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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2485
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE WEBER.
4442H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o amend chapter 261, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to controlled
livestock grazing.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 261, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be
2 known as section 261.181, to read as follows:
261.181. 1. As used in this section, "department" means the department of
2 agricultur e.
3 2. The department shall establish a controlled livestock grazing prog ram to
4 pr ovide standards for control led livestock grazing operations in the clearing of
5 vegetation fr om land. The pro gram shall specify at least the following:
6 (1) The livestock authorized for use in a control led livestock grazing operation;
7 (2) A once-per -year limitation on the number of times that contro lled livestock
8 grazing is authorized to be used on a designated plot of land;
9 (3) A thirty-day limitation on the number of consecutive days in a year that
10 contr olled livestock grazing is authorized to be used on a designated plot of land;
11 (4) The structure s or enclosur es authorized for use by a controlle d livestock
12 grazing contractor in a contro lled livestock grazing operation;
13 (5) Containment req uirements for livestock used in a contr olled livestock
14 grazing operation;
15 (6) Permit r equir ements and fees;
16 (7) Insurance or bond r equir ements for a contr olled livestock grazing
17 contractor;
EXPLANA TION — 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.
18 (8) The pr oper car e for livestock used in a controll ed livestock grazing
19 operation;
20 (9) Requir ements for re gulating noise prod uced by livestock used in a controll ed
21 livestock grazing operation;
22 (10) Notice req uirements for neighbors or landowners adjacent to land on which
23 a contro lled livestock grazing operation is conducted; and
24 (1 1) Any other necessary pro vision as determined by the department.
25 3. An individual who desires to conduct a controlled livestock grazing operation
26 as a contr olled livestock grazing contractor shall obtain a permit fr om the department
27 for such operation as req uired under this section.
28 4. An individual who meets the requi rem ents of the pr ogram established under
29 this section and obtains the requ ired permit may temporarily place structures or
30 enclosur es for livestock used in a controlled livestock grazing operation. No such
31 temporary structur e or enclosur e placed for controlle d livestock grazing under this
32 section shall be requi red to comply with fencing r equir ements in chapter 272.
33 5. (1) Ther e is here by creat ed in the state trea sury the "Contr olled Livestock
34 Grazing Pr ogram Fund", which shall consist of moneys collected under this section.
35 The state tr easurer shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 30.170
36 and 30.180, the state trea sur er may appr ove disbursements. The fund shall be a
37 dedicated fund and, upon appr opriation, moneys in this fund shall be used solely for the
38 implementation and administration of the contr olled livestock grazing pr ogram
39 established in this section.
40 (2) Notwithstanding the pro visions of section 33.080 to the contrary , any moneys
41 r emaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not r evert to the credit of the
42 general reven ue fund.
43 (3) The state tre asurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as
44 other funds ar e invested. Any interes t and moneys earned on such investments shall be
45 cr edited to the fund.
46 6. The department may pr omulgate all necessary rules and r egulations for the
47 implementation and administration of this section. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that
48 term is defined in section 536.010, that is creat ed under the authority delegated in this
49 section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the
50 pr ovisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter
51 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly
52 pursuant to chapter 536 to revi ew , to delay the effective date, or to disappr ove and annul
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53 a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority
54 and any rule prop osed or adopted after August 28, 2026, shall be invalid and void.
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