Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri House Bill HB106 Compare Versions

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11 FIRSTREGULARSESSION
22 HOUSEBILLNO.106
33 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY
44 INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEVERNETTI.
55 0671H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
66 ANACT
77 Torepealsection444.766,RSMo,andtoenactinlieuthereofonenewsectionrelatingtoland
88 reclamation.
99 BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
1010 SectionA.Section444.766,RSMo,isrepealedandonenewsectionenactedinlieu
1111 2thereof,tobeknownassection444.766,toreadasfollows:
1212 444.766.1.Noprovisionofsections444.760to444.790shallapplytothe
1313 2excavationofmineralsorfilldirtforthepurposesofconstructionorlandimprovementas
1414 3unrelatedtotheminingofmineralsforacommercialpurposeorreclamationofland
1515 4subsequenttothesurfaceminingofminerals.
1616 5 2.Nopermitisrequiredundersections444.760to444.790forthepurposeofmoving
1717 6mineralsorfilldirtwithintheconfinesofrealpropertywhereexcavationoccurs,orfor
1818 7purposesofremovingmineralsorfilldirtfromtherealpropertyasprovidedinthissection.
1919 8 (1)Excavationsforconstructionpursuanttoengineeringplansandspecifications
2020 9preparedbyanarchitect,professionalengineer,orlandscapearchitectlicensedpursuantto
2121 10chapter327,oranyexcavationforconstructionperformedunderawrittencontractthat
2222 11requiresexcavationofmineralsorfilldirt,andtheplansandspecificationsorwritten
2323 12contractestablishesdatesforcompletionofworkandspecifiesthetermsofpaymentfor
2424 13work,shallbepresumedtobeforthepurposesofconstructionandshallnotrequireapermit
2525 14forsurfacemining.
2626 15 (2)Excavationsforpurposesoflandimprovementwheremineralsremovedfromthe
2727 16siteareexcessmineralsthatcannotbeusedon-siteforanypracticalpurpose[andatnotime
2828 17aresubjectedtocrushing,screening,orothermeansofbeneficiationwiththeexceptionof
2929 EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
3030 intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18removalofdeadtrees,decayingvegetation,treelimbs,andstumps] shallbepresumedtobe
3131 19forthepurposesoflandimprovementandshallnotrequireapermitforsurfacemining,
3232 20providedthat:
3333 21 [(a)ThesitehasnotbeendesignatedasasurfaceminebythefederalMineSafetyand
3434 22HealthAdministration;
3535 23 (b)](a)Mineralsfromthepropertyarenotusedforcommercialpurposesona
3636 24frequentorongoingbasis;and
3737 25 [(c)](b)Apit,peak,orridgedoesnotpersistatthesiteasinconsistentwiththe
3838 26purposesoflandimprovement.
3939 27 (3)Permitsshallnotberequiredfortheexcavationoffilldirt,regardlessofthesiteof
4040 28dispositionorwhetherconstructionoccursatthesiteofexcavation.
4141 29 3.(1)Ifthedirectororhisorherdesigneedeterminesthatasurfaceminingpermitis
4242 30requiredforrealpropertywhichispurportedtobeforpurposesofconstructionorland
4343 31improvementnotrequiringasurfaceminingpermitunderthissection,suchdetermination
4444 32shallbesentinwritingtotheownerofthepropertybycertifiedmailstatingthereasonsfor
4545 33suchdetermination.Uponrequestofthepersonreceivingtheletter,aninformalconference
4646 34shallbescheduledwiththedirectorwithinfifteencalendardaystodiscussthedetermination.
4747 35Followingtheinformalconference,thedirectorshallissueawrittendeterminationregarding
4848 36hisorherfindingsoffactnolaterthanthirtycalendardaysafterthedateoftheconference.If
4949 37thedirectoragreesthatasurfaceminingpermitisrequiredandthepersondisagreeswiththat
5050 38decision,thepersonmaymakeawrittenrequestforahearingbeforethecommissionatits
5151 39nextregularmeeting.Suchwrittenrequestshallbefiledwithinthirtycalendardaysafter
5252 40receiptofthedirector'swrittendetermination,exceptwhenthethirtiethdaywouldbelater
5353 41thanthedateofthenextregularlyscheduledcommissionmeeting,thewrittenrequestshallbe
5454 42filedatleastsevendayspriortothecommissionmeetingunlessthedirectorandtheperson
5555 43filingtherequestmutuallyagreetoplacethematteronthecommission'sagendaforalater
5656 44meeting.Thecommissionshallissueawrittendeterminationastowhetherasurfacemining
5757 45permitisrequiredunderthisstate'slawwithinthirtycalendardaysafterthehearing.The
5858 46writtendeterminationmaybeappealedasprovidedunderthischapter.
5959 47 (2)Untilafinalwrittendeterminationhasbeenissuedundertheprocessestablished
6060 48undersubdivision(1)ofthissubsection,thepersonreceivingaletterstatingthereasonsa
6161 49miningpermitisrequiredmaycontinueactivityatthesiteindispute.Thecommissionmay
6262 50staythedirector'sdetermination.Ifthefinalwrittendeterminationisthatapermitisrequired,
6363 51allfeesotherwiseprovidedbystatuteorrulesofthecommissionshallapply.Ifthe
6464 52determinationisthatnopermitisrequired,nopermitfeesshallberequiredbythedirectoror
6565 53thecommission.
6666 HB106 2 54 (3)Theprocesssetoutinthissubsectionfordeterminingwhetheraminingpermitis
6767 55requiredshallnotbesubjecttothehearingrequirementsofsection444.789.
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