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MO Rev Stat § 416.490 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.490 - License required for manufacturer, processor or distributor, exception, expires when, fee — revocation, procedure — rules.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   416.490. License required for manufacturer, processor or distributor, exception, expires when, fee — revocation, procedure — rules. — 1. It is unlawful for any person to operate a milk or milk products manufacturing or processing plant or to act as a distributor within this state unless licensed under the provisions of sections 416.410 to 416.560; provided, however, that no such license shall be required for the distribution of cottage cheese.  2. Each license is issued on July first of each year and must be conspicuously posted in the place of business to which it applies. A license is issued upon satisfactory application to the director, accompanied by a license fee based upon the amount of sales during the previous calendar year ending on December thirty-first of milk products except cottage cheese, and the license fee is equivalent to not more than one-half cent per hundred weight of the sales of milk products.  3. The director shall set the amount of the license fee for manufacturing and processing plants at least yearly, upon hearing, not to exceed one-half cent per hundred weight, and may set a licensing fee for distributors not to exceed three dollars per year or in the amount only as is necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 416.410 to 416.560.  4. The director is hereby authorized and empowered to suspend or revoke the license of any person who acts as a distributor or who operates a milk or milk products manufacturing or processing plant which is subject to the provisions of sections 416.410 to 416.560 and whether located inside or outside the state of Missouri, or to refuse to issue a license to any applicant therefor if the director, after a public hearing, has found that the applicant has violated any of the provisions of sections 416.410 to 416.560, or the rules and regulations adopted hereunder. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of sections 416.410 to 416.560 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024. Any applicant shall have full rights to counsel, to produce witnesses in his behalf at the hearing, and to have ten days' notice in writing of the date, time and place of the hearing, and the charges and grounds upon which his license is sought to be revoked or suspended, or to be refused a license. The order of suspension, revocation, or refusal to issue a license, shall not become final until ten days after the date thereof, and after the party to the proceeding has been notified in writing of the action of the director. Any party to the proceedings that is aggrieved by any final decision or order of the director may appeal the order in the manner provided for appeals in the administrative procedure law of Missouri. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 17, A.L. 1963 p. 643, A.L. 1982 H.B. 1100, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
MO Rev Stat § 416.495 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.495 - Milk control fund, source and purpose.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   416.495. Milk control fund, source and purpose. — 1. All moneys collected and received by the director, arising from any license fees established pursuant to sections 416.410 to 416.560, shall be paid into the state treasury and shall, by the state treasurer, be placed in a separate fund to be known as the "Milk Control Fund" which is hereby established.  2. No money shall be paid out of this fund except by appropriations of the general assembly for the administration of sections 416.410 to 416.560. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 18)
MO Rev Stat § 416.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.500 - Nonresident manufacturers, processors and distributors to pay license fee.

Effective - 28 Aug 1963   416.500. Nonresident manufacturers, processors and distributors to pay license fee. — Any person who acts as a distributor or who operates a milk or milk products manufacturing or processing plant located outside of this state and sells, offers for sale or distributes milk or milk products in this state shall pay the license fee provided for in sections 416.410 to 416.560 on all sales in this state of milk products except cottage cheese, and shall be subject to all of the provisions of sections 416.410 to 416.560. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 19, A.L. 1963 p. 643)
MO Rev Stat § 416.505 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.505 - Operation without license enjoined — "stop-sale" orders, issuance — appeal.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979   416.505. Operation without license enjoined — "stop-sale" orders, issuance — appeal. — In any case where a person acts as a distributor or operates a milk processing plant within this state or such a plant located outside this state and is making sales within this state without having first obtained a license as provided in sections 416.410 to 416.560, the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney shall bring suit in a court of competent jurisdiction within the county in which the violation occurs to enjoin the sales or distribution of milk or milk products. In addition, the director, or his authorized agents or representatives are authorized and empowered to issue and enforce a written or printed "stop-sale" order to the owner or custodian of the milk products. The order shall prohibit the further sale of the milk products until the provisions of sections 416.410 to 416.560 have been complied with. The owner or custodian of the milk products shall have the right to appeal from the order to the circuit court of the county or city in which the milk products are located, praying for a judgment as to the justification of such order and for the discharge of the milk products from the order prohibiting the sale in accordance with the findings of the court. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 20, A.L. 1963 p. 643, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)  Effective 1-02-79
MO Rev Stat § 416.510 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.510 - Nonresident subject to Missouri judicial process, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   416.510. Nonresident subject to Missouri judicial process, when. — The performance of any act subject to the provisions of sections 416.410 to 416.560 by a person who is a nonresident of this state shall be deemed:  (1) An agreement by him that he, his executor, administrator, successor, assign, or other legal representative, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in all actions and proceedings brought against him, his executor, administrator, successor, assign, or other legal representative, by either the state of Missouri or a resident or nonresident plaintiff for violation of the provisions of sections 416.410 to 416.560; and  (2) An appointment by the nonresident, his executor, administrator, successor, assign, or other legal representative of the state of Missouri, as his lawful attorney and agent upon whom may be served all process in suits pertaining to the actions and proceedings; and  (3) An agreement by the nonresident that any process in any suit so served shall be of the same legal force and validity as if personally served in this state. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 21)
MO Rev Stat § 416.515 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.515 - Process, form.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   416.515. Process, form. — All process in suits brought under the provisions of sections 416.410 to 416.560 shall be in form and substance the same as now provided for in suits against residents of this state. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 22)
MO Rev Stat § 416.520 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.520 - Service of process, how made.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   416.520. Service of process, how made. — 1. Service of process in suits brought under the provisions of sections 416.410 to 416.560 shall be made by delivering a copy of the summons, with a copy of the petition attached, together with a remittance of two dollars, to the secretary of state of Missouri at his office, or in his absence, to the chief clerk of the secretary of state, at his office, and the service shall be sufficient service upon the nonresident.  2. The secretary of state shall immediately mail to the defendant, and to each of them if there be more than one, by restricted, registered or certified mail, addressed to the defendant at his last known address, residence or place of abode a notice of the service and a copy of the process and petition. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 23)
MO Rev Stat § 416.525 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.525 - Notice of service of process, form.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   416.525. Notice of service of process, form. — The notification provided for in section 416.520 shall be substantially in the following form, to wit:   To (here insert the name of each defendant and his residence, the last known place of abode as definitely as known): You will take notice that original process in suit against you, a copy of which is hereto attached, was duly served upon you at Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, by serving same on the Secretary of State of the State of Missouri, or his Chief Clerk. Dated at ______, Missouri, this ______ day of ______, 20______.      __________________       Secretary of State   ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 24)
MO Rev Stat § 416.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.530 - Personal service authorized, how served.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   416.530. Personal service authorized, how served. — In lieu of mailing the notification to the defendant in a foreign state, plaintiff may cause said notification to be personally served in the foreign state on the defendant by an adult person not a party to the suit by delivering said notification to the defendant or by offering to make the delivery in case defendant refuses to accept same, or by having said notification served on defendant by an officer duly qualified to serve legal process in the state or jurisdiction where the defendant is found and the officer's return showing the service to have been made, filed in the case on or before the return day of the process, or within such further time as the court may allow. Upon the service a general judgment may be taken against defendant or defendants. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 25)
MO Rev Stat § 416.535 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.535 - Proof of service by mailing.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   416.535. Proof of service by mailing. — Proof of the mailing or personal delivery of said notification to the nonresident by an adult person not an officer serving same shall be made by affidavit of the party doing said acts. All affidavits of service shall be endorsed upon or attached to the original papers to which they relate and including the returned registry receipt shall be forthwith filed with the court in which the action is filed and pending. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 26)
MO Rev Stat § 416.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.540 - Provisions for service on nonresidents in addition to other methods.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   416.540. Provisions for service on nonresidents in addition to other methods. — The foregoing provisions relative to service of process in suits against nonresidents shall not be deemed to prevent actual personal service in this state upon a nonresident in the time, manner, form, or under the conditions provided for service on residents, and nothing contained in sections 416.410 to 416.560 shall be construed as in any manner limiting, affecting or repealing any cause of action, right, or method of procedure now provided by law, but the provisions of said sections are cumulative and in addition to any existing right, remedy, cause of action, and method of procedure. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 27)
MO Rev Stat § 416.545 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.545 - Venue of actions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   416.545. Venue of actions. — Except as otherwise provided under sections 416.450 and 416.455, any suit brought under the provisions of sections 416.410 to 416.560 shall be filed in the county in which the cause of action accrues or in the county where the plaintiff resides, and if there be other defendants in the action who are residents of the state of Missouri, then the action shall be brought in any county in which any one of said defendants resides, or in the county within which the plaintiff resides and the defendant may be found. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 28)
MO Rev Stat § 416.550 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.550 - Continuance of action as to nonresident.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   416.550. Continuance of action as to nonresident. — The court in which the action is pending shall grant such continuance to a nonresident defendant as may be proper to afford him reasonable opportunity to defend the action. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 29)
MO Rev Stat § 416.555 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.555 - Secretary of state to keep record of process.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   416.555. Secretary of state to keep record of process. — It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to keep a record of all process served upon him, or his chief clerk, under the provisions of sections 416.410 to 416.560, which record will show the day and hour of service of every process. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 30)
MO Rev Stat § 416.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.560 - Secretary of state's fee as costs.

Effective - 28 Aug 1959   416.560. Secretary of state's fee as costs. — The fee of two dollars paid by plaintiff to the secretary of state under section 416.520 at the time of service of the process shall be taxed as part of plaintiff's costs if he prevails in the action or proceeding. ­­-------- (L. 1959 H.B. 255 § 31)
MO Rev Stat § 416.600 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.600 - Citation of law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   416.600. Citation of law. — Sections 416.600 to 416.640 may be known and shall be cited as the "Missouri Motor Fuel Marketing Act". ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 374)
MO Rev Stat § 416.605 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.605 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   416.605. Definitions. — As used in sections 416.600 to 416.640, the following words and phrases mean:  (1) "Affiliate", any person who, other than by means of franchise, is controlled by, or is under common control with, any other person, whether through stock ownership or otherwise;  (2) "Cost", is the sum of:  (a) a. If the motor fuel is not purchased from an affiliate, the lowest invoice cost that the seller charged to the purchaser for motor fuel of like grade and quality within three days prior to the date of any alleged unlawful resale by the purchaser, less trade discounts, allowances or rebates which the purchaser receives on the particular invoice or transfer; or  b. If motor fuel is purchased or received from an affiliate, the lowest transfer price that the affiliate charged to the purchaser or receiver for motor fuel of like grade and quality within three days prior to the date of any alleged unlawful resale by the purchaser or receiver, less trade discounts, allowances, or rebates which the purchaser receives on the particular invoice or transfer; plus  (b) The cost of doing business; plus  (c) Freight charges and all applicable federal, state and local taxes not already included in the invoice cost or transfer price;  (3) "Cost of doing business", all costs incurred in the operation of the business for fair market rental value, licenses, taxes, utilities, insurance and nonmanagerial labor;  (4) "Motor fuel", gasoline, diesel fuel, gasohol and all other fuels of a type designated for use as a motor fuel in self-propelled vehicles designated primarily for use on public streets, roads and highways;  (5) "Person", any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association or other entity;  (6) "Retailer", any person engaged in the sale of motor fuel to the public at retail;  (7) "Retail sale", any sale of motor fuel to the public for consumption;  (8) "Sale", any transfer, gift, sale, offer for sale, or advertisement for sale in any manner or by any means, including any transfer of motor fuel by a person to himself or his affiliate;  (9) "Sell", any act of making a sale or offer for sale;  (10) "Transfer price", the price used by a person in transferring motor fuel to itself or an affiliate for resale at another marketing level. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 374)
MO Rev Stat § 416.610 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.610 - Transfer prices, public disclosure required.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   416.610. Transfer prices, public disclosure required. — Each person engaged in commerce in motor fuel in this state is required to establish and publicly disclose upon request its transfer price on all grades of motor fuel transferred or sold to itself or an affiliate for resale in this state at a different marketing level of distribution. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 374)
MO Rev Stat § 416.615 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.615 - Sale below cost or at lower price, prohibited when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   416.615. Sale below cost or at lower price, prohibited when. — 1. It is unlawful for any person engaged in commerce within this state to sell or offer to sell motor fuel below cost as defined in subdivision (2) of section 416.605, if:  (1) The intent of the sale or offer is to injure competition; or  (2) The intent of the sale or offer is to induce the purchase of other merchandise, to unfairly divert trade from a competitor, or otherwise to injure a competitor.  2. It is unlawful for any person engaged in commerce within this state to sell or offer to sell motor fuel at a price lower than the seller charges other persons at the same time and on the same level of distribution, if the intent of the sale or offer is to injure competition.  3. It is unlawful for a person engaged in commerce in this state to sell or transfer motor fuel to itself or an affiliate for resale in this state on a different marketing level of distribution at a transfer price lower than the price it charges a person who purchases for resale at the same time and on the same level of distribution, if the intent of the sale or transfer is to injure competition. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 374, A.L. 1995 H.B. 414)  (1996) Amendment to section by CCS/SS/SCS/HS/HB 414, Eighty-Eighth General Assembly, First Regular Session, which deleted the words "or effect" after the word "intent" in subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection 1, subsection 2, and subsection 3, held unconstitutional as violating the single subject requirement of article III, section 23. Missouri Petroleum Marketers Association, et al. v. State of Missouri, et al. and Voss Oil, Inc., Case No. CV195-989CC (Cole County Circuit Court, 11/20/96), appeal dismissed, No. 79535 (Supreme Court of Missouri, 6/19/97).  (2004) Concept of injury is confined to action of lowering posted prices to injure a competitor by forcing it to sell product below cost, thus forcing the competitor to operate business at a loss. State ex rel. Nixon v. Quiktrip Corp., 133 S.W.3d 33 (Mo.banc).
MO Rev Stat § 416.620 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.620 - Allowable practices.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   416.620. Allowable practices. — 1. It is not a violation of section 416.615 if a difference exists at the same level of distribution between the transfer price or sale price of motor fuel of like grade and quality and the price charged to a person who purchases for resale, including any discount, rebate, allowance, service or facility granted to any of a supplier's own marketing operations in excess of those provided to a person who purchases for resale, if the difference is due to a difference in shipping method, transportation or quantity in which the motor fuel is sold.  2. It is not a violation of section 416.615 if a difference exists in a transfer price and sale price or between sales prices at the same marketing level if the difference exists because of a good faith effort to meet the equally low price of a competitor.  3. It is not a violation of subsection 1 of section 416.615 if the sale below cost is the result of a good faith effort to meet the equally low price of a competitor. In determining whether a person has set the price at which motor fuel is sold or offered for sale to meet the price of a competitor, the court shall consider only whether the seller or offeror has set the price of motor fuel to match the price at which a competitor has sold or offered motor fuel, without regard to any other items sold or offered in conjunction with the sale or offer for sale of the motor fuel. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 374)
MO Rev Stat § 416.625 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce|Chapter 416 - Monopolies, Discriminations and Conspiracies|Section 416.625 - Civil penalty, amount — attorney general, duties — funds paid to general revenue fund.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   416.625. Civil penalty, amount — attorney general, duties — funds paid to general revenue fund. — 1. Any person who violates any of the provisions of section 416.615 shall forfeit and pay to the state a civil penalty of a minimum of one thousand dollars and up to five thousand dollars per violation. Each day on which a violation occurs shall be considered a separate violation.  2. The attorney general, with such assistance as he may require from the appropriate county prosecuting attorney, may investigate suspected violations of sections 416.600 to 416.640 and may commence and try all such actions for a civil penalty. All reasonable and necessary expenses incurred by a prosecuting attorney or the prosecuting attorney's staff in assisting the attorney general shall be reimbursed from appropriations made to the attorney general. All funds recovered by the attorney general shall be paid to the general revenue fund. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 374)