Title XXVI — TRADE AND COMMERCE

414.073. Tank wagons, wholesale or retail sales to be equipped with meters — inspection, when — condemned meters, how marked. — 1. Each tank wagon used in the wholesale or retail marketing of gasoline, gasoline-alcohol blend, kerosene, heating oil, diesel fuel, and aviation turbi…

414.082. Inspection fees, rate determined by director of revenue — petroleum inspection fund created, fees deposited, uses, investment of moneys. — 1. The fee for the inspection of gasoline, gasoline-alcohol blends, kerosene, diesel fuel, heating oil, aviation turbine fuel, and o…

414.092. Inspection fees — records, reports. — The director of revenue shall keep a record of each person paying an inspection fee and the fee record shall be open to inspection by the governor, or any person for him, as well as any other interested person. The director of revenu…

414.102. Payment of fees, when — report to director of revenue, when — credit or refund, when allowed — application of motor fuel tax provisions. — 1. Every person importing or removing within this state, as import and removal are defined in section 142.800, any of the petroleum …

414.104. Motor fuel vapor recovery fees, department of natural resource to set — preemption of local enforcement. — Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the contrary, only the department of natural resources shall set stage 1 and 2 motor fuel vapor recovery fees, including pe…

414.112. Deception of customers in sale of fuels as to nature, quality or identity, prohibited — reclaimed motor or lubricating oils — containers, how marked — interference with director, prohibited. — 1. No person shall store, sell, expose for sale, or offer for sale, gasoline, …

414.122. Common carriers of fuels, shipment records, contents. — Every person engaged in business in this state as a common carrier or marketer of fuels or petroleum products shall exhibit upon demand by the director of agriculture or the director of revenue, books, papers, and r…

414.132. Motor fuel inspectors, deputies, agents, employees, compensation, appointees of department — conflict of interest prohibited. — 1. The director shall, within the limits of appropriations, appoint and fix the compensation of a motor fuel inspector who shall make such test…

414.142. Rules, authority, promulgation. — The director of agriculture and the director of revenue may promulgate such rules as shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter and which in their judgment will best serve to carry out the purpose thereof. No rule or p…

414.152. Violations, penalties — injunction — hearings, procedure. — 1. Any person found in violation of any provision of sections 414.012 to 414.152 shall be deemed guilty of a class A misdemeanor. The prosecutor of each county in which a violation occurs shall be empowered to b…

414.255. Definitions — ethanol-blended gasoline required, when — exemptions — rulemaking authority — immunity from liability, when. — 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Renewable Fuel Standard Act". 2. For purposes of this section, the following term…

414.300. Labeling of motor fuel pumps, renewable fuels — rulemaking authority. — 1. No later than January 1, 2016, the department of agriculture shall propose a rule regarding renewable fuels and the labeling of motor fuel pumps. 2. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is …

414.365. Program established for biodiesel fuel use in MoDOT vehicles, goals, rules. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "B-20", a blend of twenty percent by volume biodiesel fuel and eighty percent by volume petroleum-based diesel fuel; (2) "Biodiesel", f…

414.400. Definitions — program for state fuel consumption reduction, fleet management and promotion of alternative fuels, University of Missouri, included duties — exceptions for certain vehicles. — 1. As used in sections 414.400 to 414.417, the following terms mean: (1) "Alterna…

414.403. Vehicle fleet energy conservation plan to be developed by each state agency, purpose of plan, content — plan to be submitted to department of natural resources, when. — 1. Each state agency, with assistance from the department, shall develop and implement a vehicle fleet…

414.406. Vehicle fleet plan reviewed — office of administration to purchase only vehicles conforming to plan — annual report, content. — 1. The director of the department of economic development shall review each agency's vehicle fleet plan and the vehicular demands of the agency…

414.407. EPAct credit banking and selling program established — definitions — biodiesel fuel revolving fund created — rulemaking authority — study on the use of alternative fuels in motor vehicles, contents. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "B-20", a bl…

414.410. Motor vehicle alternative fuel use plan to be developed by department of natural resources — powers and duties — state agency fleets of fifteen or more vehicles, time table for using alternative fuels. — 1. The director shall develop a motor vehicle alternative fuel use …

414.412. Alternative use of fuel, waived or percentage reduced by director, certified evidence required — other vehicles, ethanol use required, exceptions. — 1. The director may reduce any percentage specified or waive the requirement of subsection 3 of section 414.410 for any st…

414.415. Percentage requirements, how state agencies to comply. — State agencies may meet the percentage requirements of sections 414.410 to 414.415 through purchase of original equipment manufactured alternative fuel vehicles or the conversion of vehicles, in accordance with fed…

414.417. Criminal law enforcement vehicles and certain other vehicles, law not applicable — demonstration vehicles for alternative fuels authorized. — 1. Sections 414.400 to 414.417 shall not apply to the purchase or lease of a vehicle to be used primarily for criminal law enforc…

414.420. Commission, created, members — purpose. — 1. As used in this section, the term "alternative fuel" shall have the same meaning as in section 414.400. 2. There is hereby created the "Missouri Alternative Fuels Commission" composed of nine members, including two members of …

414.433. Purchase of biodiesel fuel by school districts — contracts with new generation cooperatives — definitions — rulemaking authority. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "B-20", a blend of two fuels of twenty percent by volume biodiesel and eighty per…

414.500. Name of law. — Sections 414.500 to 414.590 shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Propane Education and Research Act". ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 178 § 1)

414.510. Definitions. — As used in sections 414.500 to 414.590, the following terms mean: (1) "Council", the Missouri propane education and research council created pursuant to section 414.530; (2) "Director", the director of the division of energy of the department of economic d…

414.520. Promulgation of regulations. — Within one hundred eighty days after August 28, 1993, the director shall publish proposed regulations in the Missouri Register for implementation of the policies provided for in sections 414.500 to 414.590. After notice and opportunity for …

414.530. Propane education and research council creation, assessment upon odorized propane — procedure. — 1. The director shall conduct a referendum as soon as possible among producers and Missouri retail marketers of propane to authorize the creation of the "Missouri Propane Edu…

414.540. Prevention of violations, action of attorney general — civil penalty — cease and desist order — hearing. — 1. The state courts are vested with jurisdiction specifically to enforce, and to prevent and restrain any person from violating, any provision of sections 414.500 t…

414.550. Director may conduct investigations — powers of director. — The director may make such investigations as the director deems necessary to carry out effectively the director's responsibilities under sections 414.500 to 414.590 or to determine whether a person has engaged o…

414.560. Selection of members — number of members, compensation, terms — chairman, president — budget — programs and projects — records — costs. — 1. Upon issuance of an order by the director establishing the Missouri propane education and research council, the director shall sel…

414.570. Assessment, amount — payment — late payment, charges — investment of funds — rulemaking authority. — 1. The council shall set the initial assessment at no greater than one-tenth of one cent per gallon. Thereafter, annual assessments shall be sufficient to cover the costs…

414.580. Use of funds, restrictions. — No funds collected by the council shall be used in any manner for influencing legislation or for campaign contributions, except that the council may recommend to the director changes in sections 414.500 to 414.590 or other statutes that woul…

414.590. Construction. — Nothing in sections 414.500 to 414.590 may be construed to preempt or supersede any other program relating to propane gas education and research organized and operated under the laws of the state of Missouri. ­­-------- (L. 1993 S.B. 178 § 10)

415.010. Public warehouses, what constitutes — facilities not included as. — All warehouses or storehouses situated in cities or towns now having or which shall hereafter have over twenty-five thousand inhabitants, and wherein other property than grain is stored for a compensatio…

415.020. License for public warehouse. — The proprietor, lessee or manager of any public warehouse provided for by sections 415.010 to 415.050 shall be required, before transacting any business in such warehouse, to procure from the circuit court of the county in which such wareh…

415.030. Public warehousemen to give bond. — The person or persons receiving a license under the provisions of sections 415.010 to 415.050 shall annually file with the clerk of the court granting the same, a surety bond executed by a surety corporation authorized to do business i…

415.040. Transacting business without license — bond — penalty. — Any person or persons who shall transact within a city now having or which shall hereafter have a population of twenty-five thousand inhabitants or more, the business of storing for compensation or consideration ot…

415.050. Compliance with sections 415.010 to 415.050 mandatory, when. — 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation required by sections 415.010 to 415.050 to be licensed to hold himself, themselves, or itself out as a public warehouseman…

415.400. Title of act. — Sections 415.400 to 415.425 shall be known and may be cited as the "Self-Service Storage Facilities Act". ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 204 § 2, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1225)

415.405. Definitions. — As used in sections 415.400 to 415.425, the following terms shall mean: (1) "Default", the failure to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in a rental agreement; (2) "Electronic mail", an electronic message or an executable program or computer …

415.410. Leased space not to be used as residence — operator may enter space, when — occupant to furnish operator certain information — limitation on value of property in agreement, maximum liability amount. — 1. An operator may not knowingly permit a leased space at a self-servi…

415.415. Lien on stored property, when, notice regarding, priority of, how enforced and satisfied — sale of property, procedure, duties of operator, distribution of proceeds — redemption by occupant, when. — 1. The operator of a self-service storage facility has a lien on all per…

415.417. Late fee assessed, when, amount — recovery of expenses, when. — 1. For the purposes of this section, "late fee" means a fee or charge assessed by an operator for an occupant's failure to pay rent when due. A late fee is not interest on a debt, nor is a late fee a reasona…

415.420. Purchaser in good faith, not subject to certain liens — operator, limited liability, right to deny occupant access, when — notices, how and where sent. — 1. A purchaser in good faith of any personal property sold under sections 415.400 to 415.425 takes the property free …

415.425. Care and control of stored property vested in occupant, exception. — Except as provided in subsection 3 of section 415.420, unless the rental agreement specifically provides otherwise and until a lien sale under sections 415.400 to 415.425, the exclusive care, custody an…

416.011. Title of act. — Sections 416.011 to 416.161 may be known and shall be cited as the "Missouri Antitrust Law". ­­-------- (L. 1974 S.B. 424)

416.021. Definitions. — Unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context, for the purposes of sections 416.011 to 416.161: (1) "Commodity" means any kind of real, personal or mixed property, but does not include the labor of a human being; (2) "Person" means any ind…

416.031. Restraint of trade prohibited. — 1. Every contract, combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce in this state is unlawful. 2. It is unlawful to monopolize, attempt to monopolize, or conspire to monopolize trade or commerce in this state. 3. It is unlawful…

416.041. Exempt organizations and activities. — 1. Nothing contained in the Missouri antitrust law shall be construed to forbid the existence or operation of: (1) Any labor organization instituted for the purpose of mutual help and not conducted for profit, or of individual membe…

416.051. Penalties — attorney general to prosecute — civil penalty for contempt. — 1. Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsection* 1 or 2 of section 416.031 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of up to fifty thousan…