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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 260 - Environmental Control › Section 260.1065 - Labeling requirements for sale of new equipment.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 260
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
*260.1065. Labeling requirements for sale of new equipment. —
1. A person who is a retailer of equipment shall not sell or offer to sell new equipment in this state unless the equipment is labeled with the manufacturer's label and the manufacturer is included on the department's list of manufacturers that have recovery plans.
2. Retailers can go to the department's internet site as outlined in section 260.1071 and view all manufacturers that are listed as having registered a collection program. Covered electronic products from manufacturers on that list may be sold in or into this state.
3. A retailer is not required to collect equipment for recycling or reuse under sections 260.1050 to 260.1101.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 720)
*Contingent expiration date, see § 260.1092
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 260 - Environmental Control › Section 260.1068 - Information on computer materials, immunity from liability, when.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 260
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
*260.1068. Information on computer materials, immunity from liability, when. —
1. A manufacturer or retailer of equipment is not liable in any way for information in any form that a consumer leaves on computer materials that are collected, recycled, or reused under sections 260.1050 to 260.1101.
2. The consumer is responsible for any information in any form left on the consumer's computer materials that are collected, recycled, or reused.
3. Compliance with sections 260.1050 to 260.1101 does not exempt a person from liability under other law.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 720)
*Contingent expiration date, see § 260.1092
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 260 - Environmental Control › Section 260.1071 - Department to educate consumers — internet site required.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 260
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
*260.1071. Department to educate consumers — internet site required. —
1. The department shall educate consumers regarding the collection, recycling, and reuse of equipment.
2. The department shall host or designate another person to host an internet site providing consumers with information about the recycling and reuse of equipment, including best management practices and information about and links to information on:
(1) Manufacturers' collection, recycling, and reuse programs, including manufacturers' recovery plans; and
(2) Equipment collection events, collection sites, and community equipment recycling and reuse programs.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 720)
*Contingent expiration date, see § 260.1092
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 260 - Environmental Control › Section 260.1074 - Audits and inspections by department permitted — enforcement of act — warning notices — penalties may be assessed, subaccount created.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 260
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
*260.1074. Audits and inspections by department permitted — enforcement of act — warning notices — penalties may be assessed, subaccount created. —
1. The department may conduct audits and inspections to determine compliance with sections 260.1050 to 260.1101.
2. The department and the attorney general, as appropriate, shall enforce sections 260.1050 to 260.1101 and, except as provided by subsections 4 and 5 of this section, take enforcement action against any manufacturer, retailer, or person who recycles or reuses equipment for failure to comply with sections 260.1050 to 260.1101.
3. The attorney general may file suit to enjoin an activity related to the sale of equipment in violation of sections 260.1050 to 260.1101.
4. The department shall issue a written warning notice to a person upon the person's first violation of sections 260.1050 to 260.1101. The person shall comply with sections 260.1050 to 260.1101 not later than the sixtieth day after the date the warning notice is issued.
5. A retailer who receives a warning notice from the department that the retailer's inventory violates sections 260.1050 to 260.1101 because it includes equipment from a manufacturer that has not submitted the recovery plan required by section 260.1062 shall bring the inventory into compliance with sections 260.1050 to 260.1101 not later than the sixtieth day after the date the warning notice is issued.
6. (1) The department may assess a penalty against a manufacturer that does not label its equipment or adopt, implement, or submit a recovery plan as required by section 260.1062. No penalty shall be assessed for a first violation and the amount of the penalty shall not exceed ten thousand dollars for the second violation or twenty-five thousand dollars for each subsequent violation.
(2) Any penalty collected under this section shall be credited to the "Equipment Recycling Subaccount", which is hereby created, in the hazardous waste fund. Moneys in the subaccount shall be used for the purpose of administering the provisions of sections 260.1050 to 260.1101. The state treasurer shall be custodian of the subaccount and may approve disbursements from the fund in accordance with sections 30.170 and 30.180. Upon appropriation, money in the subaccount shall be used solely for the administration of sections 260.1050 to 260.1101. Any moneys remaining in the subaccount at the end of the biennium shall revert to the credit of the general revenue fund. 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 subaccount.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 720)
*Contingent expiration date, see § 260.1092
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 260 - Environmental Control › Section 260.1077 - Financial and proprietary information not a public record.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 260
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
*260.1077. Financial and proprietary information not a public record. —
Financial or proprietary information submitted to the department under sections 260.1050 to 260.1101 shall not be considered a public record under chapter 610.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 720)
*Contingent expiration date, see § 260.1092
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 260 - Environmental Control › Section 260.1080 - Report to legislative committees.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 260
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
*260.1080. Report to legislative committees. —
The department shall compile information from manufacturers and issue an electronic report to the committee in each house of the general assembly having primary jurisdiction over environmental matters not later than March first of each year.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 720)
*Contingent expiration date, see § 260.1092
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 260 - Environmental Control › Section 260.1083 - Fee not authorized, when.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 260
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
*260.1083. Fee not authorized, when. —
Sections 260.1050 to 260.1101 do not authorize the department to impose a fee, including a recycling fee or registration fee, on a consumer, manufacturer, retailer, or person who recycles or reuses equipment.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 720)
*Contingent expiration date, see § 260.1092
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 260 - Environmental Control › Section 260.1089 - Recycling and reuse, compliance with federal, state and local law required — rulemaking authority.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 260
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
*260.1089. Recycling and reuse, compliance with federal, state and local law required — rulemaking authority. —
1. All equipment collected under sections 260.1050 to 260.1101 shall be recycled or reused in a manner that complies with federal, state, and local law.
2. The department shall, by rule, adopt as mandatory standards for recycling or reuse of equipment in this state the standards provided by Electronics Recycling Operating Practices as approved by the board of directors of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc., April 25, 2006, or other standards issued from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, if available.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 720)
*Contingent expiration date, see § 260.1092
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 260 - Environmental Control › Section 260.1092 - Federal law may preempt, when.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 260
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
260.1092. Federal law may preempt, when. —
1. If federal law establishes a national program for the collection and recycling of equipment and the department determines that the federal law substantially meets the purposes of sections 260.1050 to 260.1101, the department may adopt an agency statement that interprets the federal law as preemptive of sections 260.1050 to 260.1101.
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2. Sections 260.1050 to 260.1101 shall expire on the date the department issues a statement under this section.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 720)
*Contingent expiration date
*Revisor's Note: To date, the Department of Natural Resources has not issued a statement under this section and no national program has been established.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development › Chapter 260 - Environmental Control › Section 260.1101 - Rulemaking authority.

Title XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 260
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008
*260.1101. Rulemaking authority. —
1. The department shall adopt any rules required to implement sections 260.1050 to 260.1101 not later than July 1, 2009. 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 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, 2008, shall be invalid and void.
2. Sections 260.1050 to 260.1101 shall not be enforced before rules developed under this section are promulgated.
3. It shall not be considered a violation of sections 260.1050 to 260.1101 for a retailer to sell any inventory accrued before August 28, 2008.
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(L. 2008 S.B. 720)
*Contingent expiration date, see § 260.1092
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.010 - Department authorized — director, how appointed, qualifications.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
Effective - 28 Aug 2014
261.010. Department authorized — director, how appointed, qualifications. —
There is created a "Department of Agriculture", the main office of which shall be in Jefferson City in quarters provided by the division of facilities management, design and construction. The governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint a director of the department of agriculture who shall be a practical farmer, well versed in agricultural science and who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The director shall be in charge of the department of agriculture.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14025, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 15, A. 1949 S.B. 1090, A.L. 1955 p. 18, A.L. 1963 p. 400, A.L. 1967 p. 369, A.L. 1977 H.B. 841, A.L. 2014 H.B. 1299 Revision)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Director, compensation, 105.950
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.020 - Duties and powers of director.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
Effective - 28 Aug 2007
261.020. Duties and powers of director. —
The state director of the department of agriculture is hereby constituted the official who has supervision of all the legalized departments of the state which are of a regulatory nature for the advancement of horticulture and agriculture, except after January 1, 1996, he or she shall not have direct supervision of the state fair. He or she shall cooperate with the college of agriculture of the University of Missouri in all ways beneficial to the horticultural and agricultural interests of the state, without duplicating research, extension or educational work conducted by said college, but nothing herein shall be construed as to subordinate the state department of agriculture to the said college of agriculture. The director has charge of the veterinary service of the state, the appointment of the state veterinarian, and, with the advice of the veterinarian, of deputy veterinarians, and other assistants. The director has the power of reasonable quarantine in relation to the regulatory laws of the state department of agriculture, and the power of quarantine in relation to livestock diseases includes poultry. It is the duty of the director to gather and compile helpful statistics and information, singly or in cooperation with the federal government, relating to horticulture and agriculture, and he or she may publish bulletins not duplicating available educational bulletins of the college of agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture. He or she may charge a reasonable amount for any publication distributed by the department of agriculture. Any funds received from the amounts so charged shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund. The director shall make a biennial report to the governor and the general assembly, including the essential information relating to horticulture and agriculture, especially crops and livestock, also data concerning the agricultural organizations of the state, accompanied by recommendations relating to the state department of agriculture and the advancement of agricultural education.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14027, A.L. 1971 H.B. 355, A.L. 1994 S.B. 692, A.L. 2007 S.B. 320)
CROSS REFERENCES:
Livestock diseased, injunction against owners, powers and duties of director, 267.604
Livestock quarantined, orders for removal or cure violations, hearing, penalties, director's powers, 267.603
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
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.
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(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.
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
• 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.
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(L. 1951 p. 3 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.026 - Director — trust assets — duties.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
• 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.
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(L. 1951 p. 3 §§ 2, 3)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
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.
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(L. 1957 p. 3 §§ 261.027, 261.028, A.L. 1988 S.B. 742, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1201)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
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.
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(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
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
• 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.
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(L. 1957 p. 12 §§ 1, 2, 3, A.L. 2008 S.B. 931)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.040 - Employees of director, appointment and transfer, bond.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14026)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.050 - Salaries and accounts.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14028, A. 1949 S.B. 1090)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.060 - Daily deposit of all moneys in state treasury.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14029)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.090 - Cooperation among departments.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
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.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14289)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12627; 1919 § 12146
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.095 - Foreign market development — director's duties and powers.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
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.
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(L. 1979 S.B. 47 § 1)
CROSS REFERENCE:
Division of commerce and industrial development, establishing overseas offices, 625.021
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
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.
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(L. 2021 H.B. 574)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.100 - Animal export inspection facilities, operation.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
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.
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(L. 1979 S.B. 47 § 2)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
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.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 740, et al. § 261.115)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
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.
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(L. 2019 S.B. 133)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.200 - Fund created, use of moneys.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
• 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.
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(L. 2010 S.B. 795)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008, 2 histories
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.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 894 § 261.032, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1348, A.L. 2008 S.B. 931)
2023 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.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
• Effective - 28 Aug 2008, 2 histories
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.
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(L. 2000 S.B. 894 § 261.038, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1348, A.L. 2008 S.B. 931)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.240 - Rulemaking authority.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
Effective - 28 Aug 2002
261.240. Rulemaking authority. —
Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in sections 261.230 to 261.239 shall become effective only if they comply with and are subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and if applicable, section 536.028. These sections 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, 2001, shall be invalid and void.
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(L. 2002 H.B. 1348)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.241 - Sellers of honey, no manufacturing facilities required, when — exempt from health standards and regulations, when — label requirements.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
Effective - 28 Aug 2015, 3 histories
261.241. Sellers of honey, no manufacturing facilities required, when — exempt from health standards and regulations, when — label requirements. —
1. Sellers of honey whose annual sales of honey are fifty thousand dollars or less per domicile shall not be required to construct or maintain separate facilities for the bottling of honey. Such sellers shall be exempt from all remaining health standards and regulations for the bottling of honey pursuant to sections 196.190 to 196.271 if they meet the following requirements:
(1) Honey shall be bottled in the domicile of the person harvesting and selling the honey;
(2) Honey shall be labeled with the following information in legible English as set forth in subsection 2 of this section;
(3) Annual gross sales shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars. The person harvesting such honey shall maintain a record of sales of honey bottled and sold. The record shall be available to the regulatory authority when requested.
2. The honey shall be labeled with the following information:
(1) Name and address of the persons preparing the food;
(2) Common name of the food; and
(3) The name of all ingredients in the food.
3. Sellers of honey who violate the provisions of this section may be enjoined from selling honey by the department of health and senior services.
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(L. 2002 S.B. 639, A.L. 2005 S.B. 355, A.L. 2015 S.B. 500)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.256 - Growers' districts authorized, procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
Effective - 28 Aug 2004
261.256. Growers' districts authorized, procedure. —
1. It is hereby established that growers' districts may be voluntarily created by Missouri producers raising agricultural crops for food, feed, industrial, and pharmaceutical uses, to be known by the name established by the creators of the growers' district. Nothing in this section or section 261.259 shall force any private property owner to participate in a growers' district.
2. Upon organization, each district shall file with the clerk of the circuit court in the county in which the majority of the district is located and shall adopt bylaws addressing governance of the district, expansion of the district to include new members, and the exercise of any other powers necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section and section 261.259.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 740, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.259 - Board of commissioners.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
• Effective - 28 Aug 2004
261.259. Board of commissioners. —
1. The members of a district shall elect a board of commissioners of such district.
2. All commissioners of a district shall be owners or operators of land used for the cultivation of commercial crops within the physical boundaries of the district.
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(L. 2004 S.B. 740, et al.)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.270 - Citation of act.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
• Effective - 28 Aug 2015
261.270. Citation of act. —
The provisions of sections 261.270 to 261.295 shall be known and may be cited as the "Missouri Dairy Revitalization Act of 2015".
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(L. 2015 H.B. 259)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.275 - Fund created, use of moneys — limitation on appropriation of fund moneys — research of estimated sales tax revenue generated.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
• Effective - 28 Aug 2015
261.275. Fund created, use of moneys — limitation on appropriation of fund moneys — research of estimated sales tax revenue generated. —
1. There is hereby created in the state treasury the "Missouri Dairy Industry Revitalization Fund", which shall consist of moneys appropriated to the fund. 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, moneys in the fund shall be used solely to enhance and improve Missouri's dairy and dairy processing industries in the manner provided for in sections 261.270 to 261.295. 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. 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.
2. Moneys appropriated from the general revenue fund to the Missouri dairy industry revitalization fund shall not exceed forty percent of the estimated sales tax revenue generated in the state from the sale of dairy products during the preceding fiscal year, calculated under subsection 3 of this section, and shall be expended in the following order of priority:
(1) First, to the dairy producer margin insurance premium assistance program created under section 261.280;
(2) Second, to the Missouri dairy scholars program created under section 261.285; and
(3) Third, to the commercial agriculture program created under section 261.290.
3. Each fiscal year the University of Missouri shall conduct research, or contract with an independent research company to conduct research, to determine the estimated sales tax revenue generated in the state from the sale of dairy products. The cost for such calculation shall be paid out of the Missouri dairy industry revitalization fund. The estimated sales tax revenue generated in the state from the sale of dairy products shall be provided to the department of agriculture by October first of each year.
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(L. 2015 H.B. 259)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture › Section 261.280 - Dairy producer margin insurance premium assistance program, purpose — eligibility, application, reimbursement — risk management training.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 261
• Effective - 28 Aug 2015
261.280. Dairy producer margin insurance premium assistance program, purpose — eligibility, application, reimbursement — risk management training. —
1. The department of agriculture shall establish and administer, through the Missouri agricultural and small business development authority, a dairy producer margin insurance premium assistance program for the purpose of assisting dairy producers who participate in the federal margin protection program for dairy producers as contained in the federal Agricultural Act of 2014.
2. All dairy producers in the state who participate in the federal margin protection program for dairy producers shall be eligible to apply and participate in the dairy producer margin insurance premium assistance program. Dairy producers who wish to be considered for the program shall apply with the Missouri agricultural and small business development authority by January first of each year, and shall provide proof of participation in the federal margin protection program for dairy producers as contained in the federal Agricultural Act of 2014 by submitting a receipt of their paid annual federal premium payment. Eligible program participants shall receive reimbursement of seventy percent of their federal premium payment up to a maximum premium reimbursement rate of thirty-four cents per hundredweight of milk.
3. The University of Missouri and the Missouri agricultural and small business development authority shall provide risk management training for Missouri dairy producers on an annual basis.
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(L. 2015 H.B. 259)