REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

MADAM PRESIDENT AND MR. SPEAKER:

We, the undersigned conferees, have had under consideration the amendments to the following entitled BILL:

S. B. No. 3125: Appropriation; Dept. Public Safety - Consol.

We, therefore, respectfully submit the following report and recommendation:

 

1. That the House recede from its Amendment No. 1.

2. That the Senate and House adopt the following amendment:

Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

SECTION 1. The following sum of money, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenses of the Department of Public Safety for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002

$ 45,121,506.00.

SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred in the operation of the various divisions of the department for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, and ending June 30, 2002

$ 46,063,748.00.

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:

DIVISION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 37,044,530.00

Travel and Subsistence 106,000.00

Contractual Services 2,535,248.00

Commodities 3,518,935.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 75,000.00

Equipment 3,747,501.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 54,850.00

Total $ 47,082,064.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 32,668,150.00

Special Funds 14,413,914.00

Total $ 47,082,064.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time 902

Part Time 0

Time-Limited: Full Time 0

Part Time 0

DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 825,008.00

Travel and Subsistence 6,000.00

Contractual Services 340,320.00

Commodities 198,108.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 362,000.00

Equipment 35,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 242,000.00

Total $ 2,008,436.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 658,493.00

Special Funds 1,349,943.00

Total $ 2,008,436.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time 25

Part Time 0

Time-Limited: Full Time 0

Part Time 0

It is the intention of the Legislature that all funds received as tuition fees, grants or donations by the Division of Law Enforcement Training Academy shall be deposited in a special fund in the State Treasury to be designated as "Law Enforcement Officers' Training Academy Fees and Donations Fund." It is further the intention of the Legislature that the Division of Law Enforcement Training Academy may increase fees at any time to offset any increases in operational costs.

DIVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 3,879,150.00

Travel and Subsistence 64,300.00

Contractual Services 3,707,202.00

Commodities 258,535.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 462,223.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 20,000.00

Total $ 8,391,410.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 5,830,774.00

Special Funds 2,560,636.00

Total $ 8,391,410.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time 97

Part Time 0

Time-Limited: Full Time 1

Part Time 0

DIVISION OF CRIME LABORATORIES

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 5,077,144.00

Travel and Subsistence 110,000.00

Contractual Services 880,000.00

Commodities 450,000.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 800,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 35,000.00

Total $ 7,352,144.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 5,235,355.00

Special Funds 2,116,789.00

Total $ 7,352,144.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time 103

Part Time 0

Time-Limited: Full Time 4

Part Time 0

DIVISION OF MEDICAL EXAMINER

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 75,295.00

Travel and Subsistence 5,000.00

Contractual Services 176,879.00

Commodities 62,500.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 44,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 0.00

Total $ 363,674.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 238,845.00

Special Funds 124,829.00

Total $ 363,674.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time 5

Part Time 0

Time-Limited: Full Time 0

Part Time 0

DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING

OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 1,405,634.00

Travel and Subsistence 72,403.00

Contractual Services 578,249.00

Commodities 78,258.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 10,683.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 19,189,102.00

Total $ 21,334,329.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 489,889.00

Special Funds 20,844,440.00

Total $ 21,334,329.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time 11

Part Time 0

Time-Limited: Full Time 19

Part Time 0

DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING

OFFICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS AND TRAINING

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 325,953.00

Travel and Subsistence 13,500.00

Contractual Services 612,700.00

Commodities 14,300.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 12,800.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 1,678,500.00

Total $ 2,657,753.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 0.00

Special Funds 2,657,753.00

Total $ 2,657,753.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time 8

Part Time 0

Time-Limited: Full Time 0

Part Time 0

DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING

BOARD OF EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 116,010.00

Travel and Subsistence 6,000.00

Contractual Services 202,100.00

Commodities 6,800.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 5,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 325,000.00

Total $ 660,910.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 0.00

Special Funds 660,910.00

Total $ 660,910.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time 3

Part Time 0

Time-Limited: Full Time 0

Part Time 0

DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING

COUNCIL ON AGING

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 77,112.00

Travel and Subsistence 20,000.00

Contractual Services 35,500.00

Commodities 15,000.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 6,500.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 500,000.00

Total $ 654,112.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 0.00

Special Funds 654,112.00

Total $ 654,112.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time 2

Part Time 0

Time-Limited: Full Time 0

Part Time 0

COUNTY JAIL OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING BOARD

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 88,922.00

Travel and Subsistence 5,500.00

Contractual Services 287,600.00

Commodities 7,000.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 6,400.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 285,000.00

Total $ 680,422.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 0.00

Special Funds 680,422.00

Total $ 680,422.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time 2

Part Time 0

Time-Limited: Full Time 0

Part Time 0

With the funds herein appropriated, it is the intention of the Legislature that it shall be the agency's responsibility to make certain that funds required to be appropriated for "Personal Services" for Fiscal Year 2003 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2002 funds appropriated for that purpose, unless programs or positions are added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2003 budget by the Mississippi Legislature. Based on data provided by the Legislative Budget Office, the State Personnel Board shall determine and publish the projected annual cost to fully fund all appropriated positions in compliance with the provisions of this act. It shall be the responsibility of the agency head to insure that no single personnel action increases this projected annual cost and/or the Fiscal Year 2002 appropriation for "Personal Services" when annualized. If, at the end of any calendar month, the State Personnel Board determines that the agency has taken action(s) which would cause the agency to exceed this projected annual cost or the Fiscal Year 2002 "Personal Services" appropriated level, when annualized, then only those actions which reduce the projected annual cost and/or the appropriation requirement will be processed by the State Personnel Board until such time as the requirements of this provision are met.

Any transfers within major objects of expenditure within each specific budget 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. The Commissioner of Public Safety may, on a case by case basis, within funds available, recommend that corrective salary adjustments be made to the compensation of employees of the Department of Public Safety where an inequity was created between employees of equivalent capacity by previous application of the agency appropriation acts. Any such corrective salary adjustment plan must have prior approval by the State Personnel Board. Such adjustments will not be retroactive.

Any funds in the Salary, Wages and Fringe Benefits major object of expenditure may be used to purchase accumulated compensatory time within funds available.

SECTION 5. No funds appropriated herein shall be used for the purpose of holding a Mississippi Highway Patrol Cadet School during Fiscal Year 2002; however, funds may be used to re-employ former Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Officers or to transfer Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Officers from the Bureau of Narcotics to the Division of Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol within the Department of Public Safety.

SECTION 6. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall have the authority to transfer State General Funds appropriated herein from any Division within the Department of Public Safety to any other Division within the Department of Public Safety between any major objects of expenditure, including but not limited to Salaries, Wages, and Fringe Benefits, not to exceed five percent (5%).

SECTION 7. It is the intent of the Legislature that the local governments pay for part of the computer cost of the Mississippi Justice Information Center by maintaining their contribution to the Department of Public Safety.

SECTION 8. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Department of Public Safety designate certain employees to aid the Division of Crime Laboratories in the billing and collecting of all fees charged for services rendered by the Division of Crime Laboratories.

SECTION 9. No part of the funds appropriated herein shall be transferred to, expended by, or used, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of any public relations, publicity or publication activities of any other state agency, department or officer, nor shall any personnel paid with funds appropriated herein be transferred or assigned to any other state agency, department or officer for public relations, publicity, or publication activities of such office.

SECTION 10. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Department of Public Safety shall have the authority to receive, budget and expend funds from any source in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Department of Finance and Administration in a manner consistent with the escalation of federal funds.

SECTION 11. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Department of Public Safety shall not issue citations for violations of speed limits on a quota basis. No funds expended under this act shall be used for such quota-based citations for violations of speed limits.

SECTION 12. 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:

FY2002

Performance Measures Target

Enforcement

Increased Enforcement - Citations (%) 0.00

Decreased Fatalities (%) -86.49

Increased DUI Arrests - Including

Felony DUIs (%) 0.00

Criminal Investigations (Actions) 1,500

Driver Services

Driver's Licenses/ID Cards Issued (Items) 663,800

Cost per License Document Produced ($) 9.01

Drivers Suspended (Persons) 152,000

Accident Reports Processed (Actions) 102,800

Motor Vehicle Inspec Stickers Sold (Items) 1,970,000

Support Services

Training of Switch/Repository Classes

(Number of Classes) 35

Audit of User Agencies (Number) 100

Emerg Telecommunications Tng

Emergency Telecommunicators Certified

(Persons) 450

Certification Transactions (Actions) 1,350

Training Quality Monitoring (Actions) 50

Forensic Analysis

Reports Issued (Cases) 30,000

Court Testimonies (Cases) 500

Cost per Case Analyzed ($) 500

Cost per Testimony ($) 1,500

DNA Analysis

Known Sex Offender Samples (Items) 1,500

Proficiency Samples (Items) 1,000

Casework Samples Examined (Items) 5,000

Cost per Sample ($) 1,000

Training Academy

Basic Students to Graduate (Persons) 250

Basic Refresher Students

to Graduate (Persons) 60

In-Service and Advanced Students

to Graduate (Persons) 1,000

Forensic Pathology

Deaths Investigated (Actions) 15,250

Autopsies Performed at SME Office (Actions) 250

Cost per Autopsy Performed ($) 375

Jail Officer Training

County Jail Officers Certified (Persons) 250

Certification Transactions (Actions) 500

Law Enforcement Training

Basic Law Enforcement Officers Certified

(Persons) 500

Certification Transactions (Actions) 2,000

Training Quality Monitoring (Actions) 125

Public Safety Planning

Statewide Programs Supported (Programs) 282

Juvenile Jail Alternatives Developed

(Alternatives) 15

Narcotics Units Established (Units) 17

Drug-Free Programs Impact (Persons) 100,000

Council On Aging

Number of Board Meetings (Meetings) 7

Establish TRIAD Programs (Programs) 50

Conduct Training Programs (Programs) 10

Provide On-Site Tech Assistance (Actions) 30

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 2003.

SECTION 13. 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 14. This act shall take effect and be in force from after July 1, 2001.

   

CONFEREES FOR THE SENATE

CONFEREES FOR THE HOUSE

   

X (SIGNED:)

X (SIGNED:)

Jack Gordon

Charlie Capps, Jr.

   

X (SIGNED:)

X (SIGNED:)

Robert G. Huggins

Johnny W. Stringer

   

X (SIGNED:)

X (SIGNED:)

Lynn Posey

David Gibbs