Effective - 01 Apr 2011
620.1023. Business extension service team fund created — qualified community development projects — department's authority to contract directly, purpose — lapse into general revenue prohibited. — 1. There is hereby created in the state treasury a revolving fund to be administered by the department of economic development to be known as the "Business Extension Service Team Fund". The fund shall consist of all moneys which may be appropriated to it by the general assembly, gifts, contributions, grants or bequests received from federal, private or other sources. A percentage of the moneys in such fund shall be used by the department for grants or loans for qualified community development projects in order to create or retain jobs in any city not within a county, any city with a population of three hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants which is located in more than one county, any fourth class city with a population of at least three thousand five hundred inhabitants but not more than five thousand five hundred inhabitants which is located in a county of the first classification with a charter form of government with a population of at least nine hundred thousand inhabitants, and any third class city with a population of at least three thousand inhabitants but not more than five thousand five hundred inhabitants which is located in a county of the first classification with a charter form of government with a population of at least nine hundred thousand inhabitants, and shall be targeted toward economically blighted urban districts for new businesses, expansion of existing businesses and for employee training and housing. The department may require such grants or loans to be made on a matching fund basis. Any city that receives funding from the business extension service team fund may use up to ten percent of such grant or loan for administrative costs. As used in this subdivision, "economically blighted urban districts" means areas which meet all of the following criteria:
(1) The area is one of pervasive poverty, unemployment, and general distress;
(2) The area is located wholly within an area which meets the requirements for federal assistance under Section 119 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended;
(3) At least sixty-five percent of the residents living in the area have incomes below eighty percent of the median income of all residents within the state of Missouri according to the United States Census Bureau's American Community Survey, based on the most recent of five-year period estimate data in which the final year of the estimate ends in either zero or five or other appropriate source as approved by the director of the department of economic development;
(4) The resident population of the area is at least four thousand at the time of designation as an economically blighted urban district. If the population of the jurisdiction of the governing authority does not meet the minimum population requirements set forth in this subdivision, the population of the area must be at least fifty percent of the population of the jurisdiction; and
(5) The level of unemployment of persons, according to the most recent data available from the division of employment security or from the United States Bureau of Census and approved by the director of the department of economic development, within the area exceeds one and one-half times the average rate of unemployment for the state of Missouri over the previous twelve months, or the percentage of area residents employed on a full-time basis is less than fifty percent of the statewide percentage of residents employed on a full-time basis.
2. The department of economic development may use a percentage of the moneys in the fund established in subsection 1 of this section to directly contract with community development corporations established pursuant to section 135.400 for the provision of job training or for creating or retaining jobs in any area meeting the criteria outlined in subsection 1 of this section.
3. All moneys remaining in the business extension service team fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not lapse to the general revenue fund, as provided in section 33.080, but shall remain in the business extension service team fund.
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(L. 1993 H.B. 566 § 2, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1248 & 1048, A.L. 1997 2d Ex. Sess. S.B. 1, A.L. 1998 S.B. 827, A.L. 1999 H.B. 701, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1965)
Effective 4-01-11, see § 135.204
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XL - Additional Executive Departments
Chapter 620 - Department of Economic Development
Section 620.015 - Administrative fund, uses, administration of.
Section 620.171 - Export development office created, purpose — powers and duties.
Section 620.450 - Executive department to promote tourism.
Section 620.455 - Tourism commission, members, qualifications, terms, reports required, expenses.
Section 620.465 - Powers of division.
Section 620.484 - Free public employment offices.
Section 620.490 - Rulemaking authority, coordination of state and federal job training resources.
Section 620.495 - Small business incubator program — definitions — tax credit.
Section 620.511 - Board established, purpose, meetings, members, terms, compensation for expenses.
Section 620.513 - Duties of the board, report — limitation on authority.
Section 620.552 - Citation of law.
Section 620.554 - Youth service and conservation corps established.
Section 620.556 - Definitions.
Section 620.558 - Programs — participation.
Section 620.560 - Community services and conservation program.
Section 620.562 - Summer employment program — at-risk participants, remediation.
Section 620.564 - Youth volunteer program.
Section 620.568 - Administration by project sponsor — administrative expenses.
Section 620.570 - Evaluation of programs — interagency cooperation — "Show-Me" employers.
Section 620.572 - Allocations for operation of corps.
Section 620.574 - Youth service and conservation corps fund created — sources, administration.
Section 620.580 - Citation of law.
Section 620.582 - Definitions.
Section 620.584 - Commission assigned to department of economic development — purpose of commission.
Section 620.586 - Commission members, terms, expenses, officers, meetings.
Section 620.588 - Commission powers and duties.
Section 620.590 - Information sharing and cooperation — coordination of effort, when.
Section 620.592 - Fund created, use of moneys — annual report.
Section 620.635 - Title of law.
Section 620.638 - Definitions.
Section 620.641 - Transfer of board duties to Missouri technology corporation.
Section 620.800 - Definitions.
Section 620.990 - Bylaws and rules authorized.
Section 620.1000 - Definitions.
Section 620.1003 - Centers, duties and powers.
Section 620.1007 - Annual report to whom.
Section 620.1020 - Business extension service team program created, purpose, duties — expenses.
Section 620.1025 - Director, duties.
Section 620.1027 - Teams, duties.
Section 620.1028 - Selection of team members — factors, provision of productivity assessment.
Section 620.1030 - New jobs fund created — sources, uses, conditions — conditional effective date.
Section 620.1045 - Citation of law.
Section 620.1048 - Definitions.
Section 620.1053 - Deposit of funds, interest — control of account — use of funds.
Section 620.1055 - Capital access program fund created.
Section 620.1058 - Use of loans — amount — limitation.
Section 620.1060 - Prohibited loans — definitions.
Section 620.1066 - Rulemaking procedure.
Section 620.1078 - Distribution of moneys — interest — categories of permissible loans.
Section 620.1081 - Determination of basic policy, rules.
Section 620.1210 - Commission duties and objectives — coordination with local film offices.
Section 620.1230 - Personnel provided by department of economic development.
Section 620.1240 - Administration by director, rulemaking authority.
Section 620.1580 - Advisory committee for electronic commerce established, members, terms, meetings.
Section 620.1875 - Title of law.
Section 620.1878 - Definitions.
Section 620.1884 - Rulemaking authority.
Section 620.1887 - Quality jobs advisory task force created, members.
Section 620.1890 - Report to the general assembly, contents.
Section 620.2000 - Citation of law.
Section 620.2005 - Definitions.
Section 620.2300 - Definitions — applications process.
Section 620.2400 - MERVN established, management of, purpose, requirements — report required.
Section 620.2450 - Program established, expanded access to broadband internet service — definitions.
Section 620.2452 - Eligible applicants.
Section 620.2453 - Application, contents.
Section 620.2455 - Prioritization of applications — ranking of applicants, system used.
Section 620.2457 - Grant application and award information to be posted on website.
Section 620.2458 - Rulemaking authority.
Section 620.2459 - Sunset provision.
Section 620.2465 - Program to increase high-speed internet access — rules.
Section 620.2468 - Site inspection.
Section 620.3100 - Office to be established, purpose, subject to appropriations.