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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.050 - Certification of forest croplands, where filed.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
254.050. Certification of forest croplands, where filed. —
For all such lands which have been accepted and classified by the commission as forest croplands, a certificate shall be issued in quadruplicate by the commission; and the original thereof shall be filed in the commission office, one copy in the office of the director of revenue, one copy with the county clerk of the county and one copy with the applicant. The lands described in such certificate shall be entitled to the partial tax relief provided for in this chapter.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.060 - Transfer of ownership.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
254.060. Transfer of ownership. —
The transfer of the ownership of any such forest croplands shall not affect any classification thereof as such.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 16)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.070 - Commission-owned lands eligible as forest croplands — rate of compensation to county — acreage to be certified by commission.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1981
254.070. Commission-owned lands eligible as forest croplands — rate of compensation to county — acreage to be certified by commission. —
1. The commission may classify as forest croplands any lands conveyed to the state for use of the commission. The commission shall pay to the county wherein the state-owned and classified lands are situated a certain sum from the conservation commission fund as a grant in lieu of taxes thereon, which sum shall be set by the commission at not less than fifty cents per acre per year.
2. The grants in lieu of taxes so received by the respective counties shall be placed in the general revenue fund of each such county.
3. The commission shall annually certify to the commissioner of administration and the state auditor the acreage of such lands and the amount payable to each county under the provisions hereof and the treasurer is authorized to pay, and, after appropriations are made as herein provided, such amounts shall be paid to such counties on or before the first day of January following the certification. This section shall not be retroactive.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 19, A.L. 1955 p. 316, A.L. 1957 p. 311, A.L. 1965 p. 388, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1210, A.L. 1981 H.B. 308)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.075 - State-owned lands, exemptions for.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
254.075. State-owned lands, exemptions for. —
State-owned lands, used by the commission and classified as forest cropland will not be subject to any ad valorem tax nor subject to any penalties if removed from the forest cropland classification.
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(L. 1974 H.B. 1210, A.L. 2018 S.B. 627 & 925)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.080 - Time limit on tax relief for private land — reclassification procedure.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1981
254.080. Time limit on tax relief for private land — reclassification procedure. —
Any privately owned lands approved and classified by the commission as forest croplands as defined in this chapter shall receive partial relief from taxation, as provided in said chapter, during a period of time not to exceed twenty-five years, after which the classification shall expire. When the classification shall have expired, the owner of such lands may submit an application as provided in section 254.040 to have the land reclassified.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 6, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1210, A.L. 1981 H.B. 308)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.085 - State land may retain classification indefinitely.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1974
254.085. State land may retain classification indefinitely. —
Any lands owned by the state of Missouri, used by the commission, and classified as forest cropland as defined in this chapter may retain such classification for an indefinite period, so long as said lands continue to be used by the commission.
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(L. 1974 H.B. 1210)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.090 - Tax rate on privately owned forest cropland.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1981
254.090. Tax rate on privately owned forest cropland. —
Privately owned lands classified as forest croplands under this chapter shall be assessed for general taxation purposes at three dollars per acre, and taxed at the local rates of the county wherein the lands are located. Lands so classified prior to August 14, 1974, shall be assessed for general taxation purposes at one dollar per acre and taxed at the local rate of the county wherein the lands are located.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 8, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1210, A.L. 1981 H.B. 308)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.100 - Private plan of forest management — partial tax relief — revisions.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
254.100. Private plan of forest management — partial tax relief — revisions. —
1. Any person owning or controlling forest land may inaugurate and develop his own plan of management and employ such standards and methods of forest management as may suffice in the judgment of the commission to accomplish the purposes of this chapter and may obtain the partial relief from taxation provided for in this chapter for such forest property so long as the provisions of this chapter are being complied with, provided such plans and methods and application for tax relief be submitted on forms provided by the commission and the same are approved by the commission. Such plans, methods and application shall not be approved unless the commission finds they give reasonable assurance of accomplishing the purposes of this law.
2. After approval of such plans and methods and such application for tax relief such person may present revised working plans from time to time to the commission for the cutting and management of said forest lands, for their approval. Such revised working plans and methods shall be in a form and for a period prescribed by the commission and the decision of the commission in all such matters shall be final. The procedure in effectuating said tax relief shall be as that outlined in this chapter for forest croplands.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 20)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.110 - Compensatory payments to counties.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1981
254.110. Compensatory payments to counties. —
1. The commission shall determine as of January first of each year the number of acres of privately owned forest cropland which has been accepted in each county under this chapter. The commission shall pay to each county in which these lands are situated a certain sum from the conservation commission fund as a grant in lieu of taxes, this sum to be set by the commission at not less than fifty cents per acre per year for each acre so accepted.
2. The grants in lieu of taxes so received by the respective counties shall be placed in the general revenue fund of each such county.
3. The commission shall annually certify to the commissioner of administration and the state auditor the amount payable to each county and the treasurer is authorized to pay, and, after appropriations are made as provided in this section, such amounts shall be paid to such counties on or before the first day of January following. This section shall not be retroactive.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 10, A.L. 1955 p. 316, A.L. 1957 p. 311, A.L. 1965 p. 388, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1210, A.L. 1981 H.B. 308)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.120 - Tax relief not to affect valuation of other property.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
254.120. Tax relief not to affect valuation of other property. —
The assessor shall not increase the valuation of property other than forest lands owned by any person so as to make up for loss of taxable property value because of the forest croplands tax relief provided for in this chapter.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 17)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.130 - Compliance with forest management rules and regulations required.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
254.130. Compliance with forest management rules and regulations required. —
All persons interested in any way in the forest croplands or the cutting of crops therefrom covered by this chapter shall comply with and follow such forest management rules and regulations as are required by the commission.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 26)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.140 - Firewood and domestic use timber cutting permitted.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1974
254.140. Firewood and domestic use timber cutting permitted. —
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting the right of any such person to cut from said forest croplands owned or controlled by him, firewood and timber for his own domestic use.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 27, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1210)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.190 - Separate taxation on certain products.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
254.190. Separate taxation on certain products. —
If any oil, gas, stone, coal, or other material is obtained from any such forest croplands, this may be assessed separately and taxed at the local rates; otherwise the operation of the property tax shall not be changed, except as provided in this chapter.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 15)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.200 - Forest cropland, grounds for declassification — effect of.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1974
254.200. Forest cropland, grounds for declassification — effect of. —
1. When any lands have been so classified the classifications shall be continued as long as proper forest conditions and practices are maintained and continued thereon, and for such periods of time as do not exceed the provisions of this chapter.
2. Use of such lands for pastures, destruction of tree-growth and failure of owner to restore forest conditions, removal of tree-growth and use of land for other purposes, or any changed condition which in the opinion of the commission shall show that the requirements of this chapter are not being fulfilled, or the use of such lands for pasture in violation of any regulations promulgated by the commission shall be sufficient ground for the cancellation of such classification. If the commission find the provisions of this chapter are not being complied with, it shall forthwith cancel the classification of such lands, sending notice of such cancellation to the assessor, the county clerk of the county in which the land is situated and to the owner of such lands. Such lands shall thereafter be taxed as other lands.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 11, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1210)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.210 - Owner to reimburse state upon cancellation of classification — penalty.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
254.210. Owner to reimburse state upon cancellation of classification — penalty. —
When a classification shall have been cancelled for cause, the owner of such lands shall make reimbursement to the commission in a manner as the director of revenue shall prescribe for the grant which was paid by the commission to the county in lieu of taxes on this land while so classified as forest cropland, plus a penalty equivalent to ten percent interest thereon.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 12, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1210, A.L. 1975 H.B. 948, A.L. 1981 H.B. 308, A.L. 2018 S.B. 627 & 925)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.220 - Removal from classification by owner, payments required.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1981
254.220. Removal from classification by owner, payments required. —
In the event an owner of forest croplands may desire to remove his land from classification, he may do so by making reimbursement to the commission in a manner as the director of revenue shall prescribe for the grant which was paid by the commission to the county in lieu of taxes on this land while so classified, plus a penalty equivalent to five percent interest thereon.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 11a, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1210, A.L. 1981 H.B. 308)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.225 - Forest landowner cost-share incentive program authorized, reimbursements provided, when — application, procedure.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
254.225. Forest landowner cost-share incentive program authorized, reimbursements provided, when — application, procedure. —
1. The commission may administer a forest landowner cost-share incentive program to promote sustainable forestry on private lands. Such program may provide reimbursement cost share for up to fifty percent of the cost of precommercial forestry activities on eligible lands. Eligible forestry activities shall be carried out in accordance with best management practices and sustainable forestry principles.
2. Any forest landowner may submit a program application to the state forester on forms provided by the commission. Application procedures and acceptance criteria shall be specified by the commission.
3. No application for such program shall be accepted for a tract of land containing less than forty acres. The total amount of incentives provided to any person shall not exceed five thousand dollars in any calendar year.
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(L. 2002 H.B. 1348)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Land designated as forest croplands not eligible for the cost-share incentive program, 254.040
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.230 - State forester and commission employees, duties of.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1974
254.230. State forester and commission employees, duties of. —
It shall be the duty of the state forester and other employees as appointed by the commission:
(1) To promote forestry by assisting any person in forest management, the planting of trees, the conservation and development of trees and the protection of forests and other trees from fires, insects, and diseases;
(2) To assist in the enforcement of all laws and rules and regulations applicable to forest fires.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 25, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1210)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.240 - Enforcement powers of state forester and commission employees.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1974
254.240. Enforcement powers of state forester and commission employees. —
The state forester and other employees as appointed by the commission shall have power:
(1) To enforce any and all provisions of this chapter and all rules and regulations made by the commission;
(2) To enter into agreements for forestry purposes with any person within the state, the same not to be effective until approved and accepted by the commission;
(3) To enter upon any woodland in the state for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter and performing his duties;
(4) To recommend to the commission tentative rules for forest practices aimed to accomplish the objectives set forth in this chapter and carry out the policies established by such rules and regulations.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 24, A.L. 1974 H.B. 1210)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.250 - Powers of agents of commission.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
254.250. Powers of agents of commission. —
Each agent of the commission authorized to do so by the commission shall have power:
(1) To employ such other person or persons as may be suitable and needed to render assistance in preventing the spread of, or in suppressing forest, brush or grass fires; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve the owner or one in control of lands upon which fires may be started or burning, from the duty of preventing the spread of or of the duty of suppressing such fires so far as may lie within his power, and no such owner or person in control nor anyone with a present vested interest therein shall receive compensation from the state or any agency thereof for helping or assisting in preventing the spread of or in suppressing fires upon said lands; and no person who is responsible for starting fire shall receive compensation for helping prevent the spread of or for suppression of such fire.
(2) To enter upon any lands at any time for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter and any such rules and regulations; and no action for trespass or damages shall lie against any such person or any person working under his direction, providing that in entering upon property he and they shall exercise due care to avoid doing unnecessary damage.
(3) To exercise the foregoing powers and duties in any part of the state.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 29)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.260 - Enforcement of provisions, by whom — duties.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
254.260. Enforcement of provisions, by whom — duties. —
1. It shall be the duty of every authorized agent of the commission to assist in the enforcement of this chapter and any such rules and regulations of the commission; and it shall be the duty of all sheriffs, marshals, constables and their deputies and of all other police officers and of all prosecuting attorneys and their assistants, within their respective counties, to aid diligently in the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and all such rules and regulations.
2. Any such officer and any such agent may arrest without warrant any person caught by him or in his view violating or who he has good reason to believe is violating or has violated this chapter or any such rules and regulations, and take such person forthwith before an associate circuit judge or any court having jurisdiction, who shall proceed without delay to hear, try and determine the matter as in other criminal cases.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 28)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.270 - Fire control and timber trespass activities intensified, when — provisions for added protection.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
254.270. Fire control and timber trespass activities intensified, when — provisions for added protection. —
1. Fire control and timber trespass activities will be intensified and may be extended to include all woodlands in the state as deemed in need of such protection by the commission within the limits of funds provided. Any person whether or not his lands are classified as forest croplands may receive such assistance.
2. Any owner may make application to the commission for special attention in forest fire control requiring expenditures in excess of those permitted within the limits of funds provided for general activities under this chapter, by subscribing a payment of not less than three cents per acre per year for such added protection as the commission may deem advisable and desirable.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 21)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.290 - Penalty for obstructing enforcement.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
254.290. Penalty for obstructing enforcement. —
Any person who shall obstruct or prevent or attempt to obstruct or prevent any officer, agent, employee or deputized person under this chapter or any such rules and regulations, while in the performance of his duties, or in the exercise of the right of entry, access or examination by any such officer or agent, shall, upon conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 31)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 254 - State Forestry Law › Section 254.300 - Violation of chapter a misdemeanor.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 254
Effective - 28 Aug 1945
254.300. Violation of chapter a misdemeanor. —
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any of such rules and regulations shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(L. 1945 p. 672 § 22)
CROSS REFERENCES:
Arson, reckless burning, 569.040 to 569.060
Negligent burning or exploding, 569.065
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.010 - State geologist — appointment — duties.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
*256.010. State geologist — appointment — duties. —
The governor is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the consent of the senate, one state geologist, who shall be a person of competent scientific and practical knowledge of the sciences of geology and mineralogy, and who shall be the director of the survey, and said state geologist may appoint such assistants and subordinate assistants and laborers as may be deemed necessary in order to make a thorough, scientific, geological and mineralogical survey of the state. The state geologist shall serve for a term of four years unless sooner removed by the governor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14875, A. 1949 S.B. 1089, A.L. 1961 p. 245)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13686; 1919 § 5752; 1909 § 6633
*The Reorganization Act of 1974 provides that the director of the department of natural resources shall appoint a state geologist. All powers, duties and functions of the state geologist were transferred to the department of natural resources by type I transfer.
CROSS REFERENCE:
Earthquake building and construction ordinances for certain cities and counties, duty of state geologist to notify state emergency management agency, 319.200
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.030 - Governor, state geologist — powers.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
*256.030. Governor, state geologist — powers. —
The governor shall have general superintending control of the division of geological survey and water resources, with power to remove the state geologist for cause, and to appoint his successor. The control, direction, and management of all assistants and other employees shall be the responsibility of the state geologist.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14890, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 311)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13701; 1919 § 5767; 1909 § 6648
*The Reorganization Act of 1974 provides that the director of the department of natural resources shall appoint a state geologist. All powers, duties and functions of the state geologist were transferred to the department of natural resources by type I transfer.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.040 - Oath of office — private consulting prohibited.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
256.040. Oath of office — private consulting prohibited. —
Before entering upon the duties of his office the state geologist shall take the usual oath to faithfully demean himself in office and perform all the duties required of him by law. The state geologist and all employees of the division shall abstain from all private or personal consulting activities for themselves or others within the state while employed in the division of geological survey and water resources.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14894, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 311)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13705; 1919 § 5768; 1909 § 6649
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.050 - State geologist and assistants — duties.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
256.050. State geologist and assistants — duties. —
It shall be the duty of the state geologist and his assistants, under the instructions and directions of the governor, to carry on, with as much expedition and dispatch as may be consistent with minuteness and accuracy, a thorough geological survey of the state, with a view to determine the order, succession, arrangement, relative position, dip or inclination and comparative magnitude of the several strata or geological formations within this state; to discover and examine all beds or deposits of mineral contents and fossils; to determine the various positions, formations, arrangement, composition, and utilization of the many different ores, clays, rocks, coals, mineral oils, natural gas, surface and ground waters, and other mineral substances as may be useful or valuable; to assemble and cause to be published an annual statistical report of the mineral production in the state; to have prepared topographic relief maps of areas and districts of the state toward the end of preparing a complete and accurate topographic relief map of the state; to apply geologic engineering principles to problems of agriculture, conservation, construction and other scientific matters that may be of practical importance and interest to the welfare of the state; to cause to be reported on maps, charts, or by other appropriate means, the results of geologic investigations as said investigations are completed; to publish or cause to be published any reports of work completed, in the form of maps, charts, pamphlets, bulletins, volumes, or circulars for general distribution; and to have prepared, and published, educational bulletins on subjects pertinent to geological studies, for distribution to educational institutions and persons interested in geology, paleontology, mineralogy, physiography, and mining.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14877, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 311)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13688; 1919 § 5754; 1909 § 6635
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.055 - Revolving fund for cash transactions involving the sale of Division of Geology and Land Survey items established.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 2011
256.055. Revolving fund for cash transactions involving the sale of Division of Geology and Land Survey items established. —
Upon a request from the director of the department of natural resources, the commissioner of administration shall draw a warrant payable to the director of the division of geology and land survey in an amount to be specified by the director of the department of natural resources, but such amount shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars. The sum so specified shall be placed in the hands of the director of the division of geology and land survey as a revolving fund to be used in the cash transactions involving the sale of items made by the division of geology and land survey. All transactions shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations established by the commissioner of administration.
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(L. 2011 H.B. 190)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.060 - Survey of water resources.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
256.060. Survey of water resources. —
The state geologist is authorized to make a survey of the water resources of the state, including a survey of underground water supplies and the chemical composition of such waters. Gauging stations shall be established and maintained, and such other field and laboratory work shall be done as may be deemed necessary.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14891, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 311)
Prior revision: 1929 § 13702
CROSS REFERENCE:
Water pollution control, Chap. 644
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.070 - Maintenance of cabinet collection.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
256.070. Maintenance of cabinet collection. —
It shall be the duty of the state geologist to collect full suits of all materials, rocks, ores, fossils or other mineral substances of scientific or practical interest or utility as may be discovered, and that may be necessary to form a complete cabinet collection, to illustrate the various resources of the state, as may be necessary to assist in preparing the various reports of the survey.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14880)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13691; 1919 § 5757; 1909 § 6638
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.080 - Duty of assistants.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
256.080. Duty of assistants. —
It shall be the duty of the said assistants to make full and complete examinations, assays and analyses of all such rocks, ores, soils or other substances as may be submitted to them by the state geologist for the purpose, and to furnish him with a detailed and complete account of the results so obtained.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14881)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13692; 1919 § 5758; 1909 § 6639
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.090 - Information released to press — confidential material released, when — use of collections by educational institutions.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
256.090. Information released to press — confidential material released, when — use of collections by educational institutions. —
1. To expedite the release of general information or new discoveries, the state geologist may furnish such items to the press and radio. The unpublished reports and data gathered by the state geologist and his assistants shall be maintained in an open file at the headquarters of the division. To the extent consistent with state and federal law, confidential data supplied to the state geologist from outside sources shall cease to be confidential and shall be placed in the open file at a reasonable time after the completion of the project.
2. The state geologist is hereby authorized to furnish to educational institutions, located within the state of Missouri, collections of minerals, rocks or fossils, but the division shall retain title to such collections. Educational institutions shall pay the expense of transporting said collections.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14882, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 311, A.L. 1985 H.B. 383)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13693; 1919 § 5759; 1909 § 6640
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.100 - Additional technical work — authorization.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
256.100. Additional technical work — authorization. —
The state geologist, with the approval of the governor, shall be authorized to negotiate for such technical work as may be necessary beyond the facilities of the division. He shall also purchase equipment, apparatus and supplies within the funds appropriated therefor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14888, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 311)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 13699; 1919 § 5765; 1909 § 6646
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.110 - Cooperation with federal agencies.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
256.110. Cooperation with federal agencies. —
The work of the division of geological survey and water resources may be done in cooperation with federal agencies and other state agencies. The state geologist shall be authorized to file formal cooperative agreements with federal agencies. The progress of cooperative programs shall be included in the report of the activities of the division.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14893, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 311)
Prior revision: 1929 § 13704
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.112 - Mine map repository established in office of state geologist — contents to be maps of closed or abandoned underground mines.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
256.112. Mine map repository established in office of state geologist — contents to be maps of closed or abandoned underground mines. —
For the purpose of public safety and the protection of property, the state geologist appointed pursuant to section 256.010 shall establish and maintain a "Mine Map Repository". The repository shall be located in the office of the state geologist and shall contain mine maps of closed or abandoned underground mines in this state.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 312 & 257 § 1 subsec. 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.113 - Maps to be open for inspection in presence of authorized personnel — copies made with consent of owner, exceptions.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
256.113. Maps to be open for inspection in presence of authorized personnel — copies made with consent of owner, exceptions. —
Such maps shall be open to examination by all interested persons, but such examination shall be in the presence of the state geologist or a designated representative. No copies shall be made without the consent of the mine operator or landowner unless the mine has been closed or abandoned for five years or longer. No information about mineral occurrence or possible occurrence shall be made available at any time without the consent of the owner.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 312 & 257 § 1 subsec. 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.115 - State geologist to acquire maps — owners or operators of underground mines closed permanently or temporarily to furnish true copies, when, contents.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
256.115. State geologist to acquire maps — owners or operators of underground mines closed permanently or temporarily to furnish true copies, when, contents. —
1. The office of the state geologist shall acquire copies of those underground mine maps that exist in museums and other repositories.
2. The owner or operator of each underground mine closed or abandoned before August 28, 1993, shall submit a true copy of all available maps of mine workings, shafts, slopes, tunnels, air vents or other openings to the mine map repository on or before one year after August 28, 1993.
3. The owner or operator of each operating underground mine wishing to close a mine, either temporarily or permanently, shall submit a true copy of maps showing the location of mine workings, shafts, slopes, tunnels, air vents, or other openings before closing or abandoning the mine.
4. Each map shall show at reasonable intervals the elevation in feet of the mine floor and mine back or ceiling. All elevations shall be based on an established and monumented datum, such as NAVD 1988. Such maps shall be oriented and positioned in the Missouri Coordinate System 1983. The maps shall show or note what horizontal control and vertical control stations were used to position the maps. It shall be acceptable to use an adopted local horizontal and vertical datum, but the relation between the local datums and NAVD 1988 and Missouri Coordinate System must be given.
5. Each map or set of maps shall show the name of the county, township, range and section or U.S. Survey in which the mine is located. The map shall also show the mine name, and mine owner or operator at the time of closing.
6. Each map shall contain a north arrow and scale. Each map shall be certified, signed, and sealed by the engineer or surveyor in responsible charge of the map preparation.
7. The owner may, with the approval of the state geologist, submit maps of older parts of the mine even though they are not certified by an engineer or surveyor, but they must be accurate and contain the information required in this section.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 312 & 257 § 1 subsec. 3 §§ 2, 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.117 - Funding for operation of map repository from document services fund — money from sales of maps or products deposited in fund.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
*256.117. Funding for operation of map repository from document services fund — money from sales of maps or products deposited in fund. —
1. Funds from department of natural resources revolving services fund created in section 640.065 may be used to purchase, acquire and copy maps described in sections 256.112 to 256.117, as well as all services necessary for the operation of the map repository.
2. All funds from the sale of maps and products from the mine map repository shall be deposited in the department of natural resources revolving services fund created in section 640.065.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 312 & 257 § 4, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)
Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)
*H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.120 - Geodetic surveyors may enter on lands.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
256.120. Geodetic surveyors may enter on lands. —
Persons employed under an act of Congress of the United States, passed the tenth day of February, 1807, and the supplement thereto, may, upon making satisfactory amends, enter upon lands within this state for any purpose which may be necessary to effect the object of said act, and may erect works, stations, buildings or appendages for that purpose, doing no unnecessary injury.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14896)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 9736; 1919 § 12746; 1909 § 11328
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.130 - Damages — hearings — procedure.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
256.130. Damages — hearings — procedure. —
If the parties interested cannot agree upon the amount to be paid for damages caused thereby, either of them may petition the circuit court in the county in which the land is situated, which court shall appoint a time for a hearing as soon as may be, and order at least fourteen days' notice to be given to all persons interested, and, with or without a view of the premises, as the court may determine, hear the parties and their witnesses and assess damages.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14897, A. 1949 S.B. 1117)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 9737; 1919 § 12747; 1909 § 11329
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.140 - Costs, how adjusted.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
256.140. Costs, how adjusted. —
The person so entering upon land may tender to the party injured amends therefor, and if, in case of appeal to the circuit court, the damages finally assessed do not exceed the amount tendered, the person entering shall recover costs; otherwise the prevailing party shall recover costs.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14898, A. 1949 S.B. 1117)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 9738; 1919 § 12748; 1909 § 11330
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.150 - Appeals.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
256.150. Appeals. —
Any party to the proceeding under the provisions of sections 256.120 to 256.160, who may feel aggrieved by the decision of any circuit court, may take an appeal, in the same manner, and with like effect, as in other proceedings in the circuit courts of this state; provided, that no appeal herein provided for shall prevent the continuation of the work referred to in sections 256.120 to 256.160.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14901, A. 1949 S.B. 1117)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 9741; 1919 § 12751; 1909 § 11333
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.170 - Definitions.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
256.170. Definitions. —
For the purposes of sections 256.170 to 256.175, the following terms shall mean:
(1)
"Areas subject to natural flooding"
, those portions of stream valleys subject to one-hundred-year flood events;
(2)
"Dams"
, any dam regulated by the state of Missouri;
(3)
"Department"
, the department of natural resources;
(4)
"Geologic hazard assessment"
, a report that identifies and describes soil and ground water conditions, karst, drinking water supplies, dams, surface water bodies, areas subject to natural flooding or flooding by dam failure, high seismic risk areas, and landslide areas and any other type of geologic related hazard which could threaten public safety. The assessment shall include geologic and surficial materials maps at a scale of 1:24,000;
(5)
"High seismic risk areas"
, those areas in the state that can be expected to experience an intensity of ground shaking equivalent to a Modified Mercalli intensity of VI within any fifty-year period;
(6)
"Karst"
, those areas where deep weathering of carbonate bedrock has resulted in irregular bedrock and surface topography, poorly deferred surface drainage, and rapid surface water loss and having the possibility of surface subsidence; and
(7)
"Landslide areas"
, those areas subject to slope movement that could endanger structures.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 539 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.173 - Cities and counties to be furnished geologic hazard assessment prepared by division of geology and land survey.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
256.173. Cities and counties to be furnished geologic hazard assessment prepared by division of geology and land survey. —
1. The department shall provide each county in the state and a city not within a county, as the information becomes available, a geologic hazard assessment, such assessment to be prepared by the division of geology and land survey. The department shall provide to each county assistance in the use and application of the geologic hazard assessments in the county to which the assessment pertains. The geologic hazard assessment shall be made available to the general public.
2. The department shall provide each recorder of deeds of each county in the state a map showing the downstream area that would be affected in the event of a dam failure.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 539 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.175 - High seismic risk area data — duties of department.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1990
256.175. High seismic risk area data — duties of department. —
1. The department shall furnish to the state emergency management agency technical data, including soil liquefaction and seismic effects, on structural foundations that are located in a high seismic risk area. If requested by a local government entity the department shall assist such local government in the establishment of construction standards based on the data provided in this subsection.
2. The department shall be designated as the lead technical agency in the state to conduct studies concerning the geologic effects of earthquakes, which shall include, but not be limited to, prediction of earthquake recurrence intervals and severity, tectonic and structural geologic studies, paleoseismic studies, geodetic surveys, and geomorphological studies.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 539 § 8)