Mo. Rev. Stat. § 660.190: Limitation on expenditures.

Not more than three hundred thousand dollars from general revenue shall be appropriated by the general assembly for the support of the program established by this act* for the first fiscal year and not more than three percent of any funds appropriated shall be used for the administrative expenses involved in administering the program. No funds shall be expended under the provisions of this act* until there is a specific appropriation for that purpose.