All appropriations made by the general assembly amounting to one hundred thousand dollars or more for the construction, renovation, or repair of facilities shall be expended in the following manner:

(1) The agency requesting payment shall provide the commissioner of administration with satisfactory evidence that a bona fide contract, procured in accordance with all applicable procedures, exists for the work for which payment is requested;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 8.260

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
  • 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) All requests for payment shall be approved by the architect or engineer registered to practice in the state of Missouri who designed the project or who has been assigned to oversee it;

(3) In order to guarantee completion of the contract, the agency or officer shall retain a portion of the contract value in accordance with the provisions of section 8.960;

(4) A contractor may be paid for materials delivered to the site or to a storage facility approved by the director of the division of facilities management, design and construction as having adequate safeguards against loss, theft or conversion.

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In no case shall the amount contracted for exceed the amount appropriated by the general assembly for the purpose.