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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.346 - Director to develop rules for health and veterinary care for animals in custody and facilities of licensees — records to be kept — pounds, major construction not to be required.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
273.346. Director to develop rules for health and veterinary care for animals in custody and facilities of licensees — records to be kept — pounds, major construction not to be required. —
1. The director shall promulgate rules for an adequate program of health and veterinary care which shall be maintained for all animals in the custody of persons and facilities subject to licensure pursuant to sections 273.325 to 273.357, except pounds or dog pounds. Records of veterinary services provided to such animals shall be maintained and made available to the state veterinarian or an animal welfare official upon request.
2. Any such rules promulgated to cover pounds or dog pounds shall not require or be applied so as to require the construction of any new buildings or major reconstruction of any physical plant beyond the scope of normal upkeep and repair.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 3 subsecs. 3, 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.347 - Court action for enforcement, when — crime of canine cruelty, penalty.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 27 Apr 2011, see footnote
273.347. Court action for enforcement, when — crime of canine cruelty, penalty. —
1. Whenever the state veterinarian or a state animal welfare official finds past violations of sections 273.325 to 273.357 have occurred and have not been corrected or addressed, including operating without a valid license under section 273.327, the director may request the attorney general or the county prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney to bring an action in circuit court in the county where the violations have occurred for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, permanent injunction, or a remedial order enforceable in a circuit court to correct such violations and, in addition, the court may assess a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars for each violation. Each violation shall constitute a separate offense.
2. A person commits the crime of canine cruelty if such person repeatedly violates sections 273.325 to 273.357 so as to pose a substantial risk to the health and welfare of animals in such person's custody, or knowingly violates an agreed-to remedial order involving the safety and welfare of animals under this section. The crime of canine cruelty is a class C misdemeanor, unless the person has previously pled guilty or nolo contendere to or been found guilty of a violation of this subsection, in which case, each such violation is a class A misdemeanor.
3. The attorney general or the county prosecuting attorney or circuit attorney may bring an action under sections 273.325 to 273.357 in circuit court in the county where the crime has occurred for criminal punishment.
4. No action under this section shall prevent or preclude action taken under section 578.012 or under subsection 3 of section 273.329.
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(L. 2011 S.B. 113 & 95, A.L. 2011 S.B. 161)
Effective 4-27-11
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.348 - Facilities to be open for inspection — quarantine of animals, by state veterinarian, when — quarantine removed, when — removal of animals under quarantine prohibited — disease treatment procedures, duties of state veterinarian — violations, penalty.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
273.348. Facilities to be open for inspection — quarantine of animals, by state veterinarian, when — quarantine removed, when — removal of animals under quarantine prohibited — disease treatment procedures, duties of state veterinarian — violations, penalty. —
1. The premises of each licensee shall be open for inspection.
2. If, upon investigation, the state veterinarian or an animal welfare official finds that an animal or group of animals is suffering from any highly contagious, communicable or infectious disease or exposure thereto, against which he may think best to quarantine, he shall immediately quarantine the animal or group of animals to the premises and separate from other susceptible animals not so diseased or infected until such diseased animals are:
(1) Recovered and no longer capable of transmitting the diseases;
(2) Isolated;
(3) Humanely euthanized and disposed of as provided for in the rules of the director;
(4) Tested, vaccinated or otherwise treated; or
(5) Otherwise released by the state veterinarian. Animals under quarantine and treatment or testing may not be removed from the premises until the licensee is notified that such animals are recovered and incapable of spreading the disease and otherwise released by the state veterinarian or an animal welfare official. The method of eliminating the disease problem shall be at the discretion and in accordance with such procedures as may be outlined by the state veterinarian.
3. Violation of the provisions of sections 273.344 to 273.348 shall be a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 3 subsecs. 5, 6, 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.350 - Director to develop rules to include safety standards for motor vehicles transporting live animals — define exotic animals and their care — wildlife not to be included — shipping diseased animals, penalty.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
273.350. Director to develop rules to include safety standards for motor vehicles transporting live animals — define exotic animals and their care — wildlife not to be included — shipping diseased animals, penalty. —
The director shall promulgate rules pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536 required to implement the provisions of sections 273.325 to 273.357. Such rules shall include establishing health and safety standards for motor vehicles regularly used in the commercial transportation of live animals. The director shall also by rule define the term
"exotic animals"
, which shall generally refer to canines and felines not ordinarily kept for domestic purposes, and shall promulgate rules establishing standards for food, water, housing and health care for exotic animals and standards for determining whether a particular operation is a farming practice or is a breeder of pets; provided that the authority of the department of conservation to regulate wildlife within the state of Missouri as provided by section 252.030 shall not be deprived or diminished. Any animal welfare official shall have the authority of an animal control officer as defined by chapter 578. It shall be unlawful for any person licensed or registered pursuant to sections 273.325 to 273.357 to knowingly ship a diseased animal, and any such person who violates this provision shall be subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for each diseased animal shipped. Sections 273.325 to 273.357 and the rules promulgated thereunder shall apply to all businesses, individuals and agents which transport animals in or through this state, except that such businesses, individuals and agents licensed by the USDA shall be subject to USDA standards relating to transportation of animals.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 4 subsec. 1)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• 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.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 4 subsecs. 2 to 6, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• 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.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 5)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• 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.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.359 - Stacked cages without impervious barrier prohibited, penalty.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
Effective - 27 Apr 2011, see footnote
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.
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(L. 2011 S.B. 113 & 95 § 1, A.L. 2011 S.B. 161 § 1)
Effective 4-27-11
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 273 - Dogs — Cats › Section 273.400 - Definitions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• 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.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 7)
*Word "their" appears in original rolls.
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• 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.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 8)
*Word "after" appears in original rolls.
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 273
• 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.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 636 § 9)
*Words "they are" appear in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.010 - Title of law.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
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".
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(RSMo 1939 § 14334, A. 1949 S.B. 1098)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12676
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.020 - Definitions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14334, A. 1949 S.B. 1098)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12676
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14335, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1237 merged with S.B. 521)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12677
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.040 - Members — qualifications — proxies — joint associations.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14337)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12679
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.050 - Membership certificate — liabilities — voting rights.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14345)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12687
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.060 - Powers of associations.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14336, A.L. 1945 p. 78, A.L. 2001 S.B. 462)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12678
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.070 - Articles of incorporation.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
• 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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14338, A.L. 1945 p. 78)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12680
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.080 - Articles of incorporation may be amended.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14339, A.L. 1945 p. 78)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12681
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.100 - Meetings of association.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14341)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12683
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.110 - Directors to manage affairs of association.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
274.110. Directors to manage affairs of association. —
1. The affairs of the association shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors, elected by the members from their own number.
2. The bylaws may provide that the territory in which the association has members shall be divided into districts and that the directors shall be elected according to such districts, either directly or by district delegates elected by the members of that district. In such a case the bylaws shall specify the number of directors to be elected by each district, the manner and method of reapportioning the directors and of redistricting the territory covered by the association. The bylaws may provide that primary elections shall be held in each district to elect the directors apportioned to such districts and that the result of all such primary elections may be ratified by the next regular meeting of the association or may be considered final as to the association.
3. The bylaws may provide that one or more directors may be appointed by any public official or commission or by the other directors selected by the members or their delegates. Such directors shall represent primarily the interest of the general public in such associations. The directors so appointed need not be members of the association, but shall have the same powers and rights as other directors. Such directors shall not number more than one-fifth of the entire number of directors.
4. An association may provide a fair remuneration for the time actually spent by its officers and directors in its service and for the service of the members of its executive committee.
5. No director, during the term of his office, shall be a party to a contract for profit with the association differing in any way from the business relations accorded regular members of the association, or differing from terms generally current in that district. The bylaws may provide that no director shall occupy any position in the association, except the president and secretary on regular salary or substantially full-time pay.
6. The bylaws may provide for an executive committee and may allot to such committee all the functions and powers of the board of directors, subject to the general direction and control of the board.
7. When a vacancy on the board of directors occurs other than by expiration of term, the remaining members of the board, by a majority vote, shall fill the vacancy, unless the bylaws provide for the election of directors by district. In such a case the board of directors shall immediately call a special meeting of the members or stockholders in that district to fill the vacancy.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14342)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12684
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.120 - Officers elected by directors.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
274.120. Officers elected by directors. —
The directors shall elect from their number a president and one or more vice presidents. They shall also elect a secretary and a treasurer, who need not be directors or members of the association; and they may combine the two latter offices and designate the combined office as secretary-treasurer; or unite both functions and titles in one person. The bylaws may provide for the election of the president and vice president by the members, or their delegates, at annual meetings.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14343, A.L. 1945 p. 78)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12685
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.130 - Officers and employees to give bonds.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
274.130. Officers and employees to give bonds. —
Every officer, employee and agent handling funds or negotiable instruments or property of or for any association created hereunder shall be required to execute and deliver adequate bonds for the faithful performance of his duties and obligations.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14344)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12686
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.140 - Charges made in writing — removals, how made.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
274.140. Charges made in writing — removals, how made. —
1. Any member may bring charges against an officer or director by filing them in writing with the secretary of the association, together with a petition signed by five percent of the members, requesting the removal of the officer or director in question. The removal shall be voted upon at the next regular or special meeting of the association and, by a vote of a majority of the members, the association may remove the officer or director and fill the vacancy.
2. The director or officer, against whom such charges have been brought, shall be informed in writing of the charges previous to the meeting and shall have an opportunity at the meeting to be heard in person or by counsel, and to present witnesses; and the person or persons bringing the charges against him shall have the same opportunity.
3. In case the bylaws provide for election of directors by districts with primary elections in each district, then the petition for removal of a director must be signed by twenty percent of the members residing in the district from which he was elected. The board of directors must call a special meeting of the members residing in that district to consider the removal of the directors; and by a vote of the majority of the members of that district, the director in question shall be removed from office.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14346)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12688
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.150 - Decisions by directors referred to members, how.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
274.150. Decisions by directors referred to members, how. —
Upon demand of one-third of the entire board of directors, made at the same meeting at which the original motion was passed immediately and so recorded, any matter of policy that has been approved or passed by the board must be referred to the entire membership or the stockholders for decision at the next special or regular meeting; and a special meeting may be called for the purpose.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14347)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12689
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.160 - Annual reports — contents.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
274.160. Annual reports — contents. —
Each association formed under this chapter shall prepare and make out an annual report on forms, to be furnished by the state director of agriculture, containing the name of the association; its principal place of business; and a general statement of its business operations during the fiscal year, the number of members and amount of membership fees received, the total expenses of operations; the amount of its indebtedness or liabilities, and its balance sheets, and file one copy thereof in office of the secretary of state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14350)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12692
CROSS REFERENCE:
Corporations required to make report to director of revenue, 147.050
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.170 - Fee for filing incorporation papers — amendments.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
274.170. Fee for filing incorporation papers — amendments. —
For filing articles of incorporation, an association organized hereunder shall pay ten dollars; and for filing an amendment to the article, two dollars and fifty cents.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14363)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12705
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.180 - Fees paid in lieu of other license or tax.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 09 Jul 2010, see footnote
274.180. Fees paid in lieu of other license or tax. —
Each association organized hereunder shall pay an annual fee of ten dollars only, in lieu of all franchise or license or corporation or other taxes, including state sales taxes, or taxes or charges upon reserves held by it for members.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14362, A.L. 2010 S.B. 795)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12704
Effective 7-09-10
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.190 - Previously organized associations may use provisions of this chapter — procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 28 Aug 1953
274.190. Previously organized associations may use provisions of this chapter — procedure. —
1. Any corporation or association, organized under previously existing statutes, may, by a majority vote of its stockholders or members, be brought under the provisions of this chapter by limiting its membership and adopting the other restrictions as provided herein. It shall make out in duplicate a statement signed and sworn to by its directors to the effect that the corporation or association has, by a majority vote of the stockholders or members, decided to accept the benefits and be bound by the provisions of this chapter and has authorized all changes accordingly.
2. Articles of incorporation shall be filed as required in section 274.070, except that they shall be signed by the members of the then board of directors. The filing fee shall be the same as for filing an amendment to articles of incorporation.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14356, A.L. 1953 p. 3)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12698
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.200 - Marketing contracts — provisions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
274.200. Marketing contracts — provisions. —
The association and its members may make and execute marketing contracts, requiring the members to sell, for any period of time, not over ten years, all or any specified part of their agricultural products or specified commodities exclusively to or through the association or any facilities to be created by the association. If they contract a sale to the association, it shall be conclusively held that title to the products passes absolutely and unreservedly, except recorded liens, to the association upon delivery, or at any other specified time if expressly and definitely agreed in the said contract. The contract may provide, among other things, that the association may sell or resell the products delivered by its members, with or without taking title thereto; and pay over to its members the resale price, after deducting all necessary selling, overhead and other costs and expenses, including interest, not exceeding eight percent per annum, or any other proper deductions.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14348)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12690
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.210 - Marketing contracts — enforcement.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
274.210. Marketing contracts — enforcement. —
1. The bylaws or the marketing contract may fix, as liquidated damages, specific sums to be paid by the members to the association upon the breach by him of any provision of the marketing contract regarding the sale or delivery or withholding of products; and may further provide that the member will pay all costs, premiums for bonds, expenses and fees, in case any action is brought upon the contract by the association; and any such provisions shall be valid and enforceable as such and shall not be regarded as penalties.
2. In event of any such breach or threatened breach of such marketing contract by a member, the association shall be entitled to an injunction to prevent the further breach of the contract and to a decree of specific performance thereof. Pending the adjudication of such an action and upon filing a verified complaint showing the breach or threatened breach, and upon filing a sufficient bond, the association shall be entitled to a temporary restraining order against the member.
3. In any action upon such marketing agreement, it shall be conclusively presumed that landowner or landlord or lessor is able to control the delivery of products produced on his land by tenants or others, whose tenancy or possession or work on such land or the terms of whose tenancy or possession or labor thereon were created or changed after execution by the landowner or landlord or lessor, of such a marketing agreement; and in such actions the foregoing remedies for nondelivery or breach shall lie and be enforceable against such a landowner, landlord or lessor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14349, A. 1949 S.B. 1098)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12691
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.220 - Membership in other corporations — functions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
274.220. Membership in other corporations — functions. —
1. An association may organize, form, operate, control, have an interest in, or be a member of a corporation or other entity and engage in preserving, drying, processing, canning, packing, storing, handling, shipping, utilizing, manufacturing, marketing or selling of the agricultural products handled by the association, or the by-products thereof.
2. If such corporations are warehousing corporations, they may issue legal warehouse receipts to the association against the commodities delivered by it, or to any other person and such legal warehouse receipts shall be considered as adequate collateral to the extent of the usual and current value of the commodity represented thereby.
3. In case such warehouse is licensed or licensed and bonded under the laws of this or any other state or the United States, its warehouse receipt delivered to the association on commodities of the association or its members, or delivered by the association or its members, shall not be challenged or discriminated against because of ownership or control, wholly or in part, by the association.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14353, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1237 merged with S.B. 521)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12695
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.230 - Two or more associations may act jointly.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 28 Aug 1996
274.230. Two or more associations may act jointly. —
Any association may, upon resolution adopted by its board of directors, enter into all necessary and proper contracts, and arrangements with a corporation, person or other entity, for the more economical carrying on of its business or any part or parts thereof. Any two or more associations may, by agreement between them, unite in employing and using or may separately employ and use the same personnel, methods, means and agencies for carrying on and conducting their respective business.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14354, A.L. 1996 H.B. 1237 merged with S.B. 521)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12696
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.240 - Association of other state may do business in state, when.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
274.240. Association of other state may do business in state, when. —
Any association heretofore or hereafter organized under generally similar laws of another state shall be allowed to carry on any proper activities, operations and functions in this state upon compliance with the general regulations applicable to foreign corporations desiring to do business in this state and all contracts which could be made by any association incorporated hereunder, made by or with such associations shall be legal and valid and enforceable in this state with all of the remedies set forth in this chapter.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14355)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12697
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.250 - Use of words "nonprofit cooperative" prohibited.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 28 Aug 1949
274.250. Use of words "nonprofit cooperative" prohibited. —
No person, firm, corporation, or association, hereafter organized or hereafter applying to do business in this state as a farmers' marketing association for the sale of farm products, shall be entitled to use the words "nonprofit cooperative" as part of its corporate or other business name or title, unless it has complied with the provisions of this chapter.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14352, A. 1949 S.B. 1098)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12694
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 274 - Cooperative Marketing Associations › Section 274.260 - Efforts to break contract a misdemeanor.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 274
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
274.260. Efforts to break contract a misdemeanor. —
Any person or persons or any corporation whose officers or employees knowingly induce or attempt to induce any member of an association hereunder or organized under similar statutes of other states with similar restrictions and rights and operating in this state under due authority, to break his marketing contract with the association, or who maliciously and knowingly spreads false reports about the finances or management or activity thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars for each such offense; and shall be liable to the association aggrieved in a civil suit in the penal sum of five hundred dollars for each such offense.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14358)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12700