589.545. Payment of expenses--annual assessment collected--incurring of obligations, restrictions--accounts maintained. - Missouri Statutes

Payment of expenses--annual assessment collected--incurring ofobligations, restrictions--accounts maintained.

589.545. 1. The Interstate Commission shall pay or provide for thepayment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization andongoing activities.

2. The Interstate Commission shall levy on and collect an annualassessment from each compacting state to cover the cost of the internaloperations and activities of the Interstate Commission and its staff whichmust be in a total amount sufficient to cover the Interstate Commission'sannual budget as approved each year. The aggregate annual assessmentamount shall be allocated based upon a formula to be determined by theInterstate Commission, taking into consideration the population of thestate and the volume of interstate movement of offenders in each compactingstate and shall promulgate a Rule binding upon all compacting states whichgoverns said assessment.

3. The Interstate Commission shall not incur any obligations of anykind prior to securing the funds adequate to meet the same; nor shall theInterstate Commission pledge the credit of any of the compacting states,except by and with the authority of the compacting state.

4. The Interstate Commission shall keep accurate accounts of allreceipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of theInterstate Commission shall be subject to the audit and accountingprocedures established under its By-laws. However, all receipts anddisbursements of funds handled by the Interstate Commission shall beaudited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant and the reportof the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report ofthe Interstate Commission.

(L. 2000 H.B. 1321)

Contingent effective date, see § 589.548