Missouri Revised Statutes Title VIII. Public Officers and Employees, Bonds and Records § 105.610. Employers authorized to exchange employees--length of exchange period, exception--elected officials exempted

1. Any department, agency, or instrumentality of the state is authorized to participate in a program of interchange of employees with departments, agencies, or instrumentalities of the federal government, or another state, as a sending or receiving agency.

2. The period of individual assignment or detail under an interchange program shall not exceed twelve months, except as provided in subsection 3 of this section, nor shall any person be assigned or detailed for more than twelve months during any thirty-six-month period. Details relating to any matter covered in sections 105.600 to 105.650 may be the subject of an agreement between the sending and receiving agencies. Elected officials shall not be assigned from a sending agency nor detailed to a receiving agency.

3. If the sending agency is an instrumentality of the federal government, the interchange may exceed twelve months but no longer than provided for by federal statutes.