EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law. FIRST REGULAR SESSION SENATE BILL NO. 566 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY INTRODUCED BY SENATOR CRAWFORD. 2126S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary AN ACT To repeal section 620.3250, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to certain veteran-owned small businesses. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: Section A. Section 620.3250, RSMo, is repealed and one 1 new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 2 620.3250, to read as follows:3 620.3250. 1. Any veteran who receives a small 1 business loan through the state treasurer's linked deposit 2 program set forth in sections 30.750 to 30.765 [shall also 3 be subject to the provisions of this section. 4 2.] may, after receiving a loan from an eligibl e 5 lending institution, as that term is defined in subdivision 6 (10) of section 30.750, [the owner of a veteran -owned small 7 business shall] complete a boots-to-business program that is 8 approved by the department. 9 [3.] 2. After receiving a loan from an eligible 10 lending institution, as that term is defined in subdivision 11 (10) of section 30.750, the owner of a veteran -owned small 12 business participating in the boots -to-business program will 13 be assigned a mentor for the three hundred sixty -five days 14 following the date of approval. The boots-to-business 15 program shall give the participating owner [shall] the 16 opportunity to meet with his or her mentor at least once 17 every ninety days. 18 SB 566 2 [4.] 3. The department may adopt rules in establishing 19 or approving boots-to-business programs under subsection [2] 20 1 of this section and mentor programs under subsection [3] 2 21 of this section. 22 [5.] 4. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is 23 defined in section 536.010, that is created under the 24 authority delegated in this section shall become effective 25 only if it complies with and is subject to all of the 26 provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 27 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable, and 28 if any of the powers veste d with the general assembly 29 pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective 30 date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently 31 held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking 32 authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 2 8, 33 2018, shall be invalid and void. 34