Section 253.092

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

Chapter 253

Effective - 28 Aug 2002   

  253.092.  Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund created, expenditure of moneys in fund — state treasurer to be custodian. — 1.  There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Arrow Rock State Historic Site Endowment Fund".  The fund shall be administered by the Missouri department of natural resources.  All moneys, funds, or other assets acquired for purposes of this section shall be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of the fund.  All income, interest, rights, or rent earned through the operation of the fund shall also be credited to the fund.  All other property, real and personal, acquired through any grant, gift, donation, devise, or bequest specified for the Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund for purposes stated in this section shall also be deposited in the fund.  The original bequest of Bill and Cora Lee Miller made in the amount of twenty-one thousand nine hundred sixty-five dollars and ninety-two cents to the state park earnings fund is hereby transferred into the Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund.

  2.  The Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund shall be used for the enhancement of Arrow Rock state historic site's public interpretive programs, and may be used by the Missouri department of natural resources for the preparation of museum exhibits, acquisition of artifacts, publication of information, payment of fees for exhibits or lectures, or other similar interpretive needs at Arrow Rock state historic site and for no other purpose.

  3.  The state treasurer shall be the custodian of all moneys, bonds, securities, or interests and rights therein deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund and shall invest the moneys in the fund in a manner as provided by law.

  4.  Until January 1, 2100, the Missouri department of natural resources may annually expend an amount equal to one-half of the interest earned by the Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund in the immediately preceding fiscal year for the purposes stated in this section.  Beginning January 1, 2100, and thereafter the Missouri department of natural resources may annually expend an amount equal to the interest earned by the Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund in the immediately preceding fiscal year, for the purposes stated in this section.

  5.  Funds from the Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund shall be expended only upon appropriation by the general assembly.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, funds appropriated, but not expended by the end of the fiscal year, shall revert to the Arrow Rock state historic site endowment fund.

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(L. 2002 S.B. 1015)