Senate Bill No. 814 Summary

• Charges a $4 user fee on all recorded instruments, with $2 retained locally by recorders for record storage and preservation, and $1 forwarded to the state "Missouri Land Survey Fund" and $1 for local record preservation by the secretary of state.

• Charges an additional $3 fee on specified recorded instruments, with proceeds directed to the Missouri housing trust fund.

• Creates the "Missouri Land Survey Fund" to support the Department of Natural Resources' land survey program, with unexpended balances exempt from transfer to general revenue and investment income credited to the fund.

• Establishes a "Land Survey Commission" of seven members (four registered land surveyors including one county surveyor, one real estate/land title representative, and two public members) to recommend the state land surveyor and provide recommendations on program operations and planning.

• Expands the Department of Natural Resources' land survey responsibilities to include geodetic positioning framework for mapping, geographic information systems, flood risk determination, transportation, and land use management.