2019 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XL - Additional Executive Departments
Chapter 620 - Department of Economic Development
Section 620.568 Administration by project sponsor — administrative expenses.
Effective 28 Aug 1991
620.568. Administration by project sponsor — administrative expenses. — 1. A project sponsor shall administer projects funded under sections 620.552 to 620.574 in the following manner:
(1) Participants, except those enrolled in the youth volunteer program, shall be paid at least the minimum wage as established by federal or state law at the time of employment;
(2) Persons employed through any of the corps programs shall be exempt from merit system requirements, and shall not be eligible for membership in any public employees' retirement system. All participants shall be so advised by the project sponsor and the regulating authority;
(3) Services performed by a participant in any corps program shall not constitute "employment" within the meaning of the Missouri employment security law in chapter 288, if the program is operated as a work-relief or work-training program in accordance with subdivision (5) of subsection 9 of section 288.034.
2. Not more than ten percent of the funds distributed to a project sponsor may be expended for administrative expenses. Administrative expenses shall be approved by the division.
3. No funds shall be awarded for any program which replaces or supplants employees engaged in any authorized work stoppage or which replaces or supplants currently employed workers or which impairs existing contracts for services provided by other workers.
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(L. 1990 H.B. 1653 § 21, A.L. 1991 H.B. 422, et al.)
