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MO Rev Stat § 236.425 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power|Section 236.425 - Chief engineer's duties — search warrants — council to hear certain appeals.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   236.425. Chief engineer's duties — search warrants — council to hear certain appeals. — 1. The chief engineer shall administer the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 by:  (1) Recommending general technological guidelines that pertain to the design, construction, maintenance, operation, use, alteration, repair, enlargement, reduction, or natural physical changes of, or that may occur to, a dam or reservoir including their removal; except that, detailed technical specifications shall not be promulgated to regulate the design, construction, operation, maintenance, use, alteration, repair or removal of a dam or reservoir. Such guidelines shall not be effective until adopted by the council and approved by the director at a public meeting, after notice requirements set forth in subsection 1 of section 236.415 herein have been satisfied;  (2) Making* recommendations concerning the issuing, continuing in effect, revoking, modifying, suspending, or denying, under such conditions as prescribed by sections 236.400 to 236.500 and such rules as may be adopted to protect public safety, life, property, dams and reservoirs, construction permits for the construction, alteration, enlargement, reduction, repair or removal of dams or appurtenances thereto, and safety and registration permits to insure continuing protection of public safety, life, property, dams and reservoirs, for all dams subject to the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500;  (3) Making such investigations, including hearings, as are proper to protect public safety, life and property from an unsafe dam or reservoir, and to determine whether any permits should be issued, continued, revoked, modified, suspended, or denied or whether any violations of sections 236.400 to 236.500, standards, or rules or regulations have occurred or are occurring;  (4) Entering, at any reasonable time, any private or public premises as necessary to make an investigation or inspection of a dam or reservoir, or records kept, pertaining thereto, and such inspection shall follow reasonable notice to the owner given prior to such investigation or inspection except in the case of an emergency threatening public safety, life or property, in which case such inspection or investigation may be made without prior notice. A suitably restricted search warrant, upon a showing of probable cause in writing and upon oath, shall be issued by any judge having jurisdiction, to the chief engineer or his representative for the purpose of enabling him to make the inspection.  2. The council shall meet with or hear the appeal of a permit applicant and his representative upon request of the permit applicant if the chief engineer has rejected the application for a construction, safety or registration permit. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 6)  *Words "To make" appear in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 236.430 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power|Section 236.430 - Employees, council to provide for.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   236.430. Employees, council to provide for. — The council shall retain, employ, provide for and compensate within appropriations available therefor, such consultants, assistants, and other employees on a full- or part-time basis as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 and prescribe the times at which they shall be appointed and their powers and duties. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 7)
MO Rev Stat § 236.445 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power|Section 236.445 - Permit may be suspended — alteration or removal may be required — violation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   236.445. Permit may be suspended — alteration or removal may be required — violation. — 1. If it is found that a dam or reservoir presents a threat to public safety, life or property, or that the safety of the dam or reservoir is threatened, the permit for the dam or reservoir shall be suspended and shall be reinstated only when the owner at his expense has completed the necessary alteration or has established such operational procedures as the council upon hearing the recommendations of the chief engineer deems necessary for protection of the public safety, life, property, the dam or reservoir. If necessary for such protection, the council may require the owner at his expense to remove the dam or reservoir, or if the owner refuses or neglects to act, the state may alter or remove the dam or reservoir, and the chief engineer may recover the costs of such action as provided in section 236.450.  2. If the owner refuses to alter or remove a dam or reservoir as directed when found to be a threat as set forth in sections 236.400 to 236.500, he shall be in violation of sections 236.400 to 236.500 and the permit requirements hereunder, and such action shall subject the owner to the enforcement provisions contained herein and revocation of the permit. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 10)
MO Rev Stat § 236.450 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power|Section 236.450 - Removal or repair of abandoned dam — recovery of expenses.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   236.450. Removal or repair of abandoned dam — recovery of expenses. — An existing dam or reservoir which the chief engineer determines to be abandoned and considered to be a threat to public safety, life, or property may be altered, repaired, or removed upon such determination at the expense of the state of Missouri, and the chief engineer may request either the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney to bring an action in the name of the people of the state of Missouri to recover such expenses from the owner through appropriate legal processes. Such action may be brought in any county where the defendant or defendant's principal place of business is located or where the dam or reservoir is located. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 11)
MO Rev Stat § 236.455 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power|Section 236.455 - Emergency action authorized.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   236.455. Emergency action authorized. — If it is determined at any time that the condition of a dam or reservoir is an imminent and substantial threat, and so dangerous to public safety, life or property as not to permit time for issuance of an enforcement order to correct the hazard, the chief engineer may take any appropriate action not prohibited by the constitution or laws of this state he deems necessary for emergency protection of public safety, life or property, and may request the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney to take any legal steps necessary to accomplish such action and to recover the cost of such measures from the owner by appropriate legal action. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 12)
MO Rev Stat § 236.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power|Section 236.460 - Transfer of ownership, notice required.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   236.460. Transfer of ownership, notice required. — The owner shall notify the chief engineer upon the sale or other transfer of interest in a dam or reservoir, either existing or under construction, alteration or removal. The construction, safety or registration permit shall be transferred to the successive owner upon receipt of this notification and upon determination that such transfer will not endanger public safety, life, property, the dam or reservoir. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 13)
MO Rev Stat § 236.465 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power|Section 236.465 - Industrial water retention structures subject to provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 — inspection — changes.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   236.465. Industrial water retention structures subject to provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 — inspection — changes. — Irrespective of any other provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500, the following provisions shall apply to the construction, alteration or enlargement of tailing, slime and settling ponds and to other similar industrial water retention structures included within the definitions of dam or reservoir in section 236.400:  (1) Applications for construction, safety or registration permits shall be submitted as provided in section 236.435 and section 236.440 except that design plans and specifications which outline any anticipated enlargement of the industrial water retention structure shall be included;  (2) It shall not be necessary to reapply for a permit each time the structure is enlarged if the enlargement plans have been submitted in and approved with the original application, and the provisions of subdivision (3) of this section have been satisfied;  (3) Upon notification of the chief engineer, bearing the seal and signature of an experienced professional engineer, that the initial phase of construction has been completed in accordance with the provisions of the construction permit and sections 236.400 to 236.500, or if a registration permit has been issued as provided in subdivision (1) of this section, and before any enlargement is begun, and if no violation of sections 236.400 to 236.500 can be shown, a safety permit or a registration permit with special provisions that authorize the planned enlargement to the initially constructed structure shall be issued, on application, if enlargement plans were included and approved in the original application;  (4) It is not necessary to retain continuously a professional engineer after the initial stage of construction;  (5) The dam shall be inspected by an experienced professional engineer registered in the state of Missouri as required to renew the safety permit or registration permit at five-year intervals unless safety of the public, life and property require a shorter period of time;  (6) The chief engineer shall make inspections of these structures as necessary to insure adequate protection for public safety, life and property;  (7) Where it is shown that a tailings, slime and settling pond, or other similar water retention structure is subject to inspection for safety, using standards at least as stringent as those required under sections 236.400 to 236.500, by a federal or state agency and the owner notifies the council that the structure is subject to such inspection, such structures shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 14)
MO Rev Stat § 236.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power|Section 236.470 - Conduct of hearings — subpoenas — approval of final orders.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   236.470. Conduct of hearings — subpoenas — approval of final orders. — 1. At any public hearing all testimony taken before the council, or a hearing officer appointed by the council chairman, shall be under oath and recorded stenographically. The transcript so recorded shall be made available to any person upon payment of the usual charge therefor.  2. In any such hearing, any member of the council or the hearing officer shall issue in the name of the council notice of hearing and subpoenas. Subpoenas shall be issued and enforced as provided in section 536.077. The rules of discovery that apply in any civil case apply to hearings held by the council.  3. All hearings to approve, amend or repeal guidelines, standards or rules and regulations shall be held before at least four members of the council.  4. All other hearings may be held before one council member designated by the council chairman or a hearing officer who shall be a member of the Missouri bar and appointed by the council chairman. The hearing officer or council member shall preside at the hearing and hear all evidence and rule on the admissibility of evidence. The hearing officer or council member shall make recommended findings of fact and may make recommended conclusions of law to the council.  5. All final orders or determinations or other final actions by the council shall be approved in writing by at least four members of the council. Any council member approving in writing any final order or* determination or other final action, who did not attend the hearing, shall do so only after reviewing all exhibits and reading the entire transcript. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 15)  *Word "of" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 236.475 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power|Section 236.475 - Immunity of officers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   236.475. Immunity of officers. — In the absence of willful and wanton misconduct, no action shall be brought against the council, the chief engineer or his agents, or department employees or private individuals employed as consultants by the department for the recovery of damages caused by the partial or total failure of any dam or reservoir or through the use or operation of any dam or reservoir upon the ground that such person is liable by virtue of any of the following:  (1) The approval of a dam or reservoir or permits therefor;  (2) The issuance or enforcement of orders relating to maintenance, operation or repair of a dam or reservoir;  (3) Control and regulation of a dam or reservoir;  (4) Measures taken to protect against failure during an emergency. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 16)
MO Rev Stat § 236.480 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power|Section 236.480 - Judicial review of actions — administrative review required — interpretation of administrative actions.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   236.480. Judicial review of actions — administrative review required — interpretation of administrative actions. — 1. All final decisions, orders, actions or determinations made pursuant to the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 are subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536. No judicial review shall be available, however, until all administrative remedies are exhausted.  2. In any suit filed pursuant to section 536.050 concerning the validity of the standards, rules, guidelines and regulations promulgated hereunder, the court shall review the record made pursuant to their adoption to determine the validity and reasonableness of such standards, rules, guidelines and regulations and may hear such additional evidence as it deems necessary. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 17)
MO Rev Stat § 236.485 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power|Section 236.485 - Water rights preserved.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   236.485. Water rights preserved. — The provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 do not grant or diminish any right to that water entering, discharged from or impounded by a dam or contained in a reservoir. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 18)
MO Rev Stat § 236.490 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power|Section 236.490 - Enforcement of act.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   236.490. Enforcement of act. — All duly constituted officers of the law of this state or any political subdivision thereof shall aid in the enforcement of the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 19)
MO Rev Stat § 236.495 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power|Section 236.495 - Legal actions for enforcement available, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   236.495. Legal actions for enforcement available, procedure. — 1. In carrying out the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 and to the extent not inconsistent with chapter 491, the chief engineer or council may subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance, and may also require the submission of books, papers, documents or other pertinent data in any hearing or enforcement proceedings hereunder or in any case wherein a violation of this chapter is alleged. Upon failure or refusal to comply with such order or upon failure to honor a subpoena, as herein provided, the council may request the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney to apply to the circuit court having jurisdiction to enforce compliance.  2. The council may request the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney, in the name of the state, to institute a suit for injunctive relief to stop or prevent violations of the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500, permits, standards, orders and rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, which shall be violations of sections 236.400 to 236.500, or to restrain any violation thereof, or after written notification of violation by the council, and a reasonable time to correct such violation, for the assessment of a penalty of up to one thousand dollars per day, for each day or part thereof the violation continues to occur after such notice. Such action may be brought in any county where the defendant's principal place of business is located, where the dam or reservoir is located, or the violation does or may occur. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 20)
MO Rev Stat § 236.500 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power|Section 236.500 - Penalties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   236.500. Penalties. — 1. Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, or by confinement in the county jail for a term of not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and confinement.  2. In the event of a continuing violation, each day that the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.  3. Any person who willfully obstructs, hinders or prevents the council, the chief engineer or his agents or employees from performing the duties imposed by sections 236.400 to 236.500 and rules and regulations promulgated hereunder or who willfully resists the council, the chief engineer or his agents in the performance of the duties imposed on them by sections 236.400 to 236.500 and rules and regulations promulgated hereunder is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in subsection 1 of this section.  4. Any owner who willfully engages in the construction, repair, alteration or removal of any dam or reservoir without a construction permit or in violation of a construction permit or willfully violates the requirements of or for a safety or registration permit is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in subsection 1 of this section. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 21)
MO Rev Stat § 237.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves|Section 237.010 - Ferry not to be kept without license.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   237.010. Ferry not to be kept without license. — No person shall keep a ferry, so as to demand and receive pay thereat, without a license. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15286)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 14198; 1919 § 5532; 1909 § 6475
MO Rev Stat § 237.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves|Section 237.020 - Application for license.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   237.020. Application for license. — Any person may petition the county commission of the county for license to keep a ferry; and if the commission believe such ferry necessary for the accommodation of the public, and that the petitioner is a suitable person to keep the same, it shall order the clerk to issue a license, upon the payment of the tax assessed in such order. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15287)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 14199; 1919 § 5533; 1909 § 6476
MO Rev Stat § 237.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves|Section 237.030 - Tax on license.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   237.030. Tax on license. — Such tax shall not be less than two dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, paid to the use of the state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15288)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 14200; 1919 § 5534; 1909 § 6477
MO Rev Stat § 237.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves|Section 237.040 - License issued, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   237.040. License issued, when. — Upon the production of the receipt of the collector of the county for the tax to such clerk, he shall issue a license to keep a ferry, at the place therein mentioned, for any term not exceeding five years, the said term to be fixed by the county commission in its discretion; provided, that no license shall be issued for a longer term than five years. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15289)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 14201; 1919 § 5535; 1909 § 6478
MO Rev Stat § 237.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves|Section 237.050 - Bond required.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   237.050. Bond required. — Before the delivery of the license such person shall give bond to the state, with sufficient security, approved by such clerk, in such sum as the commission shall order, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties required by law at such ferry; which bond shall be filed in the office of such clerk. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15290)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 14202; 1919 § 5536; 1909 § 6479
MO Rev Stat § 237.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves|Section 237.060 - Licenses granted by clerks in vacation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   237.060. Licenses granted by clerks in vacation. — The clerk of the county commission, in vacation, may grant ferry licenses, assess the tax and fix the rates for the same, and exercise all the power of the commission touching the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15292)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 14204; 1919 § 5538; 1909 § 6481
MO Rev Stat § 237.070 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves|Section 237.070 - Continuation of licenses.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   237.070. Continuation of licenses. — Such licenses shall continue until the end of the next term of the county commission; and the tax shall be assessed in proportion to the time for which the license is granted, and in all other respects the clerk and collector shall proceed as upon license granted by the commission. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15293)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 14205; 1919 § 5539; 1909 § 6482
MO Rev Stat § 237.080 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves|Section 237.080 - License granted without tax, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   237.080. License granted without tax, when. — If any county commission believe that any ferry in the county is so little used as not to justify the payment of license, they may, in their discretion, give to the keeper of such ferry a license without the payment of any tax; and such commission shall take bond and fix the rates as in other ferries. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15305)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 14217; 1919 § 5551; 1909 § 6494
MO Rev Stat § 237.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XIV - Roads and Waterways|Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves|Section 237.090 - License may be revoked.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   237.090. License may be revoked. — If any ferryman fail to perform his duties, the county commission may, at any time, revoke his license. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 15304)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 14216; 1919 § 5550; 1909 § 6493