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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.440 - Dissolution of regional commission, procedure.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
251.440. Dissolution of regional commission, procedure. —
Upon receipt of certified copies of resolutions recommending the dissolution of a regional planning commission adopted by the governing bodies of a majority of the local units in the region, including the county commission of any county, part or all of which is within the region, and upon a finding that all outstanding indebtedness of the regional planning commission has been paid, including moneys owed to any retirement plan or system in which the commission participates and has pledged to pay for the unfunded accrued liability of its past and current employees, and all unexpended funds returned to the local units which supplied them, or that adequate provision has been made therefor, the governor shall issue a certificate of dissolution of the commission which shall thereupon cease to exist.
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(L. 1965 2d Ex. Sess. p. 908 § 28, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1440 merged with S.B. 1130)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.470 - Citation of law.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
251.470. Citation of law. —
Sections 251.470 to 251.485 shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Main Street Program Act".
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1223 & 1246 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.473 - Definitions.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
251.473. Definitions. —
As used in sections 251.470 to 251.485, the following terms mean:
(1)
"City"
, any city or town in this state with a population of fifty thousand or under;
(2)
"Program"
, the Missouri main street program, established under the provisions of sections 251.470 to 251.485.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1223 & 1246 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.476 - Missouri main street program, established — purposes.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
251.476. Missouri main street program, established — purposes. —
There is hereby established within the department of economic development the "Missouri Main Street Program". The program shall provide technical assistance and training for cities' governments, business organizations, and merchants and property owners to accomplish community and economic revitalization and development of older central business districts and neighborhoods. The program shall attempt to ensure that the business districts of Missouri's small cities remain essential elements to their sense of community and to the state's economy. The program shall also operate to increase the ability of small business and property owners in cities to renovate and enhance their commercial and residential properties.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1223 & 1246 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.479 - Techniques to be employed by program.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
251.479. Techniques to be employed by program. —
The program shall employ techniques developed by the national trust for historic preservation's main street center which are designed to stimulate business reinvestment, restore building facades, retain existing small business, strengthen the local tax base, create employment opportunities, promote new business in downtown areas, and help to create a renewed sense of community pride.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1223 & 1246 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.481 - Plan, development of, contents of — pilot cities.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
251.481. Plan, development of, contents of — pilot cities. —
1. The program shall operate according to a plan developed by the department of economic development and the department of natural resources with the assistance of organizations representing merchants and governments of cities, historic preservation interests, financial institutions and economic development groups. The plan required by this section shall describe the objectives of the program, how the program will be coordinated with existing federal, state, local and private sector small business development and historic preservation efforts, and methods of selecting and providing assistance to participating cities.
2. The department shall select ten pilot cities in which to initiate the program.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1223 & 1246 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.483 - Duties of department of economic development.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
251.483. Duties of department of economic development. —
The duties of the department of economic development in implementing the program shall include, but not be limited to the following:
(1) Contract with the National Trust for Historic Preservation to assist in accomplishing the program's objectives, to provide technical assistance to the department, and to assist in developing criteria for the selection of participating cities;
(2) Develop criteria for selecting participating cities which shall include evidence of interest and commitment to downtown economic development and historic preservation by both the private and public sectors, evidence of potential private investment in the downtown area, and evidence of organizational and financial commitment to implement a long-term economic revitalization program which includes a commitment to employ a professional project manager with an operating budget.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1223 & 1246 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.485 - Missouri main street program fund, created — uses of fund — fund not to lapse.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
251.485. Missouri main street program fund, created — uses of fund — fund not to lapse. —
There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the "Missouri Main Street Program Fund", which shall consist of all moneys which may be appropriated to it by the general assembly, and also any gifts, contributions, grants or bequests received from federal, private or other sources. Money in the Missouri main street program fund shall be used to carry out the provisions of sections 251.470 to 251.485 and for no other purpose. Moneys for main street programs established under the provisions of sections 251.470 to 251.485 shall be obtained from appropriations made by the general assembly from the Missouri main street program fund. Any moneys remaining in the Missouri main street program fund at the end of any fiscal year shall not lapse to the general revenue fund, as provided in section 33.080, but shall remain in the Missouri main street program fund.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1223 & 1246 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.500 - Definitions.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
251.500. Definitions. —
As used in sections 251.500 to 251.510, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Board"
, an economic development district board, as created under the provisions of section 251.505;
(2)
"Economic development district"
, a district formed by two or more adjoining counties in this state or by one or more counties and an adjoining city not within a county;
(3)
"Governing body"
, a legislative body governing a county or a city not within a county.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1201 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.505 - Economic development district, established, how, purpose — board established, how.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
251.505. Economic development district, established, how, purpose — board established, how. —
1. An economic development district may be established by the governing bodies of adjoining counties or the governing bodies of a county or counties and a city not within a county in order to plan, formulate, develop, promote, fund, conduct or cause to be conducted, programs to encourage the economic development of the district. The governing bodies may establish such districts by enactment of identical ordinances or by mutual agreement of the governing bodies.
2. The qualifications, terms and number of members of the economic development board for the district shall be determined by the enacting ordinances or the mutual agreement of the governing bodies, except as provided in this subsection. Each county and each city not within a county shall have equal representation on the board. The chief executive officer of a county or mayor of a city not within a county shall appoint residents of such county or city to be on the board, and such officers shall jointly appoint one additional member to the board. The board shall select a chairman and any other officers it deems necessary to conduct its business, and shall meet at least four times a year at a time and place designated by the chairman in order to make policy and administer the activities of the district.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1201 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.510 - Powers of board.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 1988
251.510. Powers of board. —
The ordinances or mutual agreement which established the district shall specify the powers of the board which may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1) Adoption of bylaws, rules and regulations for the conduct of its business;
(2) Maintenance of a principal office;
(3) The ability to sue and be sued;
(4) The making and executing of leases, contracts and other instruments necessary to exercise its powers;
(5) Contracting with the cities and counties for services, and with firms, corporations, persons, and governmental agencies in the necessary performance of its duties;
(6) The employment of personnel;
(7) Application for and acceptance of local and federal grants and appropriations;
(8) Performance of site improvements within the district.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1201 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.600 - Citation of law.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
251.600. Citation of law. —
Sections 251.600 to 251.630 shall be known and may be cited as the "Regional Economic Development District Law".
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(L. 2007 H.B. 741)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.605 - District may be established — board, members, how appointed.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
251.605. District may be established — board, members, how appointed. —
1. A regional economic development district may be established by two or more governing bodies in order to plan, formulate, develop, promote, fund, conduct or cause to be conducted programs to encourage the economic development of the district. The governing bodies may establish such districts by enactment of identical ordinances or by mutual agreement of the governing bodies.
2. The qualifications, terms, and number of members of the regional economic development district board for each district shall be determined by the enacting ordinances or the mutual agreement of the governing bodies, except as provided in this subsection. Each governing body located in the regional economic development district shall have equal representation on the board. The chief executive officer of a county in the regional economic development district or mayor of a city in the regional economic development district shall appoint one resident each of such county or city to be on the board, and such officers shall jointly appoint one additional member to the board. The board shall select a chairman, treasurer, and any other officers it deems necessary to conduct its business, and shall meet in open session at a time and place designated by the chairman in order to make policy and administer the activities of the district.
3. The regional economic development district shall be a public governmental body for the purposes of section 610.010 and shall comply with the provisions of chapter 610.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 741)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.610 - Powers of the board.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
251.610. Powers of the board. —
The ordinances or mutual agreements which establish the district shall specify the powers of the board. The powers of the board shall not include the power of eminent domain. The powers of the board may include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(1) Adoption of bylaws, rules and regulations for the conduct of its business;
(2) Maintenance of a principal office;
(3) The ability to sue and be sued;
(4) The creation of a regional economic development plan for a regional economic development district;
(5) The making and executing of leases, contracts, and other instruments necessary to exercise its powers;
(6) Contracting with cities and counties for services, and with firms, corporations, persons, and governmental agencies in the necessary performance of its duties;
(7) The employment of personnel;
(8) Application for and acceptance of local and federal grants and appropriations;
(9) Performance of site improvements within the regional economic development area;
(10) Entering into lease or lease-purchase agreements for any real or personal property necessary or convenient for the purposes of the regional economic development district;
(11) Borrowing money for regional economic development district purposes at such rates of interest as the district may determine;
(12) Issuance of bonds, notes, and other obligations, which may be secured by mortgage, pledge, assignment, or deed of trust of any or all of the property and income of the regional economic development district, subject to any restrictions provided in the regional economic development district law; except that the district shall not mortgage, pledge, or give a deed of trust on any real property or interests which it acquired from the state of Missouri or any agency or political subdivision thereof without the written consent of the state, agency or political subdivision from which it obtained the property;
(13) Submission of a regional economic development sales tax to district voters as provided in section 251.615; and
(14) Adoption of incremental tax financing as provided in section 251.618.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 741)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.624 - Termination of incremental tax financing, when, procedure.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
251.624. Termination of incremental tax financing, when, procedure. —
1. When all regional economic development project costs and all obligations issued to finance regional economic development project costs have been paid in full, the regional economic development district shall adopt a resolution terminating incremental tax financing for all regional economic development project areas. Immediately upon the adoption of such resolution, all payments in lieu of taxes, all economic activity taxes, and other net new revenues then remaining in the special allocation fund shall be deemed to be surplus funds; thereafter, the rates of the taxing districts shall be extended, and taxes shall be levied, collected, and distributed in the manner applicable in the absence of the adoption of incremental tax financing. Surplus payments in lieu of taxes shall be paid to the county collector who shall immediately thereafter pay such funds to the taxing districts in the regional economic development area selected in the same manner and proportion as the most recent distribution by the collector to the affected taxing districts of real property taxes from real property in the regional economic development area. Surplus economic activity taxes shall be paid to the taxing districts in the regional economic development area in proportion to the then current levy rates of such taxing districts that are attributable to such economic activity taxes. Any other funds remaining in the special allocation fund following the adoption of a resolution terminating incremental tax financing in accordance with this section shall be deposited to the general fund of the municipalities or counties that originally formed the regional economic development district in a pro rata amount determined by the regional economic development district board.
2. Upon the payment of all regional economic development project costs, retirement of obligations, and the distribution of any surplus funds under this section, the regional economic development district shall adopt a resolution dissolving the special allocation fund and terminating the designation of the regional economic development area as a regional economic development area.
3. Nothing in the regional economic development district law shall be construed as relieving property in such areas from paying a uniform rate of taxes, as required by Article X, Section 3 of the Missouri Constitution.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 741)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.627 - County clerk to annually ascertain amount of value of taxable property in the district.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
251.627. County clerk to annually ascertain amount of value of taxable property in the district. —
In each of the twenty-five calendar years following the adoption of a resolution adopting incremental tax financing for a regional economic development project area, unless and until incremental tax financing for such regional economic development project area is terminated by resolution of the regional economic development district board, then, in respect to every taxing district containing such regional economic development project area the county clerk or any other official required by law to ascertain the amount of the equalized assessed value of all taxable property within such regional economic development project area for the purpose of computing any debt service levies to be extended upon taxable property within such regional economic development project area shall in every year that incremental tax financing is in effect ascertain the amount of value of taxable property in such regional economic development project area by including in such amount the certified total initial equalized assessed value of all taxable real property in such regional economic development project area in lieu of the equalized assessed value of all taxable real property in such regional economic development project area. For the purpose of measuring the size of payments in lieu of taxes under the regional economic development district law, all tax levies shall then be extended to the current equalized assessed value of all property in the regional economic development project area in the same manner as the tax rate percentage is extended to all other taxable property in the taxing district.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 741)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 251 - Community Affairs, Planning and Development › Section 251.650 - Securing of grants, departments to collaborate — consultation with private entities permitted — report to general assembly.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 251
Effective - 28 Aug 2008
251.650. Securing of grants, departments to collaborate — consultation with private entities permitted — report to general assembly. —
1. Not less than twice each calendar year, representatives from the department of labor and industrial relations, the department of elementary and secondary education, the department of agriculture, the department of economic development, and the department of natural resources shall meet to discuss ways in which their respective agencies may collaborate in order to secure grants established in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, Public Law 110-140, or other such grants that would fund: green jobs; the production of renewable fuels; increasing energy efficiency of products, buildings and vehicles; and increasing research and development relating to the manufacturing of renewable energy technologies. The department of natural resources is hereby designated as the coordinating agency for the inter-agency collaboration under this section.
2. In fulfilling the goals under this section, any of the departments under subsection 1 of this section may confer with, or invite participation by, any other interested individual, agency, or organization, which shall include but not be limited to nonprofit organizations, private sector entities, institutions of higher education, and local governments. Such departments may enter into partnerships with, in accordance with federal grant requirements and as otherwise allowable by law, any individual, agency, or organization in securing a grant under this section.
3. No later than the first Wednesday after the first Monday of January each year, the departments outlined in subsection 1 of this section shall report jointly to the general assembly and to the governor the actions taken by their agencies in securing the grants outlined in this section.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 1181, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.002 - Department of conservation created — commission appointment, qualifications — director, appointment.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
Effective - 02 May 1974, see footnote
252.002. Department of conservation created — commission appointment, qualifications — director, appointment. —
1. There is hereby created a department of conservation to be headed by a conservation commission of four members appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, not more than two of whom shall be of the same political party. The members shall have the qualifications, serve the terms and receive the expense reimbursement provided in Article IV, Constitution of Missouri. The commission shall appoint a director of the department of conservation who with its approval shall appoint assistants and other employees.
2. All the powers, duties and functions of the conservation commission, chapters 252, 254, and others, are transferred by type I transfer to the department of conservation.
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(L. 1973 1st Ex. Sess. S.B. 1 § 3)
Effective 5-02-74
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.010 - Citation of law.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
252.010. Citation of law. —
This law shall be known and may be cited as "The Wildlife and Forestry Law".
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(L. 1945 p. 664 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.020 - Definitions.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
252.020. Definitions. —
As used in sections 252.010 to 252.240, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) The word
"commission"
shall mean and include the conservation commission as established by the Constitution of Missouri; and the words
"rules and regulations"
shall mean those made by said commission pursuant thereto;
(2) The word
"person"
shall mean any individual, male or female, singular or plural, of whatever age, and this term shall include and refer to any owner, grantee, lessee, licensee, permittee, firm, association, copartnership, corporation, municipality or county, as the context may require;
(3) The word
"wildlife"
shall mean and include all wild birds, mammals, fish and other aquatic and amphibious forms, and all other wild animals, regardless of classification, whether resident, migratory or imported, protected or unprotected, dead or alive; and shall extend to and include any and every part of any individual species of wildlife.
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(L. 1945 p. 664 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.030 - Wildlife of Missouri — ownership and title.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
252.030. Wildlife of Missouri — ownership and title. —
The ownership of and title to all wildlife of and within the state, whether resident, migratory or imported, dead or alive, are hereby declared to be in the state of Missouri. Any person who fails to comply with or who violates this law or any such rules and regulations shall not acquire or enforce any title, ownership or possessory right in any such wildlife; and any person who pursues, takes, kills, possesses or disposes of any such wildlife or attempts to do so, shall be deemed to consent that the title of said wildlife shall be and remain in the state of Missouri, for the purpose of control, management, restoration, conservation and regulation thereof.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8883, A.L. 1945 p. 664 § 4)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8224; 1919 § 5581; 1909 § 6508
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.040 - Taking of wildlife — violations, misdemeanor — fur dealers and buyers violating record keeping rules, fine.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1989
252.040. Taking of wildlife — violations, misdemeanor — fur dealers and buyers violating record keeping rules, fine. —
No wildlife shall be pursued, taken, killed, possessed or disposed of except in the manner, to the extent and at the time or times permitted by such rules and regulations; and any pursuit, taking, killing, possession or disposition thereof, except as permitted by such rules and regulations, are hereby prohibited. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor except that any person violating any of the rules and regulations pertaining to record-keeping requirements imposed on licensed fur buyers and fur dealers shall be guilty of an infraction and shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.
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(L. 1945 p. 664 § 26, A.L. 1989 H.B. 293)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Hunting or trapping on land without consent of owner, penalty, 569.140, 569.150
(1953) Shooting of dummy deer made of stuffed deer hide and placed in a field by conservation commission agents at time in which deer hunting was not permitted held not crime under this section. State v. Guffey (A.), 262 S.W.2d 152.
(1954) Person holding fishing license had right to float, wade and fish in public waters of river which was non-navigable stream without being trespasser on lands of owner of the bed of the stream. Elder v. Delcour, 364 Mo. 835, 269 S.W.2d 17.
(2001) Municipal ordinance requiring hunters and trappers to obtain permission from government owners of land and rights-of-way was not prohibited by section; Conservation Commission does not have exclusive authority to regulate location of allowable hunting, fishing, and trapping. Miller v. City of Town & Country, 62 S.W.3d 431 (Mo.App.E.D.).
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.041 - Deer hunting during deer-hunting season with firearms, orange colored clothing required, violation, penalty.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1993
252.041. Deer hunting during deer-hunting season with firearms, orange colored clothing required, violation, penalty. —
Any person hunting deer during a firearms deer-hunting season shall wear a cap or hat, and a shirt, vest or coat with the outermost color of daylight fluorescent orange, blaze orange or hunter orange, which must be plainly visible from all sides while being worn. Any person violating rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section shall be guilty of an infraction.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1669 § 252.041 subsec. 1, A.L. 1993 H.B. 306)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.042 - Additional penalties, when — moneys transferred to state school moneys fund.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 2019
252.042. Additional penalties, when — moneys transferred to state school moneys fund. —
1. In addition to the penalties provided in section 252.040, the court may order a person found guilty of chasing, pursuing, killing, processing, or disposing of wild turkey, paddlefish, antlered white-tailed deer, excluding does, black bear, or elk in violation of methods, seasons, and limits as defined and permitted by commission rules and regulations to make restitution to the state in an amount of:
(1) Not less than five hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars for each wild turkey;
(2) Not less than five hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars for each paddlefish;
(3) Not less than one thousand dollars and not more than five thousand dollars for each antlered white-tailed deer, excluding does; and
(4) Not less than ten thousand dollars and not more than fifteen thousand dollars for each black bear or elk.
2. Moneys collected under this section shall be transferred to the state school moneys fund established under section 166.051 and distributed to the public schools of this state in the manner provided under section 163.031.
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(L. 2019 H.B. 260)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.043 - Hunter inflicting injury by firearm or other weapon on person mistaken as game, penalties — hearing procedure — hunter safety course required.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1999
252.043. Hunter inflicting injury by firearm or other weapon on person mistaken as game, penalties — hearing procedure — hunter safety course required. —
The commission may suspend, revoke or deny a hunting permit or privilege for a maximum of five years when a person, while hunting, inflicts injury by firearm or other weapon to another person who is mistaken for game. No suspension, revocation or denial shall occur until an opportunity has been afforded for a hearing before the commission. Any person who is determined by the commission to have inflicted injury by firearm or other weapon shall be required to successfully complete a department-approved hunter safety course before his or her hunting permit or privilege shall be restored. The commission's proceeding shall be a contested case pursuant to chapter 536 and any person aggrieved by a final decision shall be entitled to judicial review as provided in chapter 536.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1669 § 252.041 subsec. 2, A.L. 1998 S.B. 596, A.L. 1999 S.B. 328, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.045 - Motor vehicles, speed limit — areas designated for use of recreation activities and equipment — solid waste not to be discarded or brought on to land or water — entry by utilities permitted, when.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
252.045. Motor vehicles, speed limit — areas designated for use of recreation activities and equipment — solid waste not to be discarded or brought on to land or water — entry by utilities permitted, when. —
1. No motor vehicle shall be operated within the boundary of any land owned, leased or managed by the Missouri conservation commission except upon roads, thoroughfares or areas specifically designated for travel by the commission. Except as otherwise specifically posted by the commission, or established by other governmental authority, the speed limit within any land owned, leased or managed by the Missouri conservation commission shall be forty-five miles per hour.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, swimming, camping, shooting, fires, fireworks, use of firearms, digging, cutting or removal of vegetation, tree stands, horses, pets, cave exploring, entry on areas closed to public use, bicycling, the operation and parking of all land and water conveyances, trailers, and aircraft are permitted only where, when, and in the manner specifically authorized by the commission on all wildlife refuges, wildlife management areas, state forests, natural areas, lakes, fishing accesses and all land and waters owned, leased or managed by the commission. Upon providing reasonable prior notification to the commission, a public utility, rural electric cooperative or railroad may cut or remove vegetation from, and construct and maintain utility services on, easement areas granted by the commission and other areas covered pursuant to the terms of existing agreements. Reasonable prior notification shall take into account weather conditions and work schedules, and shall not be required for the restoration of essential utility services.
3. No person shall discard solid waste, garbage, refuse or other materials on any lands or waters described in this section. No person shall discard solid waste, garbage, refuse or other materials in a solid waste receptacle located on lands described in this section if the discarded materials were generated outside the boundaries of such lands.
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(L. 1979 S.B. 163, A.L. 1993 H.B. 306, A.L. 1996 S.B. 661)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.050 - Payment of fees — treasurer's report.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
252.050. Payment of fees — treasurer's report. —
All moneys payable under the provisions of sections 252.010 to 252.240 shall be promptly transmitted to the division of taxation and collection in the department of revenue, which shall deposit the same in the state treasury to the credit of the conservation commission. The state treasurer shall report on the first day of each month to the commission the exact amount of money in the commission's funds.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8963, A.L. 1945 p. 664 § 11)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8307; 1919 § 5657; 1909 § 6588
(1962) Fees for the sale of licenses issued by the state conservation commission by a county clerk held to be received in his individual capacity and therefore was not in violation of the constitutional provision which requires officers in counties of one hundred thousand to be compensated only by salaries. Walsh v. County of St. Louis (Mo.), 353 S.W.2d 779.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.060 - License may be inspected — penalty for refusal.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
252.060. License may be inspected — penalty for refusal. —
It is hereby declared to be the duty of every person holding a license or permit issued pursuant to any such rules and regulations to submit the same for inspection by any agent of the commission, or by any sheriff, marshal or constable or any deputy thereof. Any person holding such license or permit and refusing to submit the same when a proper demand is made therefor shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8917, A.L. 1945 p. 664 § 15)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8257; 1919 § 5606; 1909 § 6580
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.068 - Arrest powers of certain conservation department employees.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1996
252.068. Arrest powers of certain conservation department employees. —
When there is reasonable grounds to believe that a person has committed or is in the process of committing a violation of the laws or rules and regulations pertaining to wildlife and forestry resources of the state, any commission or department employee who has been trained and certified as an investigative assistant by the director may:
(1) Detain the person in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time for the purpose of investigating and reporting such a violation to law enforcement officers; and
(2) Contact law enforcement officers and assist with criminal proceedings against such person.
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(L. 1996 S.B. 661)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.069 - Littering and abandonment of a motor vehicle, agents authorized to enforce and arrest violators.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 2017
252.069. Littering and abandonment of a motor vehicle, agents authorized to enforce and arrest violators. —
Any agent of the conservation commission may enforce the provisions of sections 577.070 and 577.080 and arrest violators only upon the water, the banks thereof, or upon public land.
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(L. 2017 S.B. 34)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.070 - Enforcement of law.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
252.070. Enforcement of law. —
It shall be the duty of all sheriffs, marshals, constables and their deputies and of all other peace officers and of all prosecuting attorneys and their assistants, within their respective counties, and the city of St. Louis, to aid diligently in enforcing the provisions of the law and all such rules and regulations.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8928, A.L. 1945 p. 664 § 7)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8268; 1919 § 5617; 1909 § 6545
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.080 - Arrest by commission agents for violations of conservation rules, powers.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
252.080. Arrest by commission agents for violations of conservation rules, powers. —
Every authorized agent of the commission shall have the same power to serve criminal process as sheriffs and marshals, only in such cases as are violations of this law and rules and regulations of the commission, and have the same right as sheriffs and marshals to require aid in the execution of such process. 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 law or any such rules and regulations, and take such person forthwith before a 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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(RSMo 1939 § 8870, A.L. 1945 p. 664 § 6)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8210; 1919 § 5569; 1909 § 6565
(1974) Held this section does not authorize warrantless arrest of passenger in car by conservation agent when driver allegedly made assault with vehicle on another agent. Helming v. Adams (A.), 509 S.W.2d 159.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.090 - Right of inspection by commission agents — penalty.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
252.090. Right of inspection by commission agents — penalty. —
1. It is hereby made the duty of every warehouse, merchant, or common carrier, or agent, servant or employee thereof, to permit any agent of the commission to examine any package in the possession of said warehouse or common carrier, or agent, servant or employee thereof, which the said commission agent shall suspect or have reason to believe contains any wildlife not lawfully transported or had in possession, or when any such agent of the commission shall suspect or have reason to believe that the said package is falsely labeled.
2. Any person who shall refuse any such commission agent or any officer charged with the enforcement of this law and such rules and regulations permission to examine or open any such package or shall impede such action by any such commission agent or officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred and fifty dollars. Neither the commission nor any such agent or officer shall be liable for damages on account of any search, examination or seizure made in accordance with the provisions of sections 252.010 to 252.240.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8953, A.L. 1945 p. 654 § 24)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8297; 1919 § 5647; 1909 § 6564
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.100 - Complaints — search warrants — penalty for resisting.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
252.100. Complaints — search warrants — penalty for resisting. —
1. Any authorized agent of the commission, sheriff, marshal or their deputies, may make complaint and cause proceedings to be commenced against any person for the violation of this law or of any such rules and regulation and such officer shall not be obligated to furnish security for costs.
2. He may search, without warrant, any creel, container, gamebag, hunting coat, or boat in which he has reason to believe wildlife is unlawfully possessed or concealed; and at any and all times may seize any wildlife in the possession or control of any person violating or who there is good reason to believe has violated this law or any of the rules or regulations of the commission; provided, however, that he shall first obtain a search warrant to enter and search an occupied dwelling and outbuildings immediately adjacent thereto, cold storage locker plant, motor vehicle, or sealed freight or express car for such purposes and then only in the daytime, and in the search of a cold storage locker plant every precaution shall be exercised to prevent contamination of foods stored therein. Any circuit judge, or associate circuit judge having jurisdiction, shall issue to such agent, sheriff, or marshal, a search warrant upon his complaint being made on oath in writing that the affiant has reasonable and probable cause to believe that wildlife is possessed or concealed in such occupied dwellings and outbuildings immediately adjacent thereto, cold storage locker plant, motor vehicle, or sealed freight or express car contrary to this law or to any such rules and regulations.
3. Any person who shall resist such search or interfere with such agent or officer in the execution of a search warrant shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(L. 1945 p. 664 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.110 - Service of warrant on corporation.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
252.110. Service of warrant on corporation. —
In case of a violation of this law or of any of the rules and regulations of the conservation commission by a corporation, a warrant of arrest may be read to the president, secretary or manager in this state or any general or local agent thereof in the county where the action is pending; and upon return of such warrant so served the corporation shall be deemed in court and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, and any fine imposed may be collected by execution against the property of such corporation; but this section shall not be construed to exempt any agent or employee of such corporation from prosecution.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8946, A.L. 1945 p. 664 § 8)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8290; 1919 § 5640; 1909 § 6529
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.120 - Limitation of prosecution.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
252.120. Limitation of prosecution. —
Prosecutions for violations of this law and for violations of any such laws, rules and regulations shall be commenced within one year from the date of any such violation, either by indictment, complaint or information.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8949, A.L. 1945 p. 664 § 25)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8293; 1919 § 5643; 1909 § 6533
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.130 - Failure to pay fine and costs — procedure.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
252.130. Failure to pay fine and costs — procedure. —
Whenever upon conviction the person convicted fails to pay the fine and costs imposed upon him, he shall be committed to the jail of the county or of the city of St. Louis or to some workhouse and shall there be kept confined one day for each two dollars of the fine, and not more than twenty days for costs adjudged against him, unless otherwise paroled by the judge of the circuit or criminal courts of the state as otherwise provided by law in criminal cases.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8947, A.L. 1945 p. 664 § 9)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8291; 1919 § 5641; 1909 § 6530
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 252 - Department of Conservation › Section 252.140 - Commission notified of results of prosecution.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 252
• Effective - 28 Aug 1945
252.140. Commission notified of results of prosecution. —
It shall be the duty of every associate circuit judge or clerk of the court before whom any prosecution under sections 252.010 to 252.240 is commenced, or shall go on appeal and within twenty days after the trial or dismissal thereof, to report in writing the result thereof and the amount of fine collected, if any, to the commission.
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(RSMo 1939 § 8961, A.L. 1945 p. 664 § 10)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 8305; 1919 § 5655; 1909 § 6586