Missouri Revised Statutes Title XI. Education and Libraries § 173.392. Lewis and Clark discovery fund created, use of moneys--annual appropriations, purposes

1. There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the “Lewis and Clark Discovery Fund”. The state treasurer shall deposit to the credit of the fund all moneys which may be distributed to it by the authority, appropriated to it by the general assembly, and any gifts, contributions, grants, or bequests received from federal, private, or other sources for deposit into the fund. The office of administration shall administer the fund. The moneys in the fund shall only be used for any purpose enumerated in subsection 2 of this section. The moneys in the fund may be appropriated by the general assembly, but only for any purpose enumerated in subsection 2 of this section. None of the moneys in the fund shall be considered state funds unless and to the extent such moneys are appropriated by the general assembly.

2. The general assembly may annually appropriate moneys from the Lewis and Clark discovery fund only for the following purposes:

3. Moneys in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer in the manner prescribed by law for investment of general revenue funds and any interest earned on invested moneys shall accrue to the benefit of the Lewis and Clark discovery fund and shall reduce payments by the authority pursuant to subsection 2 of section 173.385. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 33.080 to the contrary, moneys in the Missouri Lewis and Clark discovery fund shall not revert to the credit of the general revenue fund at the end of the biennium.