620.1020. Business extension service team program created, purpose, duties--expenses.
Business extension service team program created, purpose,duties--expenses.
620.1020. There is hereby created within the department ofeconomic development a "Business Extension Service Team" program.The purpose of the teams shall be to provide technical andmanagement assistance to Missouri businesses, to improve theircompetitiveness and increase their market share of the economy,to assist businesses with the introduction of improved productionprocesses, and to assist the businesses with their job trainingneeds. Each team shall inform the Missouri training andemployment council of specific job training needs which itidentifies for an individual business or general job trainingneeds which it recommends for the state. A team may recommendthat, by means of contract, feasibility studies or productivityassessments be performed for businesses. Businesses to beassisted may include those faced with employee layoffs, plantclosings or financial instability. The expenses of a team shallbe financed by state and federal appropriations, localgovernments, economic development organizations, privatecontributions and fees paid by assisted businesses.
(L. 1993 H.B. 566 § 1, A.L. 1994 H.B. 1248 & 1048)