1. The director may for the benefit of the department or any residential facility operated by the department take, receive, administer and hold in trust all grants, gifts, donations, moneys escheated under section 630.320, devises or bequests of money or other personal property, or any real property on behalf and in the name of the governor, and the income or interest received or earned on any property or funds so acquired from any person whether individual, body politic, corporate, partnership, unincorporated association or from any other source. If any grant, gift, donation, devise or bequest is made for a specified use or purpose, it shall not be applied either wholly or in part for any other use or purpose. The director may, if so authorized by the general assembly, convey or lease any real property so acquired. The director or the governor shall deposit the funds derived from such sale or conveyance or lease and any other funds derived from grants, gifts, donations, moneys escheated, devises or bequests of money or other property, whether real or personal or income or interest therefrom, in the state treasury where it shall be credited to a special fund known as the “Mental Health Trust Fund”, which is hereby created. The state treasurer shall credit to the fund any interest earned from investing the moneys in the fund. The mental health trust fund shall not lapse biennially and, accordingly, shall be exempt from the provisions of section 33.080, relating to the transfer of funds to the general revenue fund of the state by the state treasurer.

2. The moneys in the mental health trust fund shall not be appropriated for the support of the facilities of the department in lieu of general state revenues but shall be appropriated only for the purposes of carrying out the objects for which the grants, gifts, donations, devises or bequests were made, or for purposes of funding special projects or purchasing special equipment from moneys escheated under section 630.320.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 630.330

  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Department: the department of mental health of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 630.005
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Director: the director of the department of mental health, or his designee. See Missouri Laws 630.005
  • 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.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Residential facility: any premises where residential prevention, evaluation, care, treatment, habilitation or rehabilitation is provided for persons affected by mental disorders, mental illness, intellectual disability, developmental disabilities or alcohol or drug abuse. See Missouri Laws 630.005
  • 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 director shall make an annual written report to the governor, the commissioner of administration and the general assembly within ninety days after the close of each fiscal year of the moneys in the mental health trust fund.