Opinion No. (1985)

Dear Senator Wilson:

This letter is in response to your request for an opinion on the following questions:

Does the Cancer Commission have the power to enter into an affiliation agreement with a private, not-for-profit Missouri Corporation, which conducts cancer research, and designate that corporation to be officially known as the research arm for the State Cancer Center: (a) Additionally, may the corporation be authorized to act as the official agent and negotiating body for all federally and nonfederally supported research grants, contracts, gifts, donations, letters, patents and royalties…