1. On or before Wednesday after the first Monday in January of each year in which the department of natural resources desires to receive and expend moneys received from the federal government in the next state fiscal year they shall submit to the senate appropriations committee, to the house appropriations committee, and to the oversight division of the committee on legislative research plans for the expenditure of such funds. In addition to other information which may be required by the chairman of the committees, each plan shall contain at least but not be limited to the following:

(1) Amount of federal funds required;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 253.024

  • Department: the department of natural resources. See Missouri Laws 253.010
  • 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.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • 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

(2) Amount of state funds required, either directly or indirectly;

(3) The federal program number and its expected duration;

(4) The number of all new or additional employees required to administer the program, their salaries and the source of the revenue to maintain their salaries;

(5) Schedule, both chronological and fiscal, of the expenditures of all funds involved in the program;

(6) Specific details as to the objective of the program for the next fiscal year; and

(7) The projected completion date of the program.

2. A detailed performance report of each federally funded program shall be submitted quarterly to the committees after the start of the next fiscal year.

3. The department of natural resources may not add additional federal programs to or expand current federally funded programs above a level specified in plans theretofore approved by the legislature.

4. Programs which are to be continued for a period of more than one fiscal year shall be submitted to the legislature for approval or rejection.

5. Nothing in this section and section 253.022 shall be construed to apply to federal funds no part of which will be retained by the department of natural resources.