Missouri Laws 43.270 – Criminal justice network and technology revolving fund, purpose
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 43.270
- 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.
- MULES: Missouri uniform law enforcement system, a statewide-computerized communications system provided by the patrol designed to provide services, information, and capabilities to the law enforcement and criminal justice community in the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 43.010
- Patrol: the Missouri state highway patrol. See Missouri Laws 43.010
- 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
There is hereby created in the state treasury the “Criminal Justice Network and Technology Revolving Fund”, which will be administered by the superintendent of the highway patrol. All funds associated with the criminal justice network received by the highway patrol shall be credited to the fund. The state treasurer is the custodian of the fund and shall approve disbursements from the fund subject to appropriation and as provided by law and the constitution of this state at the request of the superintendent of the highway patrol. The balances from this fund shall be used for the procurement of telecommunications and computer equipment, services, and software associated with connection to the criminal justice network. Any unexpended balance in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be exempt from the provisions of section 33.080 relating to the transfer of unexpended balances to the general revenue fund. All funds associated with MULES in the office of administration’s revolving administrative trust fund shall be transferred to the criminal justice network and technology revolving fund on August 28, 1997.