Bill Text: MO HB1815 | 2012 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Exempts the normal and customary use of state park trails and roads from the prohibition on the use of the trails and roads without written permission from the Department of Natural Resources
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-19 - Rules - Reported Do Pass (H) [HB1815 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2012-HB1815-Comm_Sub.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
5942H.03C D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 577.073, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to use of state park facilities, with a penalty provision and an emergency clause.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 577.073, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 577.073, to read as follows:
577.073. 1. It is unlawful for any person to throw waste paper, tin cans, bottles, rubbish of any kind, or contaminate in any manner, any spring, pool or stream within a state park, nor shall any person other than authorized personnel of the department of natural resources cut, prune, pick or deface or injure in any manner the flowers, trees, shrub or any other flora growing on the land or in the water of any state park.
2. No person shall be permitted to offer or advertise merchandise or other goods for sale or hire, or to maintain any concession, or use any park facilities, buildings, trails, roads or other state park property for commercial use except by written permission or concession contract with the department of natural resources; except that, the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the normal and customary use of trails and roads by commercial and noncommercial organizations for the purpose of transporting persons, bicycles, or watercraft, as defined in section 537.327.
3. No object of archaeological or historical value or interest within a state park may be removed, injured, disfigured, defaced or destroyed except by authorized personnel.
4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section B. Because of the immediate need to protect tourism in this state, the repeal and reenactment of section 577.073, of this act is deemed necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, welfare, peace and safety, and is hereby declared to be an emergency act within the meaning of the constitution, and the repeal and reenactment of section 577.073 of this act shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and approval.
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