SS#2 HCS HB 1893 -- GAMING FUNDS

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 bill 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repealed.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 and 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.

The bill also requires the State Auditor to conduct an annual
audit for a period of three years beginning January 1, 2011, of
the Veterans' Commission Capital Improvement Trust Fund and the
Early Childhood Development, Education and Care Fund.  The
findings of each audit of the veterans' trust fund must be
distributed to the General Assembly, the Governor, and Lieutenant
Governor within 10 business days after completion of the audit,
and the finding of each audit of the early childhood fund must be
distributed to the General Assembly within 10 business days after
completion of the audit.

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