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MO Rev Stat § 261.240 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.240 - Rulemaking authority.

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   261.240. Rulemaking authority. — Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in sections 261.230 to 261.239 shall become effective only if they comply with and are subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and if applicable, section 536.028. These sections and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2001, shall be invalid and void. ­­-------- (L. 2002 H.B. 1348)
MO Rev Stat § 261.241 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.241 - Sellers of honey, no manufacturing facilities required, when — exempt from health standards and regulations, when — label requirements.

Effective - 28 Aug 2015   261.241. Sellers of honey, no manufacturing facilities required, when — exempt from health standards and regulations, when — label requirements. — 1. Sellers of honey whose annual sales of honey are fifty thousand dollars or less per domicile shall not be required to construct or maintain separate facilities for the bottling of honey. Such sellers shall be exempt from all remaining health standards and regulations for the bottling of honey pursuant to sections 196.190 to 196.271 if they meet the following requirements:  (1) Honey shall be bottled in the domicile of the person harvesting and selling the honey;  (2) Honey shall be labeled with the following information in legible English as set forth in subsection 2 of this section;  (3) Annual gross sales shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars. The person harvesting such honey shall maintain a record of sales of honey bottled and sold. The record shall be available to the regulatory authority when requested.  2. The honey shall be labeled with the following information:  (1) Name and address of the persons preparing the food;  (2) Common name of the food; and  (3) The name of all ingredients in the food.  3. Sellers of honey who violate the provisions of this section may be enjoined from selling honey by the department of health and senior services. ­­-------- (L. 2002 S.B. 639, A.L. 2005 S.B. 355, A.L. 2015 S.B. 500)
MO Rev Stat § 261.256 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.256 - Growers' districts authorized, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   261.256. Growers' districts authorized, procedure. — 1. It is hereby established that growers' districts may be voluntarily created by Missouri producers raising agricultural crops for food, feed, industrial, and pharmaceutical uses, to be known by the name established by the creators of the growers' district. Nothing in this section or section 261.259 shall force any private property owner to participate in a growers' district.  2. Upon organization, each district shall file with the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which the majority of the district is located and shall adopt bylaws addressing governance of the district, expansion of the district to include new members, and the exercise of any other powers necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section and section 261.259. ­­-------- (L. 2004 S.B. 740, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 261.259 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.259 - Board of commissioners.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   261.259. Board of commissioners. — 1. The members of a district shall elect a board of commissioners of such district.  2. All commissioners of a district shall be owners or operators of land used for the cultivation of commercial crops within the physical boundaries of the district. ­­-------- (L. 2004 S.B. 740, et al.)
MO Rev Stat § 261.270 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.270 - Citation of act.

Effective - 28 Aug 2015   261.270. Citation of act. — The provisions of sections 261.270 to 261.295 shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Dairy Revitalization Act of 2015". ­­-------- (L. 2015 H.B. 259)
MO Rev Stat § 261.275 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.275 - Fund created, use of moneys — limitation on appropriation of fund moneys — research of estimated sales tax revenue generated.

Effective - 28 Aug 2015   261.275. Fund created, use of moneys — limitation on appropriation of fund moneys — research of estimated sales tax revenue generated. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Missouri Dairy Industry Revitalization Fund", which shall consist of moneys appropriated to the fund. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve disbursements of the fund. Upon appropriation by the general assembly, moneys in the fund shall be used solely to enhance and improve Missouri's dairy and dairy processing industries in the manner provided for in sections 261.270 to 261.295. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund.  2. Moneys appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Missouri dairy industry revitalization fund shall not exceed forty percent of the estimated sales tax revenue generated in the state from the sale of dairy products during the preceding fiscal year, calculated under subsection 3 of this section, and shall be expended in the following order of priority:  (1) First, to the dairy producer margin insurance premium assistance program created under section 261.280;  (2) Second, to the Missouri dairy scholars program created under section 261.285; and  (3) Third, to the commercial agriculture program created under section 261.290.  3. Each fiscal year the University of Missouri shall conduct research, or contract with an independent research company to conduct research, to determine the estimated sales tax revenue generated in the state from the sale of dairy products. The cost for such calculation shall be paid out of the Missouri dairy industry revitalization fund. The estimated sales tax revenue generated in the state from the sale of dairy products shall be provided to the department of agriculture by October first of each year. ­­-------- (L. 2015 H.B. 259)
MO Rev Stat § 261.280 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.280 - Dairy producer margin insurance premium assistance program, purpose — eligibility, application, reimbursement — risk management training.

Effective - 28 Aug 2015   261.280. Dairy producer margin insurance premium assistance program, purpose — eligibility, application, reimbursement — risk management training. — 1. The department of agriculture shall establish and administer, through the Missouri agricultural and small business development authority, a dairy producer margin insurance premium assistance program for the purpose of assisting dairy producers who participate in the federal margin protection program for dairy producers as contained in the federal Agricultural Act of 2014.  2. All dairy producers in the state who participate in the federal margin protection program for dairy producers shall be eligible to apply and participate in the dairy producer margin insurance premium assistance program. Dairy producers who wish to be considered for the program shall apply with the Missouri agricultural and small business development authority by January first of each year, and shall provide proof of participation in the federal margin protection program for dairy producers as contained in the federal Agricultural Act of 2014 by submitting a receipt of their paid annual federal premium payment. Eligible program participants shall receive reimbursement of seventy percent of their federal premium payment up to a maximum premium reimbursement rate of thirty-four cents per hundredweight of milk.  3. The University of Missouri and the Missouri agricultural and small business development authority shall provide risk management training for Missouri dairy producers on an annual basis. ­­-------- (L. 2015 H.B. 259)
MO Rev Stat § 261.285 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.285 - Missouri dairy scholars program — scholarship amount — eligible student defined.

Effective - 28 Aug 2015   261.285. Missouri dairy scholars program — scholarship amount — eligible student defined. — 1. There is hereby established the "Missouri Dairy Scholars Program", which shall be administered by the department of agriculture. The program shall, upon appropriation, provide scholarships, subject to the eligibility criteria enumerated in this section, for eligible students in an agriculture-related degree program who make a commitment to work in the agriculture industry in Missouri as a condition of receiving such scholarship.  2. Subject to appropriations, each year the department of agriculture shall make available to eligible students up to eighty scholarships in the amount of five thousand dollars each to assist with the cost of eligible students' tuition and fees at a two-year or four-year college or university in Missouri. Such amount shall be paid out of the Missouri dairy industry revitalization fund created in section 261.275.  3. As used in this section, the term "eligible student" shall mean an individual who:  (1) Is a United States citizen and a Missouri resident who has graduated from a Missouri high school with a cumulative grade point average of at least two and one-half on a four-point scale or equivalent; except that, in any year in which there are less than eighty United States citizens and Missouri residents who shall be awarded scholarships, applicants who are legal United States residents who meet all other eligibility requirements shall be eligible for the remaining scholarships;  (2) Is pursuing or has attained an agriculture-related degree approved by the department of agriculture and offered by a two-year or four-year college or university in Missouri;  (3) Signs an agreement with the department of agriculture in which the recipient agrees to work in the agriculture industry in Missouri for at least two years for every one year the recipient received the Missouri dairy scholars scholarship;  (4) Maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least two and one-half on a four-point scale or equivalent while enrolled in the college or university program; and  (5) Works on a dairy farm or has a dairy-related internship for at least three months of each year the recipient receives the Missouri dairy scholars scholarship. ­­-------- (L. 2015 H.B. 259)
MO Rev Stat § 261.290 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.290 - Annual study of dairy industry.

Effective - 28 Aug 2015   261.290. Annual study of dairy industry. — The University of Missouri's commercial agriculture program shall conduct an annual study of the dairy industry and shall develop a dairy-specific plan for how to grow and enhance the dairy and dairy processing industries in Missouri. The results of such study shall be reported to the department of agriculture and all agriculture-related legislative committee chairpersons by January first of each year. The costs for such study shall be subject to appropriations and shall be paid out of the Missouri dairy industry revitalization fund created under section 261.275. ­­-------- (L. 2015 H.B. 259)
MO Rev Stat § 261.295 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.295 - Rulemaking authority.

Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories   261.295. Rulemaking authority. — The department of agriculture shall promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of sections 261.270 to 261.295. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section and section 348.075 shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2015, shall be invalid and void. ­­-------- (L. 2015 H.B. 259, A.L. 2018 S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision)
MO Rev Stat § 261.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.500 - Citation of law — definitions — scorecard, criteria for pollinator-friendly solar sites — permissible claims by owners.

Effective - 28 Aug 2019   261.500. Citation of law — definitions — scorecard, criteria for pollinator-friendly solar sites — permissible claims by owners. — 1. The provisions of this section shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Solar Pollinator Habitat Act".  2. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:  (1) "Native perennial vegetation", perennial Missouri wildflowers, shrubs, grasses, or other plants that serve as beneficial habitat, forage, or migratory waystations for pollinators;  (2) "Pollinators", any bees, birds, butterflies, or other animals or insects, including any wild or managed insects, that pollinate flowering plants;  (3) "Solar site", a ground-mounted solar system for generating electricity that is at least one acre in size;  (4) "Vegetation management plan", a written document that includes short-term and long-term site management practices that will provide and maintain native perennial vegetation.  3. The University of Missouri extension service, in consultation with other state and nongovernmental agencies with expertise in pollinators, shall publish a scorecard that sets forth criteria for making a claim that a solar site is pollinator-friendly or provides benefits to pollinators. The scorecard shall be available on the website of the University of Missouri extension service within six months of August 28, 2019.  4. An owner of a solar site may follow practices at the solar site that provide native perennial vegetation and foraging habitat beneficial to pollinators.  5. An owner of a solar site implementing site management practices under this section may claim that the site is pollinator-friendly or provides benefits to pollinators only if the site and the site's vegetation management plan adhere to the criteria set forth in the University of Missouri extension service's scorecard described under subsection 3 of this section.  6. An owner making a claim that a solar site is pollinator-friendly or provides benefits to pollinators shall make the solar site's completed scorecard and vegetation management plan available to the public and provide a copy to the University of Missouri extension service and a nonprofit solar industry trade association of this state. ­­-------- (L. 2019 H.B. 266)
MO Rev Stat § 262.001 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture|Section 262.001 - Agritourism defined.

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   262.001. Agritourism defined. — As used in the statutory laws of this state, "agritourism" means the act of visiting a working farm or any agricultural operation for the purpose of enjoyment, education, training, or active involvement in the activities of the agricultural operation. ­­-------- (L. 2010 H.B. 2182)
MO Rev Stat § 262.007 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture|Section 262.007 - Exhibition of livestock at fairs and expositions in this state, all 4-H and FFA members permitted to participate — rules and fees permitted.

Effective - 28 Aug 2012   262.007. Exhibition of livestock at fairs and expositions in this state, all 4-H and FFA members permitted to participate — rules and fees permitted. — The governing body of all national, state, and local fairs and expositions conducted in this state which include the exhibition of livestock shall permit all qualifying 4-H and Future Farmers of America (FFA) members to exhibit livestock at such fair or exposés. The governing body of each national, state, and local fair or exposition shall have the authority to establish rules and fees for participation in its individual events. ­­-------- (L. 2012 S.B. 631 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 262.008 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture|Section 262.008 - Exhibition of livestock or domestic animals at fairs, expositions, and pet shows, all livestock breeders and domestic animal owners permitted to participate — rules and fees permitted.

Effective - 28 Aug 2012   262.008. Exhibition of livestock or domestic animals at fairs, expositions, and pet shows, all livestock breeders and domestic animal owners permitted to participate — rules and fees permitted. — The governing body of all national, state, and local fairs, expositions, and pet shows conducted in this state which include the exhibition of livestock or domestic animals shall permit all livestock breeders and domestic animal owners to exhibit livestock and domestic animals at such fair, exposition, or pet show. The governing body of each national, state, and local fair, exposition, or pet show shall have the authority to establish rules and fees for participation in its individual events. ­­-------- (L. 2012 S.B. 631 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 262.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture|Section 262.010 - State horticultural society created.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   *262.010. State horticultural society created. — "The Missouri State Horticultural Society" is hereby instituted and created a body corporate, to be named and styled as above, and shall have perpetual succession, power to sue and be sued, complain and defend in all courts, and to make and use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14032)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12365; 1919 § 11953; 1909 § 614  *The state horticultural society was transferred to the department of agriculture, by type I transfer, by the Reorganization Act of 1974.  CROSS REFERENCES:  Apple merchandising fund, society to authorize director of the department of agriculture to expend, how, 265.200  Hawthorn blossom, state floral emblem, cultivation to be encouraged, 10.030
MO Rev Stat § 262.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture|Section 262.020 - Members — organization — order of business.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   262.020. Members — organization — order of business. — 1. The Missouri state horticultural society shall be composed of such persons as take an interest in the advancement of horticulture in this state who shall apply for membership and pay into the society treasury the sum of one dollar per year, or ten dollars for a life membership, the basis for organization to be the Missouri state horticultural society, as now known and existing, and whose expenses have been borne and annual reports paid for by appropriations from the state treasury.  2. The business of the society, so far as it relates to transactions with the state, shall be conducted by an executive board to be composed of the president, vice president, second vice president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected by ballot at an annual meeting of the society; the governor of the state shall be ex officio a member of the board; all other business of the society to be conducted as its bylaws may direct.  3. All appropriations made by the state for the aid of the society shall be expended by means of requisitions to be made by order of the board on the commissioner of administration, signed by the president and secretary and attested with the seal; and the treasurer shall annually publish a detailed statement of the expenditures of the board, covering all moneys received by it.  4. There shall be printed annually, under the direction of the board, such number of reports of the proceedings of the board, society and auxiliary societies as may, in the judgment of the state purchasing agent, be justified by the appropriation made for that purpose by the general assembly, such annual report not to contain more than four hundred pages.  5. The secretary of the society shall receive a salary of eight hundred dollars per annum as full compensation for his services; all other officers shall serve without compensation, except that they may receive their actual expenses in attending meetings of the board. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14033, A. 1949 S.B. 1091)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12366; 1919 § 11954; 1909 § 615
MO Rev Stat § 262.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture|Section 262.030 - Station established.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   *262.030. Station established. — There is hereby created and established a "Fruit Experiment Station" in south Missouri. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14052)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12385; 1919 § 11955; 1909 § 616  *The fruit experiment station was transferred to the Southwest Missouri State University, by type I transfer, by the Reorganization Act of 1974.
MO Rev Stat § 262.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture|Section 262.040 - Purposes of experiment station.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   262.040. Purposes of experiment station. — The leading objects of said experiment station shall be to experiment with the different kinds of fruits, to wit: Apples, peaches, berries of all kinds, grapes and small fruits of all kinds, and to ascertain the varieties that are the best adapted to this state, and to study the different diseases and insects to which said fruits, berries and grapes are subject and the remedies to prevent diseases and insects from injuring or infesting said trees and orchards, with power to destroy and remove any infected trees or orchards if necessary in the judgment of the manager and inspector of said experiment station, to keep the disease or insects or plague from scattering and infecting other trees or orchards under rules herein set out. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14053)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12386; 1919 § 11956; 1909 § 617
MO Rev Stat § 262.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture|Section 262.060 - Manager and inspector.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   262.060. Manager and inspector. — Said manager and inspector shall be under the control of the board of regents of Southwest Missouri State University. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14055)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12388; 1919 § 11958; 1909 § 619