2017 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170 Instruction — Materials and Subjects
Section 170.055 Price to be paid for books — excessive price a misdemeanor, penalty.
Effective 01 Jul 2006, see footnote
Title XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES
Chapter 170170.055. Price to be paid for books — excessive price a misdemeanor, penalty. — No school board shall pay a higher price for books than is paid by any other school district in this state, or in any other state purchasing textbooks in the open market. No contract for books for a period of more than five years shall be made by any school district under the provisions of this law. Any owner, agent, solicitor or publisher of textbooks who shall offer for sale in this state or sell to any board of directors or board of education textbooks at a higher price than herein specified shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars and not more than ten thousand dollars for each offense.
(L. 1972 S.B. 638, A.L. 1982 Adopted by Initiative, Proposition C, November 2, 1982, A.L. 2005 S.B. 287)
Effective 7-01-06
