MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1998 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Hall, Burton, Posey, Jordan (18th), Ross, Simmons, Turner, Woodfield

Senate Bill 3229

(As Passed the Senate)

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR SUPPORT OF THE MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF NARCOTICS OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE 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 payment of the expenses of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, created by Section 41-29-101 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999

$ 12,456,792.00.

SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized for expenditure out of any money in the special fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety which is comprised of special source funds collected by or otherwise available to the agency, for the support and maintenance of the agency for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999

$ 866,454.00.

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:

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 8,145,147.00

Travel and Subsistence 466,833.00

Contractual Services 1,924,903.00

Commodities 857,080.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 1,825,731.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 103,552.00

Total $ 13,323,246.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 12,456,792.00

Special Funds 866,454.00

Total $ 13,323,246.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 207

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

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 4

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

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. In compliance with the "Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994," it is the intent of the Legislature that the funds provided herein shall be utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible to achieve the intended mission of this agency. Based on the funding authorized, this agency shall make every effort to attain the targeted performance measures provided below:

Performance Measures FY99 Target

Drug Enforcement

Cases initiated (Cases) 3,418

Arrests made (Persons) 2,079

Drug education & training events (Events) 479

A reporting of the degree to which the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shall be provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for Fiscal Year 2000.

SECTION 5. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2, funds are included to defray the costs of clothing for sworn law enforcement officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) annually per officer.

SECTION 6. 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 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1998.