MO HB1537

Establishes the "Show-Me Harvest Initiative" allowing persons or entities to bid on contracts to mow grass and vegetation along state roadways.

Contractors must use their own equipment for mowing and receive both monetary compensation and hay rights to harvested material in their assigned sections.

Department of Transportation may contract with persons or entities to plant and harvest switchgrass or other department-approved grasses or produce on state roadway rights-of-way for minimum contract duration of five years.

Department of Transportation authorized to promulgate rules necessary to implement the initiative, subject to Missouri's Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 536).