HOUSE BILL NO. 6 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY 0006H.05T 2023
AN ACT To appropriate money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Conservation, and the several divisions and programs thereof and for the expenses, grants, refunds, distributions, and capital improvements projects involving the repair, replacement, and maintenance of state buildings and facilities of the Department of Natural Resources and the several divisions and programs thereof to be expended only as provided in Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of Missouri, and to transfer money among certain funds, for the period beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
There is appropriated out of the State Treasury, to be expended only as provided in 2 Article IV, Section 28 of the Constitution of Missouri, for the purpose of funding each 3 department, division, agency, fund transfer, and program described herein for the item or items 4 stated, and for no other purpose whatsoever, chargeable to the fund designated for the period 5 beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024, as follows:
PART 1 Section 6.000. Each appropriation in this act shall consist of the item or 2 items in each section of Part 1 of this act, for the amount and 3 purpose and from the fund designated in each section of Part 1, as 4 well as all additional clarifications of purpose in Part 2 of this act 5 that make reference by section to said item or items in Part 1. Any 6 clarification of purpose in Part 2 shall state the section or sections 7 in Part 1 to which it attaches and shall, together with the language CCS SCS HCS HB 6 2
8 of said section(s) in Part 1, form the complete statement of purpose 9 of the appropriation. As such, the provisions of Part 2 of this act 10 shall not be severed from Part 1, and if any clarification of purpose 11 in Part 2 is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall 12 invalidate all of the appropriations in this act of which said 13 clarification of purpose is a part. An appropriation may be 14 comprised in whole or in part of a one-time amount, and such one- 15 time amount shall be construed to be a component part of, and not 16 in addition to, the stated appropriation amount. Any amount of an 17 appropriation identified as “one-time” in this act shall not be 18 considered an addition to any ongoing core appropriation(s) in 19 future fiscal periods beyond June 30, 2024. Any amount identified 20 as one-time may, however, be requested in any future fiscal period 21 as a new decision item.
Section 6.005. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For the Office of the Director, provided that three percent (3%) flexibility 3 is allowed from this section to Section 6.135 4 Expense and Equipment 5 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50,000
6 For the Office of the Director, provided that twenty-five percent (25%) 7 flexibility is allowed between funds and no flexibility is allowed 8 between personal service and expense and equipment 9 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259,360 10 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 11 RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,857 12 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,186,287 13 From Department of Agriculture Federal Fund (0133) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,447,504
14 Expense and Equipment 15 From Department of Agriculture Federal Stimulus Fund (2395). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000
16 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766,164 17 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 18 RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,977 19 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122,858 20 From Agriculture Protection Fund (0970). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897,999 CCS SCS HCS HB 6 3
21 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,564 22 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 23 RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,095 24 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,721 25 From Animal Care Reserve Fund (0295). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33,380
26 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29,835 27 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 28 RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 29 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,727 30 From Animal Health Laboratory Fee Fund (0292). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,867
31 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,519 32 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 33 RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,133 34 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,964 35 From Grain Inspection Fee Fund (0647).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94,616
36 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23,121 37 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 38 RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 39 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,714 40 From Missouri Land Survey Fund (0668). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,053
41 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49,578 42 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 43 RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 44 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,451 45 From Missouri Wine and Grape Fund (0787). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,205
46 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99,868 47 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, 48 RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,046 49 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,195 50 From Petroleum Inspection Fund (0662). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108,109
51 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106,036 52 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, CCS SCS HCS HB 6 4
53 RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,870 54 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,380 55 From State Fair Fee Fund (0410).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,286
56 For the Missouri Food and Beverage Task Force 57 Expense and Equipment 58 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000,000
59 For refunds of erroneous receipts due to errors in application for licenses, 60 registrations, permits, certificates, subscriptions, or other fees 61 From Agriculture Protection Fund (0970). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,500 62 Total (Not to exceed 21.10 F.T.E.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,073,519
Section 6.010. To the Department of Agriculture 2 Funds are to be transferred out of the State Treasury to the 3 Veterinary Student Loan Payment Fund 4 From Lottery Proceeds Fund (0291). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $240,000
Section 6.015. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For large animal veterinary student loans in accordance with the 3 provisions of Sections 340.375 to 340.396, RSMo 4 From Veterinary Student Loan Payment Fund (0803). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $300,000
Section 6.020. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For the Agriculture Business Development Division, provided that three 3 percent (3%) flexibility is allowed from this section to Section 4 6.135 5 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $56,160 6 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,500 7 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87,660
8 For the Agriculture Business Development Division, provided that 9 twenty-five percent (25%) flexibility is allowed between funds and 10 no flexibility is allowed between personal service and expense and 11 equipment 12 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,216 13 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423,886 14 From Department of Agriculture Federal Fund (0133) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,102 CCS SCS HCS HB 6 5
15 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,957 16 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,735 17 From Agriculture Business Development Fund (0683).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,692
18 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,546 19 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275,638 20 From AgriMissouri Fund (0897).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293,184
21 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,504,890 22 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429,505 23 From Agriculture Protection Fund (0970). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,934,395
24 For the Governor's Conference on Agriculture 25 From Agriculture Business Development Fund (0683).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,000
26 For urban and non-traditional agriculture 27 From Agriculture Protection Fund (0970). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000
28 For competitive grants to innovative projects that promote agriculture in 29 urban/suburban communities 30 From Agriculture Protection Fund (0970). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000
31 For supporting farmers' markets and other economic development 32 initiatives that work to reduce food insecurity in areas which have 33 been designated an urbanized area by the United States Census 34 Bureau 35 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000
36 For applying for a grant under the United States Department of 37 Agriculture's Senior farmers' market nutrition program, and 38 applying for a grant and submitting a state plan under that United 39 States department's Women, Infants and Children farmers' market 40 nutrition program, for the purpose of providing low-income 41 seniors and pregnant and postpartum women, infants, and children 42 under five years of age who are found to be at nutritional risk with 43 vouchers or other approved and acceptable methods of payment 44 including, but not limited to, electronic cards that may be used to 45 purchase eligible foods at farmers' markets CCS SCS HCS HB 6 6
46 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,012 47 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59,402 48 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107,414
49 Expense and Equipment 50 From Department of Agriculture Federal Fund (0133) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235,070
51 For the Abattoir Program 52 From General Revenue Fund (0101). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
53 For an urban agricultural educational development program located in any 54 city with more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located 55 in more than one county that develops solutions to address urban 56 agriculture challenges and provides training for emerging farmers 57 From General Revenue Fund (0101) (one-time). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250,000
58 For a youth agricultural entrepreneurship program located in any city with 59 more than four hundred thousand inhabitants and located in more 60 than one county 61 From General Revenue Fund (0101) (one-time). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250,000 62 Total (Not to exceed 28.51 F.T.E.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,389,518
Section 6.021. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For a grant to a nonprofit commodity-based agricultural organization, 3 other than a public university, for the purposes of advancing 4 agronomic and soybean breeding research at a nonprofit-owned 5 research farm, where ongoing agronomic and breeding research 6 is conducted by the University of Missouri-Columbia in a 7 partnership with the nonprofit agricultural organization, and 8 on-farm field days are available, for free, to the public to learn 9 about the benefits of modern technology, conservation and 10 general agronomic farming practices 11 From General Revenue Fund (0101) (one-time). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000,000
Section 6.022. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For the planning, design and construction of a meat laboratory facility that 3 will be used for training, education, technical support, and research 4 on a land grant university located in any city with more than one CCS SCS HCS HB 6 7
5 hundred twenty-five thousand but fewer than one hundred sixty 6 thousand inhabitants 7 From General Revenue Fund (0101) (one-time). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $25,000,000
Section 6.025. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For the Agriculture Business Development Division 3 For the Missouri Grown Program 4 Personal Service.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,588 5 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218,782 6 From Agriculture Protection Fund (0970) (Not to exceed 0.97 F.T.E.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . $264,370
Section 6.026. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For a nonprofit corporation whose principal place of business or corporate 3 headquarters is located in a county with more than fifteen 4 thousand seven hundred but fewer than seventeen thousand six 5 hundred inhabitants and with a county seat with more than three 6 thousand six hundred but fewer than four thousand two hundred 7 ten inhabitants, and supplies Missouri citizens with advanced 8 leadership experiences by providing a two year adult leadership 9 training program targeted toward rural leaders and agricultural 10 producers 11 From General Revenue Fund (0101) (one-time). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000,000
Section 6.030. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For the Agriculture Business Development Division 3 For the Wine and Grape Program, provided that five percent (5%) 4 flexibility is allowed between personal service and expense and 5 equipment 6 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .