Missouri Laws 700.041 – Manufactured housing consumer recovery fund established, use of moneys
1. There is hereby established a fund in the state treasury to be known as the “Manufactured Housing Consumer Recovery Fund” for the purpose of paying consumer claims under procedures the commission may promulgate by rule. The public service commission shall administer the manufactured housing consumer recovery fund and all moneys in the fund shall be used solely as prescribed in this section. Any interest earned from the investment of moneys in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2. Claims approved by the commission under law may be paid from the fund subject to appropriation. No claims shall be considered by the commission until all other legal remedies have been exhausted. The commission shall establish an advisory committee to assist with the evaluation of all claims filed by consumers. The committee members shall be volunteers and serve without compensation.
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 700.041
- 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
- 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. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, moneys in the manufactured housing consumer recovery fund shall not be transferred to the credit of the general revenue fund at the end of the biennium; however, the total amount in the manufactured housing consumer recovery fund shall not exceed thirty-two percent of the amount of the annual appropriation of the manufactured housing fund from the preceding fiscal year. Moneys in the manufactured housing consumer recovery fund may be transferred back to the manufactured housing fund by appropriation.