Title XVI — CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

257.250. Contracts, procedure for letting — concessions, how granted. — Whenever the board of trustees lets contracts for necessary works or concessions, it shall be governed as follows: (1) Contracts let for necessary works may be either as a whole or in parts, except that for w…

257.260. Concessions to be reappraised each twenty years. — Assignments, leases or permissions by the board of trustees for periods of greater than twenty years, shall have the rates therefor reappraised or redetermined by the board every twenty years. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 19…

257.270. Board to employ guards to enforce regulations, powers. — The board of trustees may appoint and maintain from time to time such lifeguards or other guards as it may find necessary to patrol the waters and protect the property of the district and enforce regulations of the…

257.280. Use resulting in damage prevented — liability — willful damage, penalty — local option as to stock law unchanged. — 1. The board may at any time prevent persons, vessels or vehicles from using, passing over or through such property, works, or facilities of the district i…

257.290. Plans of district, adoption, state agency designated by governor to approve. — 1. After its organization the board shall proceed without delay, and from time to time as needed, to prepare or cause to be prepared broad general plans, or detailed parts thereof, for the pur…

257.300. Preliminary plan, notice — objections, adoption — objections to official plan, trial by court order — state agency to be informed. — 1. When the preliminary plan is completed by the designated state agency, the board shall cause notice by publication to be given in each …

257.310. Creation of district for primary drainage basin including previously formed district, procedure — establishment of subdistricts — officers, employees, powers — disincorporation of such district. — 1. Where any conservancy district is organized and established within a pr…

257.320. Existing improvement districts not deprived of rights — cooperative contracts — approval of future plans. — 1. Nothing in this chapter shall be so construed as to deprive any present levee, drainage, flood prevention, bank protection, sewer or other special soil or water…

257.330. Funds of district, how kept — cost of plans, how paid — use of surplus. — 1. The moneys of every conservancy district organized hereunder shall consist of five separate funds: (1) Preliminary fund, which shall include the proceeds of the organization tax authorized by th…

257.340. Use of money received as aid from public agency. — 1. The board of trustees, in accepting financial aid from the United States government, the state, any public corporation or any person for the purposes of the district, shall place the funds in the aid fund, to be expen…

257.350. Organization tax — pledge of anticipated revenues. — 1. As soon as any district is organized under this chapter, and a board of trustees is selected and qualified, all tangible property in the district may be taxed not to exceed one mill on each dollar of the assessed va…

257.360. Levy and collection of taxes generally, rates — increase to be voted at election, limit. — 1. The county clerk of each county within the district shall certify to the secretary of the board of trustees the total assessed valuation of all taxable tangible property lying w…

257.370. General obligation bonds authorized, limits, terms, form — election required — vote required — levy and collection of tax to pay. — 1. The board of trustees of any river basin conservancy district may issue general obligation bonds for and on behalf of the district for t…

257.380. Form of ballot. — The ballots of a conservancy district election held upon the question of issuing bonds shall be in substantially the following form: Shall the ______ Conservancy District issue bonds in the amount of ______ dollars for the purpose of ______? ­­-------- …

257.390. Public sale of bonds, minimum price — use of proceeds. — The board of trustees on behalf of the district shall sell its bonds to the best advantage at public sale on sealed bids but for no less than ninety-five cents on the dollar and the proceeds shall be paid over to t…

257.400. Tax lien not affected by disincorporation or failure of action — enforcement. — 1. In the event of the disincorporation of any conservancy district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, the disincorporation shall not affect the lien of any tax imposed pursuant to t…

257.410. Failure to collect taxes, penalty. — Any collector of revenue or other person entrusted with the collection of taxes who refuses, fails or neglects to make prompt payment of the same or any part thereof collected under this chapter to the treasurer of the district upon h…

257.430. Profiting by officer from district contracts or moneys, penalty — liability. — The making of profit, directly or indirectly, by any officer of any district organized under this chapter, or by any other public officer within the state, out of any contracts entered into by…

257.440. Performance of duties compelled by mandamus. — The performance of all duties prescribed in this chapter concerning the organization, administration and operation of the district may be enforced against any officer or against any person or public corporation refusing to c…

257.450. Disincorporation, procedure — approval at election — appointment of receiver, duties. — 1. Disincorporation of a conservancy district may be accomplished by a vote therefor on the submission of the question to the voters of the district. The submission is initiated as fo…

257.460. Defective notice of any proceeding, effect. — In any case of a proceeding before the court where a notice is provided for in this chapter, if the court finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the court shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceeding i…

257.470. District liable for negligence. — Any district organized under the provisions of this chapter shall be liable for damages as a result of negligence of the district. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 47)

257.480. Law not applicable to metropolitan areas. — The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any city having four hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants, nor any county containing a city having four hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B…

257.490. Liberal construction required. — This chapter being necessary for securing the public health, safety, convenience and welfare shall be liberally construed to effect the control, conservation and utilization of the resources of this state. ­­-------- (L. 1959 S.B. 199 § 4…

*258.010. Committees, councils and boards authorized — staffing by department. — 1. The department of natural resources shall be responsible for convening any committee, council, or board the department deems necessary or advisable in order for the department to perform any funct…

*258.060. Duties and functions of department. — The department of natural resources shall be: (1) The official state agency for liaison with the federal bureau of outdoor recreation; (2) The official state agency to receive and disburse federal funds available to this state for o…

*258.070. Compensation, expenses of member agencies' representatives. — Representatives of any committee, council, or board convened by the department pursuant to section 258.010 shall not receive any additional compensation for their services, and all expenses of any agency repr…

*258.080. Fund created — moneys appropriated, for what purposes — funds not to revert. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury for the use of the department of natural resources a fund to be known as "The Inter-Agency Council Fund". All federal moneys received by the s…

258.083. General assembly may appropriate funds for grants to parks. — The general assembly may appropriate funds to the department of natural resources for the purpose of making grants to local parks and related institutions, and the department shall administer and expend such f…

258.100. Trail, definition — immunity from civil liability for adjoining landowners, when. — 1. As used in this section, the word "trail" means any land which was acquired or utilized by the state for use as a public hiking, biking or recreational trail or any land or interest th…

258.200. Limited liability for person owning land adjoining streams or rivers, when. — 1. Any person owning land adjoining navigable or nonnavigable free-flowing stream or river shall be immune from civil liability for injuries to persons* or property of persons trespassing or en…

259.010. Council established. — There shall be a "State Oil and Gas Council" composed of the following members in accordance with the provisions of section 259.020: (1) The state geologist; (2) One member from the department of economic development; (3) One member from the Missou…

259.020. Council membership. — The member entities in section 259.010 shall be represented on the council by the executive head of each respective entity, except that: (1) The Missouri University of Science and Technology shall be represented by a professor of petroleum engineeri…

259.030. Council officers. — 1. The council shall elect a chairman and vice chairman from the members of the council. A chairman and vice chairman may serve more than a one-year term, if so elected by the members of the council. 2. The state geologist shall act as administrator f…

259.040. Expenses of members. — Representatives of the member state agencies shall not receive any additional compensation for their services as representatives on the council and all expenses of the state agency representatives shall be paid by their respective agency. The profe…

259.050. Definitions. — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following words mean: (1) "Certificate of clearance" means a permit prescribed by the council for the transportation or the delivery of oil or gas or product and issued or registered in accordance with the rule, r…

259.052. Oil and gas resources fund created, use of moneys. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Oil and Gas Resources Fund" which shall consist of all gifts, donations, transfers, moneys appropriated by the general assembly, permit application fees collected u…

259.060. Waste prohibited. — Waste of oil and gas is prohibited in the interest of conservation of natural resources. ­­-------- (L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 917 § 6, A.L. 1972 H.B. 1176)

259.070. Powers and duties of council — rulemaking, procedure. — 1. The council has the duty of administering the provisions of this chapter. The council shall meet at least once each calendar quarter of the year and upon the call of the chairperson. 2. The council shall conduct …

259.080. Permits — fee structure proposal. — 1. It shall be unlawful to commence operations for the drilling of a well for oil or gas, or to commence operations to deepen any well to a different geological formation, or to commence injection activities for enhanced recovery of oi…

259.090. Production — controls and allocations authorized. — The council shall determine market demand for each marketing district and shall regulate the amount of production as follows: (1) The council shall limit the production of oil and gas within each marketing district to t…

259.100. Spacing of wells, exception, noncommercial gas wells. — 1. The council shall set spacing units as follows: (1) When necessary to prevent waste, to avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, or to protect correlative rights, the council shall establish spacing units for a p…

259.110. Production pooling authorized. — 1. When two or more separately owned tracts are embraced within a spacing unit, or when there are separately owned interests in all or a part of the spacing unit, then the owners and royalty owners thereof may pool their interests for the…

259.120. Unit or cooperative development and operation agreements, hearings — petition, contents — findings, effect of — order, contents — unit expenses, how charged — enlarged units, how treated. — 1. A voluntary agreement for the unit or cooperative development and operation of…

[Repealed or reserved.]

259.140. Council hearings — notice — procedure. — 1. The council shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the practice and procedure before it. 2. No order, or amendment thereof, except in an emergency, shall be made by the council without a public hearing upon at least te…

259.150. Questions of fact submitted to public service commission — costs. — 1. Whenever either party to a contested matter avers that there is a question or questions of fact involved, the matter shall be submitted to the public service commission for hearing on the question or …

259.160. Rehearing. — Any person adversely affected by any order of the council may within thirty days after its effective date apply to the council in writing for a rehearing. The application for rehearing shall be acted upon within fifteen days after its filing, and if granted,…

259.170. Appeal to circuit court — time for filing — procedure. — 1. Any person adversely affected by an order entered by the council may appeal from such order to the circuit court of Cole County or to the circuit court of any county in which the property affected or some portio…

259.180. Prohibited acts — knowledge — certificate of clearance. — The sale, purchase, acquisition, transportation, refining, processing, or handling of illegal oil, illegal gas, or illegal product is hereby prohibited. However, no penalty by way of fine shall be imposed upon a p…