposits previously made, or to reduce any accrued or potential benefits to those who are members at the time when such alterations, amendments, or repeal becomes effective or to reduce the amount of any pension benefit then payable.

(L. 1943 p. 805 § 11, A.L. 1953 p. 496, A.L. 1961 p. 384, A.L. 1969 p. 282, A.L. 1987 H.B. 558, et al., A.L. 2001 H.B. 660)
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 9.348 — MO Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9.348
9.348 Caregiver Appreciation Day designated for September 15.
Status: in_force

9.348. Caregiver Appreciation Day designated for September 15. — September fifteenth each year is hereby designated as "Caregiver Appreciation Day" in Missouri. Citizens of this state are encouraged to participate in appropriate events and activities to recognize the efforts of home health, hospice, and unpaid relative caregivers who give care and dignity to the elderly and infirm.

(L. 2022 H.B. 1738)