SS#2/HCS/HB 1893 - Currently, the laws regarding the distribution of gaming funds contain provisions that govern the administration of early childhood education and veterans' programs which are supported by gaming moneys. This act removes such provisions from the gaming fund provisions and places them in the statutes that apply to veterans (Chapter 42, RSMo) and to education (Chapter 161) and requires that funds be made available for service officer training for outreach programs between veteran service organizations and the Missouri Veterans Commission and adds the Vietnam War to the list of conflicts for which service medals are awarded. The act repeals an obsolete subsection that describes how distributions were made in Fiscal Year 1998. Subject to appropriations, the Veterans' Commission Capital Improvement Trust Fund and the Early Childhood Development Education Care Fund will each receive an additional $600,000 per year beginning Fiscal year 2011, if the Gaming Commission Fund reaches the 2009 appropriation level for early childhood education with any additional moneys to be deposited into the Early Childhood Development Education and Care Fund. The additional $600,000 transferred to the Veteran's commission capital improvement fund must be used for the purpose of funding veterans service officers.
The State Auditor is required to conduct annual audits of the Veteran's Capital Improvement Trust Fund and The Early Childhood Development, Education and Care Fund beginning January 1, 2011. The auditor must report findings from such audits no later than ten days from the completion of such audits.
JASON ZAMKUS