HCS HB 1893 -- GAMING FUNDS (Kelly)

COMMITTEE OF ORIGIN:  Committee on Veterans

Currently, the laws regarding the distribution of gaming funds
contain provisions that govern the administration of early
childhood education and veterans' programs which are supported by
gaming moneys.  This substitute repeals and re-enacts those
provisions with two changes and places them in the statutes that
apply to veterans (Chapter 42, RSMo) and to education (Chapter
161).  The changes include requiring grant funds to be made
available for service officer training for outreach programs
between veteran service organizations and the Missouri Veterans
Commission and adds the Vietnam War to the list of conflicts for
which service medals are awarded.  An obsolete subsection that
describes how distributions were made in Fiscal Year 1998 and
earlier is also repealed.

Beginning in Fiscal Year 2011, the Veterans' Commission Capital
Improvement Trust Fund and the Early Childhood Development
Education Care Fund will each receive, subject to appropriations,
an additional $600,000 per year if the Gaming Commission Fund
reaches the 2009 appropriation level for early childhood
education.  Once the $1.2 million is distributed to these two
funds, any additional moneys will be deposited into the Early
Childhood Development Education and Care Fund.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds in FY 2011, FY 2012, and
FY 2013.

Missouri House of Representatives
95th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated September 14, 2010 at 3:12 pm