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MO Rev Stat § 261.023 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.023 - Powers, duties, functions transferred to department of agriculture and certain other designated agencies.

Effective - 28 Aug 2013   *261.023. Powers, duties, functions transferred to department of agriculture and certain other designated agencies. — 1. There is hereby created a department of agriculture to be headed by a director of the department of agriculture to be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The director shall possess the qualifications presently provided by law for the position of commissioner of agriculture.  2. All powers, duties and functions now vested by law to the commissioner of the department of agriculture and the department of agriculture, chapter 261 and others, are transferred by type I transfer to the director of the department of agriculture and to the department of agriculture herein created.  3. The state horticultural society created by sections 262.010 and 262.020 is transferred by type I transfer to the department of agriculture.  4. All the powers, duties, and functions vested in the state milk board, chapter 196, are transferred to the department of agriculture by type III transfer. The appointed members of the board shall be nominated by the department director, and appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The department of health and senior services shall retain the powers, duties and functions assigned by chapter 196.  5. All the powers, duties, functions and properties of the state fruit experiment station, chapter 262, are transferred by type I transfer to the Southwest Missouri State University and fruit experiment station board of trustees is abolished.  6. All the powers, duties and functions of the department of revenue relating to the inspection of motor fuel and special fuel distributors, chapters 323 and 414, are transferred by type I transfer to the department of agriculture and to the director of that department. The collection of the taxes provided in chapters 142 and 136, however, shall be made by the department of revenue.  7. All the powers, duties, and functions of the land survey program of the department of natural resources are transferred to the department of agriculture by type I transfer. ­­-------- (L. 1973 1st Ex. Sess. S.B. 1, § 2, A.L. 2013 H.B. 28 merged with H.B. 650)  Effective 8-28-13 (H.B. 28); 10-11-13 (H.B. 650)  *H.B. 650 effective 10-11-13, see § 21.250. H.B. 650 was vetoed July 12, 2013. The veto was overridden on September 11, 2013.
MO Rev Stat § 261.025 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.025 - Director state agent to receive trust assets of Missouri rural rehabilitation corporation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   261.025. Director state agent to receive trust assets of Missouri rural rehabilitation corporation. — The director of agriculture is hereby designated as the state official of the state of Missouri to make application to and receive from the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, or any other proper federal official, pursuant and subject to the provisions of Public Law 499, Eighty-first Congress, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C.A. §§ 440-444), the trust assets, either funds or property, held by the United States as trustee in behalf of the Missouri rural rehabilitation corporation. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 3 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 261.026 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.026 - Director — trust assets — duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 1951   261.026. Director — trust assets — duties. — 1. The director of agriculture is authorized and directed to enter into agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to section 2(f) (40 U.S.C.A. § 440f) of the aforesaid act of the Congress of the United States, upon such terms and conditions and for such periods of time as may be mutually agreeable, authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States to accept, administer, expend and use in the state of Missouri all of such trust assets for carrying out the purposes of Titles I and II of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act (7 U.S.C.A. §§ 1001-1007a), in accordance with the applicable provisions of Title IV thereof (7 U.S.C.A. §§ 1030-1039), as now or hereafter amended, and to do any and all things necessary to effectuate said agreements.  2. The United States and the Secretary of Agriculture thereof shall be held free from liability by virtue of any transfer of such assets to the director of agriculture. ­­-------- (L. 1951 p. 3 §§ 2, 3)
MO Rev Stat § 261.027 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.027 - Agreements to be terminated — new agreements — agriculture development fund created — investment — purposes.

Effective - 28 Aug 1992   261.027. Agreements to be terminated — new agreements — agriculture development fund created — investment — purposes. — 1. The director of agriculture of the state of Missouri shall, as soon as possible after August 13, 1988, terminate the agreement between the director of agriculture and the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States under which trust assets of the Missouri Rural Rehabilitation Corporation, assigned to the director of agriculture by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States pursuant to Public Law 499, 81st Congress, approved May 3, 1950 (40 U.S.C.A. 440-444), and sections 261.025 and 261.026, have been administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. The director of agriculture shall request the return to the state of Missouri of all or a part of the cash assets now under the control of the Secretary of Agriculture and the assets consisting of loans insured by the Secretary of Agriculture.  2. The director is also authorized to enter into new agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to Public Law 499 and for return to the state of Missouri, from time to time, of additional trust assets.  3. Any assets received from the Secretary of Agriculture shall be transferred to the state treasury and credited to a special fund which is hereby established and which shall be known as the "Agriculture Development Fund". The agriculture development fund shall be under the control of the director of the department of agriculture, who shall provide for the investment and reinvestment of the fund in secured or insured agricultural loans, government bonds, or other convertible securities. The fund and any income or interest received from the investment thereof may be released by and at the discretion of the director of agriculture for agricultural development and rehabilitation purposes. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 3 §§ 261.027, 261.028, A.L. 1988 S.B. 742, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1201)
MO Rev Stat § 261.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.030 - Investigation of farm marketing — establishing standards — inspections — distribute information.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   261.030. Investigation of farm marketing — establishing standards — inspections — distribute information. — The director of agriculture or his successor at law shall investigate the marketing of farm products, including the cost of production and distribution thereof, furnish advice and assistance to producers, distributors and consumers and promote effectual and economical methods of marketing farm products. The director of agriculture may establish, administer and enforce the standards of grades, weights and measures established and/or recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture, except as otherwise provided by the laws of this state. The director may conduct shipping point and terminal market grading and inspection service alone or in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture and license inspectors, issue certificates on the products inspected, determine and collect and pay a reasonable service charge on the work done, and do each and every act necessary to render the grading and inspection service of greatest value to Missouri agriculture. The director of agriculture may publish bulletins containing information useful to the producer and consumer; may conduct exhibits and do everything necessary to provide ample material therefor; may conduct and/or cooperate in any kind of activity for fostering and promoting better handling, care, standardization and grading of farm products, and he may pay cash premiums from appropriations made in connection with agriculture exhibits, whenever in his judgment the same is desirable. The director shall foster, encourage, and assist in the organization and development of cooperative associations and movement to aid in solving problems of marketing farm products; may collect and disseminate by telegraph, mail or otherwise, timely information useful to producers, distributors and consumers concerning the weather, the supply, demand, prevailing prices, market conditions and commercial movements of farm products, including quantities in common and in cold storage and may cooperate in the distribution of farm labor insofar as found acceptable to the state and federal labor departments. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14288, A. 1949 S.B. 2090)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12626; 1919 § 12145  CROSS REFERENCES:  Egg law, director to administer, 196.311 to 196.361  Locker plants, regulation, duties of directors, 196.450 to 196.515
MO Rev Stat § 261.035 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.035 - Agriculture business development fund created — purpose — not to lapse.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   261.035. Agriculture business development fund created — purpose — not to lapse. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury for the use of the agriculture business development division of the state department of agriculture a fund to be known as "The Agriculture Business Development Fund". All moneys received by the state department of agriculture for marketing development from any source within the state shall be deposited in the fund.  2. Moneys deposited in the fund shall, upon appropriation by the general assembly to the state department of agriculture, be expended by the state department of agriculture and for no other purposes.  3. The unexpended balance in the agriculture business development fund at the end of the biennium shall not be transferred to the ordinary revenue fund of the state treasury and accordingly shall be exempt from the provisions of section 33.080 relating to transfer of funds to the ordinary revenue funds of the state by the state treasurer. ­­-------- (L. 1957 p. 12 §§ 1, 2, 3, A.L. 2008 S.B. 931)
MO Rev Stat § 261.040 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.040 - Employees of director, appointment and transfer, bond.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   261.040. Employees of director, appointment and transfer, bond. — The director of agriculture, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall give bond in the sum of five thousand dollars, which bond, when approved by the governor, shall be filed with the secretary of state. The director, within available appropriations, shall have authority to appoint a state fair secretary, clerks, stenographers, inspectors, and other employees necessary all at the salaries fixed by law for the administration of this law and other laws under his charge as a consolidated department conducted on an economical business basis. The director shall have authority to combine the duties of and to discharge any employee of the state department of agriculture. Each inspector shall be required to perform inspection duties under all inspection laws administered by the director. The director is hereby authorized to require and approve the bond of any employee responsible for the safe handling of any state revenue or fees, or state property, whenever he shall deem it reasonably necessary to protect the interests of the state. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14026)
MO Rev Stat § 261.050 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.050 - Salaries and accounts.

Effective - 28 Aug 1949   261.050. Salaries and accounts. — Upon the filing of proper vouchers and requisitions, duly certified by the director, warrants shall be issued monthly, as provided by law, upon the state treasurer for the payment of all approved salaries and accounts under the jurisdiction of the state department of agriculture. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14028, A. 1949 S.B. 1090)
MO Rev Stat § 261.060 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.060 - Daily deposit of all moneys in state treasury.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   261.060. Daily deposit of all moneys in state treasury. — All moneys collected by or through the director of the department of agriculture from fees, licenses, permits or other earnings under any law, other than the business of the Missouri state fair, shall be deposited daily in the state treasury to the credit of the agricultural fees fund, which shall be subject to appropriation by the general assembly. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14029)
MO Rev Stat § 261.090 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.090 - Cooperation among departments.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   261.090. Cooperation among departments. — The state department of agriculture and other agencies of the state government dealing with the production, handling and marketing of farm products shall cooperate with each other in the interest of economy, harmony and efficient service, and may also cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture and its subdepartments and with other states or organizations having common agricultural problems with those of the state of Missouri. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 14289)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 12627; 1919 § 12146
MO Rev Stat § 261.095 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.095 - Foreign market development — director's duties and powers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   261.095. Foreign market development — director's duties and powers. — 1. The director of the Missouri department of agriculture shall have the primary responsibility for foreign market development for agricultural products.  2. Within the limit of funds specifically appropriated for that purpose, the director is authorized to establish and maintain offices in foreign countries for the purpose of promoting international markets for Missouri agricultural products. Such offices operated by the department of agriculture may be disestablished by the director as he deems appropriate.  3. The director may place an agricultural marketing specialist in state offices operated in foreign countries by other state agencies. ­­-------- (L. 1979 S.B. 47 § 1)  CROSS REFERENCE:  Division of commerce and industrial development, establishing overseas offices, 625.021
MO Rev Stat § 261.099 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.099 - Exclusive inspection of certain grounds and facilities, by whom — limitation of inspection — inapplicability, when — inadmissibility of evidence in criminal cases, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021   261.099. Exclusive inspection of certain grounds and facilities, by whom — limitation of inspection — inapplicability, when — inadmissibility of evidence in criminal cases, when. — 1. The Missouri department of agriculture or its representative, the Missouri department of natural resources or its representative, the county sheriff for the county in which the facility is located, the United States Department of Agriculture, and any other federal or Missouri state agency with statutory or regulatory authority over the products, animals, or processes described in subdivisions (1) to (3) of this subsection have the exclusive authority to inspect grounds or facilities that are located in Missouri and that are used for:  (1) The production of eggs;  (2) The production of milk or other dairy products; or  (3) The raising of livestock or poultry.  2. No person, individual, corporation or other association, governmental agency, or any other entity except the entities described in subsection 1 of this section shall inspect the grounds or facilities described in subsection 1 of this section to enforce or carry out the laws or administrative rules of this state or a state other than Missouri unless specifically requested by the owner of the grounds or facilities, or pursuant to a search warrant lawfully issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.  3. (1) This section shall not apply to inspections performed in any municipality located in three or more counties, with one being a charter county, charter counties, except any county with a charter form of government and with more than three hundred thousand but fewer than four hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, or any city not within a county.  (2) This section shall not apply to inspections performed on any further processing component of any production agriculture farm.  (3) This section shall not apply to searches carried out under section 252.100.  4. No testimony or evidence regarding any condition or event at the grounds or facilities set forth in subsection 1 of this section shall be admissible in any criminal prosecution unless such testimony or evidence is offered by:  (1) A representative of any agency or office set forth in subsection 1 of this section;  (2) Any person, individual, corporation or other association, governmental agency, or other entity specifically authorized by the owner of such grounds or facilities to be present at such grounds or facilities;  (3) Any person who entered such grounds or facilities pursuant to a valid search warrant issued by the court of competent jurisdiction; or  (4) Any person who has observed a condition or event at the grounds or facilities from public land or private land owned or rented by the person offering the testimony or evidence. ­­-------- (L. 2021 H.B. 574)
MO Rev Stat § 261.100 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.100 - Animal export inspection facilities, operation.

Effective - 28 Aug 1979   261.100. Animal export inspection facilities, operation. — Within the limit of funds specifically appropriated for that purpose, the director of the department of agriculture may operate an animal export inspection facility meeting the requirements of the United States Department of Agriculture for animal inspection prior to export shipments. ­­-------- (L. 1979 S.B. 47 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 261.125 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.125 - Financial investment records, sales projections, and business plan information deemed a closed record, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   261.125. Financial investment records, sales projections, and business plan information deemed a closed record, when. — Records and documents submitted to the Missouri department of agriculture or Missouri agriculture and small business development authority relating to financial investments in a business, or sales projections or other business plan information that may endanger the competitiveness of a business, except for the amount and recipient of any loan or grant from a program administered by the authority, shall be deemed a "closed record" as such term is defined in section 610.010. ­­-------- (L. 2004 S.B. 740, et al. § 261.115)
MO Rev Stat § 261.140 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.140 - Fees, work group to convene to review, when — report.

Effective - 28 Aug 2019   261.140. Fees, work group to convene to review, when — report. — 1. The department of agriculture shall convene a work group every five years to review all fees charged by the department. The review shall include both fees set by statute and fees set by regulation.  2. After each review required under this section, the department of agriculture shall prepare and submit a report to the general assembly on any recommended changes to the fees that would ensure adequate funding for the department. ­­-------- (L. 2019 S.B. 133)
MO Rev Stat § 261.200 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.200 - Fund created, use of moneys.

Effective - 28 Aug 2010   261.200. Fund created, use of moneys. — 1. Any laws to the contrary notwithstanding, there is hereby created in the state treasury the "Agriculture Protection Fund", which shall consist of any moneys or fees appropriated to the fund as well as all fees assessed and collected by the department of agriculture which are not otherwise placed in the state treasury to the credit of the particular purpose or fund for which the fees are collected. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the fund. In accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180, the state treasurer may approve disbursements of the fund. Upon appropriation by the general assembly, money in the fund shall be used solely by the department of agriculture for the purposes of carrying out its functions and responsibilities, and no money shall be paid out of the fund created under this section except by appropriation of the general assembly for the administration of the program from which the fee was collected; except that, the provisions of this section shall not apply to any moneys credited to the fund under subdivision (2) of subsection 1 of section 311.550.  2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, any moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund.  3. The state treasurer shall invest moneys in the fund in the same manner as other funds are invested. Any interest and moneys earned on such investments shall be credited to the fund. ­­-------- (L. 2010 S.B. 795)
MO Rev Stat § 261.230 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.230 - AgriMissouri marketing program and agricultural products by category, rules authorized, director's duty.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   261.230. AgriMissouri marketing program and agricultural products by category, rules authorized, director's duty. — The director of the department of agriculture shall, for the use of the agriculture business development division of the department of agriculture, develop and implement rules and regulations by product category for all Missouri agricultural products included in the AgriMissouri marketing program. ­­-------- (L. 2000 S.B. 894 § 261.032, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1348, A.L. 2008 S.B. 931)
MO Rev Stat § 261.239 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals|Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture|Section 261.239 - Division to create website to foster marketing of Missouri agricultural products.

Effective - 28 Aug 2008   261.239. Division to create website to foster marketing of Missouri agricultural products. — The agriculture business development division of the department of agriculture shall create an internet website for the purpose of fostering the marketing of Missouri agricultural products over the internet. ­­-------- (L. 2000 S.B. 894 § 261.038, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1348, A.L. 2008 S.B. 931)