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2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.370 - Director's report to general assembly.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.370. Director's report to general assembly. —
The director of agriculture shall, at each session of the general assembly of the state of Missouri, report faithfully all the facts, statistics and information contained in the reports transmitted to him from the county agricultural and mechanical societies organized and incorporated under the provisions of sections 262.290 to 262.540, and such other facts, statistics and information as he may gather from other counties in this state in regard to agriculture, mechanical and domestic manufactures and productions, and to the raising of the various breeds of stock.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14169)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12492; 1919 § 12061; 1909 § 693
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.380 - Holding of property, when.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.380. Holding of property, when. —
The land and other property which may be held by any society under the provisions of sections 262.290 to 262.540 shall be held by the society for the sole purpose, and none other whatsoever, of erecting enclosures, buildings, and other improvements calculated and designed for meetings of the society, and for exhibitions of various breeds of horses, cattle, mules and other stock, and of agricultural, mechanical and domestic manufactures and productions, and for the purchase and importation, breeding and the keeping thereof of such foreign breeds of stock as the board of directors may deem advantageous to the interest of the county, and for the breeding, raising, purchasing and selling of all classes of purebred stock.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14170)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12493; 1919 § 12062; 1909 § 694
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.390 - Membership — fees — failure to pay annual fee, effect.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1992
262.390. Membership — fees — failure to pay annual fee, effect. —
The members of any society organized under the provisions of sections 262.290 to 262.540 shall be composed of such persons, and none others, as shall have subscribed their names as such in the books in which the proceedings of the society and of the board of directors are or shall be recorded, and shall have paid annually to the treasurer of the society such sum, not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars per share of stock in any one year, as may be established by the rules, bylaws and regulations of the society as a membership fee, and such persons shall be members only for the year for which they shall have paid such fee; or, if the bylaws, rules, and regulations of the society allow, a member may volunteer his time to the society in lieu of paying all or part of the fee established under this section. Any person or stockholder not paying the regular annual membership fee adopted by the board shall forfeit to the society all stock and all previous payments, whether for stock or membership.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14171, A.L. 1992 H.B. 1595)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12494; 1919 § 12063; 1909 § 695
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.400 - Recording of incorporation order.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.400. Recording of incorporation order. —
A duly authenticated copy of the order of the county commission, provided for in section 262.290, shall be filed and recorded in such manner as conveyances of land are by law directed to be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of such county within three months after such order shall be made. No society organized by virtue of sections 262.290 to 262.540 shall be authorized to do business as such society until such duly authenticated copy shall have been filed and recorded in the manner herein set out.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14172)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12495; 1919 § 12064; 1909 § 696
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.410 - Dissolution of society — disposition of property.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.410. Dissolution of society — disposition of property. —
Whenever a majority of two-thirds of the members of any society organized under the provisions of sections 262.290 to 262.540 shall, at an annual meeting, declare such society dissolved, or if from any other cause said society shall be dissolved or fail to meet and pursue the objects of the society for the period of five consecutive years, then the real estate and all the other property held by it shall be sold for cash in hand, at public auction, before the courthouse door of the county, after thirty days' notice given in some newspaper published in the county, if there be one, and, if not, by ten printed advertisements set up in ten public places in the county, describing the property to be sold, and the time, place and terms of sale. Such sale shall be conducted by the directors, or a majority of them, chosen and elected as provided by sections 262.290 to 262.540, and the proceeds of such sales shall, after payment of all expenses, be divided among the members of such society in proportion to stock held.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14173)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12496; 1919 § 12065; 1909 § 697
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.430 - Societies may unite and form circuit.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.430. Societies may unite and form circuit. —
1. It shall be lawful for any five or more societies organized under and by virtue of sections 262.290 to 262.540 in the state of Missouri to unite for the purpose of forming a circuit whenever a majority of the board of directors of each of such societies decide to do so. Such circuit and the affairs thereof shall be governed by the several societies therein. The director of agriculture may become one of such members for and on behalf of the Missouri state fair.
2. For the purpose of organizing such a circuit, the president and secretary, or any two members of the board of directors of any five or more societies organized under sections 262.290 to 262.540, including the director of agriculture, may voluntarily meet and perfect the organization of a circuit by adopting a name and electing one of their members as president and another as secretary and another as treasurer of such circuit, and the payment of a membership fee of not less than fifty dollars from each society composing such circuit, including said state fair.
3. After the completion of such organization, a statement of the proceedings shall be signed by all the representatives present, setting forth in such statement that such meeting was held by virtue of this section for the purpose of forming a circuit and stating therein the names of the officers selected and their places of residence, as well also as the name and location of the societies forming said circuit, and the number of years, not exceeding ten, that said circuit shall continue. Which statement shall within thirty days be filed with the director of agriculture, and said circuit shall thereafter for the time specified in said statement be authorized to receive and disburse any appropriations made to or for the benefit of such circuit by the state of Missouri through said department of agriculture; provided, that any such societies and the said director of agriculture on behalf of the state fair may become members of more than one such circuit.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14175)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12498; 1919 § 12067; 1909 § 699
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.440 - Appropriations, how disbursed.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.440. Appropriations, how disbursed. —
Any appropriations made to or for the benefit of any such circuit by the general assembly shall be made through the Missouri state department of agriculture and specified in the biennial appropriations to said state department to be for such purpose, and when so made shall be by the director of agriculture paid to the treasurer of said circuit in equal annual installments, and when so paid shall be by said circuit used in such manner as may by said circuit be deemed best for the promotion of the agricultural interests and the general interest in raising and breeding stock of all classes in the state of Missouri; provided, that such appropriations shall be used only in payment for advertising, printing of catalogues, payments of premiums or purses for the general benefit of the whole circuit, or divided equally between the members of such circuit and disbursed in same manner for the benefit of such member.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14176)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12499; 1919 § 12068; 1909 § 700
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.450 - State aid for county fairs — certain counties.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
262.450. State aid for county fairs — certain counties. —
1. The director of agriculture, for the purpose of fostering and developing agriculture within the state of Missouri, is hereby authorized to pay to nonprofit county and district fairs and to regularly organized or incorporated nonprofit agricultural societies having as their object the holding of shows, exhibitions or fairs for the advancement of agriculture in Missouri a percentage of certain premiums actually paid by such county, district or agricultural society, shows or fairs as provided by law.
2.
District fairs
are hereby defined as fairs covering more than one county yet not large enough to be considered statewide in purpose and territory.
3. The total of such state aid to be paid by the director of the department of agriculture shall not exceed the appropriation made to the department of agriculture by the general assembly for such use and purpose.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14177, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 21)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12500; 1919 § 12069
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.462 - Application for funds, contents of — report on completion of a project, contents of.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1973
262.462. Application for funds, contents of — report on completion of a project, contents of. —
1. The clerk or duly authorized official of a county, municipality, or other political subdivision shall submit a formal application to the director for matching funds, giving a description and providing plans and specifications of the proposed project together with estimated costs and a resolution passed by the governing body of the county, municipality, or political subdivision authorizing the application and the clerk or duly authorized official, upon notice of preliminary approval shall submit such additional detailed information as may be requested by the director. Approved projects shall be completed as soon as possible.
2. Upon completion of a project and acceptance by the governing body of the county, municipality, or other political subdivision, the clerk or duly authorized official of that county, municipality, or political subdivision shall submit to the director an itemized listing of services and materials, together with receipted invoices covering the services and materials or, in case of contracts, a copy of the contract, a summary of all bids received; and proof that all state laws and local ordinances concerning safety and building codes have been complied with.
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(L. 1973 H.B. 310)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.465 - Duties of director before releasing funds.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1973
262.465. Duties of director before releasing funds. —
1. The director or his representative shall before releasing state funds:
(1) Conduct his own inspection to determine that the completed project complies
*
with the plans and specifications and the original application; and
(2) Determine whether the work has been performed in a manner satisfactory to the director.
2. If the completed project meets the requirements of this section the bills submitted for materials and services will be audited and the county, municipality, or other political subdivision reimbursed for one-half of the costs not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars in any one fiscal year.
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(L. 1973 H.B. 310)
*Word "comply" appears in original rolls.
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.470 - Rules and regulations, promulgation.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1995
262.470. Rules and regulations, promulgation. —
The director of the department of agriculture shall be and is hereby authorized and directed to make all reasonable and needful rules and regulations for the proper protection to the state in the administration of sections 262.215 to 262.490. Among other rules and regulations there is hereby delegated authority to examine and investigate at the expense of the fund for the encouragement of agriculture through county and district fairs and certain other agricultural exhibitions to make certain that such county and district fairs and exhibitions are deserving of participation in said fund; said director is further authorized to make needful expenditures from this fund for the proper administration of sections 262.215 to 262.490, including bulletins thereon, and it shall be the duty of said director to make full and complete report in matters relating hereto to the general assembly. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of this chapter shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14181, A.L. 1994 S.B. 692, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12504
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.480 - Claims for benefits — procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
262.480. Claims for benefits — procedure. —
On or before a date set by the director of agriculture the president and secretary of any fair or agricultural society claiming benefits under sections 262.450 and 262.460, shall file with the director of agriculture a sworn statement in duplicate of the actual amount of cash premiums paid for the current season, which must correspond with the public offer of premiums, and a further sworn statement that at such fair or exhibition all gambling and gambling devices of whatsoever kind, and the sale of intoxicating liquors, and all obscene exhibitions, have been prohibited and excluded from the grounds of such fair, agricultural society or exhibition, and all adjacent grounds under their authority or control. Such statement in duplicate shall be accompanied by an itemized list in duplicate of all premiums paid, upon which aid is claimed under sections 262.450 and 262.460, two copies of the published premium list of such fair, and a full detailed statement of the receipts and expenditures in duplicate for the current year, all duly verified by the president and secretary of such fair, agricultural society or exhibition, and such other reports and data as may be required by the director of agriculture.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14182, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 21)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12505
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.490 - Payment of claims.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1947
262.490. Payment of claims. —
The director of the department of agriculture shall pay the claims of any such fair, agricultural society or exhibition coming under the terms of sections 262.450 and 262.460 on approval of the commissioner of administration if satisfied, after due investigation and proof that such fair, agricultural society or exhibition has complied with the provisions of law relating to such payments and he shall pay such claims in the same manner as in the regular accounting by said department.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14183, A.L. 1947 V. I p. 21)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12506
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.500 - Election to levy special tax in certain counties — purposes — distribution of funds.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
262.500. Election to levy special tax in certain counties — purposes — distribution of funds. —
1. In all counties of this state in which the constitutional limit is not levied for county purposes, the county commission, upon the filing of a petition signed by not less than three hundred resident taxpayers and qualified electors of the county, shall call an election to submit to the qualified voters thereof, a special levy of not more than two mills on the dollar valuation, which levy, together with all other levies for county purposes, shall not exceed the constitutional limit of levy for the county affected, for the purpose of encouraging, promoting and improving the livestock, poultry, agricultural, horticultural, mechanical fabrics and fine arts, products and articles of domestic industry, and the exhibition of such stock, poultry articles and commodities, at the district or county fair held in the county.
2. If a majority of the voters voting at said election shall be in favor of the proposition, then the county commission at its next regular term thereafter shall make the levy, one-half of which levy shall be set aside by the county commission and distributed ratably to the exhibitors of the public fairs held in the county, for the purpose of paying premiums to exhibitors or the articles and commodities in sections 262.500 to 262.540. The other one-half of which levy, in the judgment and discretion of the county commission, may be used for the purpose of purchasing grounds or erecting suitable building for such fair purposes; but if grounds for the purposes are owned by the county, or leased or otherwise secured or obtained for such uses, then the other one-half of the funds may be used by the county commission in erecting such building. If it is the discretion and judgment of the commission that the other one-half of the levy be not used for grounds or buildings, then the whole of the levy may be used for paying such premiums. If the petition for the election asks that one-half of the levy be devoted to acquiring of lands or erecting of buildings, then the proposition submitted shall contain provisions for such devotion; and if the majority favor the proposition, then the commission shall so expend and use the proceeds of the one-half of the levy.
3. The surplus remaining out of the proceeds of any levy made under sections 262.500 to 262.540, in any year, in the hands of the county treasurer shall constitute a fund for the purposes of sections 262.500 to 262.540, and may be used either as premiums offered or advertising for exhibits to be made under any provision of sections 262.500 to 262.540.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14185, A.L. 1943 p. 317, A.L. 1955 p. 36)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12508
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.510 - Apportionment of levy proceeds.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1955
262.510. Apportionment of levy proceeds. —
The county commission in every such county shall apportion the proceeds of the levy made pursuant to section 262.500, and in accordance with the provisions of section 262.500, among the several objects and subjects in section 262.500 mentioned, and offer suitable premiums in each class thereof to the full amount available from the levy. All such premiums shall be offered for exhibits made at public fairs held in the county. The exhibits shall be in place at the fair at least twenty-four hours before the opening thereof to the public, and remain in place until midnight of the last day of the fair.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14186, A.L. 1955 p. 36)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12509
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.520 - Payment of premiums — procedure.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.520. Payment of premiums — procedure. —
The portion of the proceeds of such levy offered for premiums shall be offered annually for the purposes set out in, and in accordance with, the provisions of sections 262.500 to 262.540. For the purpose of administering the premium fund, authorized by sections 262.500 to 262.540, the county commission is hereby authorized and directed to appoint and designate the secretary of such fair, without salary or other compensation as the agent of the county commission, in the payment of said premiums, which premiums shall be paid by warrants drawn in the same manner as in case of warrants for ordinary running expenses of the county, such warrants to be drawn in favor of the persons entitled thereto and turned over to the secretary of such fair for distribution.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14187)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12510
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.530 - Special election — how called and conducted.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.530. Special election — how called and conducted. —
Special election shall be called, advertised and conducted, as in the case of a special election to vote bonds for the erection of a county courthouse or other public purpose.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14188)
Prior revision: 1929 § 12511
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.550 - Definitions.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961, 2 histories
262.550. Definitions. —
The following words and phrases as used in sections 262.550 to 262.620, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall mean:
(1)
"Council"
shall mean University of Missouri extension council, authorized under section 262.563;
(2)
"County"
does not include the city of St. Louis;
(3)
"University"
shall mean the curators of the University of Missouri.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 1)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.553 - University may receive and disburse federal grants for extension work.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
262.553. University may receive and disburse federal grants for extension work. —
The assent of the general assembly having heretofore been given to the provisions and requirements of the Act of Congress of May 8, 1914, and amendments thereto (7 U.S.C.A. Sec. 341 et seq.), the University of Missouri is authorized and empowered to receive and expend the grants of money appropriated under said acts and all acts amendatory or supplementary thereto, together with any money appropriated by the state or received from any source whatsoever for the aid of extension work in the counties of Missouri, and to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture, other agencies, and with persons and organizations in the conduct thereof, all in accordance with the terms and conditions expressed in said acts of congress. The treasurer of the University of Missouri is hereby empowered to receive the funds appropriated by said acts of congress and any money appropriated by the state or received from any source whatsoever for said purposes. Any funds accepted by the university for the purpose of aiding the extension work as provided in sections 262.550 to 262.620 subject to conditions and use thereof, shall be received by the university subject to such conditions and the money shall be expended by it for such purposes and in accordance with the terms of the grant or gift.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 2)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.557 - Formulation and administration of extension program.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
262.557. Formulation and administration of extension program. —
The university may formulate an extension program in the counties of the state and shall be responsible for the administration and execution of the extension program in each county.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 3)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.560 - University to hire employees — salaries and expenses paid, how.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961, 2 histories
262.560. University to hire employees — salaries and expenses paid, how. —
The university shall have the responsibility and authority to employ such persons as it deems necessary and proper for the conduct of extension work and shall prescribe and assign their duties and provide for the compensation and expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties and shall provide for the establishment and maintenance of proper offices, equipment, and supplies therefor, provided that, in counties having a council, the council shall pay such salaries and expenses as shall be assigned to it in the financial budget.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 4)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.563 - Missouri extension council established in county, when.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
262.563. Missouri extension council established in county, when. —
1. The university may establish a University of Missouri extension council in each of the counties of the state, which shall be designated as the "University of Missouri Extension Council of ______ County".
2. If written requests be filed with the university by twenty-five citizens of voting age residing in each of the several townships of the county having more than one hundred citizens of voting age, or signed by ten percent of the citizens of voting age residing in those townships having less than one hundred citizens of voting age, the university shall establish a council in such county.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 5)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.570 - Description of district boundaries filed with county commission — numbering of districts — publication.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961, 2 histories
262.570. Description of district boundaries filed with county commission — numbering of districts — publication. —
On or before October 1, 1961, or of any year thereafter, the university shall file with the county commission in each county in which there is to be established a council an instrument setting forth the boundaries of each district within the county established for the purpose of electing members to the council. The districts in each county shall be consecutively numbered from one. A copy thereof shall be published within fifteen days after it is filed. If the districts as originally established are at any time thereafter altered or changed, the university shall, on or before the first day of July, file with the county commission an instrument setting forth the change in the districts and the boundaries thereof and like notice as above provided shall be given of such change.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 7)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.573 - Annual election for membership on council.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
262.573. Annual election for membership on council. —
In the month of January of each year an election shall be held in each of the established districts in which there is a vacancy for membership on the council, for the election of a member or members to the council, at which election each citizen of voting age residing in the district shall be entitled to vote.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 8)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.577 - Notice of nominees and statement of right to nominate to be published — ballot.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
262.577. Notice of nominees and statement of right to nominate to be published — ballot. —
The council shall cause the list of nominees named by it to be published at least once, which publication shall be not more than fifty days nor less than thirty days prior to the date fixed for the election. The publication of notice shall also contain a statement that additional nominees for council members may be made by petition of twenty-five or more qualified voters residing within the district filed with the council within twenty days after the publication of notice of election. The names of all such nominees shall be placed upon a ballot to be submitted to the voters of the respective districts at the election.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 9)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.580 - Establishment of first county council.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961, 2 histories
262.580. Establishment of first county council. —
If a council is established in any county not having a county agricultural extension council created under the provisions of section 262.561, RSMo 1959, the university shall do all acts and things required to be performed by the council incidental and necessary to the establishment of the first council within the county.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 10)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.587 - Where council established, university to hire employees and consult with council on programs.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
262.587. Where council established, university to hire employees and consult with council on programs. —
In counties in which there is a council the university shall:
(1) Have the responsibility and authority to employ and discharge such agents and employees as it deems necessary and proper for the conduct of extension work within the county and shall prescribe and assign their duties and determine their compensation and expenses allowed in the discharge of their duties and shall exercise supervisory powers in the establishment and maintenance of proper offices, equipment, and supplies necessary for the proper administration of the extension program.
(2) With the advice and counsel of the council, formulate extension programs in the county and it shall be responsible for the administration and execution of the extension program in each county.
(3) Before assigning any extension personnel in the area over which the council has jurisdiction first consult and advise with the council affected before making the assignment of personnel. If personnel proposed by the university is not satisfactory to the council another person shall be made available by the university.
(4) Consult with the council before taking action to discharge or remove any employee.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 12)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.590 - Recommendations by council — administration of county's share of costs — council to receive property.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961, 2 histories
262.590. Recommendations by council — administration of county's share of costs — council to receive property. —
The council in any county shall have the right and duty to:
(1) Make recommendations and suggestions to the university concerning the extension program;
(2) Make recommendations and suggestions to the university concerning the appointment or removal of extension personnel;
(3) Arrange for and administer the county's share of the cost of the extension services in the area over which the council has jurisdiction;
(4) Receive by way of gift, purchase, or otherwise acquire, in its own name, real or personal property with the right to hold and to sell and convey title to any such property; provided no real estate not reasonably required for the administration of the extension program shall be held by the council for a period longer than two years.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 13)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.593 - Council official for purposes of federal law — activities forbidden — collection of fees — acceptance of contributions and assistance.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
262.593. Council official for purposes of federal law — activities forbidden — collection of fees — acceptance of contributions and assistance. —
1. The council shall be recognized as the official body within the county to cooperate with the university in carrying out the provisions of the Smith-Lever Act of Congress and amendments and acts supplementary thereto (7 U.S.C.A. Sec. 341 et seq.) and any other acts affecting extension programs.
2. The council shall not engage in commercial or other private enterprises, legislative programs, or other activities not authorized by sections 262.550 to 262.620 and shall not give preferred service to any individual, group or organization.
3. Councils may collect fees for specific services which require special equipment or personnel, such as a soil testing laboratory, seed testing service or other educational service, but they shall not collect dues for or pay dues to any state or national organization or association. The furnishing of supplies or services deemed necessary by the university and the council to the conduct of any education program authorized under sections 262.550 to 262.620 shall not be considered private enterprise or commercial activity within the meaning of sections 262.550 to 262.620.
4. Councils may accept contributions of funds from private sources to be used for extension purposes. Nothing in sections 262.550 to 262.620 shall prevent councils or extension personnel from using or seeking opportunities to reach an audience of persons interested in extension work through the help of interested farm organizations, civic organizations or any other group, but in using or seeking such opportunities the council and extension personnel shall make available to all groups and organizations in the county equal opportunity to cooperate in the educational extension program.
5. Extension personnel shall not require uniform bylaws, regulations and methods of procedure.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 14)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.597 - Financial budget for extension programs — appropriations from counties.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
262.597. Financial budget for extension programs — appropriations from counties. —
The council, in cooperation with the county commission and the university, shall prepare an annual financial budget covering the county's share of the cost of carrying on the extension services contemplated by sections 262.550 to 262.620 which shall be filed with the county commission on or before January first each year and the county commission shall include the budget so filed in class four of the budget of county expenditures for such year in counties budgeting county expenditures by classes, and in the budget document of all other counties, subject to the following minimum appropriations:
(1) In counties with an assessed valuation of seventy million dollars or more, ten thousand dollars;
(2) In counties with an assessed valuation of twenty-five million dollars or more, but less than seventy million dollars, five thousand dollars;
(3) In counties with an assessed valuation of fifteen million dollars or more, but less than twenty-five million dollars, four thousand dollars;
(4) In counties with an assessed valuation of ten million dollars or more, but less than fifteen million dollars, two thousand five hundred dollars;
(5) In counties with an assessed valuation of eight million dollars or more, but less than ten million dollars, one thousand five hundred dollars;
(6) In counties with an assessed valuation below eight million dollars, one thousand two hundred dollars.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 15)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.600 - Monthly requisitions on county commission, how issued, amount of — reversion of funds.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961, 2 histories
262.600. Monthly requisitions on county commission, how issued, amount of — reversion of funds. —
Immediately following the close of each month the council shall requisition the county commission for the estimated amount of the month's expenditures and within ten days after filing the requisition, shall submit to the county commission a certified, itemized statement of all expenditures covered by the requisition. The requisition shall constitute the basis for immediate issuance by the county commission and it shall, if there be funds available therefor, promptly issue a warrant covering the requisition in full and drawn in favor of the treasurer of the council. For the purpose of this section the chairman and secretary of the council shall be regarded as certifying officers. The requisition for any given month shall not exceed one-twelfth of the total amount appropriated for the year unless a reserve shall have accumulated as a result of expending less than the aforementioned twelfth portion during one or more preceding months, in which case the reserve shall be constantly available for current expenditures. If the amount of the certified itemized statement is less than the amount requisitioned the difference shall be credited against the next requisition. Any unused funds remaining in the appropriation on December thirty-first shall revert to the county treasury.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 16)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.603 - Names of council members and officers given university and county commission, when.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
262.603. Names of council members and officers given university and county commission, when. —
Before the allocation of funds is made by the county commission the council shall present to the university and the county commission a list of members of the council and of its officers with statements signed by the chairman of the council certifying that the named officers have been duly elected and qualified as specified in sections 262.583 and 262.607.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 17)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.607 - Bond of treasurer — action for breach, by whom brought.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
262.607. Bond of treasurer — action for breach, by whom brought. —
1. The treasurer of the council within ten days after his election as treasurer and before entering upon the duties of his office shall execute to the council a corporate surety bond of not less than one hundred twenty-five percent of the estimated amount that will be in his hands as treasurer at any one time. All such bonds shall be conditioned on his faithful discharge of the duties of the office of treasurer. The amount and sufficiency of all bonds shall be determined by the county clerk, and upon his approval endorsed on the bond, the bond shall be filed with the county clerk, who shall notify the chairman of the council and the county treasurer of the approval and filing. The cost of such bond shall be paid by the council.
2. In the event of the breach of any condition thereof, the chairman of the council shall, and if he does not any member of the council may, cause a suit to be commenced thereon in his own name for the benefit of the council, in which suit it shall not be necessary to include the treasurer as a party and the money collected shall be applied to the use of the council, as the same should have been applied by the treasurer.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 18)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.610 - Deposits of funds — how disbursed — records — report and settlement of treasurer.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961, 2 histories
262.610. Deposits of funds — how disbursed — records — report and settlement of treasurer. —
1. All moneys received by the treasurer for the council shall be deposited by him in a bank or trust company designated by the council and authorized to receive public deposits.
2. The treasurer shall pay out, on the warrant of the secretary of the council, or by a combination warrant check, signed by the chairman of the council and treasurer of the council, all moneys which come to his hands for the use of the council, and he shall not pay any sum from the funds of the council in any other manner.
3. He shall keep a book in which he shall enter all the moneys received and disbursed by him, specifying the person from whom received and to whom paid, and the object for which same has been paid out.
4. He shall present to the council at each annual meeting of the council a report in writing containing a statement of all moneys received by him from the county treasurer and from any other source since the last annual meeting of the council, and of the disbursements made by him with the items of such disbursements, and exhibit the warrants or checks or combination warrants and checks therefor, which report shall be recorded by the secretary of the council; and at the close of his term of office shall settle with the council; and shall hand over to his successor the books and all other records and papers coming into his hands as treasurer, together with all moneys remaining in his hands as such treasurer.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 19)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.613 - Secretary, duties, report — records open.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
262.613. Secretary, duties, report — records open. —
The secretary of the council shall record the proceedings of all meetings of the council and of the officers of the council in books provided for that purpose; prepare and submit to each annual meeting of the council a report on the work and activities of the council since the last annual meeting; and perform such other duties as are usually performed by secretaries and as may be prescribed by the council.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 20)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.617 - Annual report to county commission.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961
262.617. Annual report to county commission. —
At the close of each calendar year the council, through its secretary, shall make an annual detailed report to the county commission, covering all receipts and expenditures, together with a summary of work undertaken and results accomplished. The report shall be filed with the county commission not later than February first, following the close of the year or portion of year covered by the report.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 21)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.620 - Notices required, given how.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1961, 2 histories
262.620. Notices required, given how. —
Any public notice required to be given under any of the provisions of sections 262.550 to 262.620 shall be given by publishing a copy thereof for at least one time in a newspaper published within the county and having a general circulation therein and if there be no such newspaper within the county, then in some newspaper having a general circulation within the county. Any notice required to be given to any council member shall be given by personal service or by mailing a copy thereof to the council member, provided that any council member attending any meeting shall be deemed to have waived service of notice of such meeting. No notice shall be required of regular council meetings or of regular meetings of the officers or of any special meeting of the council the date and place of which has been set and recorded in a prior meeting of the council. Any notice to be given to the county commission shall be given by delivery of a copy thereof to the clerk of the commission. Notice to organizations selected by the council to have members on the council and cities and towns entitled to have members on the council shall be given by delivering a copy thereof to the principal officers of the organization or to the mayor of the city or town or by mailing the same to the person to be served.
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(L. 1961 p. 7 § 22)
2023 Missouri Revised Statutes › Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals › Chapter 262 - Promotion of Agriculture and Horticulture › Section 262.630 - Purpose of law — powers.

Title XVII AGRICULTURE AND ANIMALS
Chapter 262
• Effective - 28 Aug 1939
262.630. Purpose of law — powers. —
For the purpose of encouraging the organization and maintenance of farmers' institute societies, farm bureaus, farmers' clubs, country life clubs, or other organizations which have for their purpose the development of the agricultural resources of a county by holding farmers' institutes or short course studies in agriculture held in cooperation with the state department of agriculture or the college of agriculture, or other constituted authority that may now or hereafter be authorized by law to conduct such meetings, the county commission of any county in this state having a population of less than one hundred thousand inhabitants may and is hereby empowered to appropriate from the county revenue a sum not to exceed a total of one hundred dollars per annum for such purpose.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14315)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12657; 1919 § 12147