Restricts areas relating to mining operations

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE BILL NO. 2738
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBL Y
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENT A TIVE WOODS.
5206H.01I JOSEPH ENGLER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
T o 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Section A. Section 444.771, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu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 undergr ound mining operation ]
7 No operation that refi nes cobalt, lithium, rare earth elements, lead, zinc, nickel,
8 cadmium, manganese, ir on, or silver , or manufactur es or re cycles prod ucts that contain
9 these elements, shall occur within one mile of any wildlife refu ge designated by the
10 Missouri conservation commission under 3 CSR 10-12.105, surface water as defined
11 under section 640.403, state conservation ar ea, 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., r esidence, or school. This section shall not apply to mines, ref ineries,
14 manufacturing plants, or recycl ing plants in full operation on August 28, 2026 .
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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.