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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power › Section 236.425 - Chief engineer's duties — search warrants — council to hear certain appeals.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 236
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
236.425. Chief engineer's duties — search warrants — council to hear certain appeals. —
1. The chief engineer shall administer the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 by:
(1) Recommending general technological guidelines that pertain to the design, construction, maintenance, operation, use, alteration, repair, enlargement, reduction, or natural physical changes of, or that may occur to, a dam or reservoir including their removal; except that, detailed technical specifications shall not be promulgated to regulate the design, construction, operation, maintenance, use, alteration, repair or removal of a dam or reservoir. Such guidelines shall not be effective until adopted by the council and approved by the director at a public meeting, after notice requirements set forth in subsection 1 of section 236.415 herein have been satisfied;
(2) Making
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recommendations concerning the issuing, continuing in effect, revoking, modifying, suspending, or denying, under such conditions as prescribed by sections 236.400 to 236.500 and such rules as may be adopted to protect public safety, life, property, dams and reservoirs, construction permits for the construction, alteration, enlargement, reduction, repair or removal of dams or appurtenances thereto, and safety and registration permits to insure continuing protection of public safety, life, property, dams and reservoirs, for all dams subject to the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500;
(3) Making such investigations, including hearings, as are proper to protect public safety, life and property from an unsafe dam or reservoir, and to determine whether any permits should be issued, continued, revoked, modified, suspended, or denied or whether any violations of sections 236.400 to 236.500, standards, or rules or regulations have occurred or are occurring;
(4) Entering, at any reasonable time, any private or public premises as necessary to make an investigation or inspection of a dam or reservoir, or records kept, pertaining thereto, and such inspection shall follow reasonable notice to the owner given prior to such investigation or inspection except in the case of an emergency threatening public safety, life or property, in which case such inspection or investigation may be made without prior notice. A suitably restricted search warrant, upon a showing of probable cause in writing and upon oath, shall be issued by any judge having jurisdiction, to the chief engineer or his representative for the purpose of enabling him to make the inspection.
2. The council shall meet with or hear the appeal of a permit applicant and his representative upon request of the permit applicant if the chief engineer has rejected the application for a construction, safety or registration permit.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 6)
*Words "To make" appear in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power › Section 236.430 - Employees, council to provide for.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 236
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
236.430. Employees, council to provide for. —
The council shall retain, employ, provide for and compensate within appropriations available therefor, such consultants, assistants, and other employees on a full- or part-time basis as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 and prescribe the times at which they shall be appointed and their powers and duties.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power › Section 236.445 - Permit may be suspended — alteration or removal may be required — violation.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 236
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
236.445. Permit may be suspended — alteration or removal may be required — violation. —
1. If it is found that a dam or reservoir presents a threat to public safety, life or property, or that the safety of the dam or reservoir is threatened, the permit for the dam or reservoir shall be suspended and shall be reinstated only when the owner at his expense has completed the necessary alteration or has established such operational procedures as the council upon hearing the recommendations of the chief engineer deems necessary for protection of the public safety, life, property, the dam or reservoir. If necessary for such protection, the council may require the owner at his expense to remove the dam or reservoir, or if the owner refuses or neglects to act, the state may alter or remove the dam or reservoir, and the chief engineer may recover the costs of such action as provided in section 236.450.
2. If the owner refuses to alter or remove a dam or reservoir as directed when found to be a threat as set forth in sections 236.400 to 236.500, he shall be in violation of sections 236.400 to 236.500 and the permit requirements hereunder, and such action shall subject the owner to the enforcement provisions contained herein and revocation of the permit.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power › Section 236.450 - Removal or repair of abandoned dam — recovery of expenses.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 236
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
236.450. Removal or repair of abandoned dam — recovery of expenses. —
An existing dam or reservoir which the chief engineer determines to be abandoned and considered to be a threat to public safety, life, or property may be altered, repaired, or removed upon such determination at the expense of the state of Missouri, and the chief engineer may request either the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney to bring an action in the name of the people of the state of Missouri to recover such expenses from the owner through appropriate legal processes. Such action may be brought in any county where the defendant or defendant's principal place of business is located or where the dam or reservoir is located.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 11)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power › Section 236.455 - Emergency action authorized.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 236
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
236.455. Emergency action authorized. —
If it is determined at any time that the condition of a dam or reservoir is an imminent and substantial threat, and so dangerous to public safety, life or property as not to permit time for issuance of an enforcement order to correct the hazard, the chief engineer may take any appropriate action not prohibited by the constitution or laws of this state he deems necessary for emergency protection of public safety, life or property, and may request the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney to take any legal steps necessary to accomplish such action and to recover the cost of such measures from the owner by appropriate legal action.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 12)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power › Section 236.460 - Transfer of ownership, notice required.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 236
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
236.460. Transfer of ownership, notice required. —
The owner shall notify the chief engineer upon the sale or other transfer of interest in a dam or reservoir, either existing or under construction, alteration or removal. The construction, safety or registration permit shall be transferred to the successive owner upon receipt of this notification and upon determination that such transfer will not endanger public safety, life, property, the dam or reservoir.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 13)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power › Section 236.465 - Industrial water retention structures subject to provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 — inspection — changes.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 236
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
236.465. Industrial water retention structures subject to provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 — inspection — changes. —
Irrespective of any other provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500, the following provisions shall apply to the construction, alteration or enlargement of tailing, slime and settling ponds and to other similar industrial water retention structures included within the definitions of dam or reservoir in section 236.400:
(1) Applications for construction, safety or registration permits shall be submitted as provided in section 236.435 and section 236.440 except that design plans and specifications which outline any anticipated enlargement of the industrial water retention structure shall be included;
(2) It shall not be necessary to reapply for a permit each time the structure is enlarged if the enlargement plans have been submitted in and approved with the original application, and the provisions of subdivision (3) of this section have been satisfied;
(3) Upon notification of the chief engineer, bearing the seal and signature of an experienced professional engineer, that the initial phase of construction has been completed in accordance with the provisions of the construction permit and sections 236.400 to 236.500, or if a registration permit has been issued as provided in subdivision (1) of this section, and before any enlargement is begun, and if no violation of sections 236.400 to 236.500 can be shown, a safety permit or a registration permit with special provisions that authorize the planned enlargement to the initially constructed structure shall be issued, on application, if enlargement plans were included and approved in the original application;
(4) It is not necessary to retain continuously a professional engineer after the initial stage of construction;
(5) The dam shall be inspected by an experienced professional engineer registered in the state of Missouri as required to renew the safety permit or registration permit at five-year intervals unless safety of the public, life and property require a shorter period of time;
(6) The chief engineer shall make inspections of these structures as necessary to insure adequate protection for public safety, life and property;
(7) Where it is shown that a tailings, slime and settling pond, or other similar water retention structure is subject to inspection for safety, using standards at least as stringent as those required under sections 236.400 to 236.500, by a federal or state agency and the owner notifies the council that the structure is subject to such inspection, such structures shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 14)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power › Section 236.470 - Conduct of hearings — subpoenas — approval of final orders.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 236
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
236.470. Conduct of hearings — subpoenas — approval of final orders. —
1. At any public hearing all testimony taken before the council, or a hearing officer appointed by the council chairman, shall be under oath and recorded stenographically. The transcript so recorded shall be made available to any person upon payment of the usual charge therefor.
2. In any such hearing, any member of the council or the hearing officer shall issue in the name of the council notice of hearing and subpoenas. Subpoenas shall be issued and enforced as provided in section 536.077. The rules of discovery that apply in any civil case apply to hearings held by the council.
3. All hearings to approve, amend or repeal guidelines, standards or rules and regulations shall be held before at least four members of the council.
4. All other hearings may be held before one council member designated by the council chairman or a hearing officer who shall be a member of the Missouri bar and appointed by the council chairman. The hearing officer or council member shall preside at the hearing and hear all evidence and rule on the admissibility of evidence. The hearing officer or council member shall make recommended findings of fact and may make recommended conclusions of law to the council.
5. All final orders or determinations or other final actions by the council shall be approved in writing by at least four members of the council. Any council member approving in writing any final order or
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determination or other final action, who did not attend the hearing, shall do so only after reviewing all exhibits and reading the entire transcript.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 15)
*Word "of" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power › Section 236.475 - Immunity of officers.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 236
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
236.475. Immunity of officers. —
In the absence of willful and wanton misconduct, no action shall be brought against the council, the chief engineer or his agents, or department employees or private individuals employed as consultants by the department for the recovery of damages caused by the partial or total failure of any dam or reservoir or through the use or operation of any dam or reservoir upon the ground that such person is liable by virtue of any of the following:
(1) The approval of a dam or reservoir or permits therefor;
(2) The issuance or enforcement of orders relating to maintenance, operation or repair of a dam or reservoir;
(3) Control and regulation of a dam or reservoir;
(4) Measures taken to protect against failure during an emergency.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 16)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power › Section 236.480 - Judicial review of actions — administrative review required — interpretation of administrative actions.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 236
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
236.480. Judicial review of actions — administrative review required — interpretation of administrative actions. —
1. All final decisions, orders, actions or determinations made pursuant to the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 are subject to judicial review pursuant to the provisions of chapter 536. No judicial review shall be available, however, until all administrative remedies are exhausted.
2. In any suit filed pursuant to section 536.050 concerning the validity of the standards, rules, guidelines and regulations promulgated hereunder, the court shall review the record made pursuant to their adoption to determine the validity and reasonableness of such standards, rules, guidelines and regulations and may hear such additional evidence as it deems necessary.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 17)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power › Section 236.485 - Water rights preserved.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 236
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
236.485. Water rights preserved. —
The provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 do not grant or diminish any right to that water entering, discharged from or impounded by a dam or contained in a reservoir.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 18)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power › Section 236.490 - Enforcement of act.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 236
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
236.490. Enforcement of act. —
All duly constituted officers of the law of this state or any political subdivision thereof shall aid in the enforcement of the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 19)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power › Section 236.495 - Legal actions for enforcement available, procedure.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 236
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
236.495. Legal actions for enforcement available, procedure. —
1. In carrying out the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 and to the extent not inconsistent with chapter 491, the chief engineer or council may subpoena witnesses and compel their attendance, and may also require the submission of books, papers, documents or other pertinent data in any hearing or enforcement proceedings hereunder or in any case wherein a violation of this chapter is alleged. Upon failure or refusal to comply with such order or upon failure to honor a subpoena, as herein provided, the council may request the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney to apply to the circuit court having jurisdiction to enforce compliance.
2. The council may request the attorney general or a prosecuting attorney, in the name of the state, to institute a suit for injunctive relief to stop or prevent violations of the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500, permits, standards, orders and rules and regulations promulgated hereunder, which shall be violations of sections 236.400 to 236.500, or to restrain any violation thereof, or after written notification of violation by the council, and a reasonable time to correct such violation, for the assessment of a penalty of up to one thousand dollars per day, for each day or part thereof the violation continues to occur after such notice. Such action may be brought in any county where the defendant's principal place of business is located, where the dam or reservoir is located, or the violation does or may occur.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 20)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 236 - Dams, Mills and Electric Power › Section 236.500 - Penalties.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 236
• Effective - 28 Aug 1979
236.500. Penalties. —
1. Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of sections 236.400 to 236.500 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, or by confinement in the county jail for a term of not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and confinement.
2. In the event of a continuing violation, each day that the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
3. Any person who willfully obstructs, hinders or prevents the council, the chief engineer or his agents or employees from performing the duties imposed by sections 236.400 to 236.500 and rules and regulations promulgated hereunder or who willfully resists the council, the chief engineer or his agents in the performance of the duties imposed on them by sections 236.400 to 236.500 and rules and regulations promulgated hereunder is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in subsection 1 of this section.
4. Any owner who willfully engages in the construction, repair, alteration or removal of any dam or reservoir without a construction permit or in violation of a construction permit or willfully violates the requirements of or for a safety or registration permit is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in subsection 1 of this section.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 603 § 21)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.010 - Ferry not to be kept without license.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.010. Ferry not to be kept without license. —
No person shall keep a ferry, so as to demand and receive pay thereat, without a license.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15286)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14198; 1919 § 5532; 1909 § 6475
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.020 - Application for license.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.020. Application for license. —
Any person may petition the county commission of the county for license to keep a ferry; and if the commission believe such ferry necessary for the accommodation of the public, and that the petitioner is a suitable person to keep the same, it shall order the clerk to issue a license, upon the payment of the tax assessed in such order.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15287)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14199; 1919 § 5533; 1909 § 6476
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.030 - Tax on license.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.030. Tax on license. —
Such tax shall not be less than two dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, paid to the use of the state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15288)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14200; 1919 § 5534; 1909 § 6477
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.040 - License issued, when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.040. License issued, when. —
Upon the production of the receipt of the collector of the county for the tax to such clerk, he shall issue a license to keep a ferry, at the place therein mentioned, for any term not exceeding five years, the said term to be fixed by the county commission in its discretion; provided, that no license shall be issued for a longer term than five years.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15289)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14201; 1919 § 5535; 1909 § 6478
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.050 - Bond required.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.050. Bond required. —
Before the delivery of the license such person shall give bond to the state, with sufficient security, approved by such clerk, in such sum as the commission shall order, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties required by law at such ferry; which bond shall be filed in the office of such clerk.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15290)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14202; 1919 § 5536; 1909 § 6479
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.060 - Licenses granted by clerks in vacation.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.060. Licenses granted by clerks in vacation. —
The clerk of the county commission, in vacation, may grant ferry licenses, assess the tax and fix the rates for the same, and exercise all the power of the commission touching the same.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15292)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14204; 1919 § 5538; 1909 § 6481
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.070 - Continuation of licenses.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.070. Continuation of licenses. —
Such licenses shall continue until the end of the next term of the county commission; and the tax shall be assessed in proportion to the time for which the license is granted, and in all other respects the clerk and collector shall proceed as upon license granted by the commission.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15293)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14205; 1919 § 5539; 1909 § 6482
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.080 - License granted without tax, when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.080. License granted without tax, when. —
If any county commission believe that any ferry in the county is so little used as not to justify the payment of license, they may, in their discretion, give to the keeper of such ferry a license without the payment of any tax; and such commission shall take bond and fix the rates as in other ferries.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15305)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14217; 1919 § 5551; 1909 § 6494
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.090 - License may be revoked.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.090. License may be revoked. —
If any ferryman fail to perform his duties, the county commission may, at any time, revoke his license.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15304)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14216; 1919 § 5550; 1909 § 6493
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.100 - Keeping ferry without license, penalty.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.100. Keeping ferry without license, penalty. —
If any person demand or receive pay for services as ferryman, without a license, he shall forfeit to the county twenty dollars for every day he shall keep such ferry, or be imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days, or be punished by both such fine and imprisonment, to be recovered by indictment or information in the proper court of the proper county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15299)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14211; 1919 § 5545; 1909 § 6488
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.110 - Liable to action for damages.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.110. Liable to action for damages. —
Such persons shall be liable to a civil action for all damages that may accrue to the person licensed to keep such ferry.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15300)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14212; 1919 § 5546; 1909 § 6489
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.120 - Ferriage — rates fixed by county commission.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.120. Ferriage — rates fixed by county commission. —
The county commission shall fix the rate of ferriage at each ferry, and may at any time alter the same, having regard to the breadth and situation of the stream and publicity of the ferry. No change in the rates of ferriage shall go into effect during the continuance of any license.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15291)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14203; 1919 § 5537; 1909 § 6480
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.130 - Ferriage, when tendered.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.130. Ferriage, when tendered. —
No ferryman shall be compelled to do any act, as such, before payment or tender of his fee be made, according to the rates of ferriage.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15296)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14208; 1919 § 5542; 1909 § 6485
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.140 - Rates posted.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.140. Rates posted. —
Every ferryman shall keep a list of the legal rates of ferriage, printed, or written in a legible hand, constantly posted up at some public place at the ferry or ferryhouse.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15297)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14209; 1919 § 5543; 1909 § 6486
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.150 - Failure to post rates, penalty.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.150. Failure to post rates, penalty. —
If any ferryman fail to comply with the provisions of section 237.140, he shall, for every such offense, forfeit four dollars to the county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15298)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14210; 1919 § 5544; 1909 § 6487
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.160 - Good boats and sufficient hands to be kept.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.160. Good boats and sufficient hands to be kept. —
Every ferryman shall keep at his ferry a good boat or boats, in good repair, suitable to the water, and sufficient hands to attend on all occasions.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15294)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14206; 1919 § 5540; 1909 § 6483
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.170 - Penalty for neglect.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.170. Penalty for neglect. —
Every ferryman failing to give such due attention shall, for every offense, forfeit five dollars, and for failure to keep such boat in good repair, shall forfeit thirty dollars to the county where the ferry is situated; and he shall be liable for all damages that any person may sustain thereby, to be recovered by civil action in any court having jurisdiction.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15295)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14207; 1919 § 5541; 1909 § 6484
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.180 - Number of licenses not limited.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.180. Number of licenses not limited. —
The county commission of the proper county may grant, or not, at their discretion, ferry license for a ferry or ferries on the same side of the river, and in the same county, within any distance of any ferry that shall then be already licensed.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15306)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14218; 1919 § 5552; 1909 § 6495
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.190 - Exclusive privilege granted, when.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.190. Exclusive privilege granted, when. —
County commissions may grant to the owner or owners of lands, on both sides of a river, in any county in this state, the exclusive privilege of keeping a ferry thereat.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15307)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14219; 1919 § 5553; 1909 § 6496
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.210 - Cities may lease wharf.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.210. Cities may lease wharf. —
Any city, town or other municipal corporation may, for a just compensation, in its discretion, lease to any owner or association of owners of any steamboat, or boats, or vessels, any portion of the wharf or landing of such city or town, for a term of years, for the purpose of maintaining wharf boats thereat for the accommodation of steamboats and merchants and others in the reception and discharge of freights; provided, that no part of any wharf or landing shall be so leased for the use of any particular owner of any boat or boats, or association of owners of boats, if such lease shall give to such owner or association of owners a monopoly of said portion of such wharf or landing, or work a serious injury or inconvenience to other owners of boats landing at such wharf or landing.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15309)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14221; 1919 § 5562; 1909 § 6505
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.220 - Suit on bond.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.220. Suit on bond. —
Upon the failure of any ferryman to perform any duty herein required, the attorney general or prosecuting attorney for the county shall commence and prosecute an action on the bond given by the ferryman, and the recovery of any penalty shall be no bar to any action on such bond.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15302)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14214; 1919 § 5548; 1909 § 6491
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.230 - Penalties, how recovered.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.230. Penalties, how recovered. —
All penalties imposed by this chapter may be recovered before any court having jurisdiction, in the name of the county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15301)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14213; 1919 § 5547; 1909 § 6490
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 237 - Barges, Ferries and Wharves › Section 237.240 - Limitation.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 237
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
237.240. Limitation. —
Every offense under this chapter shall be prosecuted within one year.
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(RSMo 1939 § 15303)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 14215; 1919 § 5549; 1909 § 6492
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects › Section 238.020 - Compact, when binding, where filed.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 238
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
238.020. Compact, when binding, where filed. —
The compact when signed by the signatories of each state as herein provided shall become binding upon the state of Missouri and shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state of Missouri.
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(L. 1965 p. 376 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects › Section 238.030 - Authority may apply for approval of Congress.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 238
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
238.030. Authority may apply for approval of Congress. —
The authority shall have power to apply to the Congress of the United States for its consent and approval of the compact; but in the absence of such consent of congress and until the same shall have been secured, the compact shall be binding upon the state of Missouri in all respects permitted by law for the two states of Missouri and Kansas without the consent of congress to cooperate, for the purposes enumerated in the compact, and in the manner provided therein.
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(L. 1965 p. 376 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects › Section 238.040 - Tax status of property and securities of authority.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 238
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
238.040. Tax status of property and securities of authority. —
All property, real and personal, owned or held by the Kansas City area transportation authority, and all interest income derived from any notes, bonds or other instruments in writing issued by said authority, shall possess the same status, with respect to taxation in the state of Missouri, as is now or may hereafter be possessed by property, real and personal, owned or held by cities, with said state of Missouri, and by the interest income derived from notes, bonds or other instruments in writing issued by such cities.
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(L. 1965 p. 376 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects › Section 238.050 - Securities of authority recognized as lawful investments.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 238
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
238.050. Securities of authority recognized as lawful investments. —
Any notes, bonds or other instruments in writing issued by the Kansas City area transportation authority pursuant to the provisions of the aforesaid compact are hereby recognized to be securities in which all state and municipal officers and bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, savings associations, building and loan associations, investment companies, and all other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries and all other persons whatsoever who are now or who may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of state of Missouri may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital, belonging to them, or within their control; and the said obligations are hereby recognized as securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and shall be received by any state or municipal officer or agency for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of this state is now or may hereafter be authorized.
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(L. 1965 p. 376 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects › Section 238.070 - Qualifications of commissioners.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 238
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
238.070. Qualifications of commissioners. —
All commissioners so appointed shall be qualified voters of the state of Missouri and shall reside within the district established by the compact and within the county or city from which appointed. No commissioner shall have a direct or indirect financial interest in any property acquired by the Kansas City area transportation authority.
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(L. 1965 p. 380 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects › Section 238.080 - Compensation and expenses of commissioners.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 238
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
238.080. Compensation and expenses of commissioners. —
The compensation of the commissioners to be paid by the authority shall be determined by the commissioners, provided that the compensation of each commissioner shall not exceed the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars per annum. In addition, the commissioners shall be reimbursed by the authority for the actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
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(L. 1965 p. 380 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects › Section 238.090 - Powers and duties of commissioners.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 238
• Effective - 28 Aug 1965
238.090. Powers and duties of commissioners. —
The commissioners shall have the powers and duties and be subject to the limitations provided for in the compact entered into between the two states and, together with five commissioners from the state of Kansas, shall form the "Kansas City Area Transportation Authority".
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(L. 1965 p. 380 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects › Section 238.100 - Additional powers and duties of commissioners.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 238
• Effective - 28 Aug 1967
238.100. Additional powers and duties of commissioners. —
In further effectuation of that certain compact between the states of Missouri and Kansas heretofore made and entered into on December 28, 1965, the Kansas City area transportation authority of the Kansas City area transportation district, created by and under the aforesaid compact, is authorized to exercise the following powers in addition to those heretofore expressly authorized by the aforesaid compact:
(1) To make all appointments and employ all its officers, agents and employees, determine their qualifications and duties and fix their compensation;
(2) To deal with and enter into written contracts with the employees of the authority through accredited representatives of such employees or representatives of any labor organization authorized to act for such employees, concerning wages, salaries, hours, working conditions, pension or retirement provisions, and insurance benefits;
(3) To provide for the retirement and pensioning of its officers and employees and the widows and children of the deceased officers and employees, and to provide for paying benefits upon disability or death of its officers and employees and to make payments from its funds to provide for said retirements, pensions and death or disability benefits.
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(L. 1967 p. 354 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects › Section 238.200 - Citation of law.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 238
• Effective - 30 May 1990, see footnote
238.200. Citation of law. —
Sections 238.200 to 238.275 shall be known as the "Missouri Transportation Development District Act".
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(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 35)
Effective 5-30-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects › Section 238.205 - Purpose of district — district to be political subdivision.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 238
• Effective - 30 May 1990, see footnote
238.205. Purpose of district — district to be political subdivision. —
1. A district may be created to fund, promote, plan, design, construct, improve, maintain, and operate one or more projects or to assist in such activity.
2. A district is a political subdivision of the state.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 37)
Effective 5-30-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects › Section 238.208 - Annexation of property adjacent to a transportation district, procedure — removal of property, procedure.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 238
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007, 2 histories
238.208. Annexation of property adjacent to a transportation district, procedure — removal of property, procedure. —
1. The owners of property adjacent to a transportation district formed under the Missouri transportation development district act may petition the court by unanimous petition to add their property to the district. If the property owners within the transportation development district unanimously approve of the addition of property, the adjacent properties in the petition shall be added to the district. Any property added under this section shall be subject to all projects, taxes, and special assessments in effect as of the date of the court order adding the property to the district. The owners of the added property shall be allowed to vote at the next election scheduled for the district to fill vacancies on the board and on any other question submitted to them by the board under this chapter. The owners of property added under this section shall have one vote per acre in the same manner as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection 2 of section 238.220.
2. The owners of all of the property located in a transportation development district formed under this chapter may, by unanimous petition filed with the board of directors of the district, remove any property from the district, so long as such removal will not materially affect any obligations of the district.
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(L. 2004 H.B. 1107, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects › Section 238.217 - Costs of petition process, how paid.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 238
• Effective - 30 May 1990, see footnote
238.217. Costs of petition process, how paid. —
The costs of filing and defending the petition and all publication and incidental costs incurred in obtaining circuit court certification of the petition for voter approval shall be paid by the petitioners. If a district is organized under sections 238.200 to 238.275, the petitioners may be reimbursed for such costs out of the revenues received by the district.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 42)
Effective 5-30-90
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XIV - Roads and Waterways › Chapter 238 - Transportation Districts and Transportation Corporations, Special Projects › Section 238.225 - Projects, submission of plans to commission, approval — submission to local transportation authority, when — exemption.

Title XIV ROADS AND WATERWAYS
Chapter 238
• Effective - 28 Aug 2011, 2 histories
238.225. Projects, submission of plans to commission, approval — submission to local transportation authority, when — exemption. —
1. Before construction or funding of any project the district shall submit the proposed project to the commission for its prior approval. If the commission by minute finds that the project will improve or is a necessary or desirable extension of the state highways and transportation system, the commission may preliminarily approve the project subject to the district providing plans and specifications for the proposed project and making any revisions in the plans and specifications required by the commission and the district and commission entering into a mutually satisfactory agreement regarding development and future maintenance of the project. After such preliminary approval, the district may impose and collect such taxes and assessments as may be included in the commission's preliminary approval. After the commission approves the final construction plans and specifications, the district shall obtain prior commission approval of any modification of such plans or specifications.
2. If the proposed project is not intended to be merged into the state highways and transportation system under the commission's jurisdiction, the district shall also submit the proposed project and proposed plans and specifications to the local transportation authority that will become the owner of the project for its prior approval.
3. In those instances where a local transportation authority is required to approve a project and the commission determines that it has no direct interest in that project, the commission may decline to consider the project. Approval of the project shall then vest exclusively with the local transportation authority subject to the district making any revisions in the plans and specifications required by the local transportation authority and the district and the local transportation authority entering into a mutually satisfactory agreement regarding development and future maintenance of the project. After the local transportation authority approves the final construction plans and specifications, the district shall obtain prior approval of the local transportation authority before modifying such plans or specifications.
4. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, this section shall not apply to any district whose project is a public mass transportation system.
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(L. 1990 S.B. 479 & 649 § 45, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22, A.L. 2011 S.B. 173)