301.290. 1. Correctional enterprises of the department ofcorrections shall purchase, erect and maintain all of the machinery andequipment necessary for the manufacture of the license plates and tabsissued by the director of revenue, and of signs used by the statetransportation department. Beginning on January 1, 2011, correctionalenterprises shall no longer erect and maintain tabs for the department ofrevenue.
2. The director of revenue shall procure all plates issued by him,and the state transportation department shall procure all signs used by itfrom correctional enterprises, unless an emergency arises and correctionalenterprises cannot furnish the plates, tabs or signs.
3. Correctional enterprises shall furnish the plates and signs atsuch a price as will not exceed the price at which such plates and signsmay be obtained upon the open market, but in no event shall such price beless than the cost of manufacture, including labor and materials.
4. All moneys derived from the sale of the plates, tabs and signsshall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the working capitalrevolving fund as provided in section 217.595, RSMo.
(RSMo 1939 ยง 8378, A.L. 1945 p. 1194, A. 1949 S.B. 1110, A.L. 1957 p. 623, A.L. 1961 p. 463, A.L. 1977 H.B. 367, et al., A.L. 1983 H.B. 713 Revision, A.L. 1990 H.B. 974, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al., A.L. 2005 H.B. 487, A.L. 2009 H.B. 683)