HCS#2 HB 752 -- USE OF LANDS

SPONSOR:  Pollock (Sutherland)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass" by the Special Committee on
State Parks and Waterways by a vote of 7 to 0.

This substitute creates the crime of distribution of a controlled
substance near a park when a person unlawfully distributes or
delivers heroin, cocaine, LSD, amphetamine, or methamphetamine to
another individual within 1,000 feet of a public, private, state,
county, or municipal park.  The crime will be a class A felony.

The substitute also specifies that all historic shipwreck
materials and other objects that have historic or archaeological
value and have been abandoned on lands beneath navigable waters
belong to the state and will be administered and protected by the
Office of State Historic Preservation within the Department of
Natural Resources.  Any application for approval of regulated
activities at a historic shipwreck site will include authorized
written permission from any affected landowner allowing access
both to and from sites on the property and any ground-disturbing
activities on the property.

Individuals are prohibited from fishing, hunting, trapping, or
retrieving wildlife from private land without the permission of
the owner or lessee of the property.  Any person who knowingly
does so will be guilty of a class B misdemeanor and may lose his
or her license to fish, hunt, or trap for one year from the date
of the conviction.

Any person who is engaged in the retrieval of wildlife from
private land with the permission of the landowner and
intentionally drives or flushes large or small game toward other
hunters located on other parcels of land or intentionally
discharges a firearm at large or small game that originates from
private land during the retrieval will be guilty of a class B
misdemeanor.

FISCAL NOTE:  Estimated Cost on General Revenue Fund of Less than
$100,000 in FY 2008, FY 2009, and FY 2010.  No impact on Other
State Funds in FY 2008, FY 2009, and FY 2010.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that the purpose of the bill is to
protect historic shipwrecks in the state.  As rivers naturally
move their banks, shipwrecks are exposed.  The bill attempts to
make sure the items in the shipwrecks are removed properly and
preserved.

Testifying for the bill was Representative Sutherland.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:20 am