2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261 Department of Agriculture
Section 261.256 Growers' districts authorized, procedure.
Growers' districts authorized, procedure.
261.256. 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.
(L. 2004 S.B. 740, et al.)
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