Effective - 28 Aug 1998
447.706. Grants, guidelines, conditions. — 1. The director of economic development, with the approval of the director of the department of natural resources, subject to other applicable provisions of sections 447.700 to 447.718, may issue a grant to a governmental* agency for the purpose of paying the allowable costs of public capital improvements needed to cause an eligible project if:
(1) The project otherwise qualifies as an eligible project and is economically sound;
(2) The project proposed is a cooperative venture between a municipal or county government and a prospective private purchaser of the facility;
(3) The prospective purchaser is unable to finance the entire cost of the project through ordinary financial channels upon comparable terms and, further, a lender is unwilling to make the loan even with a loan guarantee pursuant to section 447.704. When completed, the eligible project is projected to create not less than ten new jobs, or shall retain a business which supplies not less than twenty-five existing jobs, or a combination thereof, providing not less than an average of thirty-five hours of employment per week per job. Such projection shall be made by the department of economic development; and
(4) The amount to be issued in a grant shall not exceed one million dollars.
2. The determinations of the director of economic development pursuant to subsection 1 of this section shall be conclusive for purposes of the validity of a grant agreement signed by the director.
3. Grants from the property reuse fund pursuant to this section shall be such as the director of economic development determines to be appropriate and in furtherance of the purpose for which the grants are made. The moneys used in making such grants shall be disbursed from the property reuse fund upon written order of the director of economic development. The director shall give special consideration in setting the required job creation ratios and project locations for project grants that are for voluntary remediation actions.
4. The director of economic development shall issue such grants to a governmental agency to administer and direct the expenditure of the funds for public capital improvements. Such grant money shall not be used to hire or pay additional employees of the recipient governmental agency.
5. The director of economic development may fix service charges for the** making of a property reuse grant. Such charges shall be payable at such times and place and in such amounts and manner as may be prescribed by the director.
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(L. 1995 H.B. 414, A.L. 1998 S.B. 827)
*Word "government" appears in original rolls.
**Word "the" does not appear in original rolls.
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XXIX - Ownership and Conveyance of Property
Chapter 447 - Lost and Unclaimed Property
Section 447.010 - Duty of persons finding lost money, goods.
Section 447.020 - Appointment of appraisers by circuit judge.
Section 447.030 - Appraiser's list, where filed — publication.
Section 447.040 - Procedure if no owner appears, when.
Section 447.050 - Restoration of property, when — owner may sue, when.
Section 447.060 - Failure to discover — penalty.
Section 447.070 - Goods retained until payment of charges.
Section 447.080 - Sale of unclaimed property.
Section 447.090 - Unclaimed proceeds.
Section 447.100 - Carrier's responsibility ceases, when.
Section 447.110 - Sale of property upon which advances are made, when.
Section 447.500 - Law, how cited — exceptions — purpose.
Section 447.503 - Definitions.
Section 447.517 - Utilities, funds held or owing presumed abandoned, when.
Section 447.533 - Interest, dividends or their earnings deemed unclaimed property, when.
Section 447.536 - Abandonment period, effective when — exception for payroll checks.
Section 447.547 - Law of abandoned property not applicable, when.
Section 447.572 - Examination of records by treasurer and persons authorized, when.
Section 447.575 - Enforcing delivery, court action.
Section 447.579 - Rules authorized.
Section 447.583 - Reciprocal agreements with other states — attorney general's duties, when.
Section 447.585 - Another state may recover property from state of Missouri, when.
Section 447.620 - Definitions.
Section 447.622 - Petition, requirements.
Section 447.624 - Proceeding, where commenced, procedure.
Section 447.625 - Procedures in home rule cities.
Section 447.626 - Expeditious treatment.
Section 447.628 - Notice of pendency of suit, effect.
Section 447.630 - Hearing, plan of rehabilitation.
Section 447.632 - Grant of petition, requirements.
Section 447.634 - Grant of temporary possession.
Section 447.636 - Quarterly report.
Section 447.638 - Restoration of possession, compensation.
Section 447.640 - Quitclaim judicial deed may be granted, conditions, effect.
Section 447.700 - Definitions.
Section 447.701 - Eligible projects, director's duties — owner to repay, when.
Section 447.702 - Department loans to eligible projects, guidelines, conditions.
Section 447.706 - Grants, guidelines, conditions.
Section 447.712 - Tort immunity.
Section 447.716 - Failure of purchaser to perform, sanctions.