HB 1251 Summary

• Grants state auditor authority to audit solid waste management districts and requires audits beginning August 28, 2012, with auditors able to request reimbursement from districts for audit costs

• Establishes the "Missouri Land Survey Fund" from recording fees to support land survey monument restoration, maintenance, and preservation activities, and restructures the Land Survey Advisory Committee into a Land Survey Commission with expanded roles and responsibilities

• Modifies solid waste management fund fee collection timelines, extending the fee freeze period from October 2014 to October 2017, and creates exemptions for certain hazardous waste generator requirements while maintaining federal compliance standards

• Updates various permit and regulatory procedures including extending permit decision deadlines from 90 to 180 days for clean water permits, adding public participation requirements for certain general permits, and establishing affordability findings for municipal water and sewer system permits

• Repeals the newsprint recycling content requirements for newspaper publishers and updates definitions and procedures for recreational off-highway vehicles, oil and gas council membership, and propane education council operations