MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Finance

By: Senator(s) Bryan

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-27-207, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF STATE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ALLOCATED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN FACILITIES AT OAKLEY AND COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOLS; TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF STATE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ALLOCATED FOR THE PURCHASE OR LEASE-PURCHASE OF A STATE SCHOOL FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN; TO REPEAL SECTION 2, CHAPTER 359, LAWS OF 1994, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 3, CHAPTER 546, LAWS OF 1995, WHICH REQUIRES THAT THE BONDS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER 652, LAWS OF 1994, TO FUND THE LOCAL JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION AND REPAIR FUND MUST BE ISSUED WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 43-27-207, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

43-27-207. (1) The Department of Finance and Administration, at one time or from time to time, may declare by resolution the necessity for issuance of general obligation bonds of the State of Mississippi to provide funds for construction, repairing, remodeling, equipping, furnishing, adding to, improving and maintaining juvenile detention facilities which shall include temporary and permanent facilities for housing juvenile offenders, a wilderness camp or any other facility used for juvenile detention. Upon the adoption of a resolution by the Department of Finance and Administration, declaring the necessity for the issuance of any part or all of the general obligation bonds authorized by this section, the department shall deliver a certified copy of its resolution or resolutions to the State Bond Commission. Upon receipt of such resolution, the State Bond Commission, in its discretion, may act as the issuing agent, prescribe the form of the bonds, advertise for and accept bids, issue and sell the bonds so authorized to be sold, and do any and all other things necessary and advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of such bonds. The amount of bonds issued under Sections 43-27-201 through 43-27-233 shall not exceed Nineteen Million Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($19,950,000.00) to provide funds for the purposes hereinabove set forth and to issue and sell bonds in the amount specified.

(2) Out of the total amount of bonds authorized to be issued, funds shall be allocated, except as otherwise provided in subsections (3) and (4), as follows:

(a) LOCAL JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITY

Construction, repair,

remodeling, equipping, furnishing,

adding to, improving and maintaining

juvenile detention facilities $3,650,000.00

(b) OAKLEY AND COLUMBIA TRAINING

Construction of a

one-hundred-fifty-bed, stand alone,

medium security juvenile correctional

facility for habitual violent male

offenders and construction of a

one-hundred-bed minimum security

juvenile facility for female

offenders and an additional, stand

alone, fifteen-bed maximum security

juvenile correctional facility for

female offenders $12,000,000.00

(c) OAKLEY AND COLUMBIA TRAINING SCHOOLS

Renovation and repair of

infrastructure and facilities,

including replacement or repair of

furnishings and equipment $ 2,000,000.00

(d) STATE SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN

Purchase or lease-purchase of

a facility suitable for use by the

Department of Human Services in

providing housing, treatment and

educational facilities for two

hundred (200) youths $ 2,000,000.00

(e) WILDERNESS CAMP

Capital improvements and

start-up costs for the Wilderness

Camp Program established by House

Bill 859, Regular Session of 1994 $ 300,000.00

TOTAL $19,950,000.00

(3) It is expressly provided, however, that if any funds of the Twelve Million Dollars ($12,000,000.00) provided for Oakley and Columbia Training Schools in subsection (2)(b) of this section remain after the completion of such project, such remaining funds shall be used for renovation and repair at Oakley and Columbia Training Schools in addition to the funds provided in subsection (2)(c) of this section.

(4) No bonds shall be issued for the projects described in subsection (2)(d) of this section after the effective date of this act.

(5) A special fund, to be designated the "1994 State Juvenile Detention Facility Construction, Repair and Renovation Fund," is created within the State Treasury. The fund shall be maintained by the State Treasurer as a separate and special fund, separate and apart from the General Fund of the state, and investment earnings on amounts in the fund shall be deposited into such fund. The expenditure of monies deposited into the fund shall be under the direction of the Department of Finance and Administration, and such funds shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon warrants issued by the Department of Finance and Administration. Monies deposited into such fund shall be allocated and disbursed according to Section 43-27-207(2)(b), (c) and (d).

SECTION 2. Section 2, Chapter 359, Laws of 1994, as amended by Section 3, Chapter 546, Laws of 1995, which requires that the bonds authorized by Chapter 652, Laws of 1994, to fund the Local Juvenile Detention Facility Construction, Renovation and Repair Fund must be issued within a certain period of time, is hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.