HARTZLER (124) (Co-sponsors) AND HILGEMANN.
Read 1st time Janaury 11, 2000 and 1000 copies ordered printed.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 313.300, RSMo 1994, relating to unclaimed lottery prizes, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 313.300, RSMo 1994, is repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 313.300 and 476.777, to read as follows:
313.300. Unclaimed prize money shall be retained by the commission for the person entitled thereto for one year after the time at which the prize was awarded. If no claim is made for the prize within such year, the prize money shall be [reverted to the state lottery fund] placed in the Missouri CASA fund established in section 476.777, RSMo, to fund the court-appointed special advocate (CASA) program throughout the state.
476.777. 1. There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fund, to be known as the "Missouri CASA Fund". The state treasurer shall credit to and deposit in the Missouri CASA fund all unclaimed lottery prize moneys received pursuant to section 313.300, RSMo.
2. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the Missouri CASA fund in the same manner as surplus state funds are invested pursuant to section 30.260, RSMo. All earnings resulting from the investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the Missouri CASA fund.
3. The state courts administrator shall administer and disburse moneys in the Missouri CASA fund based on the following requirements:
(1) The office of state courts administrator shall set aside funding for new start-up CASA programs throughout the state;
(2) Every recognized CASA program shall receive a base rate allocation, with availability of additional funding based on the number of children with abuse or neglect cases under the jurisdiction of the court; and
(3) All CASA programs being considered for funding shall be recognized by and affiliated with the state and national CASA associations.
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080, RSMo, to the contrary, moneys in the Missouri CASA fund
shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund at the end of the biennium.
Missouri House of Representatives