HB 1412 -- Missouri State Park Board

Sponsor:  McGhee

This bill establishes in statute the Missouri State Park Board in
the Division of State Parks within the Department of Natural
Resources, created by Executive Order 86-26, which is responsible
for managing all aspects of the Historical Marker Program.  The
board will consist of nine members with no more than one member
from any Congressional district and no more than five members of
the same political party.

The department and other state agencies are prohibited from
erecting, modifying, or removing any state historic military
monument or memorial, marker, designated veterans' grave marker,
or statutorily designated monument or memorial located on any
site under its control or located on state land listed on the
board's registry and from changing any practice of permitted
public ceremony on any state historic site without first holding
a public hearing and receiving the board's approval.  The
department must publish a public hearing notice in the Missouri
Register at least 60 days in advance of any action to seek the
board's approval.  The notice must also be published once a week
for two consecutive weeks in any qualified newspaper in the local
area containing the site.  Anyone who knowingly removes, defaces,
or destroys any registered state historic military monument or
memorial, marker, designated veterans' grave marker, or
statutorily designated monument or memorial without the approval
of the General Assembly or the board will be guilty of a class A
misdemeanor.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:10 pm