FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 6 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE SMITH (163). 0006H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk

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, 2021 and ending June 30, 2022.

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, 2021 and ending June 30, 2022 as follows:

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50,000

6 For the Office of the Director, provided that fifty percent (50%) flexibility 7 is allowed between funds and no flexibility is allowed between 8 personal service and expense and equipment

9 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210,624 10 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 HB 6 2

11 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,184,155 12 From Federal Funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,394,782

13 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628,277 14 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . 493 15 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116,919 16 From Agriculture Protection Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745,689

17 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,513 18 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 19 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,494 20 From Animal Care Reserve Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,101

21 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24,549 22 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,500 23 From Animal Health Laboratory Fee Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27,049

24 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71,479 25 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,192 26 From Grain Inspection Fee Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,671

27 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,059 28 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,548 29 From Missouri Land Survey Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,607

30 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,042 31 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,159 32 From Missouri Wine and Grape Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,201

33 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80,484 34 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,178 35 From Petroleum Inspection Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,662

36 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92,687 37 Annual salary adjustment in accordance with Section 105.005, RSMo. . . . . . . . . . . . . 700 38 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,284 39 From State Fair Fee Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,671 HB 6 3

40 For refunds of erroneous receipts due to errors in application for licenses, 41 registrations, permits, certificates, subscriptions, or other fees 42 From Agriculture Protection Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,500

43 For receiving and expending grants, donations, contracts, and payments 44 from private, federal, and other governmental agencies which may 45 become available between sessions of the General Assembly 46 provided the General Assembly shall be notified of the source of 47 any new funds and the purpose for which they shall be expended, 48 in writing, prior to the use of said funds 49 From Federal Funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284,883 50 Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,871,816

Section 6.006. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For the purpose of funding performance incentives for high-achieving 3 department employees 4 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,470 5 From Federal and Other Funds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,343 6 Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $51,813

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $120,000

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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $180,000

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $45,412 6 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,500 7 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,912 HB 6 4

8 For the Agriculture Business Development Division, provided that fifty 9 percent (50%) flexibility is allowed between funds and no 10 flexibility is allowed between personal service and expense and 11 equipment

12 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,810 13 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423,886 14 From Federal Funds.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489,696

15 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,280 16 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76,735 17 From Agriculture Business Development Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81,015

18 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,150 19 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275,638 20 From AgriMissouri Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290,788

21 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,295,217 22 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421,004 23 From Agriculture Protection Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,716,221

24 For the Governor's Conference on Agriculture 25 From Agriculture Business Development Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,000

26 For urban and non-traditional agriculture 27 From Agriculture Protection Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,000

28 For competitive grants to innovative projects that promote agriculture in 29 urban/suburban communities 30 From Agriculture Protection Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000

31 For supporting farmers' markets, apiary programs, and other economic 32 development initiatives that work to reduce food insecurity in 33 areas which have been designated an urbanized area by the United 34 States Census Bureau 35 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000

36 For the Abattoir Program HB 6 5

37 From General Revenue Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 38 Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,004,633

Section 6.025. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For the Agriculture Business Development Division 3 For the AgriMissouri Marketing Program 4 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,363 5 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218,756 6 From Agriculture Protection Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $258,119

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $283,793 7 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,598,695 8 From Missouri Wine and Grape Fund.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,882,488

Section 6.035. To the Department of Agriculture 2 For the Agriculture Business Development Division 3 For the Agriculture and Small Business Development Authority, provided 4 that fifty percent (50%) flexibility is allowed between funds and no 5 flexibility is allowed between personal service and expense and 6 equipment

7 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $124,963 8 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,264 9 From Single-Purpose Animal Facilities Loan Program Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134,227

10 Personal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,042 11 Expense and Equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,000 12 From Livestock Feed and Crop Input Loan Program Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14,042

13 Expense and Equipment 14 From Agricultural Product Utilization Grant Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 15 Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $148,369

Statutes affected:
6.135, 105.005, 6.005


Senate Committee Minutes:
SENATE COMMITTEE MINUTES Bill No.: HCS HB 6
Sponsor: Smith
Hearing Date: 4/20/2021


COMMITTEE: Appropriations

CHAIRMAN: Hegeman

DATE REFERRED: 4/8/2021 DATE HEARING REQUESTED: 4/15/2021



STAFF:
Drew Dampf
Angie Giddings
Adam Koenigsfeld
Cathy Sala


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