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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.040 - Acquisition of land — eminent domain.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
253.040. Acquisition of land — eminent domain. —
1. The department of natural resources is hereby authorized to accept or acquire by purchase, lease, donation, agreement or eminent domain, any lands, or rights in lands, sites, objects or facilities which in its opinion should be held, preserved, improved and maintained for park or parkway purposes. The department of natural resources is authorized to improve, maintain, operate and regulate any such lands, sites, objects or facilities when such action would promote the park program and the general welfare. The department of natural resources is further authorized to accept gifts, bequests or contributions of money or other real or personal property to be expended for any of the purposes of sections 253.010 to 253.100; except that any contributions of money to the department of natural resources shall be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the state park earnings fund and expended upon authorization of the department of natural resources for the purposes of sections 253.010 to 253.100 and for no other purposes.
2. In the event the right of eminent domain be exercised, it shall be exercised in the same manner as now or hereafter provided for the exercise of eminent domain by the state highways and transportation commission.
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(RSMo 1949 § 253.020, A.L. 1953 p. 317 § 3, A.L. 1961 p. 231)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.043 - Park boundary conflicts, department authorized to convey up to five acres as part of land trade, conditions.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
253.043. Park boundary conflicts, department authorized to convey up to five acres as part of land trade, conditions. —
The department is authorized to convey up to five acres of land as part of a land trade with adjacent property owners to resolve park boundary conflicts, so long as the department receives land of equal or greater fair market value in exchange.
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(L. 2003 S.B. 606)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.045 - Department of natural resources may mark and maintain certain former governors' graves.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
253.045. Department of natural resources may mark and maintain certain former governors' graves. —
The department of natural resources is hereby authorized to suitably mark every grave of a former governor of this state, and to maintain every grave of a former governor, within this state, which is not within a perpetual care cemetery.
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(L. 1967 p. 365 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.048 - Flags authorized for display in state parks.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
253.048. Flags authorized for display in state parks. —
1. Within the state parks, the department shall accompany the display of the flag of the United States and the flag of this state with the display of the MIA/POW flag, which is designed to commemorate the service and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces of the United States who were prisoners of war or missing in action and with the display of the Honor and Remember flag as an official recognition and in honor of fallen members of the Armed Forces of the United States.
2. If a state park does not possess a POW/MIA flag, the department shall reach out to local veterans' organizations to obtain a donated flag.
3. If the state park is unable to obtain a donated flag or if displaying the flag on the existing flagpole would in any circumstance be inconsistent with the provisions of the state of Missouri policy for display of national and state flags, the state park shall be exempt from this section.
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(L. 1994 H.B. 1545, A.L. 2013 S.B. 106 merged with S.B. 117, A.L. 2018 S.B. 573)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.050 - Obligations incurred only as authorized by appropriation.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
253.050. Obligations incurred only as authorized by appropriation. —
Except as, or as hereafter may be, otherwise provided by law no contract shall be entered into or obligations incurred, nor shall any payment or expenditure of money be made under the provisions of sections 253.010 to 253.100 except in accordance with and by virtue of, an appropriation as provided by law.
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(L. 1953 p. 317 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.060 - Director's and staff's qualifications — compensation.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1986
253.060. Director's and staff's qualifications — compensation. —
The director of the department shall employ a director of state parks and such other officers and employees as may be necessary. The director of state parks shall be selected solely upon the basis of proven executive ability and training and skill in parks and recreational matters, and the department director shall determine the qualifications and compensation of the director of parks and other employees and shall prescribe their duties.
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(L. 1953 p. 317 § 4, A.L. 1986 H.B. 1554 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.065 - Park rangers, appointment, powers as peace officers.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1983
253.065. Park rangers, appointment, powers as peace officers. —
1. Each park ranger employed by the director of the department of natural resources and such other employees as may be designated by the director shall be certified by the director of the department of public safety, as provided in chapter 590. Each such person shall take and subscribe an oath of office to perform his duties faithfully and impartially and shall be given a certificate of commission as a peace officer for state parks. The commission shall grant him the same powers as other peace officers to maintain order, preserve the peace and make arrests for violations of law on all land under the jurisdiction and control of the director and on all state and county highways within the boundaries of state parks.
2. Each park ranger shall have the authority to have abandoned vehicles or watercraft removed from state and county roads within state parks and from all land and water owned, leased or under the supervision of the department of natural resources, if the vehicle has been left unattended on the land or in the water, on the roadway or right-of-way for a period of forty-eight hours. If the vehicle is creating a safety or health hazard, it may be removed as soon as is practical. The procedure contained in section 304.155 shall be observed for reporting the storage location, notification of the owner and disposal of the vehicle or watercraft.
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(L. 1961 p. 230 § 2, A.L. 1983 H.B. 350)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.067 - Volunteers may supplement programs — duties of division — status of volunteers — expenses — definition.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 16 May 1995, see footnote
253.067. Volunteers may supplement programs — duties of division — status of volunteers — expenses — definition. —
1. The division of state parks within the department of natural resources is authorized to develop, recruit, train and accept the services of volunteers, which services shall supplement the programs administered by the department or division.
2. Volunteers recruited, trained or accepted by the division shall comply with applicable rules and policies of the department and the division.
3. The division shall:
(1) Provide necessary staff for the management and development of volunteer programs;
(2) Develop opportunities for citizen involvement in division-administered programs;
(3) Develop and provide to all volunteers written rules governing the job descriptions, recruitment, screening, training, responsibility, use and supervision of volunteers;
(4) Educate volunteers regarding their duties and responsibilities;
(5) Provide a receptive environment for citizen involvement; and
(6) Provide for the recognition of volunteers who have offered exceptional service to the division.
4. Volunteers shall be deemed unpaid employees and shall be accorded the protection of legal expense fund and liability provisions.
5. Reimbursement for transportation and other necessary expenses may be furnished to those volunteers whose presence on special assignment is determined to be necessary by the division. Such expenses shall be reimbursed from the regular appropriations of the division. Volunteers may use state vehicles in the performance of division-related duties, subject to those rules and regulations governing use of state vehicles by paid staff.
6. As used in this section,
"volunteer"
shall mean any person who, of his own free will, performs any assigned duties for the division with no monetary or material compensation.
7. Any person serving as a volunteer may be terminated from service in that capacity by the director of the division.
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(L. 1995 S.B. 275)
Effective 5-16-95
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.070 - Expenditures, how made.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
253.070. Expenditures, how made. —
The department of natural resources may make such expenditures, or may authorize the director to make such expenditures, as are necessary to perform the duties imposed upon it by law. Expenditures by the department of natural resources shall be allowed and paid out of funds appropriated for such purposes in the manner provided by law.
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(L. 1953 p. 317 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.078 - Annual stakeholder meeting in each park district — stakeholders may petition director, when — stakeholder defined.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
*253.078. Annual stakeholder meeting in each park district — stakeholders may petition director, when — stakeholder defined. —
1. Upon public notice, the division of state parks shall once each year hold a stakeholder meeting in each park district.
2. A stakeholder may petition the director of state parks regarding any policy or park issue that has been presented to the relevant facility manager and district supervisor. The director, or his or her designee, shall respond to the stakeholder within fourteen days and may schedule a stakeholder meeting to determine if action is warranted in response to the petition. If a stakeholder meeting occurs, the director shall notify the stakeholder in writing that either no action is warranted or that specific action will be undertaken within thirty days of the meeting. The decision of the director shall be final and not subject to review.
3. For purposes of this section,
"stakeholder"
shall mean any person with an interest in the subject matter of the petition who has visited the park in the past sixty days.
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(L. 2013 H.B. 28 § 1 merged with H.B. 650 § 1)
Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)
*H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.082 - Fund established for each facility head at state parks and scenic sites — purpose of fund — limitation, rules — revolving fund for sale of Division of State Parks items established.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 2011, 2 histories
253.082. Fund established for each facility head at state parks and scenic sites — purpose of fund — limitation, rules — revolving fund for sale of Division of State Parks items established. —
1. Upon a request from the director of the department of natural resources, the commissioner of administration shall draw a warrant payable to the facility head of each of the state parks and historic sites in an amount to be specified by the director of the department of natural resources, but such amount shall not exceed the sum of one thousand five hundred dollars for each such facility. The sum so specified shall be placed in the hands of the facility head as a revolving fund to be used in the payment of the incidental expenses of the facility for which he has been appointed and for the refund of fees paid by the public. All expenditures shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations established by the commissioner of administration.
2. Upon a request from the director of the department of natural resources, the commissioner of administration shall draw a warrant payable to the director of the division of state parks in an amount to be specified by the director of the department of natural resources, but such amount shall not exceed the sum of five hundred dollars. The sum so specified shall be placed in the hands of the director of state parks as a revolving fund to be used in the cash transactions involving the sale of items made by the division of state parks. All transactions shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations established by the commissioner of administration.
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(L. 1989 H.B. 613, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1015, A.L. 2011 H.B. 190)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.090 - State park earnings fund created, how used.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories
*253.090. State park earnings fund created, how used. —
1. All revenue derived from privileges, conveniences, contracts or otherwise, all moneys received by gifts, bequests or contributions or from county or municipal sources and all moneys received from the operation of concessions, projects or facilities and from resale items shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the "State Park Earnings Fund", which is hereby created. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. All interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund. In the event any state park or any part thereof is taken under the power of eminent domain by the federal government the moneys paid for the taking shall be deposited in the state park earnings fund. The fund shall be used solely for the payment of the expenditures of the department of natural resources in the administration of this law, except that in any fiscal year the department may expend a sum not to exceed fifty percent of the preceding fiscal year's deposits to the state park earnings fund for the purpose of:
(1) Paying the principal and interest of revenue bonds issued;
(2) Providing an interest and sinking fund;
(3) Providing a reasonable reserve fund;
(4) Providing a reasonable fund for depreciation; and
(5) Paying for feasibility reports necessary for the issuing of revenue bonds.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund.
3. A good and sufficient bond conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract and compliance with this law shall be required of all contractors.
4. Any person who contracts pursuant to this section with the state shall keep true and accurate records of his or her receipts and disbursements arising out of the performance of the contract and shall permit the department of natural resources and the state auditor to audit such records.
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(L. 1953 p. 317 § 6, A.L. 1961 p. 231, A.L. 1967 p. 362, A.L. 1969 H.B. 191, A.L. 1982 S.B. 696, A.L. 1999 H.B. 791, A.L. 2011 H.B. 89 merged with S.B. 135, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)
Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)
*H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
CROSS REFERENCE:
Nonseverability clause, 640.099
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.092 - Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund created, expenditure of moneys in fund — state treasurer to be custodian.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 2002
253.092. Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund created, expenditure of moneys in fund — state treasurer to be custodian. —
1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Arrow Rock State Historic Site Endowment Fund". The fund shall be administered by the Missouri department of natural resources. All moneys, funds, or other assets acquired for purposes of this section shall be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the fund. All income, interest, rights, or rent earned through the operation of the fund shall also be credited to the fund. All other property, real and personal, acquired through any grant, gift, donation, devise, or bequest specified for the Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund for purposes stated in this section shall also be deposited in the fund. The original bequest of Bill and Cora Lee Miller made in the amount of twenty-one thousand nine hundred sixty-five dollars and ninety-two cents to the state park earnings fund is hereby transferred into the Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund.
2. The Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund shall be used for the enhancement of Arrow Rock state historic site's public interpretive programs, and may be used by the Missouri department of natural resources for the preparation of museum exhibits, acquisition of artifacts, publication of information, payment of fees for exhibits or lectures, or other similar interpretive needs at Arrow Rock state historic site and for no other purpose.
3. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of all moneys, bonds, securities, or interests and rights therein deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund and shall invest the moneys in the fund in a manner as provided by law.
4. Until January 1, 2100, the Missouri department of natural resources may annually expend an amount equal to one-half of the interest earned by the Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund in the immediately preceding fiscal year for the purposes stated in this section. Beginning January 1, 2100, and thereafter the Missouri department of natural resources may annually expend an amount equal to the interest earned by the Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund in the immediately preceding fiscal year, for the purposes stated in this section.
5. Funds from the Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund shall be expended only upon appropriation by the general assembly. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, funds appropriated, but not expended by the end of the fiscal year, shall revert to the Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund.
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(L. 2002 S.B. 1015)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.095 - Interpretive or education services, agreements entered into with not-for-profit organizations for state parks, space provided — net proceeds retained by organization.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007, 2 histories
253.095. Interpretive or education services, agreements entered into with not-for-profit organizations for state parks, space provided — net proceeds retained by organization. —
In order to further the interpretive or educational functions of Missouri state parks, the director of the Missouri department of natural resources is authorized to enter into agreements with private, not-for-profit organizations that are organized to provide cooperative, interpretive, facility enhancement or educational services to any Missouri state park. The director may provide state park facility space and incidental staff support to such an organization under a cooperative agreement, which reimburses the department for the actual costs of such space and incidental staff support and clearly demonstrates the fiscal, interpretive, educational, and facility enhancement benefits to the state. Net proceeds received from the sale of publications or other materials and services provided by an organization pursuant to such an agreement entered into under this section shall be retained by the organization for use in the interpretive or educational services provided in state parks.
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(L. 2002 S.B. 1015, A.L. 2007 H.B. 75 merged with S.B. 198)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.100 - Removal of timber only on order of record.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1953
253.100. Removal of timber only on order of record. —
No timber in any state park shall be cut and removed from such state park, sold, or converted into lumber or building material, except upon the express order of the department of natural resources, duly entered upon the minutes of the department of natural resources.
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(L. 1953 p. 317 § 7)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Damaging state park property, 577.073
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.110 - The Confederate Memorial Park as state park.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
Effective - 28 Aug 1957
253.110. The Confederate Memorial Park as state park. —
All parts of the following described land situated in Lafayette County, of Missouri, selected and dedicated by the board of trustees of the Confederate Soldiers' Home under an act of the general assembly appearing at Laws 1925, page 136, approved May 2, 1925, to wit: Beginning 2.00 chains east of the S.W. corner of the east 1/2 of S.W. 1/4 of Sec. 25 T50 R26; thence north 47 degrees east 20.00 chains to a stake; thence north 35 1/2 degrees west 3.97 chains to a stake; thence north 50 1/2 degrees east 4.84 chains to a post; thence north 39 1/2 degrees west 1.54 chains to a stake; thence north 50 1/2 degrees east 3.84 chains to an iron post; thence north 35 degrees west 2.15 chains to the south line of the public road; thence north 54 1/2 degrees east along the south line of said road 15.03 chains to a concrete post on the west line of the public road, running south 34 degrees east; thence south 34 degrees east along the west line of said road 41.03 chains to the south line of Confederate home land; thence west on said last named line 52.85 chains to the beginning, are set apart as a permanent memorial park to the valor of the soldiers who served the Confederacy in the War between the States. The land is under the control, maintenance and administration of the department of natural resources and is designated "The Confederate Memorial Park".
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(L. 1951 p. 774 §§ 212.040, 212.050, A.L. 1957 p. 306)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.120 - Confederate Memorial Park endowment fund.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
Effective - 28 Aug 1957
253.120. Confederate Memorial Park endowment fund. —
The endowment fund authorized by section 2, Laws of Missouri 1925, page 136, shall be maintained by the department of natural resources as a permanent endowment for the maintenance of the Confederate Memorial Park. The department of natural resources may accept gifts, donations, or bequests for the maintenance of the memorial park and for the endowment fund until the fund reaches the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars. The department of natural resources may sell, convey or otherwise convert into money any property received and shall invest all moneys of the endowment fund and use the income therefrom for the maintenance of the park, but the principal shall remain intact as a permanent endowment fund.
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(L. 1957 p. 306)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.130 - Portrait to be located in Mark Twain state park.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
Effective - 28 Aug 1963
253.130. Portrait to be located in Mark Twain state park. —
The portrait of Mark Twain, and the case in which the portrait is now enclosed and located in the north inner corridor of the third, or legislative, floor of the state capitol, is ordered transferred and installed in the Mark Twain shrine in Mark Twain State Park, wherein the portrait shall be located in perpetuity in the custody and under the protection of the department of natural resources.
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(L. 1963 p. 399 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.140 - Department of natural resources to maintain as historical sites all covered wooden bridges donated to the state.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
Effective - 28 Aug 1967
253.140. Department of natural resources to maintain as historical sites all covered wooden bridges donated to the state. —
The department of natural resources shall repair and maintain as state historical sites all covered wooden bridges which are acquired through any grant, gift, donation, devise, or bequest to or for the use of the state of Missouri.
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(L. 1967 p. 365 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.147 - Maintenance, repair, and construction report to general assembly, contents.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
Effective - 28 Aug 2018
253.147. Maintenance, repair, and construction report to general assembly, contents. —
The department of natural resources shall submit a report to the general assembly on or before January 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, regarding maintenance, repair, and construction at state parks and historic sites. The report shall include the following:
(1) The total cost of all maintenance, repair, and construction projects completed in the prior fiscal year;
(2) For each project for which the total cost exceeded the state competitive bid minimum referenced in section 34.040, a list of all such projects, the total cost of all such projects, and the amount and source of funding for each such project;
(3) For each project for which the total cost was less than the state competitive bid minimum referenced in section 34.040, the total cost of all such projects and aggregate total costs by category;
(4) A list of planned maintenance, repair, and construction projects the department expects will exceed the state competitive bid minimum referenced in section 34.040 for the upcoming fiscal year;
(5) The current status of each project that was planned but not completed in the previous fiscal year;
(6) The amount of revenue generated by, and the operating expenditures of, each state park and historic site averaged over the two previous fiscal years; and
(7) The total amount of revenue generated by all state parks and historic sites averaged over the two previous fiscal years.
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(L. 2018 S.B. 659)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.150 - Definitions.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
253.150. Definitions. —
As used in sections 253.150 to 253.170 the following terms shall have, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following meanings:
(1)
"Motor vehicle"
, any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon tracks, except farm tractors;
(2)
"Park thoroughfares"
, any state park road, intended for use by the general public and designated as such by the department of natural resources.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 299 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.155 - Motor vehicles may operate, where, exception.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
253.155. Motor vehicles may operate, where, exception. —
No motor vehicle shall be operated within the boundaries of any state park except upon park thoroughfares or in areas especially designated by the department of natural resources. This section shall not apply to authorized park maintenance or emergency vehicles.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 299 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.160 - Speed limits in park.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
253.160. Speed limits in park. —
Except as otherwise specifically posted, the speed limit within any state park shall be twenty miles per hour.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 299 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.165 - Vehicles in parks subject to general law regulating such vehicles.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
253.165. Vehicles in parks subject to general law regulating such vehicles. —
All motor vehicles operated upon any park thoroughfare are subject to the provisions concerning motor vehicles contained in chapters 300, 301, 302, 303, 304 and 307, not inconsistent with sections 253.150 to 253.170.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 299 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.170 - Penalty.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
253.170. Penalty. —
Any person violating any provision of sections 253.150 to 253.170 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 299 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.175 - Rock Island Railroad corridor, fencing to be maintained by division of state parks.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
Effective - 28 Aug 2018
253.175. Rock Island Railroad corridor, fencing to be maintained by division of state parks. —
All fencing coinciding with the boundary between individual landowner property and the portion of the historic Missouri Rock Island Railroad corridor owned, leased, or operated by the division of state parks shall be maintained by the division of state parks within the department of natural resources, with funds expended from the state park earnings fund created under section 253.090 for such purposes, by either repairing and maintaining such fence by and with staff employed by the department or the service of volunteers authorized under section 253.067, by contracting with a third party, or by providing all necessary supplies and equipment needed to an individual landowner or landowners whose property coincides with the boundary of the corridor and who agree to perform the repair or maintenance with such supplies and equipment provided. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any individual landowner or landowners to locate a fence on his or her own property. For purposes of this section,
"fence"
shall mean the same as described in section 272.020.
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(L. 2018 S.B. 782)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.177 - Rock Island Trail State Park endowment fund created — use of moneys — refunds, when.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
Effective - 28 Aug 2019
253.177. Rock Island Trail State Park endowment fund created — use of moneys — refunds, when. —
1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Rock Island Trail State Park Endowment Fund". The fund shall be administered by the department of natural resources. Any grant, gift, donation, devise, or bequest of moneys, funds, real or personal property, or other assets to the department of natural resources for the operation, maintenance, development, or security of any portion of the former Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad corridor located east of milepost 215.325 shall be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the fund. All income, interest, rights, or rent earned through the operation of the fund shall also be credited to the fund.
2. The Rock Island Trail State Park endowment fund shall be used by the department of natural resources for the purpose of operating, maintaining, developing, and securing any portion of the former Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad corridor located east of milepost 215.325 that is owned, leased, or operated by the department of natural resources and for no other purpose. Any funds previously deposited into the state park earnings fund created in section 253.090 for such purpose are hereby transferred into the Rock Island Trail State Park endowment fund.
3. The state treasurer shall be the custodian of all moneys, bonds, securities, interests, and rights therein deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Rock Island Trail State Park endowment fund and shall invest the moneys in the fund in a manner as provided by law.
4. Funds from the Rock Island Trail State Park endowment fund shall be expended, refunded, or transferred only upon appropriation by the general assembly. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund.
5. If the United States Surface Transportation Board vacates the Notice of Interim Trail Use (NITU) issued in a decision served on February 26, 2015, in docket number AB-1068 (Sub-No. 3X), any moneys in the fund may be refunded to the individuals or entities that have made contributions to the fund or may be transferred to a new trail sponsor or other entity that has accepted responsibility for management of any portion of the former Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad corridor located east of milepost 215.325 as a public recreational trail under a new NITU subject to the National Trails System Act, 16 U.S.C. Section 1241, et seq.
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(L. 2019 S.B. 196)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.180 - Domestic animals prohibited from running at large.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
*253.180. Domestic animals prohibited from running at large. —
No person shall allow any domestic or other animal under his control or ownership to range within any state park at any time, unless as authorized under section 253.185.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 300 § 1, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)
Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)
*H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.185 - Domestic animals, how controlled — prohibited in buildings, exception — dog park, designated area.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 2013
*253.185. Domestic animals, how controlled — prohibited in buildings, exception — dog park, designated area. —
1. Except for the provisions of subsection 2 of this section, domestic household animals shall not be allowed in any state park unless restrained by a leash not longer than ten feet held by some person or firmly affixed to some stationary object so as to prevent the animal from ranging at large. No domestic household or other animal shall be allowed inside any state park building under the control of either the department of natural resources or a concessionaire licensed by the department of natural resources unless permission is granted by the department of natural resources.
2. The department of natural resources may designate a specified area within any state park to serve as a dog park or an off-leash area for domestic household animals.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 300 § 2, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)
Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)
*H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.190 - Exempted domestic animals.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
253.190. Exempted domestic animals. —
The provisions of sections 253.180 to 253.205 shall not apply to domestic animals that are or have been engaged in the pursuit of wildlife.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 300 § 6)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.195 - Fireworks prohibited, exception.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
253.195. Fireworks prohibited, exception. —
Fireworks, as defined in section 320.110
*
, of any type are prohibited within the boundaries of any state park except upon the written permission granted by the department of natural resources.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 300 § 3)
*Section 320.110 was repealed by S.B. 76, 1985
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.200 - Taking of wildlife prohibited, exception.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
253.200. Taking of wildlife prohibited, exception. —
No person shall pursue, catch, kill or take any wildlife, as defined in section 252.020, in any manner, or in any quantity or at any time or place within the boundaries of any state park, except by written provisions issued by the department of natural resources and in conformity with the published rules and regulations of the Missouri department of conservation.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 300 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.205 - Penalty.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1971
253.205. Penalty. —
Any person violating any provision of sections 253.180 to 253.205 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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(L. 1971 H.B. 300 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.210 - Definitions.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
253.210. Definitions. —
As used in sections 253.210 to 253.280, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1)
"Net income and revenues"
means the income arising from the operation of a project remaining after providing for the costs of operation of the project and the cost of maintaining it;
(2)
"Project"
means one or more hotels, inns, lodges, tourist cabins, or dining rooms or any combination of hotel, inn, lodge, and dining room facilities or one or more recreational buildings, historic sites or combination of hotel, inn, lodge, tourist cabins, dining rooms and recreational facilities or historic sites; provided, a given project shall be limited to a single park;
(3)
"Revenue bonds"
means bonds issued hereunder for the purposes authorized and payable, both as to principal and interest, (a) solely out of the net income and revenues arising from the operation of the project for which the bonds are issued, (b) the moneys authorized for expenditure by the department of natural resources in section 253.090 by the allocation of a sum not to exceed fifty percent of the preceding fiscal year's deposits in the state park earnings fund, (c) any revenues of the park in which the project is located, (d) the proceeds of any grant in aid of the project which may be received from any source, or (e) out of any other income or revenue pledged to the payment of the bonds in accordance with the provisions of section 253.230.
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(L. 1957 p. 300 § 1, A.L. 1961 p. 231)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.220 - Erection of structure in park to accommodate visitors — may acquire land.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1957
253.220. Erection of structure in park to accommodate visitors — may acquire land. —
1. The department of natural resources is authorized to acquire, construct, erect, equip, furnish, operate, control, manage and regulate a project as in the judgment of the department of natural resources may be necessary, advisable and suitable for the use and improvement of the state's parks and their facilities.
2. The department of natural resources has the power to use real property, now or hereafter belonging to the state for park purposes, as a site for a project or to acquire by purchase, lease, gift or otherwise such real or personal property as in the judgment of the department of natural resources shall be necessary, advisable and suitable for the project, except that real property acquired as a site for a project shall be contiguous to and become a part of a state park.
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(L. 1957 p. 300 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.240 - Bonds issued on resolution of board, when.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1957
253.240. Bonds issued on resolution of board, when. —
The revenue bonds may be issued pursuant to a resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the department of natural resources after proper authorization has been made by the general assembly through an appropriation authorizing expenditures out of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds which appropriation shall be chargeable to the department of natural resources building fund.
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(L. 1957 p. 300 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.250 - Revenue bonds not obligations of state.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1957
253.250. Revenue bonds not obligations of state. —
Bonds issued pursuant to sections 253.210 to 253.280 are not an indebtedness of the state of Missouri, or of the department of natural resources or of the individual members of the department of natural resources and are not an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation on the incurring of indebtedness. Such bonds shall bear on the face thereof the following: "This is a revenue bond and not a general obligation bond."
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(L. 1957 p. 300 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 253 - State Parks and Historic Preservation › Section 253.260 - Bonds, denomination, interest rate, contents — negotiable — income exempt from income taxes.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 253
• Effective - 28 Aug 1982
253.260. Bonds, denomination, interest rate, contents — negotiable — income exempt from income taxes. —
1. Bonds issued pursuant to sections 253.210 to 253.280 shall be of such denomination, shall bear such rate of interest, not to exceed fourteen percent per annum, and shall mature at such time, within forty years from the date of issuance, as the department of natural resources may determine. The bonds may be either serial or term bonds.
2. Serial bonds may be issued with or without the reservation of the right to call them for payment and redemption in advance of their maturity, upon giving such notice, and with or without a covenant requiring the payment of a premium in the event of payment and redemption prior to maturity as the department of natural resources may determine.
3. Term bonds shall contain a reservation of the right to call them for payment and redemption prior to maturity at such time and upon the giving of such notice and upon the payment of such premium, if any, as the department of natural resources may determine.
4. The bonds, when issued, shall be sold at public sale for the best price obtainable after giving such reasonable notice of the sale as the department of natural resources may determine except that no bonds shall be sold for less than ninety-five percent of their par value, and accrued interest.
5. The bonds may be sold to the United States of America or to any of its agencies or instrumentalities, at a price not less than par and accrued interest, without public sale and without the giving of the notice prescribed in this section.
6. The bonds, when issued and sold, shall be negotiable instruments within the meaning of the law merchant and the negotiable instruments law, and the interest thereon shall be exempt from income taxes under the laws of this state.
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(L. 1957 p. 300 § 5, A.L. 1959 H.B. 361, A.L. 1969 3d Ex. Sess. H.B. 28, A.L. 1971 S.B. 163, A.L. 1976 S.B. 778, A.L. 1982 S.B. 696)