Title XVI, CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

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…

258.083. 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…

259.130. Lien for drilling expenses. — A person to whom another is indebted for expenses incurred in drilling and operating a well on a drilling unit required to be formed as provided for in section 259.110, may, in order to secure payment of the amount due, fix a lien upon the i…

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…

259.190. Contraband, seizure and sale — proceeds and bond forfeitures paid into oil and gas remedial fund, purpose. — 1. Illegal oil, illegal gas, and illegal product are declared to be contraband and are subject to seizure and sale as herein provided; seizure and sale to be in a…

259.200. Penalties. — 1. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, or any rule, regulation, or order of the council shall be subject to a penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each act of violation and for each day that such violation continues, unless th…

259.210. Threatened violations — injunction. — 1. Whenever it appears that any person is violating or threatening to violate any provision of this chapter, or any rule, regulation, or order of the council, the council or the department may request that the attorney general bring …

259.220. Taxation of mineral rights. — All rights and interests in or to oil, gas or other minerals underlying land, whether created by or arising under deed, lease, reservation of rights, or otherwise, which rights or interests are owned by any person other than the owner of the…

259.230. Political subdivisions authorized to execute oil and gas leases on public lands — proceeds to general revenue. — The state, counties, cities and towns and other political subdivisions are hereby authorized to lease publicly owned lands under their respective jurisdiction…

260.003. All licenses, permits or grants of authority by department must be in compliance with local area's zoning, building, health codes or ordinances, procedure to determine compliance. — Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the department of natural resources shall …

260.005. Definitions. — As used in sections 260.005 to 260.125, the following words and terms mean: (1) "Authority", the state environmental improvement and energy resources authority created by sections 260.005 to 260.125; (2) "Bonds", bonds issued by the authority pursuant to t…

260.010. Authority created. — There is hereby created and established as a governmental instrumentality of the state of Missouri, the "State Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority", which shall constitute a body corporate and politic. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 10…

260.015. Purpose of authority. — The authority is authorized to provide for the conservation of the air, land and water resources of the state by the prevention or reduction of the pollution thereof and proper methods of disposal of solid waste or sewage and to provide for the fu…

260.020. Membership of authority, appointed how, terms, quorum. — The authority shall consist of five members appointed by the governor, by and with the consent of the senate. A member's authority to act shall commence upon receiving the advice and consent of the senate, if the s…

260.025. Officers, how selected. — The authority shall elect one of its members as chairman and another as vice chairman and shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, which offices may be combined, and who need not be members of the authority. ­­-------- (L. 1972 H.B. 1041 § 5) …

260.030. Compensation and expenses. — Each member of the authority shall be entitled to compensation of twenty-five dollars per diem, plus their reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in discharging their duties under the provisions of sections 260.005 to 260.090. ­­…

260.035. Powers of authority — authority employee membership in state employees' retirement system. — 1. The authority is hereby granted and may exercise all powers necessary or appropriate to carry out and effectuate its purposes pursuant to the provisions of sections 260.005 to…

260.040. Revenue bonds, issued when — sale, limitations — procedure — rate. — The authority may at any time issue revenue bonds for the purpose of paying any part of the cost of any project or part thereof. Every issue of its bonds shall be payable out of the revenues of the auth…

260.045. Notes issued when, how sold. — The authority may issue notes payable from the proceeds of bonds to be issued in the future or from such other sources as the authority may specify as in the case of bonds. Such notes shall mature in not more than five years and shall be so…

260.050. Renewal notes or refunding bonds issued when. — The authority may from time to time issue renewal notes or refund any bonds by the issuance of refunding bonds, whether the bonds to be refunded have or have not matured, and to issue bonds partially to refund bonds then ou…

260.055. Resolution authorizing notes or bonds, contents of. — Any resolution authorizing any notes or bonds may contain such provisions, covenants and agreements subject to any provisions, covenants and agreements with the holders of bonds or notes then outstanding as the author…

260.060. Resolution may provide for trust agreements. — A resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance of any notes or bonds or any issue thereof may provide that such notes or bonds shall be secured by a trust agreement between the authority and a corporate trustee, vest…

260.065. Notes and bonds not an indebtedness of the state. — Notes and bonds issued hereunder shall not constitute an indebtedness of the state and the state shall not be liable on such bonds and notes and the form of such bonds and notes shall contain a statement to such effect.…