MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1998 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Hall, Burton, Woodfield, Carter, Gollott, Ross, Stogner, Walls

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING COMMISSION, 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 expenses of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30,

1999 $ 5,612,762.00.

SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the special funds in the State Treasury to the credit of the Mississippi Gaming Commission which are collected by or otherwise become available for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999 $ 4,417,154.00.

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

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 6,438,956.00

Travel and Subsistence 671,676.00

Contractual Services 2,292,449.00

Commodities 287,581.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 238,902.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 100,352.00

Total $ 10,029,916.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 5,612,762.00

Special Funds 4,417,154.00

Total $ 10,029,916.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 176

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 in Section 2, One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) is hereby authorized to be transferred to the Mississippi Council on Compulsive Gambling, a nonprofit organization.

SECTION 5. 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 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1998.