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MO Rev Stat § 273.352 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats|Section 273.352 - Advisory committee, appointment, qualifications — duties to assist in establishing rules — not to receive compensation or expenses — rulemaking procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   273.352. Advisory committee, appointment, qualifications — duties to assist in establishing rules — not to receive compensation or expenses — rulemaking procedure. — 1. There is hereby established an advisory committee to assist the director in establishing rules under sections 273.350 and 273.352 and to provide ongoing review of the administration of sections 273.325 to 273.357. The members of the advisory committee shall receive no compensation or reimbursement for their expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The advisory committee shall consist of thirteen persons appointed by the director as follows:  (1) One person who operates or supervises an animal shelter;  (2) One person who operates or is employed by a pound or dog pound;  (3) One person who operates a commercial kennel or a boarding kennel;  (4) One person who operates a pet shop and who sells both dogs and cats;  (5) One dealer;  (6) One person who operates or is employed by an animal humane society or other humane organization;  (7) One veterinarian licensed pursuant to chapter 340;  (8) One person who is a commercial animal breeder, who breeds both dogs and cats;  (9) One person representing the Missouri Animal Control Association;  (10) One person representing professional cat breeders;  (11) The state veterinarian of the department of agriculture;  (12) The state public health veterinarian of the department of health and senior services;  (13) One hobby or show breeder.  2. 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. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 4 subsecs. 2 to 6, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
MO Rev Stat § 273.354 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats|Section 273.354 - Laws not applicable to hospitals or boarding facility under supervision of veterinarians or research.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   273.354. Laws not applicable to hospitals or boarding facility under supervision of veterinarians or research. — 1. Sections 273.325 to 273.357 shall not apply to a place or establishment which operates under the immediate supervision and control of a duly licensed veterinarian as a facility where animals are hospitalized or boarded.  2. Nothing in sections 273.325 to 273.357 shall be construed as requiring licensing of research facilities or authorizing promulgation of rules affecting the design, outlines, guidelines, or performance of actual research or experimentation by a research facility as determined by that research facility's institution animal care and use committee. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 5)
MO Rev Stat § 273.357 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats|Section 273.357 - Animal care reserve fund created — all license fees to be deposited in fund — purpose and uses — lapse to general revenue, prohibited.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   273.357. Animal care reserve fund created — all license fees to be deposited in fund — purpose and uses — lapse to general revenue, prohibited. — All fees collected by the director from licenses issued under sections 273.325 to 273.357 shall be used to administer the provisions of sections 273.325 to 273.357, and shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the "Animal Care Reserve Fund", which is hereby created. All moneys deposited in the animal care reserve fund shall be subject to appropriation for the use and benefit of the department of agriculture to administer the provisions of sections 273.325 to 273.357. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, moneys in the animal care reserve fund shall not be transferred to the general revenue fund at the end of the biennium. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 6)
MO Rev Stat § 273.359 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats|Section 273.359 - Stacked cages without impervious barrier prohibited, penalty.

Effective - 27 Apr 2011   273.359. Stacked cages without impervious barrier prohibited, penalty. — Any person required to have a license under sections 273.325 to 273.357 who houses animals in stacked cages without an impervious barrier between the levels of such cages, except when cleaning such cages, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. ­­-------- (L. 2011 S.B. 113 & 95 § 1, A.L. 2011 S.B. 161 § 1)  Effective 4-27-11
MO Rev Stat § 273.400 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats|Section 273.400 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   273.400. Definitions. — As used in sections 273.400 to 273.405, the following words mean:  (1) "Adopter", a person who is legally competent to enter into a contract and who is adopting or buying a dog or cat from a releasing agency;  (2) "Adult animal", any dog or cat that has reached the age of one hundred eighty days or six months or more;  (3) "Releasing agency", an animal pound, shelter, humane organization, or animal control agency, whether public or private, but not including an individual who occasionally renders humane assistance or shelter in his* home to a dog or cat;  (4) "Sterilization", the surgical removal of the reproductive organs of a dog or cat in order to render the animal unable to reproduce, or the use of an approved serum which will permanently render the animal unable to reproduce. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 7)  *Word "their" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 273.403 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats|Section 273.403 - Sterilization of all cats and dogs adopted or purchased from animal shelters or animal control agencies, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   273.403. Sterilization of all cats and dogs adopted or purchased from animal shelters or animal control agencies, procedure. — 1. Provisions shall be made for the sterilization of all dogs and cats sold or released for adoption or purchased from any public or private animal shelter or animal control agency operated by a humane society, or by a county or city, or other political subdivision. Such provisions may be made by:  (1) Providing for sterilization by a licensed veterinarian before relinquishing custody of the animal; or  (2) Entering into a written agreement with the adopter or purchaser guaranteeing that sterilization will be performed by a licensed veterinarian, in compliance with a sterilization agreement which shall contain the following information:  (a) The date of the agreement;  (b) The name, address, and signature of the releasing agency and the adopter;  (c) A description of the animal to be adopted;  (d) A statement printed in conspicuous bold print that sterilization of the animal is required pursuant to sections 273.400 to 273.405;  (e) A sterilization completion date which shall be either:  a. The thirtieth day after the date of adoption in the case of an adult animal; or  b. The thirtieth day after a specified date estimated to be the date an adopted infant female or male puppy or kitten becomes six months of age; or  c. If the releasing agency has a written policy recommending sterilization of certain infant animals at an earlier date, the thirtieth day after the date contained in* the written policy.  2. An adopter that signs a sterilization agreement shall have the adopted animal sterilized on or before the sterilization date stated in the agreement. If the sterilization completion date stated in the agreement falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the deadline may be extended to the first day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday. The releasing agency may extend the deadline for thirty days on the presentation of a letter or telephone report from a licensed veterinarian stating that the life or health of the adopted animal may be jeopardized by sterilization. There shall be no limit to the number of extensions that may be granted for this reason. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 8)  *Word "after" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 273.405 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats|Section 273.405 - Animal considered sterilized when — exceptions to sterilization requirement — costs to be paid by adopter or purchaser.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   273.405. Animal considered sterilized when — exceptions to sterilization requirement — costs to be paid by adopter or purchaser. — 1. Each releasing agency shall agree to give title, possession, and control of the animal so long as the adopter complies with the terms and conditions of the adoption agreement.  2. The releasing agency shall consider the animal sterilized upon receipt of written confirmation signed by the licensed veterinarian who performed the sterilization.  3. Exceptions to the sterilization requirements of sections 273.400 to 273.405 shall not apply to a dog or cat that is claimed from a releasing agency by a person who already owns the animal. This subsection shall not apply to a releasing agency located in a political subdivision that has in effect an ordinance providing standards for dog and cat sterilization that exceed the requirements of sections 273.400 to 273.405.  4. All costs of sterilization pursuant to sections 273.400 to 273.405 shall be paid by the prospective adopter or purchaser, unless otherwise provided.  5. The requirements of sections 273.400 to 273.405 shall not apply to canines of a breed regularly used for lawful hunting or livestock production or management, as specified by rules of the department, to be used in the practice of livestock production or management or the practice of lawful hunting. The adopter may sign a statement that states he is* going to use the canines for such purposes in lieu of the sterilization agreement. ­­-------- (L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 9)  *Words "they are" appear in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 274.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations|Section 274.010 - Title of law.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   274.010. Title of law. — For the purpose of brevity and convenience this chapter may be indexed, referred to and cited as "The Nonprofit Cooperative Marketing Law". ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14334, A. 1949 S.B. 1098)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12676
MO Rev Stat § 274.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations|Section 274.020 - Definitions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   274.020. Definitions. — As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the meaning indicated:  (1) "Agricultural products" includes horticultural, viticultural, forestry, dairy, livestock, poultry, bee or any farm products;  (2) "Association", any corporation organized under this chapter; associations organized hereunder shall be deemed "nonprofit" inasmuch as they are not organized to make profit for themselves, as such, or for their members, as such, but only for their members as producers;  (3) "Member" includes actual members of associations without capital stock. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14334, A. 1949 S.B. 1098)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12676
MO Rev Stat § 274.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations|Section 274.030 - Nonprofit cooperative associations — purposes — owners or operators of a family farm or family farm corporation may engage in production of livestock.

Effective - 28 Aug 1996   274.030. Nonprofit cooperative associations — purposes — owners or operators of a family farm or family farm corporation may engage in production of livestock. — 1. Eleven or more persons, except corporations excluded from engaging in farming pursuant to the provisions of section 350.015, a majority of whom are residents of this state, engaged in the production of agricultural products, may form a nonprofit cooperative association without capital stock, under the provisions of this chapter, for the following purpose or purposes: To engage in any activity in connection with the marketing or selling of the agricultural products of its members or with the harvesting, preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, grading, storing, handling, shipping or utilization thereof or the manufacturing or marketing of the by-products thereof; or in connection with the manufacturing, selling or supplying to its members of machinery, equipment or supplies; or in the financing of the above enumerated activities; or in any one or more of the activities specified herein.  2. Five or more owners or operators of a family farm or a family farm corporation as those terms are defined in section 350.010, all of whom are residents of this state, engaged in the production of agricultural products, may form a nonprofit cooperative association without capital stock, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, to engage in the production of livestock. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14335, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1237 merged with S.B. 521)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12677
MO Rev Stat § 274.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations|Section 274.040 - Members — qualifications — proxies — joint associations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   274.040. Members — qualifications — proxies — joint associations. — 1. Under the terms and conditions prescribed in the bylaws adopted by it, any association may admit as members, only persons engaged in the production of the agricultural products to be handled by or through the association, including the lessees and tenants of land used for the production of such products and any lessors and landlords who receive as rent all or any part of the crop raised on the leased premises.  2. If a member of a nonprofit cooperative association be other than a natural person, such members may be represented by any individual, associate, officer, manager or member thereof, duly authorized in writing.  3. One association organized hereunder may become a member of any other association or associations organized hereunder. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14337)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12679
MO Rev Stat § 274.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations|Section 274.050 - Membership certificate — liabilities — voting rights.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   274.050. Membership certificate — liabilities — voting rights. — 1. When a member of an association has paid his membership fee in full, he shall receive a certificate of membership.  2. No member shall be liable for the debts of the association to an amount exceeding the sum remaining unpaid on his marketing contract.  3. No member shall be entitled to more than one vote. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14345)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12687
MO Rev Stat § 274.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations|Section 274.060 - Powers of associations.

Effective - 28 Aug 2001   274.060. Powers of associations. — Each association incorporated under this chapter shall have the following powers:  (1) To engage in any activity in connection with the marketing, selling, preserving, harvesting, drying, processing, manufacturing, canning, packing, grading, storing, handling or utilization of any agricultural products produced or delivered to it by its members; the manufacturing or marketing of the by-products thereof; any activity in connection with the purchase, hiring or use by its members of supplies, machinery or equipment; in the financing of any such activities; or in any one or more of the activities specified in this section. The association shall do at least twenty-five percent of its business with its members;  (2) To borrow money without limitation as to amount of corporate indebtedness or liability; and to make advance payments and advances to members;  (3) To act as the agent or representative of any member or members in any of the above-mentioned activities;  (4) To buy, lease, hold and exercise all privileges of ownership, over such real or personal property as may be necessary or convenient for the conduct and operation of any of the business of the association, or incidental thereto;  (5) To establish, secure, own and develop patents, trademarks and copyrights;  (6) To do each and everything necessary, suitable or proper for the accomplishment of any one of the purposes or the attainment of any one or more of the objects herein enumerated; or conducive to or expedient for the interest or benefit of the association; to contract accordingly; and in addition to exercise and possess all powers, rights and privileges necessary or incidental to the purposes for which the association is organized or to the activities in which it is engaged or any other rights, powers, and privileges granted by the laws of this state to ordinary corporations, except such as are inconsistent with the express provisions of this chapter. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14336, A.L. 1945 p. 78, A.L. 2001 S.B. 462)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12678
MO Rev Stat § 274.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations|Section 274.070 - Articles of incorporation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   274.070. Articles of incorporation. — 1. Each association formed under this chapter must prepare and file articles of incorporation, setting forth:  (1) The name of the association;  (2) The purposes for which it is formed;  (3) The place where its principal business will be transacted;  (4) The term for which it is to exist, which may be for any number of years or may be perpetual;  (5) The number of directors thereof, which must be not less than five and may be any number in excess thereof; the term of office of such directors; and the names and addresses of those who are to serve as incorporating directors for the first term, and until the election and qualification of their successors;  (6) Whether the property rights and interest of each member shall be equal or unequal; and if unequal, the general rule or rules applicable to all members by which the property rights and interests, respectively, of each member may and shall be determined and fixed; provision for the admission of new members who shall be entitled to share in the property of the association with the old members, in accordance with such general rule or rules; the qualifications for membership, and if more than one class of membership is provided for, the number of directors to be elected by each class of membership. The provision or paragraph of the articles of incorporation shall not be altered, amended, or repealed except by the written consent or vote of three-fourths of the members voting thereon.  2. The articles must be subscribed by the incorporators and acknowledged by one of them before an officer authorized by the law of this state to take and certify acknowledgments of deeds and conveyances; and shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of the general corporation law of this state; and when so filed the said articles of incorporation, or certified copies thereof, shall be received in all the courts of this state and other places as prima facie evidence of the facts contained therein and of the due and legal incorporation of such association. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14338, A.L. 1945 p. 78)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12680
MO Rev Stat § 274.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations|Section 274.080 - Articles of incorporation may be amended.

Effective - 28 Aug 1945   274.080. Articles of incorporation may be amended. — The articles of incorporation may be altered or amended at any regular meeting or any special meeting called for that purpose. An amendment must first be approved by two-thirds of the directors and then adopted by a vote representing a majority of all the members of the association voting thereon. Amendments to the articles of incorporation, when so adopted, shall be filed in accordance with the provisions of the general corporation law of this state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14339, A.L. 1945 p. 78)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12681
MO Rev Stat § 274.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations|Section 274.100 - Meetings of association.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   274.100. Meetings of association. — In its bylaws each association shall provide for one or more regular meetings annually. The board of directors shall have the right to call a special meeting at any time; and ten percent of the members may file a petition stating the specific business to be brought before the association and demand a special meeting at any time. Such meetings must thereupon be called by the directors. Notice of all meetings, together with a statement of the purposes thereof, shall be mailed to each member at least ten days prior to the meeting; provided, however, that the bylaws may require instead that such notice may be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation, published at the principal place of business of the association. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14341)  Prior revision: 1929 § 12683