MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2002 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Gordon, Thames, Huggins, Posey, Dearing, Hamilton, Simmons, Walls

Senate Bill 3165

(As Passed the Senate)

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR FISCAL YEARS 2002 AND 2003.

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

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, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003..........

............................................ $    43,349,322.00.

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, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003.......................................

............................................ $    44,951,507.00.

     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$    36,589,359.00

Travel and Subsistence..............         79,500.00

Contractual Services.....................      3,987,580.00

Commodities..............................      2,618,935.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................      2,500,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............         54,850.00

Total.............................. $    45,830,224.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $    32,491,011.00

Special Funds............................     13,339,213.00

Total.............................. $    45,830,224.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........      858

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$       756,732.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          4,100.00

Contractual Services.....................        340,320.00

Commodities..............................        198,108.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................         10,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............        242,000.00

Total.............................. $     1,551,260.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $       594,794.00

Special Funds............................        956,466.00

Total.............................. $     1,551,260.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........       21

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$     3,651,645.00

Travel and Subsistence..............         32,150.00

Contractual Services.....................      3,207,202.00

Commodities..............................        238,000.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................              0.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............         20,000.00

Total.............................. $     7,148,997.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $     5,212,614.00

Special Funds............................      1,936,383.00

Total.............................. $     7,148,997.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........       86

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$     4,639,714.00

Travel and Subsistence..............         55,000.00

Contractual Services.....................        880,000.00

Commodities..............................        370,000.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................        200,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............         35,000.00

Total.............................. $     6,179,714.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $     4,374,714.00

Special Funds............................      1,805,000.00

Total.............................. $     6,179,714.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........       88

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$        77,233.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          2,500.00

Contractual Services.....................        176,879.00

Commodities..............................         62,500.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................         21,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............              0.00

Total.............................. $       340,112.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $       215,283.00

Special Funds............................        124,829.00

Total.............................. $       340,112.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        3

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$     1,277,188.00

Travel and Subsistence..............         68,403.00

Contractual Services.....................        677,202.00

Commodities..............................         74,258.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................         10,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............     20,877,000.00

Total.............................. $    22,984,051.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $       460,906.00

Special Funds............................     22,523,145.00

Total.............................. $    22,984,051.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........       10

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited:Full Time...........       15

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$       279,521.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          6,750.00

Contractual Services.....................        492,700.00

Commodities..............................         14,300.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................          6,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............      1,678,500.00

Total.............................. $     2,477,771.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $             0.00

Special Funds............................      2,477,771.00

Total.............................. $     2,477,771.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        6

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$        79,417.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          3,000.00

Contractual Services.....................        122,100.00

Commodities..............................          6,800.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................          1,800.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............        325,000.00

Total.............................. $       538,117.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $             0.00

Special Funds............................        538,117.00

Total.............................. $       538,117.00

  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$        81,355.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          9,000.00

Contractual Services.....................         35,500.00

Commodities..............................         15,000.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................          3,250.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............        500,000.00

Total.............................. $       644,105.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $             0.00

Special Funds............................        644,105.00

Total.............................. $       644,105.00

  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$        96,028.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          2,750.00

Contractual Services.....................        215,700.00

Commodities..............................          7,000.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................              0.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............        285,000.00

Total.............................. $       606,478.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $             0.00

Special Funds............................        606,478.00

Total.............................. $       606,478.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        2

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited:Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

     Funds are provided herein to adjust the Variable Compensation Plan to ensure that all full-time employees receive a pay increase equal to fifty percent (50%) of the realignment component of the Variable Compensation Plan or Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00), whichever is greater, beginning on January 1, 2003.

     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 2004 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2003 funds appropriated for that purpose, unless programs, positions or pay increases are added to the agency's budget by the Mississippi Legislature.  Based on data provided by the Legislative Budget Office, the State Personnel Board shall, on July 1, 2002, publish separate annual projection reports, based on July 1, 2002 data, for the period of July 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002, and January 1, 2003 through June 30, 2003, that project the 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 ensure that no single personnel action increases this projected cost and/or the Fiscal Year 2003 appropriation for "Personal Services," as annualized on a semi-annual basis in accordance with the provisions of this act.  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 2003 "Personal Services" appropriated level, when annualized in compliance with the provisions of this act, 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 2003; 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:

                                                            FY03

Performance Measures                                      Target

Enforcement

     Increased Enforcement - Citations (%)                  0.00

     Decreased Fatalies (%)                                -0.86

     Increased DUI Arrests - Inc Felony DUIs(%)             10.0

     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 Veh Inspect 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

     Emerg Telecomm 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 ($)                              325

     Cost per Testimony ($)                                  500

Dna Analysis

     Known Sex Offender Samples (Items)                    2,500

     Proficiency Samples (Items)                           1,000

     Casework Samples Examined (Items)                     1,500

     Cost per Sample ($)                                     500

Training Academy

     Basic Students to Graduate (Persons)                    240

     Basic Refresher Students to

          Graduate (Persons)                                  40

     In-Service & Advanced Students to

          Graduate (Persons)                               1,000

Forensic Pathology

     Deaths Investigated (Actions)                        16,000

     Autopsies Performed at SME Office(Actions)               50

     Cost per Autopsy Performed ($)                          300

Jail Officer Training

     County Jail Officers Certified (Persons)                250

     Certification Transactions (Actions)                    500

Law Enforcement Training

     Basic Law Enforc Officers Certified(Persons)            525

     Certification Transactions (Actions)                  2,000

     Training Quality Monitoring (Actions)                   100

Public Safety Planning

     Statewide Programs Supported (Programs)                 282

     Juvenile Jail Alternatives Dev(Alternatives)             40

     Narcotics Units Established (Units)                      17

     Drug-Free Programs Impact (Persons)                 100,000

Council On Aging

     Number of Board Meetings (Meetings)                       6

     Establish TRIAD Programs (Programs)                      20

     Conduct Training Programs (Programs)                     20

     Provide On-Site Tech Assistance (Actions)                80

     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 2004.

     SECTION 13.  In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be transferred from Highway Patrol Special Fund No. 371C to Highway Patrol Special Fund No. 3711, as authorized by the Commissioner of Public Safety for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol in accordance with Section 45-1-2 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, for the fiscal year ending

June 30, 2002................................ $    4,000,000.00.

     This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of providing funds to defray certain expenses of the operating budget of the Mississippi Highway Patrol.

     SECTION 14.  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 15.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2002, except for Section 13 which shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.