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MO Rev Stat § 276.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.090 - Grain exchange deemed public market and subject to law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.090. Grain exchange deemed public market and subject to law. — Any regular place of business or trading room commonly known or designated as a board of trade or grain exchange maintained or operated by any organization, of whatever form or kind, for the members of such organization, in which said place of business or trading room members of such organization sell, buy or exchange grain or other farm products for themselves or others, is hereby declared to be a public market, and said public market, and the organization maintaining or operating the same, and the members of said organization, in buying, selling or exchanging in said market, shall be subject to the provisions of sections 276.090 to 276.150. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14391)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12733
MO Rev Stat § 276.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.100 - Organization may make and enforce bylaws and rules.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.100. Organization may make and enforce bylaws and rules. — Any such organization may make and enforce reasonable bylaws and rules for the conduct of its members but such organization shall not make any order, rule, regulation or bylaws limiting the right of any member of the organization to distribute, in whatever manner and at whatever times the member may desire, to the persons composing any partnership in which the member is financially interested or to the shareholders of any corporation or cooperative association in which such member is a shareholder the* profits of such member to the persons composing such partnership or to the shareholders of such corporation or cooperative association in proportion to the quantity of grain or other farm products shipped to such member by the persons composing such partnership or the shareholders of such corporation or cooperative association and any such order, rule, regulation or bylaw now nor hereafter, made, promulgated or adopted shall be invalid and void. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14392)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12734  *Word "to" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 276.110 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.110 - Unlawful to limit right to distribute profits — prima facie evidence of discrimination.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.110. Unlawful to limit right to distribute profits — prima facie evidence of discrimination. — It is hereby declared unlawful for any two or more members of such organization to enter into any arrangement, understanding or agreement which shall limit, or have the effect of limiting, any member in the exercise of the right to distribute, in such manner and at such times as the member may desire, to the persons composing any partnership in which the member is financially interested or to the shareholders of any corporation or cooperative association in which such member is a shareholder, the profits of such member to the persons composing such partnership or to the shareholders of such corporation or cooperative association in proportion to the quantity of grain or other farm products shipped to such member by the persons composing such partnership or the shareholders of such corporation or cooperative association, or which arrangement, understanding or agreement shall discriminate or have the effect of discriminating or which shall cause discrimination or tend to cause discrimination against such member because such member does so distribute the profits of such member; and the fact that any arrangement, understanding or agreement is made between two or more members of such organization which does or tends to discriminate against or which causes or tends to cause discrimination against any member who does so distribute the member's profits, shall be prima facie evidence that such arrangement, understanding or agreement was made for the purpose of discriminating or causing discrimination against such member because such member does so distribute the profits of said member. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14393)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12735
MO Rev Stat § 276.120 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.120 - Unlawful to refuse membership or delay granting same — circuit court may compel issuance of membership, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.120. Unlawful to refuse membership or delay granting same — circuit court may compel issuance of membership, when. — It is hereby declared unlawful for any such organization to refuse membership or to unreasonably delay the granting of membership in such organization to any applicant for membership because of the manner, times or method in which such applicant intends to or does distribute the profits of such applicant to the persons composing any partnership in which the applicant is financially interested or to the shareholders of any corporation or cooperative association in which the member is a shareholder, and any refusal on the part of such organization to admit to membership or any unreasonable delay in admitting to membership any applicant for membership who intends to or does distribute to the persons composing any partnership in which such applicant is financially interested or to the shareholders of any corporation or cooperative association in which such applicant is a shareholder, the profits of such applicant to the persons composing such partnership or to the shareholders of such corporation or cooperative association in proportion to the quantity of grain or other farm products shipped to such member by the persons composing such partnership or the shareholders of such corporation or cooperative association, shall be prima facie evidence that such refusal or such unreasonable delay is because such applicant for membership intends to or does so distribute its profits, and any such applicant for membership shall have the right to have the action of such organization, in refusing or unreasonably delaying the issuance of said membership, summarily reviewed by the circuit court, by filing therein a petition praying the circuit court to cause such organization to show cause why it has refused or unreasonably delayed the issuance of said membership, and if, upon the trial, said organization fails to show some lawful and reasonable cause for refusing or unreasonably delaying the issuance of said membership to such applicant for membership, then the circuit court shall, by proper order, compel the issuance of said membership to such applicant; provided, that any limitation fixed by such organization, or by the members thereof, as to the number of members admitted to membership therein, shall not be a lawful or a reasonable cause for refusing or unreasonably delaying the issuance of membership to such applicant for membership; and provided further, that the review provided for in this section shall be merely cumulative and shall in no way relieve such organization, or any member thereof, from the criminal or civil proceedings provided for in sections 276.090 to 276.150. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14394)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12736
MO Rev Stat § 276.130 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.130 - Attorney general to bring suit — court may issue injunction.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.130. Attorney general to bring suit — court may issue injunction. — It is hereby made the duty of the attorney general of the state of Missouri, upon being informed that any of the provisions of sections 276.090 to 276.150 have been violated, to bring suit in the proper court against any such organization, person, firm or corporation to procure the injunction provided for in section 276.140, and upon proof that the defendant in such suit has violated any provision of sections 276.090 to 276.150, the court shall issue its permanent injunction against such defendant, in accordance with section 276.140. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14396)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12738
MO Rev Stat § 276.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.140 - Violation is cause for enjoining operation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.140. Violation is cause for enjoining operation. — If any organization of whatever form or kind, maintaining or operating a public market, as herein defined, shall violate any provision of sections 276.090 to 276.150, such organization shall be permanently enjoined from maintaining or operating, directly or indirectly, such public market, and any person, firm, company or corporation violating any provision of sections 276.090 to 276.150 shall be permanently enjoined from buying, selling or trading, directly or indirectly, at such public market. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14395)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12737
MO Rev Stat § 276.150 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.150 - Violation a misdemeanor.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.150. Violation a misdemeanor. — Any person, firm, company or corporation violating any provision of sections 276.090 to 276.150 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined for each offense not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14397)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12739
MO Rev Stat § 276.160 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.160 - Poultry and egg exchanges deemed public markets and subject to law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.160. Poultry and egg exchanges deemed public markets and subject to law. — Any regular place of business or trading room commonly known or designated as a poultry and egg exchange, or egg and poultry exchange, or produce exchange, maintained or operated by any organization, of whatever form or kind, for the members of such organization, in which said place of business or trading room members of such organization sell, buy, exchange, or bargain for poultry and eggs or other farm products for themselves or others, is hereby declared to be a public market, and said public market, and the organization maintaining or operating the same, and the members of said organization, in buying, selling or exchanging in said market, shall be subject to the provisions of sections 276.160 to 276.230. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14398)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12740
MO Rev Stat § 276.170 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.170 - Organizations may make and enforce bylaws and rules.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.170. Organizations may make and enforce bylaws and rules. — Any such organization may make and enforce reasonable bylaws and rules for the conduct of its members, but such organization shall not make any order, rule, regulation or bylaw limiting the right of any member of the organization to distribute in whatever manner and at whatever times the member may desire to the persons composing any partnership in which the member is financially interested or to the shareholders of any corporation or cooperative association in which such member is a shareholder, the* profits of such member to the persons composing such partnership or to the shareholders of such corporation or cooperative association, in proportion to the quantity of poultry and eggs or other farm products shipped to such member by the persons composing such partnership or the shareholders of such corporation or cooperative association, and any such order, rule, regulation or bylaw now or hereafter made, promulgated or adopted shall be invalid and void. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14399)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12741  *Word "to" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 276.180 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.180 - Unlawful to limit the right to distribute profits — prima facie evidence of discrimination.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.180. Unlawful to limit the right to distribute profits — prima facie evidence of discrimination. — It is hereby declared unlawful for any two or more members of such organization to enter into any arrangement, understanding or agreement which shall limit, or have the effect of limiting, any member in the exercise of the right to distribute, in such manner and at such times as the member may desire, to the persons composing any partnership in which the member is financially interested or to the shareholders of any corporation or cooperative association in which such member is a shareholder, the profits of such member to the persons composing such partnership or to the shareholders of such corporation or cooperative association in proportion to the quantity of poultry and eggs or other farm products shipped to such member by the persons composing such partnership or the shareholders of such corporation or cooperative association, or which arrangement, understanding or agreement shall discriminate or have the effect of discriminating or which shall cause discrimination or tend to cause discrimination against such member because such member does so distribute the profits of such member; and the fact that any arrangement, understanding or agreement is made between two or more members of such organization which does or tends to discriminate against or which causes or tends to cause discrimination against any member who does so distribute the member's profits, shall be prima facie evidence that such arrangement, understanding or agreement was made for the purpose of discriminating or causing discrimination against such member because such member does so distribute the profits of said member. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14400)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12742
MO Rev Stat § 276.190 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.190 - Unlawful to refuse membership or delay granting same — circuit court may compel issuance of membership — when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.190. Unlawful to refuse membership or delay granting same — circuit court may compel issuance of membership — when. — It is hereby declared unlawful for any such organization to refuse membership or to unreasonably delay the granting of membership in such organization to any applicant for membership because of the manner, times or method in which such applicant intends to or does distribute the profits of such applicant to the persons composing any partnership in which the applicant is financially interested or to the shareholders of any corporation or cooperative association in which the member is a shareholder, and any refusal on the part of such organization to admit to membership or any unreasonable delay in admitting to membership any applicant for membership who intends to or does distribute to the person composing any partnership in which such applicant is financially interested or to the shareholders of any corporation or cooperative association in which such applicant is a shareholder, the profits of such applicant to the persons composing such partnership or to the shareholders of such corporation or cooperative association in proportion to the quantity of poultry and eggs or other farm products shipped to such member by the persons composing such partnership or the shareholders of such corporation or cooperative association, shall be prima facie evidence that such refusal or such unreasonable delay is because such applicant for membership intends to or does so distribute its profits, and any such applicant for membership shall have the right to have the action of such organization, in refusing or unreasonably delaying the issuance of said membership, summarily reviewed by the circuit court, by filing therein a petition praying the circuit court to cause such organization to show cause why it has refused or unreasonably delayed the issuance of said membership, and if, upon the trial, said organization fails to show some lawful and reasonable cause for refusing or unreasonably delaying the issuance of said membership to such applicant for membership, then the circuit court shall, by proper order, compel the issuance of said membership to such applicant; provided, that any limitation fixed by such organization, or by the members thereof, as to the number of members admitted to membership therein, shall not be a lawful or a reasonable cause for refusing or unreasonably delaying the issuance of membership to such applicant for membership; and provided further, that the review provided for in this section shall be merely cumulative and shall in no way relieve such organization or any member thereof, from the criminal or civil proceedings provided for in sections 276.160 to 276.230. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14401)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12743
MO Rev Stat § 276.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.200 - Unlawful to discriminate.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.200. Unlawful to discriminate. — It is hereby declared unlawful for any person, firm or corporation maintaining any such public market to discriminate, in any manner whatever, against any person, firm or corporation buying, selling or exchanging poultry and eggs and other farm products at such public market. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14402)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12744
MO Rev Stat § 276.210 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.210 - Attorney general to bring suit — court may issue injunction.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.210. Attorney general to bring suit — court may issue injunction. — It is hereby made the duty of the attorney general of the state of Missouri, upon being informed that any of the provisions of sections 276.160 to 276.230 have been violated, to bring suit in the proper court against any such organization, person, firm or corporation to procure the injunction provided for in section 276.220, and upon proof that the defendant in such suit has violated any provision of sections 276.160 to 276.230, the court shall issue its permanent injunction against such defendant, in accordance with section 276.220. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14404)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12746
MO Rev Stat § 276.220 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.220 - Violation may be enjoined.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.220. Violation may be enjoined. — If any organization of whatever form or kind, maintaining or operating a public market, as herein defined, shall violate any provision of sections 276.160 to 276.230, such organization shall be permanently enjoined from maintaining or operating directly or indirectly, such public market, and any person, firm, company or corporation violating any provision of sections 276.160 to 276.230 shall be permanently enjoined from buying, selling or trading, directly or indirectly at such public market. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14403)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12745
MO Rev Stat § 276.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.230 - Violation a misdemeanor.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   276.230. Violation a misdemeanor. — Any person, firm, company or corporation violating any provision of sections 276.160 to 276.230 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14405)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12747
MO Rev Stat § 276.403 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.403 - Purpose and construction of law.

Effective - 22 Apr 1986   276.403. Purpose and construction of law. — Sections 276.401 to 276.581 constitute an exercise of state police and regulatory power for the purpose of protecting and enhancing grain production and marketing, and the agricultural economy of the state of Missouri. These sections are deemed necessary to protect and to preserve the public health, welfare, peace and safety of the general citizenry. ­­-------- (L. 1986 H.B. 1578)  Effective 4-22-86
MO Rev Stat § 276.411 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 276 - Stockyards, Grain and Produce Exchanges|Section 276.411 - License required — administrative hearing for violation, penalty — license application forms, renewal applications — penalty for late renewal.

Effective - 02 Apr 1997   276.411. License required — administrative hearing for violation, penalty — license application forms, renewal applications — penalty for late renewal. — 1. No person shall engage in business as a grain dealer in the state of Missouri without having obtained a license therefor issued by the director pursuant to sections 276.401 to 276.582. Following an administrative hearing, the director may require the dealer to pay a penalty of not more than five hundred dollars for each day the dealer is found to be operating without a license or bond. In determining whether to assess the penalty, the director shall ascertain whether the dealer has continued to operate without a license or bond after being informed by the department in writing by certified mail of the need for licensing or bonding. Any penalties collected by the director under this section shall be deposited in the general revenue fund to the credit of the grain regulatory services program. In the event that a person penalized under this section fails to pay the penalty, the director may apply to the circuit court of Cole County for, and the court is authorized to enter, an order enforcing the assessed penalty.  2. Each application for a license to engage in business as a grain dealer shall be filed with the director and shall be in a form prescribed by the director.  3. The application for an initial license may be filed at any time prior to beginning business as a grain dealer; however, such license shall terminate on the last day of the fifth month after the close of the grain dealer's fiscal year, except that the initial licensing period shall be for at least six months but not longer than eighteen months. The grain dealer shall set forth on the original application the closing date for his fiscal year.  4. At least sixty days prior to the expiration of each license issued by the director under this chapter, the director shall notify the dealer of the date of expiration and furnish the dealer with the renewal application. The dealer shall submit the renewal application to the director at least thirty days prior to the date of expiration of the license. The dealer shall be penalized ten dollars per day for each day the renewal application is submitted after the date the application for a renewal license is due. The date of submission of the renewal application shall be the date postmarked. Any person licensed under both the provisions of sections 276.401 to 276.582 and sections 411.010 to 411.800 who submits a combination warehouse-grain dealer renewal application shall not be assessed a penalty for late renewal in excess of ten dollars per day.  5. The original application shall be accompanied by a filing fee pursuant to section 276.506. ­­-------- (L. 1980 H.B. 1627 § 3, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1578, A.L. 1997 H.B. 211)  Effective 4-02-97