HB 1513 -- Emergency Drought Conditions

Sponsor:  Bruns

This bill makes it unlawful for any person to set fire to or to
burn trash or other material in an area proclaimed by an
executive order of the Governor to be in extraordinary danger
from fire due to emergency drought conditions unless the fire was
set as a backfire by a local, state, or federal fire agency as
part of fire suppression activities or was a prescribed burn
conducted by authorized state or federal agencies and contained
to state or federally owned lands.  Any person who violates these
provisions will be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:10 pm