Missouri Laws 209.318 – Fund for certification of interpreters established, purpose — lapse into ..
1. There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund to be known as the “Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Board of Certification of Interpreters Fund”. All fees provided for in sections 209.287 to 209.318 shall be collected by the executive director of the commission and shall be transmitted to the department of revenue for deposit in the state treasury to the credit of the Missouri commission for the deaf and hard of hearing board of certification of interpreters fund. Such funds, upon appropriation, shall be disbursed only for payment of expenses of maintaining the board and for the enforcement of the provisions of sections 209.287 to 209.318 and shall not be used to pay the salary of the coordinator hired pursuant to section 209.289. Warrants shall be drawn on the state treasury for payment out of the fund.
2. The provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding, money in this fund shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of general revenue until the amount in the fund at the end of the biennium exceeds two times the amount of the appropriation from the fund for the preceding fiscal year. The amount, if any, in the fund which shall lapse is that amount in the fund which exceeds the appropriate multiple of the appropriations from the fund for the preceding fiscal year.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 209.318
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. The expenses of maintaining the board enforcement of the provisions of sections 209.287 to 209.318 during the first fiscal year shall be paid by the commission from funds appropriated from general revenue for that purpose.