MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2001 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Gordon

AN ACT MAKING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FROM THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE FUND TO THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE COSTS OF CERTAIN EXPERT WITNESS FEES, ATTORNEY FEES, JUDGMENTS AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS INCURRED BY THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND AGAINST THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.

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

SECTION 1. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Criminal Justice Fund No. 3086 not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Office of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 149,535.00.

This additional appropriation is made for the purposes of defraying the costs of certain outside legal assistance and expert witness fees incurred by the Office of the Attorney General.

SECTION 2. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Criminal Justice Fund No. 3086 not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a judgment rendered against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 11,752.00.

This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a court ordered judgment as required in Civil Action No. 3:98-CV-516(B)(N); Steven T. Kean, Randy H. Russell, Gene Saucier, W. L. Rayburn, Initiative and Referendum Institute, Inc., Americans for Sound Public Policy, Inc., and Mississippi Citizens for Legislative Term Limits, Inc. v. Eric Clark, Mississippi Secretary of State, Mike Moore, Mississippi Attorney General, and the State of Mississippi, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

SECTION 3. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Criminal Justice Fund No. 3086 not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a judgment rendered against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 58,296.00.

This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a court ordered judgment as required in Civil Action No. 3:99-CV-737(B)(N); Casket Royale, Inc. v. State of Mississippi and the Mississippi State Board of Funeral Services, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

SECTION 4. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Criminal Justice Fund No. 3086 not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a judgment rendered against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 1,588.00.

This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a court ordered judgment as required in Civil Action No. 4:99-CV-33(L)(N); Patricia Thompson v. East Mississippi State Hospital, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

SECTION 5. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Criminal Justice Fund No. 3086 not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a judgment rendered against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 59,684.00.

This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a court ordered judgment as required in Civil Action No. 3:77CV47B, American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, et al., vs. Ronnie Musgrove, et al., in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

SECTION 6. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Criminal Justice Fund No. 3086 not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a settlement against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 2,500.00.

This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a settlement in Civil Action No. 1:98CV252-D-D; Gary O. Hatten v. George Brown, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

SECTION 7. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Criminal Justice Fund No. 3086 not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a settlement against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 25,000.00.

This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a settlement in Cause No. 94-1137; Joanne Correro vs. The State of Mississippi, Vocational Rehabilitation for the Blind, Business Enterprise Program, by and through the Department of Human Services, et al, in the Circuit Court of Leflore County, Mississippi.

SECTION 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.