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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.200 - Duties and powers of commission.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
*256.200. Duties and powers of commission. —
The clean water commission shall develop a plan for a gradual, long-range, comprehensive statewide program for the conservation, development, management and use of the water resources of the state, and to this end:
(1) Shall collect data, make surveys, investigations and recommendations concerning the water resources of the state as related to its social and economic needs;
(2) Shall act as a clearing house and coordinator for the collection of water resources data and for the use of water resources data collected by various other governmental agencies and organizations;
(3) May accept gifts, contributions, donations and grants, and use the same for any purpose within the scope of section 256.250;
(4) May enter upon any lands or waters in the state for the purpose of making any investigation, examination, or survey contemplated by this section, and such authority extends to its agents; and
(5) May cooperate with the United States or any agency thereof or with any other state or agency thereof for any purposes within the scope of this section.
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(L. 1961 p. 246 § 6, A.L. 1969 S.B. 18)
*All powers, duties and functions of the water resources board were transferred to the clean water commission, by type I transfer, by the Reorganization Act of 1974.
CROSS REFERENCE:
Other powers and duties of clean water commission, 644.026
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.230 - Bonds of members and employees.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
256.230. Bonds of members and employees. —
The clean water commission may provide for the execution of surety bonds for all members and employees who are entrusted with funds and property, and the premiums on all the surety bonds shall be paid from the funds appropriated to the commission.
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(L. 1961 p. 246 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.250 - Public agencies to cooperate with commission.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
256.250. Public agencies to cooperate with commission. —
Upon request of the clean water commission, any department, division, board, bureau, commission, public body or agency of the state, or of any political subdivision thereof shall supply such assistance and data as will enable the commission to carry out properly its activities and effectuate its purposes hereunder.
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(L. 1961 p. 246 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.260 - Reports of commission.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
256.260. Reports of commission. —
The clean water commission shall:
(1) Within sixty days after the end of the fiscal year in even-numbered years, make a report to the governor and to the general assembly of its activities for the preceding biennial period; and
(2) Report to the governor at any time required, the results accomplished since its last report, pending plans and the status of any work or plans in progress.
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(L. 1961 p. 246 § 9)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.280 - Definition.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
256.280. Definition. —
As used in sections 256.280 to 256.350, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the word
"fund"
means the Missouri water development fund.
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(L. 1965 p. 389 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.290 - Water development fund created, purposes — funds not to revert.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
256.290. Water development fund created, purposes — funds not to revert. —
The general assembly of Missouri may transfer money from the general revenue fund to the "Missouri Water Development Fund", which is hereby created, and may appropriate money from the fund for the purposes of purchasing municipal and industrial water supply storage in public works projects as permitted by the Water Supply Act of 1958, P.L. 85-500, 85th Congress, as amended by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act amendments of 1961, P.L. 87-88, 87th Congress and by P.L. 534, 78th Congress (58 statutes at large, C 665) or under other applicable federal legislation, or to purchase municipal and industrial water supply storage in works constructed with federal assistance under authority of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, P.L. 566, 83rd Congress, as amended by P.L. 1018, 84th Congress, or under other applicable federal legislation. The fund shall be a continuing fund and as such shall be exempt from the provisions of section 33.080.
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(L. 1965 p. 389 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.300 - Commission may contract with federal agencies.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
256.300. Commission may contract with federal agencies. —
The clean water commission is authorized to make reasonable assurance that demands for use will be made within a period of time to permit payment of costs allocated to water supply within the life of the project, and upon receipt of specific appropriations from the fund may enter into contract with the appropriate federal departments for purposes of discharging nonfederal responsibilities relating to municipal and industrial water supply storage as permitted by applicable federal legislation on water resource projects and, in so doing, shall consider the projected water needs of the area that can be served by the project and shall also consider the ability of future users to reimburse any investment of funds that may be made by this state.
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(L. 1965 p. 389 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.310 - Duties of commission.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
256.310. Duties of commission. —
The clean water commission:
(1) Shall be responsible for proper distribution and allocation of water stored in the ownership of the state under provisions of sections 256.280 to 256.350;
(2) May sell, assign or sublet water or water from storage, or with the approval of the general assembly may sell, assign or sublet water or storage, specified for municipal and industrial water supply to special-benefit users at costs designed to return the investment to state funds;
(3) Shall approve a reasonable method of delivery and measurement of water sold from storage;
(4) Shall deposit in the treasury to the credit of the fund money collected from sale of water from storage or for sale of storage.
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(L. 1965 p. 389 § 6 subsec. 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.320 - Basis of payment — debt to be lien on property, how collected.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
256.320. Basis of payment — debt to be lien on property, how collected. —
1. Payment for delivery of stored water shall be on a current basis or on some other basis as might be agreed to, but at least on an annual basis.
2. Any debt incurred by a purchaser of stored water shall become a lien on all property owned by the purchaser and shall be collected by the state in the same manner as provided for the collection of delinquent taxes, except in the case of a political subdivision the state may sue for recovery of money due.
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(L. 1965 p. 389 § 6 subsecs. 2, 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.330 - Commission to report to legislature, contents.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
256.330. Commission to report to legislature, contents. —
In order to serve the legislature with full information, the clean water commission shall report those segments of long-range planning which are applicable to management of the fund to each legislative session. The reports shall include economic justification for any recommendations involving contribution to or withdrawal from the fund, and shall also demonstrate benefits accruing to the state as a whole.
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(L. 1965 p. 389 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.340 - Legislature may appropriate from fund, purposes.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
256.340. Legislature may appropriate from fund, purposes. —
Based on reports required in section 256.330, the legislature may appropriate money from the fund to the clean water commission for specified participation in future municipal and industrial water supply storage costs incurred by project construction, including cost sharing of the project investment cost, annual operation, maintenance and replacement costs, and payment of interest on the unpaid balance.
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(L. 1965 p. 389 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.350 - Law not to affect existing contracts.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
256.350. Law not to affect existing contracts. —
Nothing in sections 256.280 to 256.350 shall be construed as preventing consummation of a contract between a municipality, water district, county, or political subdivision of this state, and a federal department for water storage.
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(L. 1965 p. 389 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.360 - Commission to protect public interest in federal reservoirs.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
256.360. Commission to protect public interest in federal reservoirs. —
The clean water commission is authorized to act in behalf of the state, as required by the federal government, to protect those public interests associated with federal reservoirs involving water use and water management authority not otherwise delegated to state of Missouri agencies by statute or constitution, and the commission, after public hearing and approval of the governor, may take such legal action as is necessary to protect those interests, except that, such action shall be limited only to requirements of congressional documents authorizing federal reservoir projects.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 245 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.400 - Definitions.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 2012
256.400. Definitions. —
As used in sections 71.287 and 256.400 to 256.433, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Department"
, the department of natural resources;
(2)
"Director"
, the director of the department of natural resources;
(3)
"Division"
, the division of geology and land survey of the department of natural resources;
(4)
"Major water user"
, any person, firm, corporation or the state of Missouri, its agencies or corporations and any other political subdivision of this state, their agencies or corporations, with a water source and equipment necessary to withdraw or divert one hundred thousand gallons or more per day from any stream, river, lake, well, spring or other water source;
(5)
"State geologist"
, the director of the division of geology and land survey of the department of natural resources;
(6)
"Water source"
, any stream, river, lake, well, spring or other water source.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 271 § 1, A.L. 2012 H.B. 1179 )
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.405 - Purpose to develop information for future water resource management — water usage law applicable to — exemptions.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
256.405. Purpose to develop information for future water resource management — water usage law applicable to — exemptions. —
The purpose of sections 71.287 and 256.400 to 256.430 is to insure the development of information required for the analysis of certain future water resource management needs. It is intended to provide an important part of the information required in the technical assessment of current and future requirements for the regulation of water use or consumption, or both, on a regional or statewide basis, as may be required. The provisions of sections 71.287 and 256.400 to 256.430 shall not apply to dredging operations or water withdrawn or diverted from farm or other ponds or impoundments of water which collect and hold surface water and which are located upon property owned or leased by the withdrawer or diverter so long as the common law rights of downstream owners are not abridged, but the provisions of sections 71.287 and 256.400 to 256.430 shall apply to water withdrawn or diverted from wells or springs located on property owned by the withdrawer or diverter.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 271 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.410 - Major water users withdrawing or diverting water required to file registration with division, content.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
256.410. Major water users withdrawing or diverting water required to file registration with division, content. —
1. No major water user shall withdraw or divert water from any water source without filing an official registration document with the division. The registration document shall set forth:
(1) The name and mailing address of the applicant;
(2) The name, if any, and location of the water source;
(3) The type of water source (such as well, lake or stream);
(4) The point in the water source from which it is proposed to withdraw or divert the water;
(5) The name, location, and acreage of the lands or other application to which such water is to be diverted;
(6) The location and description of the water well, canal, tunnel or pipes and other works or equipment through which the water is to be withdrawn or diverted;
(7) The amount in gallons of water withdrawn or diverted on an average day of operation, and the number of days and the months during the preceding year, when water was diverted;
(8) The total amount in gallons withdrawn or diverted during the preceding year, and the periods of time when such diversion is scheduled during the current year.
­­The foregoing requirements of this subsection shall not apply to water being pumped from mines and quarries and such water user shall only be required to set forth the quantity pumped from the mine and quarry at each point where it is pumped to the point to discharge and only the name of the stream into which any of the discharge is permitted to flow.
2. Withdrawal or diversion of water by major users may continue during the first calendar year after September 28, 1983, or after the initial date of their operation, at which time a registration document must be filed. The filing period shall extend from January first through March thirty-first. Withdrawal or diversion may continue during the filing period. Location data shall be given in terms of section, township and range.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 271 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.415 - Nuisance, unregistered diversion of water by major water user — injunction — injunction dissolved, when.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
256.415. Nuisance, unregistered diversion of water by major water user — injunction — injunction dissolved, when. —
Any unregistered diversion of water by a major water user is hereby declared to be a nuisance and the director may request the attorney general to file an action in the name of the state for an injunction to stop all water withdrawal or diversion from a water source; provided, however, that any person withdrawing or diverting from a water source may continue to withdraw or divert from that water source while such action is pending. The issuing court shall dissolve the injunction issued under this section when the person files a current registration with the division.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 271 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.420 - Inspection by state geologist — court order if permission refused.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
256.420. Inspection by state geologist — court order if permission refused. —
The state geologist or his authorized agent may enter upon the property of any major water user with permission. If permission is not granted, the department may request a court order for the purpose of inspecting any water source or diversion project to determine water levels, quantity of water withdrawn or diverted and consumed.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 271 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.425 - Division to compile information to determine water needs and usage of state — staff limitation.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
256.425. Division to compile information to determine water needs and usage of state — staff limitation. —
The division shall compile all information contained in the registration document and shall analyze such information on a periodic basis to assist in the determination of the water usage and water needs of this state. Not more than three persons shall be employed to carry out the provisions of sections 71.287 and 256.400 to 256.430.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 271 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.430 - Department may accept gifts, grants — law not to be construed to limit common law water rights.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
256.430. Department may accept gifts, grants — law not to be construed to limit common law water rights. —
1. The department may accept gifts, contributions, donations and grants, and use the same for any purpose within the scope of sections 71.287 and 256.400 to 256.430; provided, however, that any federal or state revenue moneys which are provided for the carrying out of sections 71.287 and 256.400 to 256.430 must be appropriated to the department by the general assembly of the state of Missouri in accordance with law.
2. Nothing in sections 71.287 and 256.400 to 256.430 shall be construed to limit the common law water rights of any person.
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(L. 1983 H.B. 271 §§ 7, 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.433 - Southeast Missouri regional water district, limitation on withdrawal or diversion by major water users.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 2012
256.433. Southeast Missouri regional water district, limitation on withdrawal or diversion by major water users. —
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no major water user shall convey water withdrawn or diverted from within the southeast Missouri regional water district created under section 256.643 when such withdrawal or diversion and subsequent conveyance to a location outside such district unduly interferes with the reasonable and customary activities of a major water user registered under section 256.410 located within such district. If such conveyance occurs, the attorney general or the party or parties affected may file an action for an injunction, however, in no case shall an injunction be issued if the injunction would be detrimental to public health or safety.
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(L. 2012 H.B. 1179)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.435 - Citation of law.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
256.435. Citation of law. —
Sections 256.435 to 256.445 shall be known and may be cited as the "Multipurpose Water Resource Act".
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(L. 1992 S.B. 661 & 620 § 15)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.437 - Definitions.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
*256.437. Definitions. —
As used in sections 256.435 to 256.445, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Director"
, the director of the department of natural resources;
(2)
"Flood control storage"
, storage space in reservoirs to hold flood waters;
(3)
"Plan"
, a preliminary engineering report describing the water resource project;
(4)
"Public water supply"
, a water supply for agricultural, municipal, industrial or domestic use;
(5)
"Sponsor"
, any political subdivision of the state or any public wholesale water supply district;
(6)
"Water resource project"
, a project containing planning, design, construction, or renovation of:
(a) Public water supply;
(b) Flood control storage; or
(c) Treatment or transmission facilities for public water supply.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 661 & 620 § 16, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1713 merged with H.B. 1717)
Effective 8-28-16 (H.B. 1717); *10-14-16 (H.B. 1713), see § 21.250
*H.B. 1713 was vetoed June 28, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.440 - Multipurpose water resource program established, department to administer — state may participate in water resource project, when.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
*256.440. Multipurpose water resource program established, department to administer — state may participate in water resource project, when. —
In order to ensure adequate, long-term, reliable public water supply, treatment, and transmission facilities, there is hereby established a "Multipurpose Water Resource Program". The program shall be administered by the department of natural resources. The state may participate with a sponsor in the development, construction or renovation of a water resource project if the sponsor has a plan which has been submitted to and approved by the director. Prior to approval, such plan shall include a schedule, proposed by the sponsor, to remit contributions back to the fund created under section 256.438. Any money received by the department of natural resources as a result of its participation with any such sponsor shall be deposited in the multipurpose water resource program fund created under section 256.438.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 661 & 620 § 18, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1713 merged with H.B. 1717)
Effective 8-28-16 (H.B. 1717); *10-14-16 (H.B. 1713), see § 21.250
*H.B. 1713 was vetoed June 28, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.443 - Plan, content — approval of plan by director — eligibility of projects to receive contributions, grants or bequests for construction or renovation costs, limitation.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016, 2 histories
*256.443. Plan, content — approval of plan by director — eligibility of projects to receive contributions, grants or bequests for construction or renovation costs, limitation. —
1. The plan shall include a description of the project, the need for the project, land use and treatment measures to be implemented to protect the project from erosion, siltation and pollution, procedures for water allocation, criteria to be implemented in the event of drought or emergency, and such other information as the director may require to adequately protect the water resource.
2. The director shall only approve a plan upon a determination that long-term reliable public water supply, treatment, or transmission facility is needed in that area of the state, and that such plan will provide a long-term solution to water supply needs. Implementation of approved plans will be eligible for cost-sharing expenses as approved by the state soil and water districts commission incurred for required land treatment practices to implement soil conservation plans.
3. Approved water resource plans and projects shall be eligible to receive any gifts, contributions, grants or bequests from federal, state, private or other sources for engineering, construction or renovation costs associated with such projects, except that no proceeds from the sales and use tax levied pursuant to Sections 47(a) to 47(c) of Article IV of the State Constitution shall be used for such purposes.
4. Approved water resource projects may be granted funds from, and remit contributions to, the multipurpose water resource program fund pursuant to section 256.438.
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(L. 1992 S.B. 661 & 620 § 19, A.L. 2016 H.B. 1713 merged with H.B. 1717)
Effective 8-28-16 (H.B. 1717); *10-14-16 (H.B. 1713), see § 21.250
*H.B. 1713 was vetoed June 28, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.447 - Rulemaking authority.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 2016
*256.447. Rulemaking authority. —
The department of natural resources may adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of sections 256.437 to 256.445. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2016, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2016 H.B. 1713 merged with H.B. 1717)
Effective 8-28-16 (H.B. 1717); *10-14-16 (H.B. 1713), see § 21.250
*H.B. 1713 was vetoed June 28, 2016. The veto was overridden on September 14, 2016.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.450 - Citation of law.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
256.450. Citation of law. —
Sections 256.450 to 256.483 shall be known as the "Geologist Registration Act".
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(L. 1994 S.B. 649)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.456 - Geology work to be performed under supervision of registered geologist, when — reports, supervised by registered geologist — prohibited designations, when — penalty.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
256.456. Geology work to be performed under supervision of registered geologist, when — reports, supervised by registered geologist — prohibited designations, when — penalty. —
1. Except as provided in section 256.471, no person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the practice of geology affecting public health, safety and welfare unless the work is performed by or under the supervision of a registered geologist. All work so performed shall be signed and sealed by the registered geologist in responsible charge.
2. No person shall prepare any geologic report or geologic portion of a report required by or supporting compliance with municipal, county, state, or federal laws, orders, ordinances or regulations which incorporates or is based on a geologic study or on geologic data unless the geologic report or geologic portion of the report is prepared by or under the supervision of a registered geologist as evidenced by the registered geologist's signature and seal.
3. No person who is not registered by the board to perform geologic work in Missouri may use the designation of "registered geologist".
4. No person who is not recognized by the board as geologist-registrant in-training may use the designation of "geologist-registrant in-training".
5. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 649)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.465 - Fund, established — fees to be set by board, limit.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
256.465. Fund, established — fees to be set by board, limit. —
1. There is hereby created in the state treasury "The Board of Geologist Registration Fund".
2. The board shall establish, by rule, fees to be charged for applications, examinations, certification and certification renewal. The fees shall be set at an amount which shall not be more than that required to administer sections 256.450 to 256.483. The provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding, money in this fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue until the amount in the fund at the end of the biennium exceeds two times the amount of the appropriation from the board's funds for the preceding fiscal year or, if the board requires by rule permit renewal less frequently than yearly, then three times the appropriation from the board's funds for the preceding fiscal year. The amount, if any, in the fund which shall lapse is that amount in the fund which exceeds the appropriate multiple of the appropriations from the board's funds for the preceding fiscal year.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 649, A.L. 2007 H.B. 780)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.471 - Exempt activities.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1997
256.471. Exempt activities. —
1. Activities which are not regulated by sections 256.450 to 256.483 include work by employees or subordinates of a registered geologist, provided that such work does not include responsible charge of work, and such work is performed under the direct supervision of a registered geologist who shall be responsible for such work.
2. The practice of geology affecting public health, safety, and welfare by officers and employees of the United States, solely as such officers and employees, shall not be regulated by sections 256.450 to 256.483.
3. Work of engineering and other licensed professions including the acquisition of engineering data involving soil, rock, groundwater, and other earth materials and the use of these data for engineering analysis, design, and construction by professional engineers appropriately registered or licensed in Missouri is exempted from the provisions of sections 256.450 to 256.483.
4. Work customarily performed by professionals such as chemists, archaeologists, geographers, speleologists, pedologists, and soil scientists is exempt from the provisions of sections 256.450 to 256.483.
5. The practice of geology not affecting public health, safety, and welfare within Missouri as determined by the board is exempt from the provisions of sections 256.450 to 256.483.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 649, A.L. 1997 S.B. 320)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.474 - Failure to abide by requirements, board may reprimand.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
256.474. Failure to abide by requirements, board may reprimand. —
A registered person, firm or corporation practicing geology may be reprimanded by the board for failure to abide by the requirements of sections 256.450 to 256.483. The board may impose limitations, conditions or restrictions upon the practice of a geologist-registrant in-training or a registered geologist who is reprimanded under this section.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 649)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.477 - Prohibited activities, penalties — board to revoke certificate, when.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 2020, 2 histories
256.477. Prohibited activities, penalties — board to revoke certificate, when. —
1. No person shall employ fraud or deceit in obtaining the certificate of registration. A violation of this subsection shall be a class B misdemeanor.
2. Any person found to have performed geologic work regulated under sections 256.450 to 256.483 in a negligent manner shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
3. Any person who uses the seal of a registered geologist, other than the person to whom the seal was issued, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
4. The board shall revoke the certification of registration for any person who has been finally adjudicated and found guilty, or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, in a criminal prosecution under the laws of any state, of the United States, or of any country, for any offense directly related to the duties and responsibilities of the occupation, as set forth in section 324.012, regardless of whether or not sentence is imposed.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 649, A.L. 2020 H.B. 2046)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.483 - Alteration of document prohibited, when, penalty — false evidence or testimony, penalty — action under expired certificate of registration, penalty.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
256.483. Alteration of document prohibited, when, penalty — false evidence or testimony, penalty — action under expired certificate of registration, penalty. —
1. Any person, firm or corporation who alters or revises any document, map, or work signed or sealed by a registered geologist, unless such alteration or revision is countersigned and countersealed by a registered geologist, or changes or alters the name or seal of another registered geologist, on any document, map or work; or otherwise impersonates another registered geologist, or presents or attempts to use as his or her own or on his or her own work the certificate of registration or seal of another registered geologist shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
2. Any person who gives false or forged evidence of any kind to the board or to any member thereof in testimony or in written communication, including, but not limited to, evidence provided to falsely obtain a certificate of registration shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
3. Any person who uses a seal or signs any document under a certificate of registration which has expired or has been suspended or revoked shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 649)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.600 - Title of law.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1985
256.600. Title of law. —
Sections 256.600 to 256.640 shall be known and may be cited as "The Water Well Drillers' Act".
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(L. 1985 S.B. 281 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.605 - Well installation board established — membership — terms — qualifications.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
256.605. Well installation board established — membership — terms — qualifications. —
1. The "Well Installation Board" is hereby established which shall be composed of nine members. Appointment to the board shall be made without regard to race, creed, sex, religion, or national origin of the appointees. Each member shall be a resident of the state and be conversant in well drilling, completion, and plugging methods and techniques.
2. Four members of the board shall hold valid permits under sections 256.600 to 256.640. Two of these shall hold permits as well installation contractors, one shall hold a permit as a heat pump installation contractor and as a well installation contractor and one shall hold a permit as a monitoring well installation contractor and as a well installation contractor. Four shall be public members, one of these shall be a public water supply district user and one shall be a private well user. The director of the department or his designee shall serve as a member of the board. Board members shall serve four-year terms except that two of the first appointed public members and two of the first appointed members holding valid permits shall be appointed to two-year terms. Members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and each shall serve until his successor is duly appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term. Any member who fails to attend at least seventy-five percent of the regular board meetings in any one year, at the discretion of the board, shall be deemed to have resigned. Members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties while in attendance at board meetings out of appropriations made for that purpose.
3. A member shall not be employed by or own an interest in a company, firm, or business association which employs another member of the board or in which another member owns an interest, if the company, firm, or business association is engaged in any phase of the well drilling, pump installation, heat pump or monitoring well business.
4. Except for industry members, no member shall receive, or shall have received during the previous two years, income derived directly or indirectly from any permittee or applicant under sections 256.600 to 256.640.
5. The board shall meet on a quarterly basis, and special meetings may be called when deemed necessary by the division. A majority of the board is a quorum for conducting business. The board shall elect a chairman by a majority vote at the first meeting each year.
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(L. 1991 S.B. 221)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.606 - Rules and regulations — applicants' qualifications.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
256.606. Rules and regulations — applicants' qualifications. —
1. The board shall adopt and amend rules and regulations pursuant to chapter 536 which may be reasonably necessary to govern the regulation of the well, the heat pump, monitoring well, and pump installation industry in the state of Missouri.
2. The division with the approval of the board shall prepare examinations and pass upon qualifications of the applicants for permits. The division with the approval of the board may recognize, prepare, or carry out continuing education programs for permittees.
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(L. 1991 S.B. 221)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.607 - Well installation contractor, permit — heat pump installation contractor, permit.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
256.607. Well installation contractor, permit — heat pump installation contractor, permit. —
1. No person may engage in business in this state as a well installation contractor unless he has obtained from the division a permit to conduct such business or businesses.
2. Nothing in sections 256.600 to 256.640 shall prevent a person who has not obtained a permit pursuant to sections 256.600 to 256.640 from constructing a well on his own or leased property intended for use only in a single-family house which is his permanent residence, or intended for use only for farming purposes on his farm, and where the waters to be produced are not intended for use by the public or in any residence other than his own. Such person shall comply with all rules and regulations as to construction of wells adopted under sections 256.600 to 256.640.
3. Any well installation contractor or pump installation contractor acting as the primary contractor in the construction, alteration, major repair or abandonment of any well shall be required to obtain a permit from the division and comply with all rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to sections 256.600 to 256.640.
4. Any heat pump installation contractor or monitoring well installation contractor shall obtain a permit from the division and comply with all rules and regulations pursuant to sections 256.600 to 256.640.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 281 § 3, A.L. 1991 S.B. 221)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.611 - Application, qualifications.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
256.611. Application, qualifications. —
The division shall issue a permit as a well installation contractor, heat pump installation contractor, monitoring well contractor or pump installation contractor to any person properly making application therefor, who is not less than eighteen years of age, has a knowledge of rules and regulations adopted under sections 256.600 to 256.640, and has passed the appropriate examination and has supplied proof of adequate experience as specified by rule and regulation.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 281 § 4, A.L. 1991 S.B. 221)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.613 - Written examinations.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
256.613. Written examinations. —
Written examinations shall be designed to test the applicants' knowledge of the principles of well drilling and plugging, the methods of installation of pumping equipment and the rules and regulations promulgated under sections 256.600 to 256.640.
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(L. 1991 S.B. 221)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.614 - Notice to division, when — forms — registration and certification, fee — encountering gas or oil.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
256.614. Notice to division, when — forms — registration and certification, fee — encountering gas or oil. —
1. The division shall be notified, on certification or registration forms to be provided by the division, of the activities specified in this section within sixty days:
(1) Certification forms shall be used to report:
(a) New well construction;
(b) New pump installations;
(c) Drilling of monitoring wells;
(d) Drilling of heat pump wells;
(2) Registration forms shall be used to report:
(a) Plugging of wells;
(b) Raising of casing;
(c) Lining of wells;
(d) Deepening of wells;
(e) Major repairs and alteration to wells;
(f) Jetted well construction;
(3) The certification form shall be accompanied by the certification fee and the registration form shall be accompanied by the registration fee, however, on new well construction and new pump installation, only one fee shall be required.
2. Any well driller who encounters oil or gas during drilling operations or a well owner who converts a well from a water well to an oil or gas well shall notify the division and file for a permit from the Missouri oil and gas council, and the well shall be completed in accordance with the regulations of the council.
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(L. 1985 S.B. 281 § 5, A.L. 1991 S.B. 221)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 256 - Geology, Water Resources and Geodetic Survey › Section 256.615 - Abandoned wells, plugging required — test holes, plugging — confidentiality of information — penalty.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 256
• Effective - 28 Aug 1991
256.615. Abandoned wells, plugging required — test holes, plugging — confidentiality of information — penalty. —
1. Wells abandoned by the landowner after August 28, 1991, shall be plugged or caused to be plugged by the landowner according to the regulations developed pursuant to sections 256.600 to 256.640. If the department makes a finding that certain unusual conditions exist at a well, the department may require that the same be plugged by a permitted well driller.
2. Any test hole which is drilled for underground exploration shall be plugged in accordance with rules and regulations developed pursuant to sections 256.600 to 256.640.
3. Any information obtained by the department which identifies a test hole or a monitoring well which was drilled in the exploration for minerals shall remain confidential and shall not be released by the division for a period of ten years following the receipt of the information which initially identified the test hole or monitoring well. The person submitting the report or the person for whom the well was drilled may request that such information remain confidential for an additional five years and the division shall grant such request. Any employee of the division who discloses confidential information shall be subject to disciplinary action by the division and is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
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(L. 1991 S.B. 221)