HCS SCS SB 198 -- USE OF LANDS

This bill adds facility enhancement to the list of permissible
activities for which the Department of Natural Resources may
enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations
and allows these organizations to provide services to any state
park instead of only one state park.  The department may provide
incidental staff support if the organization reimburses the
department for the actual costs of park facility space and staff
support as well as demonstrates the fiscal, interpretive,
educational, and facility enhancement benefits to the state.
Proceeds from the sale of any services under a cooperative
agreement must be used by the organization for interpretive or
educational services in state parks.

The crime of distribution of a controlled substance near a park
when a person unlawfully distributes or delivers heroin, cocaine,
LSD, amphetamine, or methamphetamine to another individual within
1,000 feet of a public, private, state, county, or municipal park
is created.  The crime will be a class A felony.

The bill also specifies that all historic shipwreck materials and
other objects that have historic or archaeological value and have
been abandoned for at least 50 years on lands beneath navigable
waters belong to the state and will be administered and protected
by the Office of State Historic Preservation within the
department.  Any application for the approval of regulated
activities at a historic shipwreck site will include authorized
written permission from any affected landowner allowing access
both to and from sites on the property and any ground-disturbing
activities on the property.

Individuals are prohibited from fishing, hunting, trapping, or
retrieving wildlife from private land without the permission of
the owner or lessee of the property.  Any person who knowingly
does so will be guilty of a class B misdemeanor and may lose his
or her license to fish, hunt, or trap for one year from the date
of the conviction.

Any person who is engaged in the retrieval of wildlife from
private land with the permission of the landowner and
intentionally drives or flushes large or small game toward other
hunters located on other parcels of land or intentionally
discharges a firearm at large or small game that originates from
private land during the retrieval will be guilty of a class B
misdemeanor.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:21 am