Missouri Laws 166.011 – Public school fund — source — disposition
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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 166.011
- Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. Source: OCC
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- 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
A state public school fund is created which shall consist of all moneys, bonds, lands and other properties belonging to or donated to any state fund for public school purposes and the net proceeds of all sales of lands and other property and effects that accrue to the state by escheat. All such funds shall be paid into the state treasury and securely invested by the state board of education, and sacredly preserved as a public school fund, the annual income of which shall be faithfully appropriated for establishing and maintaining free public schools and for no other uses or purposes whatsoever.