HOUSE BILL NO. 2738 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE WOODS.
5206H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT To repeal section 444.771, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to mining.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 444.771, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu 2 thereof, to be known as section 444.771, to read as follows: 444.771. [Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the commission 2 and the department shall not issue any permits under this chapter or under chapters 643 or 644 3 to any person whose mine plan boundary is within one thousand feet of any real property 4 where an accredited school has been located for at least five years prior to such application for 5 permits made under these provisions, except that the provisions of this section shall not apply 6 to any request for an expansion to an existing mine or to any underground mining operation] 7 No operation that refines cobalt, lithium, rare earth elements, lead, zinc, nickel, 8 cadmium, manganese, iron, or silver, or manufactures or recycles products that contain 9 these elements, shall occur within one mile of any wildlife refuge designated by the 10 Missouri conservation commission under 3 CSR 10-12.105, surface water as defined 11 under section 640.403, state conservation area, state park, public land as defined by 43 12 U.S.C. Section 1702(e), park in the National Parks System under 54 U.S.C. Section 13 100101 et seq., residence, or school. This section shall not apply to mines, refineries, 14 manufacturing plants, or recycling plants in full operation on August 28, 2026. ✔
EXPLANATION — Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in the above bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted from the law. Matter in bold-face type in the above bill is proposed language.
Statutes affected: