Mo. Rev. Stat. § 8.315: Duties of director, capital improvement projects.

The director of facilities management, design and construction shall provide technical assistance to the director of the budget with regard to requests for capital improvement appropriations. The director shall review all capital improvement requests, including those made by the institutions of higher learning, the department of conservation or the highway commission, and shall recommend to the director of the budget and the governor those proposals which should be funded.