Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture
Section 261.256 - Growers' districts authorized, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004
261.256. Growers' districts authorized, procedure. — 1. It is hereby established that growers' districts may be voluntarily created by Missouri producers raising agricultural crops for food, feed, industrial, and pharmaceutical uses, to be known by the name established by the creators of the growers' district. Nothing in this section or section 261.259 shall force any private property owner to participate in a growers' district.
2. Upon organization, each district shall file with the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which the majority of the district is located and shall adopt bylaws addressing governance of the district, expansion of the district to include new members, and the exercise of any other powers necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section and section 261.259.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 740, et al.)

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Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals

Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture

Section 261.010 - Department authorized — director, how appointed, qualifications.

Section 261.020 - Duties and powers of director.

Section 261.023 - Powers, duties, functions transferred to department of agriculture and certain other designated agencies.

Section 261.025 - Director state agent to receive trust assets of Missouri rural rehabilitation corporation.

Section 261.026 - Director — trust assets — duties.

Section 261.027 - Agreements to be terminated — new agreements — agriculture development fund created — investment — purposes.

Section 261.030 - Investigation of farm marketing — establishing standards — inspections — distribute information.

Section 261.035 - Agriculture business development fund created — purpose — not to lapse.

Section 261.040 - Employees of director, appointment and transfer, bond.

Section 261.050 - Salaries and accounts.

Section 261.060 - Daily deposit of all moneys in state treasury.

Section 261.090 - Cooperation among departments.

Section 261.095 - Foreign market development — director's duties and powers.

Section 261.099 - Exclusive inspection of certain grounds and facilities, by whom — limitation of inspection — inapplicability, when — inadmissibility of evidence in criminal cases, when.

Section 261.100 - Animal export inspection facilities, operation.

Section 261.125 - Financial investment records, sales projections, and business plan information deemed a closed record, when.

Section 261.130 - Certain agriculture information and data not subject to disclosure, when — disclosure permitted, when.

Section 261.140 - Fees, work group to convene to review, when — report.

Section 261.200 - Fund created, use of moneys.

Section 261.230 - AgriMissouri marketing program and agricultural products by category, rules authorized, director's duty.

Section 261.235 - AgriMissouri fund, created, purposes, lapse of fund into general revenue prohibited — advisory commission, created, purposes, duties, membership — trademark fees.

Section 261.239 - Division to create website to foster marketing of Missouri agricultural products.

Section 261.240 - Rulemaking authority.

Section 261.241 - Sellers of honey, no manufacturing facilities required, when — exempt from health standards and regulations, when — label requirements.

Section 261.256 - Growers' districts authorized, procedure.

Section 261.259 - Board of commissioners.

Section 261.265 - License issuance, to whom — grower may produce, manufacture, and distribute, when — recordkeeping — inspections — rulemaking — civil penalty.

Section 261.270 - Citation of act.

Section 261.275 - Fund created, use of moneys — limitation on appropriation of fund moneys — research of estimated sales tax revenue generated.

Section 261.280 - Dairy producer margin insurance premium assistance program, purpose — eligibility, application, reimbursement — risk management training.

Section 261.285 - Missouri dairy scholars program — scholarship amount — eligible student defined.

Section 261.290 - Annual study of dairy industry.

Section 261.295 - Rulemaking authority.

Section 261.450 - Food security task force, members, meetings — mission — report — termination date.

Section 261.500 - Citation of law — definitions — scorecard, criteria for pollinator-friendly solar sites — permissible claims by owners.