The counties and the city of St. Louis shall provide suitable quarters for the respective circuit courts, including all divisions thereof except divisions presided over by municipal judges. Such quarters shall be provided at the county seat, except in the following situations:

(1) Except as provided in section 478.038, in counties where provision was made on January 1, 1979, for a county to provide quarters for the circuit court or the courts replaced by divisions of the circuit court at a location other than at the county seat, the county shall continue to provide suitable quarters for the respective divisions of the circuit court at such additional locations.

(2) The county commission may, by proper order, provide additional quarters for divisions of the circuit court at additional locations outside the county seat.