Section 42.300 - Fund created, use of moneys - interest - appropriation of moneys to another fund1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Veterans Commission Capital Improvement Trust Fund" which shall consist of money collected under section 313.835. The state treasurer shall administer the veterans commission capital improvement trust fund, and the moneys in such fund shall be used solely, upon appropriation, by the Missouri veterans commission for: (1) The construction, maintenance or renovation or equipment needs of veterans' homes in this state;(2) The construction, maintenance, renovation, equipment needs and operation of veterans' cemeteries in this state;(3) Fund transfers to Missouri veterans' homes fund established under the provisions of section 42.121, as necessary to maintain solvency of the fund;(4) Fund transfers to any municipality with a population greater than four hundred thousand and located in part of a county with a population greater than six hundred thousand in this state which has established a fund for the sole purpose of the restoration, renovation and maintenance of a memorial or museum or both dedicated to World War I. Appropriations from the veterans commission capital improvement trust fund to such memorial fund shall be provided only as a one-time match for other funds devoted to the project and shall not exceed five million dollars. Additional appropriations not to exceed ten million dollars total may be made from the veterans commission capital improvement trust fund as a match to other funds for the new construction or renovation of other facilities dedicated as veterans' memorials in the state. All appropriations for renovation, new construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of veterans' memorials shall be made only for applications received by the Missouri veterans commission prior to July 1, 2004;(5) The issuance of matching fund grants for veterans' service officer programs to any federally chartered veterans' organization or municipal government agency that is certified by the Veterans Administration to process veteran claims within the Veterans Administration System; provided that such veterans' organization has maintained a veterans' service officer presence within the state of Missouri for the three-year period immediately preceding the issuance of any such grant. A total of one million five hundred thousand dollars in grants shall be made available annually for service officers and joint training and outreach between veterans' service organizations and the Missouri veterans commission with grants being issued in July of each year. Application for the matching grants shall be made through and approved by the Missouri veterans commission based on the requirements established by the commission;(6) For payment of Missouri National Guard and Missouri veterans commission expenses associated with providing medals, medallions and certificates in recognition of service in the Armed Forces of the United States during World War II, the Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War under sections 42.170 to 42.226. Any funds remaining from the medals, medallions and certificates shall not be transferred to any other fund and shall only be utilized for the awarding of future medals, medallions, and certificates in recognition of service in the Armed Forces;(7) Fund transfers totaling ten million dollars to any municipality with a population greater than three hundred fifty thousand inhabitants and located in part in a county with a population greater than six hundred thousand inhabitants and with a charter form of government, for the sole purpose of the construction, restoration, renovation and maintenance of a memorial or museum or both dedicated to World War I; and(8) The administration of the Missouri veterans commission.2. Any interest which accrues to the fund shall remain in the fund and shall be used in the same manner as moneys which are transferred to the fund under this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, moneys in the veterans commission capital improvement trust fund at the end of any biennium shall not be transferred to the credit of the general revenue fund.3. Upon request by the veterans commission, the general assembly may appropriate moneys from the veterans commission capital improvement trust fund to the Missouri National Guard trust fund to support the activities described in section 41.958. L. 2010H.B. 1893, A.L. 2012H.B. 1731
Effective 5/30/2012