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. 745
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR BURGER.
3006S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To repeal section 42.300, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the
distribution of certain funds for memorials and museums dedicated to veterans.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 42.300, RSMo, is repealed and one new 1
section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 42.300, 2
to read as follows:3
42.300. 1. There is hereby created in the state 1
treasury the "Veterans Commission Capital Improvement Trust 2
Fund" which shall consist of money collected under section 3
313.835. The state treasurer shall administer the veterans 4
commission capital improvement trust fund, and the moneys in 5
such fund shall be used solely, upon appropriation, by the 6
Missouri veterans commission for: 7
(1) The construction, maintenance or renovation or 8
equipment needs of veterans' homes in thi s state; 9
(2) The construction, maintenance, renovation, 10
equipment needs and operation of veterans' cemeteries in 11
this state; 12
(3) Fund transfers to Missouri veterans' homes fund 13
established under the provisions of section 42.121, as 14
necessary to maintain solvency of the fund; 15
(4) Fund transfers to any municipality with a 16
population greater than four hundred thousand and located in 17
part of a county with a population greater than six hundred 18 SB 745 2
thousand in this state which has established a fund for the 19
sole purpose of the restoration, renovation , and maintenance 20
of a memorial or museum or both dedicated to World War I. 21
Appropriations from the veterans commission capital 22
improvement trust fund to such memorial fund shall be 23
provided only as a one-time match for other funds devoted to 24
the project and shall not exceed five million dollars. 25
Additional appropriations not to exceed ten million dollars 26
total may be made from the veterans commission capital 27
improvement trust fund as a m atch to other funds for the new 28
construction or renovation of other facilities dedicated as 29
veterans' memorials in the state. All appropriations for 30
renovation, new construction, reconstruction, and 31
maintenance of veterans' memorials shall be made onl y for 32
applications received by the Missouri veterans commission 33
prior to July 1, 2004; 34
(5) The issuance of matching fund grants for veterans' 35
service officer programs to any federally chartered 36
veterans' organization or municipal government agenc y that 37
is certified by the Veterans Administration to process 38
veteran claims within the Veterans Administration System; 39
provided that such veterans' organization has maintained a 40
veterans' service officer presence within the state of 41
Missouri for the three-year period immediately preceding the 42
issuance of any such grant. A total of one million five 43
hundred thousand dollars in grants shall be made available 44
annually for service officers and joint training and 45
outreach between veterans' service orga nizations and the 46
Missouri veterans commission with grants being issued in 47
July of each year. Application for the matching grants 48
shall be made through and approved by the Missouri veterans 49 SB 745 3
commission based on the requirements established by the 50
commission; 51
(6) For payment of Missouri National Guard and 52
Missouri veterans commission expenses associated with 53
providing medals, medallions and certificates in recognition 54
of service in the Armed Forces of the United States during 55
World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War under 56
sections 42.170 to 42.226. Any funds remaining from the 57
medals, medallions and certificates shall not be transferred 58
to any other fund and shall only be utilized for the 59
awarding of future medals, medallions , and certificates in 60
recognition of service in the Armed Forces; 61
(7) Fund transfers totaling ten million dollars to any 62
municipality with a population greater than three hundred 63
fifty thousand inhabitants and located in part in a county 64
with a population greater than six hundred thousand 65
inhabitants and with a charter form of government, for the 66
sole purpose of the construction, restoration, renovation , 67
and maintenance of a memorial or museum or both dedicated to 68
World War I; [and] 69
(8) Fund transfers totaling no more than five hundred 70
thousand dollars to any county with more than seventeen 71
thousand six hundred but fewer than nineteen thousand 72
inhabitants and with a county seat with more than eight 73
thousand but fewer than ten thousand inhabitants, for the 74
sole purpose of the restoration, renovation, and maintenance 75
of a memorial or museum or both dedicated to Missouri and 76
United States veterans and their service; and 77
(9) The administration of the Missouri veterans 78
commission. 79
2. Any interest which accrues to the fund shall remain 80
in the fund and shall be used in the same manner as moneys 81 SB 745 4
which are transferred to the fund under this section. 82
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the 83
contrary, moneys in the veterans commission capital 84
improvement trust fund at the end of any biennium shall not 85
be transferred to the credit of the general revenue fund. 86
3. Upon request by the veterans commission, the 87
general assembly may appropriate moneys from the veterans 88
commission capital improvement trust fund to the Missouri 89
National Guard trust fund to support the activities 90
described in section 41.958. 91