Missouri Laws 643.350 – Inspection fee — contractor to remit portion, deposit in Missouri air ..
1. A fee, not to exceed twenty-four dollars, may be charged for an emissions inspection conducted under the emissions inspection program established pursuant to sections 643.300 to 643.355.
2. The fee shall be conspicuously posted on the premises of each emissions inspection station.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 643.350
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Commission: the air conservation commission of the state of Missouri created in section 643. See Missouri Laws 643.020
- Department: the department of natural resources of the state of Missouri. See Missouri Laws 643.020
- Director: the director of the department of natural resources. See Missouri Laws 643.020
- Emission: the discharge or release into the atmosphere of one or more air contaminants. See Missouri Laws 643.020
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
3. The commission shall establish, by rule, the portion of the fee amount to be remitted by the emission inspection station to the director of revenue and the number of days allowed for remitting fees.
4. The official emission inspection station shall remit the portion of fees collected, as established by the commission pursuant to this section, to the state treasurer within the time period established by the commission. The state treasurer shall deposit the fees received in the state treasury to the credit of the “Missouri Air Emission Reduction Fund”, which is hereby created. Moneys in the fund shall, subject to appropriation, be expended for the administration and enforcement of sections 643.300 to 643.355 by the department of natural resources, the Missouri highway patrol, and other appropriate agencies. Any balance in the fund at the end of the biennium shall remain in the fund and shall not be subject to the provisions of section 33.080. All interest earned by moneys in the fund shall accrue to the fund. If in the immediate previous fiscal year, the state’s net general revenue did not increase by two percent or more, the state treasurer may deposit moneys, except for gifts, donations, or bequests, received under this section beginning January first of the current fiscal year into the state general revenue fund. Otherwise, the state treasurer shall deposit such moneys in accordance with the provisions of this section.
5. In addition to funds from the Missouri air emission reduction fund, costs of capital or operations may be supplemented, upon appropriation, from the general revenue fund, the state highway department fund, federal funds or other funds available for that purpose.