MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Ways and Means

By: Representative Grist

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 33, CHAPTER 589, LAWS OF 1999, TO REVISE THE PROJECTS FOR WHICH BOND PROCEEDS IN THE "1999 CALHOUN COUNTY HISTORICAL PROJECTS FUND" MAY BE EXPENDED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 33, Chapter 589, Laws of 1999, is amended as follows:

Section 33. A special fund, to be designated the "1999 Calhoun County Historical Projects 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 used to pay the costs of the following projects in Calhoun County, Mississippi:

(a) Repair and restoration of the three (3) room schoolhouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places, for use as a museum $150,000.00;

(b) Planning and development of a Forestry Museum in the City of Bruce, Mississippi $150,000.00.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2000.