2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XL ADDITIONAL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
Chapter 620 Department of Economic Development
Section 620.478 Job development fund established--appropriations from fund by general assembly.

620.478. 1. There is hereby established in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the "Missouri Job Development Fund". The fund shall consist of all moneys which may be appropriated to it by the general assembly and also any gifts, contributions, grants or bequests received from federal, private or other sources. Appropriations made from the fund shall be for the purpose of providing contractual services through the department of elementary and secondary education for vocational related training or retraining provided by public or private training institutions within Missouri; and for contracted services through the department of economic development for vocational related training or retraining provided by public or private training institutions located outside of Missouri; and for vocational related training or retraining provided on site, within Missouri, by any proprietorship, partnership or corporate entity. Except for state-sponsored preemployment training, no applicant shall receive more than fifty percent of its project training or retraining costs from the development fund. Moneys to operate the new or expanding industry training program, the basic industry retraining program, the industry quality and productivity improvement program and assistance to community college business and technology centers shall be obtained from appropriations made by the general assembly from the fund. No funds shall be awarded or reimbursed to any industry for the training, retraining or upgrading of skills of potential employees with the purpose of replacing or supplanting employees engaged in an authorized work stoppage.

2. The Missouri job development fund shall be able to receive any block grant or other sources of funding relating to job training, school-to-work transition, welfare reform, vocational and technical training, housing, infrastructure development and human resource investment programs which may be provided by the federal government or other sources.

(L. 1986 S.B. 628 5, A.L. 1995 H.B. 414)

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