170.071. Before the publisher of any school textbook offersit for sale to any school board in the state of Missouri, and atthe time of the filing of the textbook in the office of the stateboard of education, the publisher shall pay into the treasury ofthe state of Missouri a filing fee of ten dollars for each bookoffered by the publisher. A series of books by the same authorand upon the same subject constitute one book for this purpose.The fees received constitute a fund out of which, uponrequisition made by the state board of education, shall be paidthe expenses of publishing lists and other information for theuse of school boards, clerk hire and the other necessary expensesin connection with the filing of all textbooks submitted foradoption in the state of Missouri.
(L. 1963 p. 200 § 10-7)(Source: RSMo 1959 § 170.050)