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MO Rev Stat § 444.845 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.845 - Coal exploration permit required — contents of application — bond required — confidential items — limitation on removal of coal — sections 444.800 to 444.940 applicable to coal exploration rules and regulations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   444.845. Coal exploration permit required — contents of application — bond required — confidential items — limitation on removal of coal — sections 444.800 to 444.940 applicable to coal exploration rules and regulations. — 1. All persons conducting coal exploration operations must obtain a permit and those operations which substantially disturb the natural land surface must be conducted in accordance with exploration regulations adopted by the commission. The permit application shall include, at a minimum, a description of the exploration area and the period of supposed exploration and provisions for reclamation in accordance with the performance standards in section 444.855 of all lands disturbed in exploration, including excavations, roads, drill holes, and the removal of necessary facilities and equipment; and shall be accompanied by a bond pursuant to section 444.830, except that the minimum bond shall be one thousand dollars.  2. Information submitted pursuant to this subsection as confidential concerning trade secrets or privileged commercial or financial information which relates to the competitive rights of the person or entity intended to explore the described area shall not be available for public examination.  3. Any person who conducts any coal exploration activities which substantially disturb the natural land surface in violation of this section or regulations issued pursuant thereto shall be subject to the provisions of section 444.870.  4. No operator shall remove more than two hundred and fifty tons of coal pursuant to an exploration permit without the specific written approval of the commission.  5. The provisions of this law are applicable to coal exploration operations with such modifications to the permit application requirements, permit approval or denial procedures, bond requirements and other appropriate requirements as are necessary to accommodate the distinct differences for coal exploration operations. The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations setting forth such modifications. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 459)
MO Rev Stat § 444.900 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.900 - Judicial review.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   444.900. Judicial review. — All final decisions or orders of the commission shall be subject to judicial review as provided in chapter 536. No judicial review shall be available, however, until all administrative remedies are exhausted. The availability of such review shall not be construed to limit the operation of the rights established in section 444.880 except as provided therein. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 459)
MO Rev Stat § 444.905 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.905 - Severability — rights retained — replacement of water — explosives regulations.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   444.905. Severability — rights retained — replacement of water — explosives regulations. — 1. If any provision of this law or the applicability thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this law and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.  2. Nothing in this law shall be construed as affecting in any way the right of any person to enforce or protect, under applicable law, his interest in water resources affected by a surface coal mining operation.  3. The operator of a surface coal mine shall replace the water supply of an owner of interest in real property who obtains all or part of his supply of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial, or other legitimate use from an underground or surface source where such supply has been affected by contamination, diminution, or interruption proximately resulting from such surface coal mine operation.  4. In accordance with this law, the commission shall promulgate regulations requiring the training, examination, and certification of persons engaging in or directly responsible for blasting or use of explosives in surface coal mining operations. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 459)
MO Rev Stat § 444.920 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.920 - Abandoned mine reclamation fund, commission's duties and powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   444.920. Abandoned mine reclamation fund, commission's duties and powers. — In order to receive applicable federal funds for the abandoned mine reclamation fund, and to meet necessary federal requirements:  (1) The commission may submit to the appropriate federal officer or agency a state reclamation plan and annual projects to carry out abandoned mine reclamation.  (2) Each state reclamation plan shall generally identify the areas to be reclaimed, the purpose for which the reclamation is proposed, the relationship of the lands to be reclaimed and the proposed reclamation to surrounding areas, the specific criteria for ranking and identifying projects to be funded, and the legal authority and programmatic capability to perform such work.  (3) On an annual basis the commission may submit to the appropriate federal officer or agency an application for support of the state program and implementation of specific reclamation projects, and shall submit all information required, including a description and priority evaluation of each project, the estimated benefits and costs, for research and demonstration projects a description of techniques, the cost and identification of lands to be acquired, and an inventory of the previous years grant.  (4) The costs for each proposed project under this section shall include: actual construction costs, actual operation and maintenance costs of permanent facilities, planning and engineering costs, construction inspection costs, and other necessary administrative expenses.  (5) The commission shall submit such annual and other reports as necessary and required by the appropriate federal officer or agency.  (6) The commission may, in order for the state to receive applicable federal funds, certify to the appropriate federal officer or agency that objectives of the fund set forth in sections 444.915 and 444.935 have been achieved, there is a need for construction of specific public facilities in communities impacted by coal development, and impact funds which may be available under provisions of the Federal Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, or the Act of October 20, 1976, Public Law 94-565 (90 Stat. 2662), are inadequate for such construction. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 459)
MO Rev Stat § 444.930 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.930 - Liens for corrective measures — amount, filing, valuation — appeals, priority of liens.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   444.930. Liens for corrective measures — amount, filing, valuation — appeals, priority of liens. — 1. Within six months after the completion of projects to restore, reclaim, abate, control, or prevent adverse effects of past coal mining practices on privately owned land, the commission shall itemize the moneys so expended and may file a statement thereof in the recorder of deeds office in the county in which the land lies, together with a notarized appraisal by an independent appraiser of the value of the land before the restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of adverse effects of past coal mining practices if the moneys so expended shall result in a significant increase in property value. Such statement shall constitute a lien upon the said land. The lien shall not exceed the amount determined by the appraisal to be the increase in the market value of the land as a result of the restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of the adverse effects of past coal mining practices. No lien shall be filed against the property of any person, in accordance with this subsection, who owned the surface prior to May 2, 1977, and who neither consented to nor participated in nor exercised control over the mining operation which necessitated the reclamation performed hereunder.  2. The landowner may, within sixty days of the filing of the lien, request a hearing before the commission to determine the increase in the market value of the land as a result of the restoration, reclamation, abatement, control, or prevention of the adverse effects of past coal mining practices. The amount reported to be the increase in value of the premises shall constitute the amount of the lien and shall be recorded with the statement herein provided. Any party aggrieved by the decision may appeal as provided by law.  3. The lien provided in this section shall be entered in the office of the recorder of deeds in the county in which the land lies. Such statement shall constitute a lien upon the said land as of the date of the expenditures of the moneys and shall have priority as a lien second only to the lien of real estate taxes imposed upon said land. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 459)
MO Rev Stat § 444.935 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.935 - Public health hazards — actions to abate, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   444.935. Public health hazards — actions to abate, procedure. — The general assembly declares that voids, and open and abandoned tunnels, shafts, and entryways resulting from any previous mining operation constitute a hazard to the public health or safety and that surface impacts of any underground or surface mining operation may degrade the environment. The governor is authorized to request the appropriate federal officer under federal programs to fill such voids, seal such abandoned tunnels, shafts, and entryways, and reclaim surface impacts of underground mines which could endanger life and property, constitute a hazard to the public's health and safety, or degrade the environment. The commission is authorized to carry out such work pursuant to an approved abandoned mine reclamation program and with funds available for use in carrying out the purpose of this section from federal moneys received. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 459)
MO Rev Stat § 444.940 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.940 - Report on fund required — administration of fund, rules and regulations — authorized activities — water pollution treatment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   444.940. Report on fund required — administration of fund, rules and regulations — authorized activities — water pollution treatment. — 1. Not later than January 1, 1981, and annually thereafter, the commission shall report to the Congress and the general assembly on operations under the abandoned mine reclamation fund together with recommendations as to future uses of the abandoned mine reclamation fund.  2. The commission shall have the power and authority, if not granted it otherwise, to engage in any work and to do all things necessary or expedient, including promulgation of rules and regulations, to implement and administer the abandoned mine reclamation fund.  3. The commission shall have the power and authority to engage in cooperative projects under this title with any agency of the United States of America, and any state and their governmental agencies to administer the abandoned mine reclamation fund.  4. The commission may request the attorney general, who is hereby authorized to initiate, in addition to any other remedies provided for, in any court of competent jurisdiction, an action in equity for an injunction to restrain any interference with the exercise of the right to enter or to conduct any work provided in sections 444.915 to 444.940.  5. The commission shall have the power and authority to construct and operate a plant or plants for the control and treatment of water pollution resulting from mine drainage to implement and administer the abandoned mine reclamation fund. The extent of this control and treatment may be dependent upon the ultimate use of the water; provided, that no control or treatment under this subsection shall in any way be less than that required under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The construction of a plant or plants may include major interceptors and other facilities appurtenant to the plant. ­­-------- (L. 1979 H.B. 459)
MO Rev Stat § 444.955 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.955 - Revegetation of mined land, responsibility transfer, approval required.

Effective - 07 Apr 1982   444.955. Revegetation of mined land, responsibility transfer, approval required. — With commission approval, a person other than the original permittee may assume responsibility for revegetating lands mined pursuant to sections 444.805 to 444.970*. The commission shall establish conditions of any such transfer of responsibility, which shall include the posting of a performance bond, to insure that the permittee's reclamation plan is satisfactorily completed. ­­-------- (L. 1982 S.B. 737)  Effective 4-07-82  *Words "this act" appear in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 444.960 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.960 - Fund, coal mine land reclamation, established, purpose, duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1993   444.960. Fund, coal mine land reclamation, established, purpose, duties. — 1. A "Coal Mine Land Reclamation Fund" is hereby established in the state treasury. Assessments paid pursuant to the provisions of section 444.965 shall be placed in this fund. If a permittee has filed a phase I reclamation bond pursuant to section 444.950, and then fails to complete the reclamation plan for any land for which he has received a permit, moneys within the fund shall be used by the commission to complete the reclamation after the proceeds from any applicable performance bond for such reclamation have been exhausted. Any penalty levied by the commission under section 444.970 shall be paid into the fund.  2. Any portion of the fund not immediately needed to pay for reclamation work shall be deposited by the state treasurer in interest-bearing accounts in the same manner as other state funds are so deposited, and the interest earned thereon shall be credited to the fund.  3. The fund shall be allowed to accumulate until it reaches the greater of seven million dollars or two thousand five hundred dollars times the number of acres within the state that have been mined but which have not been released by the commission as having been reclaimed. Moneys which accumulate above this ceiling shall be distributed to the contributing companies on an equitable basis as determined by the commission.  4. Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the fund shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal year, but shall be held separate and apart from other state funds and shall be used solely for the purposes authorized by the provisions of this section.  5. All moneys assessed for the coal mine land reclamation fund after September 1, 1988, shall be allocated such that forty percent of such assessments shall be applied to the reclamation of those permits that have been revoked by the commission prior to September 1, 1988, and sixty percent of such assessments shall be applied to the reclamation of those permits that have been revoked by the commission after September 1, 1988. All moneys within the coal mine land reclamation fund as of September 1, 1988, shall be allocated to the forty percent portion of the fund. After enough moneys have accumulated in the forty percent pool to complete reclamation of those permits that have been revoked by the commission prior to September 1, 1988, all moneys assessed to the coal mine land reclamation fund shall be allocated to the sixty percent fund. The moneys within the respective funds may be utilized by the commission on any aspect of reclamation. ­­-------- (L. 1982 S.B. 737, A.L. 1986 S.B. 778, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1836, A.L. 1993 H.B. 312 & 257)
MO Rev Stat § 444.970 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 444 - Rights and Duties of Miners and Mine Owners|Section 444.970 - Penalty — delinquency or failure to comply with assessment or reclamation plan.

Effective - 07 Apr 1982   444.970. Penalty — delinquency or failure to comply with assessment or reclamation plan. — 1. The commission may impose a penalty of twenty-five cents per ton upon any permittee who is more than thirty days delinquent in paying the assessment due under the provisions of section 444.965. Such penalty shall remain in effect until the delinquency is eliminated. The commission may also require prepayment of any subsequent assessments.  2. If a permittee fails to complete a reclamation plan and the completion must be made by or on behalf of the commission, the permittee or any principal of the permittee or any entity in which a principal of the permittee is a principal or any entity controlled by or under common control with the permittee shall not operate in this state until the costs of such completion have been fully paid by the permittee. The commission may sue to recover from the permittee the cost of such completion.  3. In addition, if any permittee becomes substantially delinquent in completing his reclamation plan, a penalty of twenty-five cents per ton may be imposed by the commission. Such penalty shall remain in force until the delinquency is corrected. The commission may also require bonding, in addition to that of section 444.950, to fully insure the delinquent reclamation.  4. The general assembly is under no obligation to appropriate general revenue moneys to reclaim land mined under sections 444.805 to 444.970*. ­­-------- (L. 1982 S.B. 737)  Effective 4-7-82  *Words "this act" appear in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 445.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 445 - Plats|Section 445.010 - Plats of cities, towns, villages — shall show what.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   445.010. Plats of cities, towns, villages — shall show what. — 1. Whenever any city, town or village, or any addition to any city, town or village, shall be laid out, the proprietor of such city, town or village, or addition, shall cause to be made out an accurate map or plat thereof, particularly setting forth and describing:  (1) All parcels of ground within such town, village or addition reserved for public purposes by their boundaries, course and extent, whether they be intended for avenues, streets, lanes, alleys, commons or other public uses; and  (2) All lots for sale, by numbers, and their precise length and width.  2. And the streets of all such additions to cities, towns or villages, or of plats of ground, except plats for cemetery purposes, shall conform to the streets of such city, town or village, so that the streets and avenues of such additions or plats shall, as near as may be, run parallel with or be continuations on a straight line of the streets of said city, town or village, and all taxes against the property proposed to be platted shall be paid. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12804)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11180; 1919 § 9283; 1909 § 10290  CROSS REFERENCES:  Commissioners in partition suit to divide land into lots, when, map shall be filed, 528.270, 528.330, 528.550, 528.560  Estate may be divided into town lots and platted, when, 473.533  (1953) Conveyance of lots by reference to recorded plat on which tract was designated as private street, creates perpetual easement in such tract for street purposes in purchasers of lots abutting thereon and their successors. Larkin v. Kieselmann (Mo.), 259 S.W.2d 785. (1957) A common law dedication is accomplished when a landowner does some act which clearly indicates his intention to dedicate the land to public use and there is an acceptance by the public. Acceptance may be implied from long use by the public as of right. City of St. Charles v. DeSherlia (A.), 308 S.W.2d 456. (1972) Where original owner platted open named roadways reaching each tract in subdivision and made certain restrictions and reservations but did not limit the right to use the roadways, purchaser of tract therein was not limited to use roadways only for residential development and were entitled to drive their trucks to and from hauling topsoil from their tract in their home-building operations. Good v. Bennett (A.), 480 S.W.2d 77. (1974) Held that public has the right to exclusive use of highways for public purposes and any unauthorized obstruction or encroachment thereon constitutes a nuisance. State ex rel. State Highway Commission v. Johns (A.), 507 S.W.2d 75.
MO Rev Stat § 445.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property|Chapter 445 - Plats|Section 445.020 - Plat, how drawn — shall show what.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   445.020. Plat, how drawn — shall show what. — Every plat hereafter constructed, which is authorized or required by law to be recorded, or intended to form part of any proceedings for the partition of real estate, shall be drawn to a scale, the scale to be noted on the plat, have written on its face as its title, and show the block, section, United States survey, or part thereof, it purports to represent. If the land platted be less than a whole block, section, or United States survey, the plat shall be corrected in such manner as to show the position of such land relatively to the remainder of the block, section, or United States survey, as the case may be; and if such land be intersected by a quarter-section, section, or United States survey line, such line shall be indicated on the plat and distinguished by suitable words and figures, and shall be done in such manner that the precise location of the land purported to be platted can be determined on inspecting the plat; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any plat issued by authority of the United States, or the state of Missouri. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 12808)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 11184; 1919 § 9286; 1909 § 10293