MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1998 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Hall, Burton, Gordon, Blackmon, Minor, Scoper, Thames

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999. 

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

SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the general expenses of the operation of the Mississippi National Guard for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999 $ 7,242,852.00.

SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the Mississippi National Guard, out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Camp Shelby Timber Fund--No. 3700, as created by Chapter 187, Laws of 1954, as amended; the Service Contract Fund--No. 3701; the Camp Shelby Base Operations Fund--No. 3705; the Air National Guard Training Site Base Operations Fund--No. 3709; and the Education Enhancement Fund, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of applicable statutes and federal/state agreements for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998 and ending June 30, 1999

$ 58,504,395.00.

SECTION 3. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Sections 1 and 2, not more than the amounts set forth below shall be expended for the respective major objects or purposes of expenditure:

GENERAL SUPPORT

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 1,628,611.00

Travel and Subsistence 12,000.00

Contractual Services 304,915.00

Commodities 64,600.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 12,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 1,090,840.00

Total $ 3,112,966.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 3,112,966.00

Special Funds 0.00

Total $ 3,112,966.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 39

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

CAMP SHELBY TIMBER FUND--NO. 3700

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 167,980.00

Travel and Subsistence 2,000.00

Contractual Services 190,351.00

Commodities 54,045.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 100,000.00

Equipment 35,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 0.00

Total $ 549,376.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 50,000.00

Special Funds 499,376.00

Total $ 549,376.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 5

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 2

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

SERVICE CONTRACT FUND--NO. 3701

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 5,712,380.00

Travel and Subsistence 122,000.00

Contractual Services 6,825,650.00

Commodities 259,100.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 11,000,000.00

Equipment 17,300.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 0.00

Total $ 23,936,430.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 0.00

Special Funds 23,936,430.00

Total $ 23,936,430.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 183

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

CAMP SHELBY BASE OPERATIONS FUND--NO. 3705

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 13,767,743.00

Travel and Subsistence 95,000.00

Contractual Services 6,241,153.00

Commodities 3,541,300.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 1,000,000.00

Equipment 353,800.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 980,700.00

Total $ 25,979,696.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 0.00

Special Funds 25,979,696.00

Total $ 25,979,696.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 641

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 39

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

AIR NATIONAL GUARD TRAINING SITE BASE OPERATIONS FUND--NO. 3709

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 1,888,393.00

Travel and Subsistence 32,000.00

Contractual Services 60,500.00

Commodities 25,000.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 0.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 0.00

Total $ 2,005,893.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 0.00

Special Funds 2,005,893.00

Total $ 2,005,893.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 58

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 16

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 32,603.00

Travel and Subsistence 400.00

Contractual Services 1,439,858.00

Commodities 0.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 0.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 0.00

Total $ 1,472,861.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 1,472,861.00

Special Funds 0.00

Total $ 1,472,861.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 1

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

ARMORY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 0.00

Travel and Subsistence 0.00

Contractual Services 723,414.00

Commodities 110,000.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 100,000.00

Equipment 15,611.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 7,741,000.00

Total $ 8,690,025.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 2,607,025.00

Special Funds 6,083,000.00

Total $ 8,690,025.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

From the funds provided in the budget category "Personal Services: Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits," funds may be expended for the following purposes, in compliance with the policies established by the State Personnel Board and any conditions placed on such expenditures:

(a) The components of the Variable Compensation Plan shall be maintained within the constraints of the funds appropriated herein.

(b) Funds are provided herein and shall be used to fund the "Realignment" component of the Variable Compensation Plan at the requirement established by the State Personnel Board.

In addition to the funds provided in part (b) above, it is the intention of the Legislature that the fiscal year 1999 Variable Compensation Plan shall provide funds to the appropriate budgets to fund MH-Direct Care Worker classifications increases resulting from implementing the provisions of Senate Bill No. 2100, 1997 Regular Session.

It is the agency's responsibility to make certain that funds required to be appropriated for Personal Services for Fiscal Year 2000 do not exceed Fiscal Year 1999 funds appropriated for that purpose unless programs and/or positions are added to the agency's budget by the Mississippi Legislature.

Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions, and procedures established by law.

No general funds authorized to be expended herein shall be used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.

SECTION 4. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Sections 1 and 2, and allocated in Section 3, Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) from the State General Fund and Sixty-three Thousand Dollars ($63,000.00) from the Camp Shelby Timber Fund are provided for the purpose of defraying the expenses of operating the Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby.

SECTION 5. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Sections 1 and 2, and allocated in Section 3 to Armory Construction and Maintenance, One Million Six Hundred Fifty-eight Thousand Dollars ($1,658,000.00) from the State General Fund and Six Million Eighty-three Thousand Dollars ($6,083,000.00) from federal funds are provided for the construction of a new armory at Senatobia, Mississippi.

SECTION 6. In addition to all sums herein appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Mississippi National Guard, for the purpose of defraying the expenses to expand the student capacity of the Youth Challenge Program at Camp Shelby from two hundred (200) to four hundred (400) students, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999 . . . . . . . .

$ 3,800,000.00.

SECTION 7. All funds authorized to be expended herein shall be expended and otherwise accounted for in accordance with the provisions of Section 27-103-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972. If not needed for other purposes, the Adjutant General is hereby expressly authorized to invest any part of or all monies herein appropriated out of the Camp Shelby Timber Fund at the highest rate of interest obtainable and credit interest accruing on such investments to the respective fund. Such monies may be invested in any short-term bonds, notes or other direct obligations of the United States of America or the State of Mississippi or any county or municipality of this state, which said county or municipal bonds have been approved by a reputable bonds attorney or have been validated by a decree of the court, and in any event the said bonds, notes or obligations in which such funds are invested shall mature or be redeemable prior to the time the funds so invested will be needed for the refund or refunds herein provided for.

SECTION 8. The acceptance and expenditure of federal funds which may become available for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Mississippi National Guard is hereby authorized and approved, provided such expenditures are reported and otherwise handled in accordance with the state budget law, same being Section 27-103-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972.

SECTION 9. The acceptance and expenditure of federal funds which may become available to the Mississippi National Guard for construction purposes is hereby authorized and approved, provided such receipts and expenditures are reported and otherwise handled in accordance with the state budget law, same being Section 27-103-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972.

SECTION 10. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1998.