Missouri Attorney General Opinions

Opinion letter to The Honorable Phil B. Curls

Opinion letter to Richard C. Rice

Opinion letter to The Honorable Steve Danner

Opinion letter to Gary E. Stevenson

1. The initial levy of 30 cents per $100 of assessed valuation for a fire protection district must be submitted to the voters as required by Article X, Section 22, of the Missouri Constitution, the Hancock Amendment. 2. The levy question may be submitted to the voters on the same ballot as the incorporation of the fire protection district and the election of the first board of directors. 3. The ballot proposition for the levy may be set forth in general terms such as: Shall the board of directors of the ____________ fire protection district be authorized to levy a tax rate of not more than 30 cents per $100 assessed valuation to provide funds for the support of the district?

Saline County will remain a second class county on January 1, 1987.

The Missouri State Board of Accountancy is authorized to commence a positive enforcement program, including the requirement that a licensee submit with the annual registration application samples of financial reports prepared by the licensee.

Opinion letter to Carl M. Koupal , Jr.

Opinion letter to D. Moore

Opinion letter to John Jacobs

Opinion letter to James R. Moody

The positions of public members on licensing boards within the Division of Professional Registration continue in existence and the terms for public members appointed to such boards are as set forth in the specific enabling statutes for each board. Those members appointed as public members serve in that capacity until their successors are appointed.

A sixteen- year-old juvenile arrested for a first offense of driving while intoxicated (Section 577.010, RSMo Supp. 1984 ) is not within the exclusive original jurisdiction of the juvenile court because a first offense of driving while intoxicated is a state traffic ordinance or regulation, the violation of which does not constitute a felony.

Opinion letter to The Honorable John Scott

“Tax rates levied” for purposes of the School Aid Formula are the school district's tax rates prior to the annual Proposition C tax rate adjustment.

Opinion letter to The Honorable Edwin L. Dirck

Opinion letter to Joseph J. O'Hara

A deputy county clerk is eligible to be county treasurer under Section 54.040, RSMo 1978, if the deputy county clerk resigns his or her position as deputy prior to the general election.

A deputy county clerk is eligible to be county treasurer under Section 54.040, RSMo 1978, if the deputy county clerk resigns his or her position as deputy prior to the general election.

Tax revenues derived from subsection 2 of Section 278.250, RSMo 1978, may be used to acquire real and personal property and rights-of-way if the sole purpose in acquiring such is for the construction of present or future works of improvement otherwise authorized by the language of the statute.

Golf carts do not have to be registered under Section 301.020, as enacted by House Committee Substitute for House Bills Nos. 1367 and 1573, Eighty-Third General Assembly, Second Regular Session.

Section 573.080, RSMo Supp. 1984, (1) does not preempt a municipality from enacting an ordinance regulating the location of adult-oriented bookstores, movie houses, and other businesses which deal in explicit sexual material by means of zoning regulations, (2) preempts a municipality from enacting an ordinance regulating the display of explicit sexual material and material depicting nudity, including bare female breasts, when such material is displayed within the premises of a business establishment in such a fashion as to be visible to minors who enter into the premises, but such material is not otherwise visible from a street, highway, or public sidewalk, or from the property of others, except to the extent such ordinance is in accordance with the provisions of Section 573.040, RSMo 1978, (3) preempts a municipality from enacting an ordinance automatically revoking or suspending the business license of, or leading to the refusal to issue a business license to, one who has been convicted of a state-law violation under Chapter 573, RSMo, (4) does not preempt a municipality from enacting an ordinance regulating alcoholic beverages which has as an effect the regulation of nude dancing by performers, and (5) preempts a municipality from enacting an ordinance regulating the public display of explicit sexual material by means of adopting in its entirety the language of Section 573.010(2), RSMo Supp. 1985, defining the term “displays publicly” and by adding thereto the additional language, “or from any portion of the person's store, or the exhibitor's store or property when items and merchandise other than this material are offered for sale to the public”.

(1) Section 362.105.1(13), as enacted by House Bill No. 1207, Eighty-Third General Assembly, Second Regular Session, requires the licensing and registration of bank personnel engaged in selling shares of mutual funds established and maintained by the bank; (2) Section 362.105.1(13), as enacted by House Bill No. 1207, Eighty-Third General Assembly, Second Regular Session, requires banks which establish one or more mutual funds and offer to sell shares of such mutual funds to register as a broker-dealer with the office of the Commissioner of Securities, to consent to supervision and inspection by that office, and to subject themselves to the continuing jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Securities; and (3) Section 362.105.1(13), as enacted by House Bill No. 1207, Eighty-Third General Assembly, Second Regular Session, does not affect the ability of the Commissioner of Securities to enforce his interpretation of Chapter 409, RSMo, requiring bank sales personnel who engage in activities other than ministerial duties in connection with the purchase and sale of investment securities to be registered as agents of a registered broker-dealer.

The political subdivisions and taxing authorities in question may impose property tax rates up to the maximums discussed herein.

Opinion letter to The Honorable Patrick J. Hickey

Opinion letter to Charles E. Kruse

Opinion letter to Mary-Jean Hackwood

Opinion letter to The Honorable Karen McCarthy

Opinion letter to The Honorable Mark A. Youngdahl

Opinion letter to The Honorable John T. Russell

Opinion letter to The Honorable Lester Patterson

Opinion letter to The Honorable Dennis Smith

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to The Honorable D. Blunt

Opinion letter to Major-General Charles M. Kiefner

Opinion letter to The Honorable Weldon W. Perry, Jr.

Opinion letter to The Honorable Mike Lybyer

Opinion letter to The Honorable Marvin E. Proffer

Opinion letter to The Honorable Chris Kelly

Opinion letter to Michael L. Midyett

Opinion letter to The Honorable Blunt

Opinion letter to Honorable Anthony D. Ribaudo

Opinion letter to Carl M. Koupal , Jr.

Opinion letter to The Honorable Jan Martinette

Opinion letter to The Honorable James R. Strong

Opinion letter to Arthur L. Mallory , Ph.D.