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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.285 - Missouri dairy scholars program — scholarship amount — eligible student defined.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
• Effective - 28 Aug 2015
261.285. Missouri dairy scholars program — scholarship amount — eligible student defined. —
1. There is hereby established the "Missouri Dairy Scholars Program", which shall be administered by the department of agriculture. The program shall, upon appropriation, provide scholarships, subject to the eligibility criteria enumerated in this section, for eligible students in an agriculture-related degree program who make a commitment to work in the agriculture industry in Missouri as a condition of receiving such scholarship.
2. Subject to appropriations, each year the department of agriculture shall make available to eligible students up to eighty scholarships in the amount of five thousand dollars each to assist with the cost of eligible students' tuition and fees at a two-year or four-year college or university in Missouri. Such amount shall be paid out of the Missouri dairy industry revitalization fund created in section 261.275.
3. As used in this section, the term
"eligible student"
shall mean an individual who:
(1) Is a United States citizen and a Missouri resident who has graduated from a Missouri high school with a cumulative grade point average of at least two and one-half on a four-point scale or equivalent; except that, in any year in which there are less than eighty United States citizens and Missouri residents who shall be awarded scholarships, applicants who are legal United States residents who meet all other eligibility requirements shall be eligible for the remaining scholarships;
(2) Is pursuing or has attained an agriculture-related degree approved by the department of agriculture and offered by a two-year or four-year college or university in Missouri;
(3) Signs an agreement with the department of agriculture in which the recipient agrees to work in the agriculture industry in Missouri for at least two years for every one year the recipient received the Missouri dairy scholars scholarship;
(4) Maintains a cumulative grade point average of at least two and one-half on a four-point scale or equivalent while enrolled in the college or university program; and
(5) Works on a dairy farm or has a dairy-related internship for at least three months of each year the recipient receives the Missouri dairy scholars scholarship.
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(L. 2015 H.B. 259)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.290 - Annual study of dairy industry.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
• Effective - 28 Aug 2015
261.290. Annual study of dairy industry. —
The University of Missouri's commercial agriculture program shall conduct an annual study of the dairy industry and shall develop a dairy-specific plan for how to grow and enhance the dairy and dairy processing industries in Missouri. The results of such study shall be reported to the department of agriculture and all agriculture-related legislative committee chairpersons by January first of each year. The costs for such study shall be subject to appropriations and shall be paid out of the Missouri dairy industry revitalization fund created under section 261.275.
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(L. 2015 H.B. 259)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.295 - Rulemaking authority.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
• Effective - 28 Aug 2018, 2 histories
261.295. Rulemaking authority. —
The department of agriculture shall promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of sections 261.270 to 261.295. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section and section 348.075 shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2015, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2015 H.B. 259, A.L. 2018 S.B. 975 & 1024 Revision)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.500 - Citation of law — definitions — scorecard, criteria for pollinator-friendly solar sites — permissible claims by owners.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
Effective - 28 Aug 2019
261.500. Citation of law — definitions — scorecard, criteria for pollinator-friendly solar sites — permissible claims by owners. —
1. The provisions of this section shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Solar Pollinator Habitat Act".
2. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Native perennial vegetation"
, perennial Missouri wildflowers, shrubs, grasses, or other plants that serve as beneficial habitat, forage, or migratory waystations for pollinators;
(2)
"Pollinators"
, any bees, birds, butterflies, or other animals or insects, including any wild or managed insects, that pollinate flowering plants;
(3)
"Solar site"
, a ground-mounted solar system for generating electricity that is at least one acre in size;
(4)
"Vegetation management plan"
, a written document that includes short-term and long-term site management practices that will provide and maintain native perennial vegetation.
3. The University of Missouri extension service, in consultation with other state and nongovernmental agencies with expertise in pollinators, shall publish a scorecard that sets forth criteria for making a claim that a solar site is pollinator-friendly or provides benefits to pollinators. The scorecard shall be available on the website of the University of Missouri extension service within six months of August 28, 2019.
4. An owner of a solar site may follow practices at the solar site that provide native perennial vegetation and foraging habitat beneficial to pollinators.
5. An owner of a solar site implementing site management practices under this section may claim that the site is pollinator-friendly or provides benefits to pollinators only if the site and the site's vegetation management plan adhere to the criteria set forth in the University of Missouri extension service's scorecard described under subsection 3 of this section.
6. An owner making a claim that a solar site is pollinator-friendly or provides benefits to pollinators shall make the solar site's completed scorecard and vegetation management plan available to the public and provide a copy to the University of Missouri extension service and a nonprofit solar industry trade association of this state.
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(L. 2019 H.B. 266)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.001 - Agritourism defined.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
Effective - 28 Aug 2010
262.001. Agritourism defined. —
As used in the statutory laws of this state,
"agritourism"
means the act of visiting a working farm or any agricultural operation for the purpose of enjoyment, education, training, or active involvement in the activities of the agricultural operation.
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(L. 2010 H.B. 2182)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.007 - Exhibition of livestock at fairs and expositions in this state, all 4-H and FFA members permitted to participate — rules and fees permitted.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
Effective - 28 Aug 2012
262.007. Exhibition of livestock at fairs and expositions in this state, all 4-H and FFA members permitted to participate — rules and fees permitted. —
The governing body of all national, state, and local fairs and expositions conducted in this state which include the exhibition of livestock shall permit all qualifying 4-H and Future Farmers of America (FFA) members to exhibit livestock at such fair or exposés. The governing body of each national, state, and local fair or exposition shall have the authority to establish rules and fees for participation in its individual events.
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(L. 2012 S.B. 631 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.008 - Exhibition of livestock or domestic animals at fairs, expositions, and pet shows, all livestock breeders and domestic animal owners permitted to participate — rules and fees permitted.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
Effective - 28 Aug 2012
262.008. Exhibition of livestock or domestic animals at fairs, expositions, and pet shows, all livestock breeders and domestic animal owners permitted to participate — rules and fees permitted. —
The governing body of all national, state, and local fairs, expositions, and pet shows conducted in this state which include the exhibition of livestock or domestic animals shall permit all livestock breeders and domestic animal owners to exhibit livestock and domestic animals at such fair, exposition, or pet show. The governing body of each national, state, and local fair, exposition, or pet show shall have the authority to establish rules and fees for participation in its individual events.
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(L. 2012 S.B. 631 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.010 - State horticultural society created.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
*262.010. State horticultural society created. —
"The Missouri State Horticultural Society" is hereby instituted and created a body corporate, to be named and styled as above, and shall have perpetual succession, power to sue and be sued, complain and defend in all courts, and to make and use a common seal and alter the same at pleasure.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14032)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12365; 1919 § 11953; 1909 § 614
*The state horticultural society was transferred to the department of agriculture, by type I transfer, by the Reorganization Act of 1974.
CROSS REFERENCES:
Apple merchandising fund, society to authorize director of the department of agriculture to expend, how, 265.200
Hawthorn blossom, state floral emblem, cultivation to be encouraged, 10.030
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.020 - Members — organization — order of business.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1949
262.020. Members — organization — order of business. —
1. The Missouri state horticultural society shall be composed of such persons as take an interest in the advancement of horticulture in this state who shall apply for membership and pay into the society treasury the sum of one dollar per year, or ten dollars for a life membership, the basis for organization to be the Missouri state horticultural society, as now known and existing, and whose expenses have been borne and annual reports paid for by appropriations from the state treasury.
2. The business of the society, so far as it relates to transactions with the state, shall be conducted by an executive board to be composed of the president, vice president, second vice president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected by ballot at an annual meeting of the society; the governor of the state shall be ex officio a member of the board; all other business of the society to be conducted as its bylaws may direct.
3. All appropriations made by the state for the aid of the society shall be expended by means of requisitions to be made by order of the board on the commissioner of administration, signed by the president and secretary and attested with the seal; and the treasurer shall annually publish a detailed statement of the expenditures of the board, covering all moneys received by it.
4. There shall be printed annually, under the direction of the board, such number of reports of the proceedings of the board, society and auxiliary societies as may, in the judgment of the state purchasing agent, be justified by the appropriation made for that purpose by the general assembly, such annual report not to contain more than four hundred pages.
5. The secretary of the society shall receive a salary of eight hundred dollars per annum as full compensation for his services; all other officers shall serve without compensation, except that they may receive their actual expenses in attending meetings of the board.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14033, A. 1949 S.B. 1091)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12366; 1919 § 11954; 1909 § 615
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.030 - Station established.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
*262.030. Station established. —
There is hereby created and established a "Fruit Experiment Station" in south Missouri.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14052)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12385; 1919 § 11955; 1909 § 616
*The fruit experiment station was transferred to the Southwest Missouri State University, by type I transfer, by the Reorganization Act of 1974.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.040 - Purposes of experiment station.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.040. Purposes of experiment station. —
The leading objects of said experiment station shall be to experiment with the different kinds of fruits, to wit: Apples, peaches, berries of all kinds, grapes and small fruits of all kinds, and to ascertain the varieties that are the best adapted to this state, and to study the different diseases and insects to which said fruits, berries and grapes are subject and the remedies to prevent diseases and insects from injuring or infesting said trees and orchards, with power to destroy and remove any infected trees or orchards if necessary in the judgment of the manager and inspector of said experiment station, to keep the disease or insects or plague from scattering and infecting other trees or orchards under rules herein set out.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14053)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12386; 1919 § 11956; 1909 § 617
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.060 - Manager and inspector.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.060. Manager and inspector. —
Said manager and inspector shall be under the control of the board of regents of Southwest Missouri State University.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14055)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12388; 1919 § 11958; 1909 § 619
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.080 - Procurement of buildings and grounds.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.080. Procurement of buildings and grounds. —
As soon as said experiment station is located it shall be the duty of the board of regents of Southwest Missouri State University to procure grounds, if not already donated, at the best advantage, either by donation or purchase, and to erect such buildings thereon for the use of said station; provided, however, they may lease buildings or buy them, if already built, separate and apart from the grounds, provided the grounds shall not be located more than one mile from said buildings.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14057)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12390; 1919 § 11960; 1909 § 621
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.090 - Lands — duties of manager — not to engage in fruit business.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
Effective - 28 Aug 1953
262.090. Lands — duties of manager — not to engage in fruit business. —
The manager and inspector under supervision of the board of regents of Southwest Missouri State University is hereby authorized to cause said lands to be cleared, fenced and put in a state of cultivation, or so much thereof as shall be necessary for present uses, and shall plant such trees, berries or vines as the manager and inspector shall think proper as an experiment, and shall test the various varieties as to their adaptability for the climate, the kinds of fruits and berries as to the kind most adapted for the market and most free from disease, and may hire and employ such force as is necessary to do and perform said work. Neither the manager and inspector or any member of his immediate family shall, either directly or indirectly, engage in the production of fruit or fruit products for sale, or purchase for resale any fruit or fruit products during his term of office.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14058, A.L. 1953 p. 5)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12391; 1919 § 11961; 1909 § 622
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.110 - Duties of university.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.110. Duties of university. —
1. It shall be the duty of the University of Missouri to promote and encourage the poultry industry in the state of Missouri in all its branches; to organize the poultry raisers of the state, for the purpose of affording a systematic means for gathering useful information for the use of the university, and to publish the same for the benefit of the farmers and poultry raisers of the state of Missouri. It shall be their duty to gather poultry statistics and information as to the best and most profitable means of raising and handling poultry and publish the same in bulletins as frequently as may be deemed expedient; hold poultry institutes in different sections of the state, for the purpose of giving instructions in the breeding and raising of poultry; provide for and manage one annual state poultry exhibition at such time and place as may be determined by the university; provide lectures for the promoting and encouraging the poultry interests of the state.
2. They shall have general management and supervision of such organizations of poultry breeders as may be formed under their authority, and power to make such needful rules and regulations as will best promote the objects of their organization; and shall make an annual report to the general assembly of the state, embracing an abstract of the work accomplished by the university for the next preceding year, and accompanied by such recommendations, including especially such a system of public instruction on this subject as may be deemed useful.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14143)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12459; 1919 § 12028; 1909 § 664
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.215 - State fair, definitions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
262.215. State fair, definitions. —
Unless the language or context clearly indicates a different meaning is intended, as used in sections 262.215 to 262.280, the following terms mean:
(1)
"Commission"
, the state fair commission established by sections 262.215 to 262.280;
(2)
"Commissioner"
, a member of the state fair commission;
(3)
"Director"
, before January 1, 1996, the director of the department of agriculture; after January 1, 1996, the director of the Missouri state fair appointed by the state fair commission.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 692)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.217 - State fair commission, created — commissioners, appointment, expenses, vacancies.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
262.217. State fair commission, created — commissioners, appointment, expenses, vacancies. —
Effective September 1, 1995, there is created a "State Fair Commission" whose domicile for the purposes of sections 262.215 to 262.280 shall be the department of agriculture of this state. The commission shall consist of nine members, two of whom shall be active farmers, two of whom shall be either current members or past presidents of county or regional fair boards, one of whom shall be the director of the department of agriculture, one of whom shall be employed in agribusiness, and three at-large members who shall be Missouri residents. The director of the department of agriculture shall be the chairman of the commission until January 31, 1997, and shall not be counted against membership from a congressional district, at which time the chairman shall be elected from among the members of the commission by the commission members. Such officer shall serve for a term of two years. Commissioners shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred when attending meetings of the commission, to be paid from appropriations made therefor. Commissioners shall be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. The county fair association in the state may submit to the governor a list of nominees for appointment, three from each congressional district, for those commission members who are required to be current members or past presidents of county fair boards. Not more than four commissioners excluding the director of agriculture shall be members of the same political party. Each commissioner shall be a resident of the state for five years prior to his appointment. The eight initial commissioners shall be appointed as follows: two shall be appointed for terms of one year, two for terms of two years, two for terms of three years and two for terms of four years. Their successors shall be appointed for terms of four years. A commissioner shall continue to serve until his successor is appointed and qualified. Whenever any vacancy occurs on the commission, the governor shall fill the vacancy by appointment for the remainder of the term of the commissioner who was replaced. There shall be no more than two commission members from any congressional district.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 692, A.L. 1995 S.B. 437)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.219 - Director to be appointed by commission, salary — staff may be employed, limits.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
262.219. Director to be appointed by commission, salary — staff may be employed, limits. —
1. After January 1, 1996, the commission shall appoint a director of the Missouri state fair who shall, at that time, assume from the director of the department of agriculture the responsibility for administration of the state fair. The director shall receive an annual salary as established by the commission, subject to appropriations, to be paid in the same manner as other state employees. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The director may reside on the grounds of the Missouri state fair, and housing and utilities may be provided by the commission out of funds appropriated for that purpose.
2. Within the limits of appropriations made for that purpose, necessary administrative and maintenance staff may be employed by the director for the care and maintenance of the state fair grounds.
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(L. 1994 S.B. 692)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.220 - State fair — establishment — control — condemnation proceedings.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
262.220. State fair — establishment — control — condemnation proceedings. —
1. For the purpose of encouraging the development of the agricultural, horticultural, mechanical, mineral, livestock production and all other industrial interests of the state of Missouri, there is hereby established a state fair, to be held annually at Sedalia, Missouri, and on the state fairgrounds heretofore conveyed by deeds of conveyance to the state of Missouri and hereafter to be acquired by the state of Missouri as herein provided; and the fair shall be under the control and management of the state fair commission. The commission may lease or purchase such lands, suitable for the use of the state fair, as may be deemed by the commission necessary and proper for such purposes and subject to legislative approval.
2. The purchase of lands by the commission shall be on behalf of the state of Missouri at such terms as the commission may deem fair and reasonable, and a deed or deeds shall be taken therefor to the state of Missouri.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14154, A.L. 1994 S.B. 692)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12470; 1919 § 12039; 1909 § 671
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.230 - Fair held, when — how — reverter clause.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
262.230. Fair held, when — how — reverter clause. —
The commission, at such time as may be determined by it, shall hold, annually, a fair upon the state fairgrounds above designated; and at these fairs all important products of the state shall be recognized, according to merit, by premiums or rewards, for excellence offered by the commission, out of a fund provided therefor by the legislature of the state, or from funds that may be otherwise provided. The commission may require parties receiving awards for excellence or merit to provide a complete history of how the exhibit was produced, and all other information concerning the entry that would be of interest or benefit to the general public; and provided further, that should the state fail for three consecutive years to hold a fair, the land thus used for state fair purposes shall revert to the parties donating it.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14155, A.L. 1994 S.B. 692)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12475; 1919 § 12044; 1909 § 676
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.240 - Printing and distribution of catalogues.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
262.240. Printing and distribution of catalogues. —
At least three months before the holding of any annual fair the director, at the direction of the commission, shall prepare a catalogue and list of premiums offered. He shall print the same in proper form, with the rules and regulations governing entries, exhibits and the payment of premiums; and he shall, at least three months before the opening of the fair, cause as many copies of the catalogue as the commission directs to be distributed throughout the state, and he shall send a copy to any person making request therefor.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14156, A.L. 1994 S.B. 692)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12476; 1919 § 12045; 1909 § 677
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.250 - Entry fees — classification.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
262.250. Entry fees — classification. —
The commission may charge a fee on any entry to be paid at the time of entry. All animals and articles must be entered in their proper classes and no other. The director shall determine all questions of classification. In addition to any exemption in chapter 144, no sales taxes shall be levied and collected on any entry fee or charge authorized in this section.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14157, A.L. 1994 S.B. 692)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12477; 1919 § 12046; 1909 § 678
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.255 - Exhibiting livestock, all qualified 4-H and FFA members permitted to participate — rules and fees permitted.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 2012
262.255. Exhibiting livestock, all qualified 4-H and FFA members permitted to participate — rules and fees permitted. —
The state fair commission shall permit all qualifying 4-H and Future Farmers of America (FFA) members to exhibit livestock at the state fair. The state fair commission shall have the authority to establish rules and fees for participation in its individual events.
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(L. 2012 S.B. 631)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.260 - Admission fees, revenues from sale of privileges and pari-mutuel wagering — disposition — state fair fee fund created — gifts and grants authorized, transfer to general revenue prohibited — purpose of fund — investment.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 2000
262.260. Admission fees, revenues from sale of privileges and pari-mutuel wagering — disposition — state fair fee fund created — gifts and grants authorized, transfer to general revenue prohibited — purpose of fund — investment. —
1. The commission shall establish admission fees to be charged at the gates of the fairgrounds. The admission fees, revenues from the sale of privileges and revenues as a result of pari-mutuel wagering shall be payable to and collected by the department of agriculture and transmitted to the state director of revenue who shall deposit the same to the credit of the "State Fair Fee Fund" which is hereby created in the state treasury. Such fund may also receive gifts, grants, contributions, appropriations and funds or benefits from any other source or sources. The money in the state fair fee fund may be used in improving and beautifying the grounds, paying premiums and defraying expenses of the state fair, including officers' salaries, the hire of assistants, expense and equipment, capital improvements and maintenance and repair.
2. The unexpended balance in the state fair fee fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not be transferred to the general revenue fund of the state, and the provisions of section 33.080 relating to the transfer of funds to the general revenue fund of the state by the state treasurer shall not apply to the state fair fee fund.
3. Any portion of the fund not immediately needed for the purposes authorized shall be invested by the state treasurer as provided by the constitution and laws of this state. All income from such investments shall be deposited in the state fair fee fund.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14158, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 19, A.L. 1967 p. 370, A.L. 1977 S.B. 431, A.L. 1983 H.B. 729, A.L. 1986 S.B. 572 merged with S.B. 580, A.L. 1992 S.B. 602, A.L. 1994 S.B. 692, A.L. 1997 S.B. 216, A.L. 2000 S.B. 540)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12478; 1919 § 12047; 1909 § 679
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.261 - State fair escrow fund created, use of moneys.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 2007
262.261. State fair escrow fund created, use of moneys. —
1. The "State Fair Escrow Fund" is hereby created. Such fund shall be held and maintained by the state fair commission. All ticket sales income pertaining to the Missouri state fair grandstand shows, arena events, and carnival rides shall be deposited into the state fair escrow fund. The fund may receive moneys for specific event purposes, including both off-season and fair events. Such fund may receive gifts, grants, contributions, and funds or benefits from any other source or sources, such as sponsorships and auction proceeds. The money in the state fair escrow fund may be used for paying entertainers, carnival contractors, workers, and other event promoters and may include expenses and equipment.
2. The state fair escrow fund shall be established and operated by the state fair in a separate account and under the direct control of the state fair director and the state fair commission. The provisions of section 30.170 to the contrary notwithstanding, the money in the state fair escrow fund shall be retained outside the control of the state treasury. The provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary notwithstanding, the money in the state fair escrow fund shall be retained for the purposes specified in this section and shall not revert or be transferred to general revenue. The state fair shall keep accurate records of the source of money deposited in the state fair escrow fund and shall allocate funds for the appropriate expenditures.
3. The unexpended balance in the state fair escrow fund at the end of each calendar year shall not exceed the preceding year's expenditures as they are described in subsection 1 of this section.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 428)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.262 - State fair trust fund for prizes — disbursement — investment.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
262.262. State fair trust fund for prizes — disbursement — investment. —
1. A special trust fund, to be known as the "State Fair Trust Fund", is established in the state treasury. All moneys received by the state from gifts, grants, legacies or devises for the purpose of providing premiums or prizes to winners of competition at the Missouri state fair in Sedalia, Missouri, shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the trust fund. Moneys in the fund may be appropriated and may be disbursed, on warrants drawn by the director and approved by the commission, only for the purpose for which the moneys were received and for no other purpose. Any balance remaining in the fund at the end of the biennium shall not be transferred and placed to the credit of the general revenue of the state, but instead shall remain in the fund until appropriated and expended, or transferred in the manner authorized by the provisions of this section.
2. Moneys in the state fair trust fund not needed currently for the purposes designated in subsection 1 of this section may be invested by the state treasurer in the manner that other moneys of the state are authorized by law to be invested. All interest, income and returns from moneys of the trust fund shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the trust fund.
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(L. 1979 H.B. 792 § 1, A.L. 1994 S.B. 692)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.265 - Distribution of pari-mutuel wagering pool if state agency is the licensee.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 06 May 1986, see footnote
262.265. Distribution of pari-mutuel wagering pool if state agency is the licensee. —
Those portions of a pari-mutuel wagering pool which are allocated by law or rule of the commission for purse money or for distribution to holders of winning tickets shall not represent revenue collected and moneys received by the state if the organization licensed to conduct pari-mutuel wagering under section 313.580 is a state agency. Such state agency licensee may pay purse money or holders of winning tickets in any manner consistent with rules promulgated by the commission.
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(L. 1986 S.B. 572)
Effective 5-06-86
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.280 - County exhibits.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.280. County exhibits. —
The county commission of any county in this state may, in its discretion, appropriate such sums of money as it may deem necessary or proper for an exhibit of the resources and products of the county at the Missouri state fair out of any funds not otherwise appropriated, and the county commission may appoint some suitable person to look after said exhibit for such county.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14160)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12483; 1919 § 12052; 1909 § 684
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.290 - Incorporation, procedure — powers — buildings and improvements — exception.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 2003
262.290. Incorporation, procedure — powers — buildings and improvements — exception. —
Whenever fifty or more registered voters of this state shall present a petition to the county commission of the county in which they or a majority of them reside, stating therein that they desire to organize and be incorporated for the purpose of promoting improvements in agriculture, manufacture and the raising of stock, and setting forth in such petition the name and location to be adopted by the proposed incorporation, the name to be "The (name of county) Agricultural and Mechanical Society of (name of town or city where the office of said society is to be located)", and the county commission shall be satisfied that such persons are registered voters of this state, the county commission shall, by order, declare the petitioners incorporated for the purpose specified in this section, and thenceforth the petitioners shall be a body politic and corporate by the name and style adopted, and by that name they and their successors shall be known in law, have perpetual succession, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts and in all actions, pleas and matters whatsoever, shall have the authority to borrow money, and shall have power to purchase, hold, lease, rent, mortgage, and receive any quantity of land with such buildings and improvements as may be placed thereon, and any other property and may, by vote, determine that thereafter the members of such society shall be composed of such persons as shall subscribe at least one share of the capital stock thereof, in shares not exceeding five hundred dollars each, said shares to be personal property and transferable by agreement; but no transfer shall be binding on the society until reported in writing and approved by the board of directors. The amount of such capital stock shall, from time to time, be fixed by the stockholders or board of directors, provided the same shall at no time exceed two million dollars, and the board of directors may convey, lease, sell and dispose of the property of the society, or any part thereof, for the benefit of the society and have a common seal, and break and alter the same at pleasure.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14161, A.L. 1988 S.B. 811, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1070, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1595, A.L. 1993 H.B. 566, A.L. 1994 S.B. 692, A.L. 2003 S.B. 611)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12484; 1919 § 12053; 1909 § 685
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.300 - Organization of society — procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
262.300. Organization of society — procedure. —
1. Within thirty days from the date of the order of the county commission, as set out in section 262.290, any number of the petitioners exceeding twenty may proceed to organize such society by electing not less than nine or more than thirteen directors, who shall hold their offices one year and until their successors are elected; and the directors, when so elected, shall collectively form a board for the government of such society, and in such board shall be vested all the corporate powers and duties of every society incorporated as provided in sections 262.290 to 262.540
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; and for the purpose of electing the directors there shall be held annually, on the second Tuesday in December, or such other date as may be provided in the bylaws of the society, a general meeting of the members of the society.
2. All vacancies in the board of directors shall be filled by appointment of the board. No person not a member of the society shall be a director. In all elections by the stockholders each share shall entitle the holder thereof to one vote, and said shares shall be voted as now provided by law for elections in business and manufacturing corporations.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14162, A.L. 1994 S.B. 692)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12485; 1919 § 12054; 1909 § 686
*Section 262.540 was repealed by S.B. 60, 1977.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.310 - Election of officers — removal — duties.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.310. Election of officers — removal — duties. —
Every board of directors shall assemble within twenty days after their election and choose a president and vice president of their number, and a secretary, treasurer and such other officers, servants and agents as may be necessary, remove them from their office and prescribe their duties; and all proceedings of the board shall be public.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14163)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12486; 1919 § 12055; 1909 § 687
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.320 - Duties of officers.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.320. Duties of officers. —
It shall be the duty of the president to preside at all meetings of the board and of the society, and, in case of his absence, the vice president, and in case of his absence, such other person as the members shall appoint; and it shall be the duty of the secretary to keep a record of the proceedings of the directors and of the society; and the treasurer shall give bond and security, to the acceptance of the board of directors, for the benefit of the society, in such sum as they, or a majority of them, shall determine, conditioned that he will faithfully receive and pay over, on their order, all moneys or other articles, the property of the society, that may come into his hands as treasurer, which bond shall be deposited with the secretary of the board of directors, and the said treasurer shall keep fair and accurate accounts of all moneys and other articles by him received as treasurer, and from whom received, and to whom and for what purpose paid out, and make report of the financial operations of his office as often as may be directed by the board of directors.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14164)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12487; 1919 § 12056; 1909 § 688
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.330 - Constitution and bylaws, enforcement of — quorum.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.330. Constitution and bylaws, enforcement of — quorum. —
The said board, a majority of whom shall form a quorum, shall have power to make, ordain and adopt a constitution and all necessary bylaws, ordinances, rules and regulations for the government of the board of directors and of the society, and for the promotion of the objects for which it is designed; such constitution, rules, bylaws, ordinances and regulations of the society and of the board of directors shall be printed and circulated among the members of the society within six months after their adoption; and the president of the board shall cause the same to be carried into effect; provided, such constitution, bylaws, ordinances, rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this state.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14165)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12488; 1919 § 12057; 1909 § 689
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.340 - Moneys of societies, how expended.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.340. Moneys of societies, how expended. —
All moneys paid by members and others, and donations made to the society, shall be appropriated under the direction of said board, in conformity to such constitution, bylaws, rules and regulations as may be ordained and established for the government of the society and for the advancement and encouragement of the objects of the society.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14166)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12489; 1919 § 12058; 1909 § 690
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.350 - Appropriation of money by county commission.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1963
262.350. Appropriation of money by county commission. —
The county commission of any county may, if it be deemed expedient, appropriate out of the county treasury for the benefit of any society regularly organized as a county agricultural and mechanical society, county fair, county corn growers' association, county poultry association, county stock growers' association or any other organization or incorporated society having for its object the holding of county fairs or the advancement of agriculture or its allied industries, a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars in any one year. The money so appropriated shall be drawn by the treasurer of the society on proper warrant; provided said money shall be awarded by the board of directors or other proper officials in premiums or expended by them in the purchase of premiums, to be known as "The ______ County Commission Premiums" to be awarded according to the rules, regulations and bylaws of the society; provided further, that in all counties in this state of the first class, and all counties of the second class the county commission of such county may, if it be deemed expedient, appropriate out of the surplus remaining in the county treasury, for the benefit of any such society, a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars to be used as in this section above set out, or in any other manner that said board of directors may deem best.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14167, A.L. 1943 p. 318, A.L. 1945 p. 99, A.L. 1963 p. 400)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12490; 1919 § 12059; 1909 § 691
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.360 - Board's report.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1994
262.360. Board's report. —
At each annual meeting of the society, which shall be held on the second Tuesday of December or such other date as may be provided in the bylaws of the society, the board of directors shall report in writing the number of members and the financial condition of their society, the quantity and character of property owned by it, and the quality and cost of improvements of the same; the number and value of premiums awarded at their annual fair; the number and character of animals and articles exhibited; a statement of the probable quantity of the staple commodities of the county, and prices current thereof, and such other information in relation to the agricultural and mechanical interests of the county as they may deem worthy of general notice; and a copy of the report so made shall be transmitted to the director of the department of agriculture, to be disposed of as provided in section 262.370.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14168, A.L. 1994 S.B. 692)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12491; 1919 § 12060; 1909 § 692