33.571. Abolishment of certain funds, balances transferred to general revenue--disbursements--deposits--duties--exemptions.
Abolishment of certain funds, balances transferred to generalrevenue--disbursements--deposits--duties--exemptions.
33.571. 1. The attorney general's court costs fund established bysection 27.080, RSMo; the microfilming service revolving fund established bysection 28.085, RSMo; the central check mailing service revolving fundestablished by section 30.245, RSMo; the revenue sharing trust fundestablished by section 30.900, RSMo; the Missouri veterans home fund and theMissouri state rehabilitation center fund established by section 31.010, RSMo;the state institutions gift trust fund established by section 33.563; theMissouri state surplus property clearing fund established by section 37.090,RSMo; the tort defense fund established by section 105.710, RSMo; the gradecrossing fund established by section 152.032, RSMo; the handicapped children'strust fund established by section 162.790, RSMo; the state guaranty studentloan fund established by section 173.120, RSMo; the special fund for thevocational rehabilitation of persons established by section 178.630, RSMo; thelibrary service fund established by section 181.025, RSMo; the medicalservices fund established by section 192.255, RSMo; the crippled children'sservice fund established by section 201.090, RSMo; the Missouri clean waterfund established by section 644.051, RSMo; the housing development fundestablished by section 215.050, RSMo; the national historic preservation fundestablished by section 253.022, RSMo; the state park board building fundestablished by section 253.230, RSMo; the Missouri federal water projectsrecreation fund established by section 640.510, RSMo; the marketingdevelopment fund established by section 261.035, RSMo; the state fair feesfund established by section 262.260*, RSMo; the state fair trust fundestablished by section 262.262, RSMo; the abandoned fund account establishedby section 362.395, RSMo; the public service commission fund established bysection 386.370, RSMo; the escheats fund established by section 470.020, RSMo;the professional liability review board fund established by section 538.055,RSMo; and the highway patrol academy fund established by section 590.145,RSMo, are abolished. All balances in any of those funds on September 28,1983, may be, as deemed necessary by the state treasurer and commissioner ofadministration, transferred to the general revenue fund. Prior to such date,any of the funds listed in this section which may be determined to be requiredfor the continued custody or receipt of money or property under the terms ofany testamentary instrument or indenture of trust, or from which repayment ofany bonded indebtedness is to be made, shall be certified by the commissionerof administration to the state treasurer and upon such certification, shall beexempted from the provisions of this section. He shall notify the revisor ofstatutes if such changes are made so that appropriate notations may be made inthe revised statutes.
2. The state treasurer and the commissioner of administration shallestablish appropriate accounts within the state treasury and in accordancewith the state's accounting methods, and those accounts shall be thesuccessors to the enumerated funds. Any receipt required to be deposited inthe treasury to the credit of a particular fund which is abolished shall bedeposited in the general revenue fund instead and shall be credited to thesuccessor account. Any disbursement required to be made from a particularfund which is abolished shall be made from the general revenue fund and shallbe charged to the successor account, but no disbursement from the generalrevenue fund shall be approved whenever such disbursement exceeds the balanceavailable in the designated successor account. When enacting appropriations,the general assembly may establish such accounts within the general revenuefund as it deems necessary and appropriate to control expenditures, and anyappropriation authorizing an expenditure from the general revenue fund shallspecify the appropriate account within the general revenue fund.
3. The state treasurer, the director of revenue, the commissioner ofadministration and others are specifically empowered to make necessary changesand adjustments so as to properly reflect state receipts and disbursementswhich may be received or expended for particular purposes, but it is theintent of the general assembly by this enactment to transfer moneys affectedthereby to the general revenue fund for handling and investment. The revisorof statutes shall prepare necessary bills to change the revised statutes so asto reflect this intent.
(L. 1983 H.B. 549 §1)Effective 6-22-83
*State fair fee fund was reestablished by S.B. 540, 2000.
CROSS REFERENCE:
Additional state funds that have been abolished, RSMo 136.145