SECOND REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES QUINN (7) (Sponsor), PRATT, SCHOELLER, ICET, HUNTER, LOEHNER, SANDER, THOMSON, RICHARD, HOBBS, VIEBROCK, FISHER, MUNZLINGER, McGHEE, RUESTMAN, JONES (117), LEMBKE, MAY, KINGERY, BIVINS, SMITH (14), GRISAMORE AND WALLACE (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time February 25, 2008 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 252, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to conservation commission advisory board.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 252, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 252.005, to read as follows:
252.005. 1. There is hereby created the "Conservation Commission Advisory Board" to advise the conservation commission. The board shall be responsible for regional conservation evaluations.
2. Such board shall be staffed by the department of conservation and appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The board shall have one member from each of the eight presently established conservation districts and not more than four of whom shall be from the same political party. Four members shall be actively engaged in farming, and a substantial percentage of such member's income shall be derived from such member's farming activities.
3. Each member appointed to the board shall serve staggered four-year terms in the following manner: Two members shall be appointed for a one-year term, two members shall be appointed for a two-year term, two members shall be appointed for a three-year term, and two members shall be appointed for a four-year term, with successor members being appointed to a four-year term. The procedures for such appointments and the designation of which terms will initially be one-year, two-year, three-year, and four-year terms shall be established solely by the conservation commission and the Missouri department of conservation. No member shall serve on the board for more than eight years.
4. The board shall conduct at least two annual meetings and report to the conservation commission, and annually to the general assembly and the governor. The members of the board shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
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