287.640. Necessary offices to be provided, where--salaries--traveling expenses, how paid--hearings, where held. - Missouri Statutes

Necessary offices to be provided, where--salaries--traveling expenses,how paid--hearings, where held.

287.640. 1. The division of workers' compensation shall be providedwith offices at the state capital, and St. Louis, St. Joseph, CapeGirardeau, Joplin, Springfield and Kansas City, and in such other places,not to exceed two, as the division deems necessary for the efficientdisposition of the business of the division, in which offices its recordsshall be kept, but its permanent records shall be kept in Jefferson City.The division shall also be provided with the necessary office furniture,books, stationery and other supplies. The division and each of itsappointees and employees shall have reimbursed to them their actualtraveling expenses and disbursements in the discharge of their duties whileaway from their regular offices and places of residence, but the same shallnot be paid until verified by the affidavit of the person who incurred themand approved by the division. All salaries, expenses and costs under thischapter shall be paid monthly out of the state treasury from the fund forthe support of the division of workers' compensation of the department oflabor and industrial relations.

2. Unless the parties otherwise agree, all original hearings shall beheld in the county, or in a city not part of any county, where the accidentoccurred, or in any county, or such city, adjacent thereto, or if theaccident occurred outside of the state, then the hearing shall be held inthe county or city where the contract of employment was made, or the countywhere employment of the employee was principally localized. If venuecannot otherwise be established by this subsection, then the division shalldetermine the venue of the hearing. The division shall determine thelocation of the hearing within the county, or city not within a county, ofvenue.

3. Hearings before the labor and industrial relations commission onreview may be held at the place the commission determines, having dueregard for the convenience of the parties.

(RSMo 1939 § 3750, A.L. 1947 V. II p. 449, A.L. 1955 p. 594, A.L. 1957 p. 518, A.L. 1980 H.B. 1396, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1237, et al.)

Prior revision: 1929 § 3360