Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture
Section 261.040 - Employees of director, appointment and transfer, bond.

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

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Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XVII - Agriculture and Animals

Chapter 261 - Department of Agriculture

Section 261.010 - Department authorized — director, how appointed, qualifications.

Section 261.020 - Duties and powers of director.

Section 261.023 - Powers, duties, functions transferred to department of agriculture and certain other designated agencies.

Section 261.025 - Director state agent to receive trust assets of Missouri rural rehabilitation corporation.

Section 261.026 - Director — trust assets — duties.

Section 261.027 - Agreements to be terminated — new agreements — agriculture development fund created — investment — purposes.

Section 261.030 - Investigation of farm marketing — establishing standards — inspections — distribute information.

Section 261.035 - Agriculture business development fund created — purpose — not to lapse.

Section 261.040 - Employees of director, appointment and transfer, bond.

Section 261.050 - Salaries and accounts.

Section 261.060 - Daily deposit of all moneys in state treasury.

Section 261.090 - Cooperation among departments.

Section 261.095 - Foreign market development — director's duties and powers.

Section 261.099 - Exclusive inspection of certain grounds and facilities, by whom — limitation of inspection — inapplicability, when — inadmissibility of evidence in criminal cases, when.

Section 261.100 - Animal export inspection facilities, operation.

Section 261.125 - Financial investment records, sales projections, and business plan information deemed a closed record, when.

Section 261.130 - Certain agriculture information and data not subject to disclosure, when — disclosure permitted, when.

Section 261.140 - Fees, work group to convene to review, when — report.

Section 261.200 - Fund created, use of moneys.

Section 261.230 - AgriMissouri marketing program and agricultural products by category, rules authorized, director's duty.

Section 261.235 - AgriMissouri fund, created, purposes, lapse of fund into general revenue prohibited — advisory commission, created, purposes, duties, membership — trademark fees.

Section 261.239 - Division to create website to foster marketing of Missouri agricultural products.

Section 261.240 - Rulemaking authority.

Section 261.241 - Sellers of honey, no manufacturing facilities required, when — exempt from health standards and regulations, when — label requirements.

Section 261.256 - Growers' districts authorized, procedure.

Section 261.259 - Board of commissioners.

Section 261.265 - License issuance, to whom — grower may produce, manufacture, and distribute, when — recordkeeping — inspections — rulemaking — civil penalty.

Section 261.270 - Citation of act.

Section 261.275 - Fund created, use of moneys — limitation on appropriation of fund moneys — research of estimated sales tax revenue generated.

Section 261.280 - Dairy producer margin insurance premium assistance program, purpose — eligibility, application, reimbursement — risk management training.

Section 261.285 - Missouri dairy scholars program — scholarship amount — eligible student defined.

Section 261.290 - Annual study of dairy industry.

Section 261.295 - Rulemaking authority.

Section 261.450 - Food security task force, members, meetings — mission — report — termination date.

Section 261.500 - Citation of law — definitions — scorecard, criteria for pollinator-friendly solar sites — permissible claims by owners.