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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.150 - Disestablishment of soil and water districts — referendum — procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
278.150. Disestablishment of soil and water districts — referendum — procedure. —
1. The state soil and water districts commission upon receiving at any time a petition for the disestablishment of any soil and water district, said petition being signed by not less than twenty-five land representatives in each township within the area covered by the petition, shall presently call for and conduct within that district a referendum upon the disestablishment of that district; and if a majority of the land representatives voting in this referendum do vote in favor of the disestablishment, the soil and water commission shall declare that district to be disestablished, and the soil and water supervisors of that district may not thereafter enter into any contracts or agreements on behalf of that district.
2. The state soil and water districts commission upon declaring the disestablishment of any soil and water district shall take charge of all property belonging to such soil and water district, and, if practicable, may complete any contract or agreement entered into but left unfinished by the soil and water supervisors of that district. The property shall be sold or transferred to other soil and water districts, by the soil and water commission, and the proceeds from such sale shall be expended by the soil and water commission; provided, however, that such expenditure shall promote soil and water conservation in a soil and water district or in soil and water districts; and provided further, that any property purchased with county funds for the use of a soil and water district shall, upon the disestablishment of that district, be returned to the county commission of that district. The soil and water commission shall also take charge of any unspent funds contributed from private sources to the soil and water district before the disestablishment of such district, and shall either return such funds to the donor or expend such funds in the promotion of soil and water conservation according to the terms of the donation. Subsequent to the disestablishment of a soil and water district the area once comprising this district shall not be eligible to reestablishment as a soil and water district for a period of two years, but at the end of that period it may be reestablished by the same procedure, section 278.100, employed for its first establishment.
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(L. 1943 p. 839 § 9, A.L. 1961 p. 31)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.155 - Application to existing districts.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
278.155. Application to existing districts. —
All soil conservation districts organized prior to the effective date of sections 278.060 to 278.155 shall hereafter be known as "Soil and Water Conservation Districts" and shall be subject to the provisions of, and afforded all the privileges granted hereunder.
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(L. 1961 p. 31)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.157 - Soil and water conservation district considered a political subdivision for purposes of local government employees' retirement system.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018
278.157. Soil and water conservation district considered a political subdivision for purposes of local government employees' retirement system. —
1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 70.600 to the contrary, a soil and water conservation district organized under sections 278.060 to 278.155 shall be considered a political subdivision for the purposes of sections 70.600 to 70.755, and employees of such a soil and water conservation district shall be eligible for membership in the Missouri local government employees' retirement system upon the soil and water district becoming an "employer" as defined in subdivision (11) of section 70.600.
2. Prior to the soil and water commission declaring a soil and water conservation district disestablished under section 278.150, the soil and water commission shall make a determination that all outstanding indebtedness of the soil and water conservation district has been paid, including moneys owed to any retirement plan or system in which the soil and water conservation district participates and has pledged to pay for the unfunded accrued liability of past and current employees.
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(L. 2018 S.B. 892)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.160 - Subdistricts authorized.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
278.160. Subdistricts authorized. —
Subdistricts of a soil and water conservation district may be formed as provided in sections 278.160 to 278.300 for the purpose of carrying out watershed protection and flood prevention programs, for the prevention of floodwater and sediment damage and for furthering the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water, and for increasing recreation and industrial development and for the development of agricultural water management, irrigation and drainage.
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(L. 1957 p. 4, A.L. 1963 p. 405, A.L. 1969 S.B. 184)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.170 - Subdistrict, petition to form, requirements.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1972
278.170. Subdistrict, petition to form, requirements. —
When the landowners in a proposed subdistrict desire that a subdistrict be organized, they shall file a petition with the board of soil and water conservation district supervisors requesting a hearing and a referendum thereon. The area must be contiguous and shall include the entire hydrologic area on which a proposed plan of work is to be developed. The petition shall set forth a legal description by congressional subdivision, or otherwise, of the land suggested for inclusion in the subdistrict. The petition shall contain a brief statement giving the reason for organization, requesting that the proposed area be organized as a subdistrict and must be signed by one or more owners of fifty percent of the lands in the proposed subdistrict. Land already in one subdistrict cannot be included in another. The supervisors shall review the petition and if found adequate shall arrange for a hearing thereon.
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(L. 1957 p. 4, A.L. 1963 p. 405, A.L. 1967 p. 376, A.L. 1969 S.B. 184, A.L. 1972 H.B. 920)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.180 - Hearing — notice.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
278.180. Hearing — notice. —
Within thirty days after the petition has been filed with the board of soil and water district supervisors, they shall fix a date, hour and place for a hearing thereon and direct the secretary to cause notice to be given to the owners of each tract of land, or lot, within the proposed subdistrict, as shown by the county records, and to each lienholder or encumbrancer of any such lands as shown by the county records and to all other persons whom it may concern, and without naming individuals all actual occupants of land in the proposed subdistrict, of the pendency and prayer of the petition and that all objections to establishment of said subdistrict for any reason must be made in writing and filed with the secretary of the soil and water conservation district at or before the time set for hearing.
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(L. 1957 p. 4, A.L. 1969 S.B. 184)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.190 - Publication of notice.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
278.190. Publication of notice. —
The notice of hearing on the formation of a subdistrict shall be by publication once each week for two consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the county, the last publication of which shall be not less than ten days prior to the day set for the hearing on the petition. Proof of service shall be made by affidavit of the publisher, and be on file with the secretary of the soil and water district at the time the hearing begins. Notice of the referendum shall be made in the same manner.
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(L. 1957 p. 4, A.L. 1969 S.B. 184)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.200 - Feasibility determination — election.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
278.200. Feasibility determination — election. —
1. The soil and water supervisors shall consider and determine whether the operation of the subdistrict within the defined boundaries as proposed is desirable, practicable, feasible, and of necessity in the interest of public health, safety, and the general welfare. All interested parties shall have a right to attend the hearing and to be heard. The soil and water supervisors may for good cause adjourn the hearing to a day certain which shall be announced at the time of adjournment and made a matter of record.
2. Upon reaching a favorable conclusion on these matters, the soil and water supervisors shall call for and conduct, or cause to be conducted, a referendum by ballot of landowners within the area of the proposed subdistrict, on the question of establishing the proposed subdistrict. If sixty-five percent of all landowners voting in this referendum, do vote in favor of this establishment, the soil and water supervisors shall declare that the subdistrict is duly organized and the action shall be recorded in their official minutes together with an appropriate official name or designation for the subdistrict.
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(L. 1957 p. 4 § 278.180, A.L. 1969 S.B. 184)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.210 - Regulations, how approved.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
278.210. Regulations, how approved. —
The state soil and water districts commission shall develop the procedure including rules, regulations, forms and other documents to be used in the establishment of a subdistrict, and a board of supervisors shall submit to the state soil and water districts commission for its approval copies of any rules, regulations, forms and other documents as
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this board shall contemplate using in pursuance of their duties, and such other information concerning their activities as the soil and water commission may require in the performance of its own duties under sections 278.160 to 278.300.
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(L. 1957 p. 4 § 278.190, A.L. 1969 S.B. 184)
*Word "at" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.220 - Watershed district located in more than one district, procedure — certificate recorded, where.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
278.220. Watershed district located in more than one district, procedure — certificate recorded, where. —
1. If the proposed watershed district lies in more than one soil and water conservation district, the petition may be presented to the board of soil and water district supervisors of any one of the districts, and the soil and water supervisors of all the districts shall act jointly as a board of soil and water district supervisors with respect only to matters concerning the formation, consolidation, expansion, disestablishment or eminent domain activities of the watershed district. They shall organize as a single board for such purposes and shall designate the chairman, vice chairman, and secretary-treasurer to serve for terms of one year. A watershed district which lies in more than one soil and water conservation district shall be formed in the same manner and shall have the same powers and duties as a watershed district formed in one soil and water conservation district.
2. Following the entry in the official minutes of the board or boards of soil and water district supervisors of the creation of the watershed district, the soil and water supervisors shall certify this fact on a separate form, authentic copies of which shall be recorded with the recorder of deeds of each county in which any portion of the watershed district lies, and with the state soil and water districts commission.
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(L. 1957 p. 4 §§ 278.200, 278.210, A.L. 1969 S.B. 184 §§ 278.220, 278.230, A.L. 1977 H.B. 457, A.L. 2001 S.B. 462)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.245 - Condemnation authorized, when — other powers of governing body or trustees — taxation authorized.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
278.245. Condemnation authorized, when — other powers of governing body or trustees — taxation authorized. —
The trustees of the watershed district shall have the following authority:
(1) To acquire, by purchase, exchange, lease, gift, grant, bequest, devise, or otherwise, or through condemnation proceedings pursuant to chapter 523, such lands, easements, or rights-of-way as are needed to carry out any authorized purpose of the watershed district; provided that notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the power of eminent domain shall not be exercised:
(a) Over the protest of any landowner until it is established that acquisition of the land proposed to be condemned is necessary for the purposes of the watershed district; and to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any of its property or interest therein pursuant to sections 278.160 to 278.300; and
(b) Unless four trustees vote in favor of the use of such power in such case.
­­Following approval by the trustees, a majority vote of the soil and water supervisors of all the districts included in such watershed district shall also be required prior to any use of the power of eminent domain;
(2) To construct, repair, enlarge, improve, operate, and maintain such works of improvement as may be necessary for the performance of any of the operations authorized by sections 278.160 to 278.300;
(3) To borrow money and to execute promissory notes and other evidences of debt in connection therewith for payment of the costs and expenses or for carrying out any authorized purpose of such watershed district, and if promissory notes are issued, to execute such mortgages on any property owned by such district, or assign or pledge such revenues or assessments of such watershed district as may be required by the lender as security for the repayment of the loan; and to issue, negotiate, and sell its bonds pursuant to section 278.280;
(4) To levy an annual tax and organization tax on the real property within the watershed district subject to the limitations provided in section 278.250 for payment of the costs for carrying out any authorized purpose of such watershed district;
(5) To make assessments on the real property within the watershed district for special benefits to such real property accruing as a result of the construction of any works of improvement by the watershed district.
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(L. 1967 p. 376, A.L. 1977 H.B. 457, A.L. 2001 S.B. 462)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.257 - Consolidation of two or more subdistricts, procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
278.257. Consolidation of two or more subdistricts, procedure. —
1. Petitions for consolidating two or more watershed subdistricts may be filed with the supervisors of the soil and water conservation district. In such cases the provisions of sections 278.170 to 278.190 in respect to the creation of a watershed subdistrict shall be observed.
2. If sixty-five percent of all landowners in each of the areas proposed to be consolidated voting in the referendum do vote in favor of the consolidation, the soil and water district supervisors shall declare the areas consolidated and the action recorded in the official minutes, except that if any subdistrict shall have issued bonds which are outstanding at the time of the consolidation, the taxes levied to pay such bonds and the interest thereon shall be an obligation of only the property within such component subdistrict.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 184 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.258 - Detachment from watershed subdistrict, procedure — certification by trustees.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004, 2 histories
278.258. Detachment from watershed subdistrict, procedure — certification by trustees. —
1. After a watershed subdistrict has been organized and the organization tax pursuant to section 278.250 has been levied, any county in the subdistrict which has not adopted the annual tax pursuant to section 278.250 may detach from the subdistrict upon approval of such detachment of a majority of the qualified voters voting on the proposed detachment within such subdistrict in such county; however, before such detachment the watershed district trustees shall make arrangements for the county to pay any outstanding indebtedness for services or works of improvement rendered by the subdistrict in such county.
2. Following the entry in the official minutes of the trustees of the watershed district of the detachment of the county, the watershed district trustees shall certify this fact on a separate form, authentic copies of which shall be recorded with the recorder of deeds in each county in which any portion of the watershed subdistrict lies and with the state soil and water districts commission.
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(L. 2002 S.B. 984 & 985, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1126)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.259 - Expansion of subdistrict, procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
278.259. Expansion of subdistrict, procedure. —
1. Petitions for including additional land within a duly created and existing watershed subdistrict may be filed with the supervisors of the soil and water conservation district and in such cases the provisions of sections 278.170 to 278.190 in respect to the creation of a watershed subdistrict shall be observed.
2. If sixty-five percent of all landowners of the area proposed to be included in the existing subdistrict voting in the referendum do vote in favor of the inclusion, the proposed area shall be included in the existing subdistrict and the soil and water district supervisors shall declare the area duly included and the action recorded in their official minutes.
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(L. 1969 S.B. 184 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.260 - Cooperation with federal programs authorized.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 1969
278.260. Cooperation with federal programs authorized. —
Nothing in sections 278.160 to 278.300 shall prevent water conservation districts, flood prevention districts, drainage districts, counties or townships or other similar units of government with taxmaking powers from cooperating with the federal government through their program as outlined in Public Law 566, 83rd Congress (16 U.S.C.A. Section 1001 et seq.), and amended in Public Law 1018, 84th Congress, in areas where there is at present no soil and water conservation district.
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(L. 1957 p. 4 § 278.230, A.L. 1969 S.B. 184)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.290 - Disestablishment of watershed district, procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
278.290. Disestablishment of watershed district, procedure. —
1. After a watershed district has been organized for more than five years and that watershed district does not have any outstanding bonds, has not constructed or contracted to construct any works of improvement, nor incurred any continuing obligations for maintenance and operation of any works of improvement or if any works of improvement have been constructed, if there are no bonds outstanding, and an agency of the United States government or the state of Missouri or a county or municipal corporation of this state has made arrangements satisfactory to the Secretary of Agriculture and the state soil and water districts commission to assume responsibility for operating and maintaining such improvement, not less than fifty percent of the landowners of the watershed district may petition the governing body of the watershed district to call for and conduct a referendum upon the disestablishment of the watershed district. If sixty-five percent of the landowners voting in referendum do vote in favor of the disestablishment of the watershed district, the watershed district board shall declare the watershed district to be disestablished; however, prior to any such declaration the watershed district board shall pay or make arrangements to pay any outstanding indebtedness. The provisions of sections 278.190, 278.200 and 278.210 as to notice, qualification of voters and manner of holding the referendum in organizing a watershed district to the extent practicable shall apply to the referendum held pursuant to this section.
2. Following the entry in the official minutes of the board or boards of watershed district supervisors of the disestablishment of the watershed district, the watershed district supervisors shall certify this fact on a separate form, authentic copies of which shall be recorded with the recorder of deeds of each county in which any portion of the watershed district lies and with the state soil and water districts commission.
3. Whenever a watershed district is declared to be disestablished, the respective boards of supervisors of the soil and water conservation districts in which the watershed district was formed shall take charge of all property and funds of the watershed district. After all property has been sold and the obligations of the watershed district are met, any remaining funds shall be turned over to the county commissions of the respective counties.
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(L. 1967 p. 376, A.L. 1969 S.B. 184, A.L. 2001 S.B. 462)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 278 - Soil Conservation › Section 278.300 - State soil and water districts commission to control watershed district formerly under a disestablished soil and water conservation district.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 278
• Effective - 28 Aug 2001
278.300. State soil and water districts commission to control watershed district formerly under a disestablished soil and water conservation district. —
If a soil and water conservation district is disestablished pursuant to section 278.150, the state soil and water districts commission shall have the same responsibilities as the soil and water conservation district with respect to formation, consolidation and disestablishment of any watershed district or portion thereof, organized within the boundaries of such soil and water conservation districts. In all other matters after a district is disestablished, the commission shall act in an advisory capacity to the watershed district board in lieu of the soil and water district board.
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(L. 1967 p. 376, A.L. 2001 S.B. 462)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 281 - Pesticides › Section 281.005 - Preemption of all ordinances and rules of political subdivisions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 281
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
281.005. Preemption of all ordinances and rules of political subdivisions. —
Sections 281.210 to 281.310 and sections 281.005 to 281.115 shall preempt all ordinances, rules and regulations of political subdivisions relating to the use of subjects covered by said sections.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 1764)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 281 - Pesticides › Section 281.010 - Short title.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 281
• Effective - 28 Aug 1977
281.010. Short title. —
Sections 281.010 to 281.115 shall be known as the "Missouri Pesticide Use Act".
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(L. 1974 S.B. 431 § 1, A.L. 1977 H.B. 665)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 281 - Pesticides › Section 281.015 - Director of agriculture to administer.

There are multiple enactments of 281.015
Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 281
• Effective - 01 Jan 2025, 2 histories, see footnote
281.015. Director of agriculture to administer. —
Sections 281.005 to 281.115 shall be administered by the director of the department of agriculture of the state of Missouri.
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(L. 1974 S.B. 431 § 2, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1764, A.L. 2021 H.B. 476 merged with S.B. 26)
Effective 1-01-25, see § 281.102
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 281 - Pesticides › Section 281.015 - Director of agriculture to administer.

There are multiple enactments of 281.015
Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 281
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992, 2 histories
*281.015. Director of agriculture to administer. —
Sections 281.005 to 281.115 shall be administered by the director of the department of agriculture of the state of Missouri, hereafter referred to as the "director".
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(L. 1974 S.B. 431 § 2, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1764)
*This section was amended by both H.B. 476 and S.B. 26, 2021. Due to a delayed effective date, both versions are printed here.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 281 - Pesticides › Section 281.023 - Director may enter into cooperative agreements with political subdivisions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 281
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
281.023. Director may enter into cooperative agreements with political subdivisions. —
The director may enter into cooperative agreements with political subdivisions of this state regarding pesticide programs under sections 281.005 to 281.115 for the purpose of securing uniformity throughout the state. Nothing in sections 281.005 to 281.115 shall be construed to require the director to enter into any such agreement.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 1764)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 281 - Pesticides › Section 281.030 - Classification of licenses, how made — rulemaking powers — fees.

There are multiple enactments of 281.030
Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 281
• Effective - 01 Jan 2025, 2 histories, see footnote
281.030. Classification of licenses, how made — rulemaking powers — fees. —
1. The director may, by regulation, classify licenses to be issued under sections 281.010 to 281.115. Such classifications may include but not be limited to commercial applicators, noncommercial applicators, private applicators, provisional private applicators, public operators, pesticide technicians, or noncertified RUP applicators. Separate classifications may be specified as to ground, aerial, or manual methods used by any licensee to apply pesticides or to the use of pesticides for the control of pests.
2. The director may, by regulation, establish certification categories to be provided under each license classification. Each certification category shall be subject to separate testing procedures and requirements; provided, that no individual shall be required to pay an additional fee if the individual is certified in one or all of the certification categories provided under the license for which the individual has applied. The director may, by regulation, establish certification categories limited to the use of certain pesticides and issue a license therefor. Each certification category shall be subject to separate testing procedures covering only those pesticides for which the applicant seeks to be licensed.
3. The director may by regulation establish fees for identification documents.
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(L. 1974 S.B. 431 § 5, A.L. 1977 H.B. 665, A.L. 1981 S.B. 200, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1384, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3, A.L. 2021 H.B. 476 merged with S.B. 26)
Effective 1-01-25, see § 281.102
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 281 - Pesticides › Section 281.030 - Classification of licenses, how made — rulemaking powers — fees.

There are multiple enactments of 281.030
Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 281
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995, 2 histories
*281.030. Classification of licenses, how made — rulemaking powers — fees. —
1. The director may, by regulation, classify certified applicator, operator or technician licenses to be issued under sections 281.010 to 281.115. Such classifications may include but not be limited to commercial applicators, noncommercial applicators, private applicators, public operators or pesticide technicians. Separate classifications may be specified as to ground, aerial, or manual methods used by any licensee to apply pesticides or to the use of pesticides for the control of pests.
2. The director may, by regulation, establish certification categories to be provided under each license classification. Each certification category shall be subject to separate testing procedures and requirements; provided, that no individual shall be required to pay an additional fee if he is certified in one or all of the certification categories provided under the license for which he has applied. The director may, by regulation, establish certification categories limited to the use of certain pesticides and issue a license therefor. Each certification category shall be subject to separate testing procedures covering only those pesticides for which the applicant seeks to be licensed.
3. The director may by regulation establish fees for identification documents.
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(L. 1974 S.B. 431 § 5, A.L. 1977 H.B. 665, A.L. 1981 S.B. 200, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1384, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
*This section was amended by both H.B. 476 and S.B. 26, 2021. Due to a delayed effective date, both versions are printed here.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 281 - Pesticides › Section 281.038 - Determination of need for use of pesticide, who may make — pesticide technician's license, application, requirements, fee.

There are multiple enactments of 281.038
Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 281
• Effective - 01 Jan 2025, 3 histories, see footnote
281.038. Determination of need for use of pesticide, who may make — pesticide technician's license, application, requirements, fee. —
1. No individual working under the direct supervision of a certified commercial applicator shall determine the need for the use of or use any general use pesticide or minimum risk pesticide in categories as specified by regulation, unless and until the individual has met the requirements of sections 281.010 to 281.115.
2. Application for a pesticide technician's license shall be submitted to the director on a designated form obtained from the department. Each application shall include such information as prescribed by the director by regulation and shall be received by the director within forty-five days of employment of the pesticide technician or pesticide technician trainee.
3. The director shall not issue a pesticide technician's license until the individual has demonstrated the applicant's competence by completion of an approved training program to the satisfaction of the director.
4. The director may renew any pesticide technician's license under the classification for which that applicant is licensed subject to completion of an additional approved training program to the satisfaction of the director as prescribed by regulation.
5. The director shall collect a fee of thirty-five dollars for each pesticide technician license issued.
6. If the director finds the applicant qualified to use pesticides in the classification for which application has been made, the director shall issue a pesticide technician's license limited to the classifications for which the applicant is qualified, which shall expire one year from date of issuance unless the license has been revoked or suspended prior thereto by the director for cause. The director may limit the license of the applicant to the use of certain pesticides, or to certain areas, or to certain types of equipment if the applicant is only so qualified. If a license is not issued as applied for, the director shall inform the applicant in writing of the reasons for such denial of license.
7. In order for pesticide technicians to use or determine the need for the use of any general use pesticide:
(1) A certified commercial applicator shall and must be licensed to work from the same physical location as the pesticide technician; and
(2) The licensed certified commercial applicator shall and must be certified in the same use categories as the pesticide technician as specified by regulation.
8. A pesticide technician may complete retraining requirements and renew the technician's license without a certified commercial applicator working from the same physical location.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1384, A.L. 2019 S.B. 133, A.L. 2021 H.B. 476 merged with S.B. 26)
Effective 1-01-25, see § 281.102
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 281 - Pesticides › Section 281.038 - Determination of need for use of pesticide, who may make — pesticide technician's license, application, requirements, fee.

There are multiple enactments of 281.038
Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 281
• Effective - 28 Aug 2019, 3 histories
*281.038. Determination of need for use of pesticide, who may make — pesticide technician's license, application, requirements, fee. —
1. After July 1, 1990, no individual working under the direct supervision of a certified commercial applicator shall determine the need for the use of any pesticide nor use any pesticide in categories as specified by regulation, unless and until the individual has met the requirements of this chapter.
2. Application for a pesticide technician's license shall be made in writing to the director on a designated form obtained from the director's office. Each application shall include such information as prescribed by the director by regulation and shall be received by the director within forty-five days of employment of the pesticide technician or pesticide technician trainee.
3. The director shall not issue a pesticide technician's license until the individual has demonstrated his or her competence by completion of an approved training program to the satisfaction of the director.
4. The director may renew any pesticide technician's license under the classification for which that applicant is licensed subject to completion of an additional approved training program to the satisfaction of the director as prescribed by regulation.
5. The director shall collect a fee of thirty-five dollars for each pesticide technician license issued.
6. If the director finds the applicant qualified to use pesticides in the classification for which application has been made, the director shall issue a pesticide technician's license limited to the classifications for which he or she is qualified, which shall expire one year from date of issuance unless it has been revoked or suspended prior thereto by the director for cause. The director may limit the license of the applicant to the use of certain pesticides, or to certain areas, or to certain types of equipment if the applicant is only so qualified. If a license is not issued as applied for, the director shall inform the applicant in writing of the reasons for such denial of license.
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(L. 1988 H.B. 1384, A.L. 2019 S.B. 133)
*This section was amended by both H.B. 476 and S.B. 26, 2021. Due to a delayed effective date, both versions are printed here.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 281 - Pesticides › Section 281.040 - Private applicator's license, qualifications for, duration, renewal — emergency use of restricted pesticides, when authorized.

There are multiple enactments of 281.040
Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 281
• Effective - 28 Aug 2005, 2 histories
*281.040. Private applicator's license, qualifications for, duration, renewal — emergency use of restricted pesticides, when authorized. —
1. No private applicator shall use any restricted-use pesticide unless he first complies with the requirements determined pursuant to subsection 2 or 5 of this section, as necessary to prevent unreasonable adverse effects on the environment, including injury to the applicator or other persons, for that specific pesticide use.
2. The private applicator shall qualify for a certified private applicator's license by either attending a course or completing an online course of instruction provided by the director on the use, handling, storage and application of restricted-use pesticides. The content of the instruction shall be determined and revised as necessary by the director. Upon completion of the course, the director shall issue a certified private applicator's license to the applicant. The director shall not collect a fee for the issuance of such license, but the University of Missouri extension service may collect a fee for the actual cost of the materials necessary to complete the course of instruction. However, no fee shall be assessed or collected from an individual completing an online course of instruction. Both the director of the department and of the University of Missouri extension service shall review such costs annually.
3. A certified private applicator's license shall expire five years from date of issuance and may then be renewed without charge or additional fee. Any certified private applicator holding a valid license may renew that license for the next five years without additional training unless the director determines that additional knowledge related to the use of agricultural pesticides makes additional training necessary.
4. If the director does not qualify the private applicator under this section he shall inform the applicant in writing of the reasons therefor.
5. The private applicator may apply to the director, or his designated agent, for a private applicator permit for the one-time emergency purchase and use of restricted use pesticides. When the private applicator has demonstrated his competence in the use of the pesticides to be purchased and used on a one-time emergency basis, he shall be issued a permit for the one-time emergency purchase and use of restricted use pesticides. The director or his designated agent shall not collect a fee for the issuance of such permit.
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(L. 1974 S.B. 431 § 7, A.L. 1977 H.B. 665, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1384, A.L. 2005 S.B. 355)
*This section was amended by both H.B. 476 and S.B. 26, 2021. Due to a delayed effective date, both versions are printed here.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 281 - Pesticides › Section 281.055 - Late renewal of license, penalty, reexamination, when — director to provide guideline book, fee for book.

There are multiple enactments of 281.055
Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 281
• Effective - 01 Jan 2025, 2 histories, see footnote
281.055. Late renewal of license, penalty, reexamination, when — director to provide guideline book, fee for book. —
1. If the renewal of any license or certification provided for in sections 281.010 to 281.115 is not filed prior to the expiration date in any year, a penalty of twenty-five percent shall be assessed and added to the original fee and shall be paid by the applicant before the license or certification shall be renewed. Any person holding a current valid license or certification may renew the license or certification for the next year without taking another examination unless the director determines that additional knowledge related to classifications for which the applicant has applied makes a new examination necessary. However, if the license is not renewed within sixty days following the date of expiration, the license shall be cancelled and the licensee shall be required to satisfy all the requirements of licensure as if such person was never licensed.
2. The director may promulgate reasonable regulations requiring additional training and instruction on the part of any applicant for a license issued under sections 281.010 to 281.115.
3. The director shall have prepared for prospective licensee's use a book of guidelines of factual necessary information related to the requirements of sections 281.010 to 281.115. A reasonable fee may be collected for the publication.
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(L. 1974 S.B. 431 § 10, A.L. 1977 H.B. 665, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1384, A.L. 2021 H.B. 476 merged with S.B. 26)
Effective 1-01-25, see § 281.102
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 281 - Pesticides › Section 281.055 - Late renewal of license, penalty, reexamination, when — director to provide guideline book, fee for book.

There are multiple enactments of 281.055
Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 281
• Effective - 01 Jan 1990, 2 histories, see footnote
*281.055. Late renewal of license, penalty, reexamination, when — director to provide guideline book, fee for book. —
1. If the application for renewal of any license, certification or permit provided for in this chapter is not filed prior to expiration date in any year, a penalty of twenty-five percent shall be assessed and added to the original fee and shall be paid by the applicant before the license, certification or permit shall be renewed; provided, that such penalty shall not apply if the applicant furnishes an affidavit certifying that he has not engaged in the business subsequent to the expiration of his license, certification or permit. Any person holding a current valid license, certification or permit may renew the license, certification or permit for the next year without taking another examination unless the director determines that additional knowledge related to classifications for which the applicant has applied makes a new examination necessary. However, if the license is not renewed within sixty days following the date of expiration then the licensee shall be required to satisfy all the requirements of licensure as if such person was never licensed.
2. The director may promulgate reasonable regulations requiring additional training and instruction on the part of any applicant for a license issued under sections 281.010 to 281.115.
3. The director shall have prepared for prospective licensee's use, a book of guidelines of factual necessary information related to the requirements of sections 281.010 to 281.115. A reasonable fee may be collected for said publication.
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(L. 1974 S.B. 431 § 10, A.L. 1977 H.B. 665, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1384)
Effective 1-01-90
*This section was amended by both H.B. 476 and S.B. 26, 2021. Due to a delayed effective date, both versions are printed here.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 281 - Pesticides › Section 281.060 - Sanctioning of license, when — civil penalty, when, amount, enforcement of.

There are multiple enactments of 281.060
Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 281
• Effective - 01 Jan 2025, 2 histories, see footnote
281.060. Sanctioning of license, when — civil penalty, when, amount, enforcement of. —
1. The director, after inquiry, and after opportunity for a hearing, may deny, suspend, revoke, or modify the provisions of any license or certification issued under sections 281.010 to 281.115, if the director finds that the applicant or the holder of a license or certification has violated any provision of sections 281.010 to 281.115, or any regulation issued thereunder, or has been convicted or subject to a final order imposing a civil or criminal penalty pursuant to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended, or has been convicted, or is the subject of prosecution, in this state or in any state or protectorate of the United States, or has had a pesticide applicator license or certificate denied, suspended, revoked or modified by any state or protectorate of the United States, or the person 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 or of the United States, for any offense reasonably related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of any profession licensed or regulated under sections 281.010 to 281.115, for any offense an essential element of which is fraud, dishonesty, or an act of violence, or for any offense involving moral turpitude, whether or not sentence is imposed. Licensed certified applicators, licensed noncertified RUP applicators, licensed pesticide technicians, and licensed pesticide dealers shall notify the department within ten days of any conviction of or plea to any offense listed in this section.
2. If the director determines, after inquiry and opportunity for a hearing, that any person is in violation of any provision of sections 281.010 to 281.115, or any regulations issued thereunder, the director shall have the authority to assess a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each violation, and in addition, may order that restitution be made to any person.
3. In the event that a person penalized or ordered to pay restitution under this section fails to pay the penalty or restitution, the director may apply to the circuit court of Cole County for, and the court is authorized to enter, an order enforcing the assessed penalty or restitution.
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(L. 1974 S.B. 431 § 11, A.L. 1977 H.B. 665, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1384, A.L. 2021 H.B. 476 merged with S.B. 26)
Effective 1-01-25, see § 281.102