252.243. Hunting heritage protection areas designated, where--no TIF projects permitted, exceptions--discharge of firearms prohibited--areas not included. - Missouri Statutes

Hunting heritage protection areas designated, where--no TIF projectspermitted, exceptions--discharge of firearms prohibited--areasnot included.

252.243. 1. This section shall be known as and may be cited as the"Hunting Heritage Protection Areas Act". Hunting heritage protection areasshall include all land located within the one hundred-year flood plain ofthe Missouri River and all land located within the one hundred-year floodplain of the Mississippi River, as designated by the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency as amended from time to time.

2. In addition to the provisions of section 99.847, RSMo, no new taxincrement financing project shall be authorized in any hunting heritageprotection area after August 28, 2007. This subsection shall not apply totax increment financing projects or districts approved:

(1) Prior to August 28, 2007, and shall allow the modification,amendment, or expansion of such projects including redevelopment projectcosts by not more than forty percent of such project's original projectedcost and the tax increment finance district by not more than five percentof the district as it existed as of August 28, 2007;

(2) For the purpose of flood or drainage protection and for anypublic infrastructure included therewith; or

(3) For the purpose of constructing or operating a renewable fuelfacility as defined in section 348.430, RSMo, or for the purpose ofproviding infrastructure necessary solely for the construction or operationof such renewable fuel production facility, provided no residential,commercial, or industrial development not directly associated with theproduction of renewable fuel shall occur within a hunting heritageprotection area, either directly or indirectly, as a result of such taxincrement financing project.

3. The discharge of firearms for lawful hunting, sporting, targetshooting, and all other lawful purposes shall not be prohibited in huntingheritage protection areas, subject to all applicable state and federallaws, and local ordinances prohibiting hunting or the discharge of firearmsadopted before August 28, 2007.

4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 1 of this section tothe contrary, hunting heritage protection areas shall not include:

(1) Any area with a population of not less than fifty thousandpersons that has been defined and designated in the 2000 United StatesCensus as an "urbanized area" by the United States Secretary of Commerce;

(2) Any land ever owned by an entity regulated by the Federal EnergyRegulatory Commission or any land ever used or operated by an entityregulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;

(3) Any land used for the operation of a physical port of commerce toinclude customs ports, but shall not include other land managed or governedby a port authority if such other land extends beyond the actual physicalport;

(4) Any land contained within the boundary of any home rule city withmore than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more than onecounty, or any land contained within a city not within a county; or

(5) Any land located within one-half mile of any interstate highway,as such highways exist as of August 28, 2007.

(L. 2007 S.B. 225)