Bill Text: MO HB284 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Changes the type of cooler, from expanded polypropylene to expanded polystyrene, that a person is not allowed to possess on or within 50 feet of any river except for certain specified rivers and areas

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-02 - Referred: Tourism and Natural Resources [HB284 Detail]

Download: Missouri-2011-HB284-Introduced.html

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FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 284

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES McNARY (Sponsor), CIERPIOT, REDMON, HOUGHTON, NOLTE, BERRY, GUERNSEY, HAEFNER, BRATTIN AND BROWN (85) (Co-sponsors).

0262L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To repeal section 306.109, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to possession and use of certain alcohol containers and devices on certain rivers, with a penalty provision.

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Section 306.109, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 306.109, to read as follows:

            306.109. 1. No person shall possess or use beer bongs or other drinking devices used to consume similar amounts of alcohol on the rivers of this state. As used in this section, the term "beer bong" includes any device that is intended and designed for the rapid consumption or intake of an alcoholic beverage, including but not limited to funnels, tubes, hoses, and modified containers with additional vents.

            2. No person shall possess or use any large volume alcohol containers that hold more than four gallons of an alcoholic beverage on the rivers of this state.

            3. No person shall possess expanded [polypropylene] polystyrene coolers on or within fifty feet of any river of this state, except in developed campgrounds, picnic areas, landings, roads and parking lots located within fifty feet of such rivers. This subsection shall not apply to high density bait containers used solely for such purpose.

            4. Any person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

            5. The provisions of this section shall not apply to persons on the Mississippi River, Missouri River, or Osage River.

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