Missouri § 209.050 - Persons refusing work ineligible for pensions — names may be stricken from roll.
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§ 209.050. Persons refusing work ineligible for pensions — names may be stricken from roll.
1. Sections 209.010 to 209.160 shall not be so construed as to grant the benefits thereof to any blind person between the ages of eighteen and fifty years who has no occupation and who, being both physically and mentally capable of some useful occupation or of receiving vocational or other training, who refuses, for any reason, to engage in such useful occupation or to avail himself or herself of such vocational or other training.
2. The family support division may grant its certificate admitting to the pension roll any applicant, otherwise qualified for a pension, who signifies his or her willingness and readiness to enter upon a course of vocational or other training; but in the event any such person fails for more than a reasonable time to enter upon such course of training, without good cause, the family support division shall strike the name of such person from the blind pension roll.
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(RSMo 1939 § 9453, A. 1949 S.B. 1064, A.L. 1976 S.B. 483, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
Prior revision: 1929 § 8895
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 209.050 ("Persons refusing work ineligible for pensions — names may be stricken from roll.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the codified statutory law of Missouri. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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