MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2003 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representative Capps, Scott (80th)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 1 AND 2 OF HOUSE BILL NO. 1033, 2003 REGULAR SESSION, TO INCREASE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS; TO REPEAL SECTION 41 OF HOUSE BILL NO. 1033, 2003 REGULAR SESSION, WHICH PROHIBITS THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR INCREASED CHARGES FOR STATE EMPLOYEE AND TEACHER HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 1, 3, 13, 14 AND 15 OF SENATE BILL NO. 2678, 2003 REGULAR SESSION, TO INCREASE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES AND STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING; TO REPEAL SECTION 44 OF SENATE BILL NO. 2678, 2003 REGULAR SESSION, WHICH PROHIBITS THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR INCREASED CHARGES FOR STATE EMPLOYEE AND TEACHER HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of House Bill No. 1033, 2003 Regular Session, is amended as follows:
Section 1. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of funding K-12 and other related educational activities, including certain agencies and programs, in the State of Mississippi, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004, as follows:
(a) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the State Department of Education, and excluding the expenses of the Vocational and Technical Education Division$ 68,824,399.00.
(b) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Vocational and Technical Education Division of the State Department of Education...................................................
........................................... $ 67,433,221.00.
(c) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of paying annual compensation to the Chickasaw Cession counties for sixteenth section lands which they lost through sale by the state, as provided in Sections 29-3-137 through 29-3-141, Mississippi Code of 1972.............. $ 9,249,612.00.
(d) To the State Board of Education for defraying the expenses of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program.........................
........................................... $ 1,348,306,695.00.
(e) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Mississippi School for the Blind and the Mississippi School for the Deaf....................................... $ 9,819,420.00.
(f) To the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the authority $ 5,660,486.00.
(g) To the Mississippi Library Commission for the support and maintenance of the commission and for carrying out the provisions of Section 39-3-107, Mississippi Code of 1972.......................................
........................................... $ 10,303,107.00.
TOTAL AMOUNT OF STATE GENERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED
BY THIS SECTION BEING.........................$ 1,519,596,940.00.
SECTION 2. Section 2 of House Bill No. 1033, 2003 Regular Session, is amended as follows:
Section 2. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are hereby appropriated out of any money in any special fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds of the agencies or programs specified in the following paragraphs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004, as follows:
(a) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the State Department of Education, and excluding the expenses of the Vocational and Technical Education Division$ 647,907,840.00.
(b) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Vocational and Technical Education Division of the State Department of Education...................................................
........................................... $ 23,927,250.00.
(c) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Mississippi Adequate Education Program$ 176,496,845.00.
(d) To the State Board of Education for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Mississippi School for the Blind and the Mississippi School for the Deaf....................................... $ 968,991.00.
(e) To the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the authority$ 5,858,842.00.
(f) To the Mississippi Library Commission for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the commission.................................
........................................... $ 2,880,566.00.
TOTAL AMOUNT OF SPECIAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED
BY THIS SECTION BEING................. $ 858,040,334.00.
SECTION 3. Section 41 of House Bill No. 1033, 2003 Regular Session, which prohibits the expenditure of funds for increased charges for state employee and teacher health insurance premiums, is repealed.
SECTION 4. Section 1 of Senate Bill No. 2678, 2003 Regular Session, is amended as follows:
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, to the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges for the purpose of defraying the administrative expenses of the board and for the aid and support of the public community and junior colleges for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004.................
...............................................$ 118,832,888.00.
SECTION 5. Section 3 of Senate Bill No. 2678, 2003 Regular Session, is amended as follows:
Section 3. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of this act and allocated to the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges, funds are provided for the following purposes:
(a) State General Funds for:
Administrative expenses of the board...........$ 6,176,771.00
Aid and support of the public and community
junior colleges............................$ 89,479,057.00
Hiring nursing and allied health teachers,
awarding interest free nursing and allied
health student loans, and providing instructional
support for the Rural Health Corps.........$ 1,200,000.00
Funding life and health insurance for all
employees of the public community and junior
colleges...................................$ 13,248,850.00
Establishing and operating One-Stop Career
Centers at each public community and junior
college....................................$ 4,500,000.00
Defraying the cost of Sign Language
Interpreter Training at public community
and junior colleges........................$ 179,050.00
Defraying the cost of the Educational
Technology Program.........................$ 3,599,160.00
Defraying the cost of the Golden Triangle Education
Center for Manufacturing Technology........$ 150,000.00
Defraying the cost of the Holmes Community College
Industrial Technology Complex..............$ 150,000.00
Defraying the cost of the Mississippi Delta
Community College Industrial Training
Program....................................$ 150,000.00
Total......................................$ 118,832,888.00
(b) Commission on Proprietary School
and College Registration Fund for:
Regulation and administration of the Mississippi
Proprietary School and College Registration
Law, and associated expenses...............$ 60,000.00
(c) Workforce Carryover Fund for:
Administrative expenses of the board............$ 1,000,000.00
(d) Community College Network fees for:
Administrative expenses of the board............$ 125,000.00
(e) Duplicate transcripts and duplicate
diploma issuance fees for:
Administrative expenses of the board............$ 100,000.00
(f) Workforce On-Line Training Program
fees for:
Administrative expenses of the board............$ 300,000.00
(g) Education Enhancement Fund for:
Aid and support of public community and
junior colleges.............................$ 27,415,398.00
Servicing debt on bonds issued for the Education
Technology Program.........................$ 3,148,591.00
Total Education Enhancement Funds...........$ 30,563,989.00
(h) Insurance Carryover Fund No. 3295 for:
Fully funding life and health insurance for
all employees of the public community
and junior colleges........................$ 200,000.00
(i) Budget Contingency Funds for:
Administrative expenses of the board............$ 8,210,168.00
Aid and support for public community and
junior colleges............................$ 15,289,832.00
Total Budget Contingency Funds.............$ 23,500,000.00
(j) Other Special Source Funds for:
Administrative expenses of the board............$ 12,400,869.00
SECTION 6. Section 13 of Senate Bill No. 2678, 2003 Regular Session, is amended as follows:
Section 13. 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, to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning for the purpose of support, maintenance, and repairs at the state-supported institutions of higher learning, those being Mississippi State University, University of Mississippi, Mississippi University for Women, University of Southern Mississippi, Delta State University, Alcorn State University, Jackson State University, and Mississippi Valley State University, and programs operated by those institutions; for support of student financial aid programs authorized by law; for support of the University Research Center, the Education and Research Center, the Executive Office of the Board of Trustees, the Mississippi Volunteer Commission; and related programs, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and
ending June 30, 2004..........................$ 471,690,660.00.
SECTION 7. Section 14 of Senate Bill No. 2678, 2003 Regular Session, is amended as follows:
Section 14. 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 Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning or any institution or program administered by the board; and out of the proceeds from any federal, student fees or other special source funds, not otherwise appropriated, to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning for the purpose of support of the state-supported institutions of higher learning, those being Mississippi State University, University of Mississippi, Mississippi University for Women, University of Southern Mississippi, Delta State University, Alcorn State University, Jackson State University, and Mississippi Valley State University, and programs operated by those institutions; for support of student financial aid programs authorized by law; for support of the University Research Center, the Education and Research Center, the Executive Office of the Board of Trustees, the Mississippi Volunteer Commission; and related programs, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004............................$1,025,008,869.00.
SECTION 8. Section 15 of Senate Bill No. 2678, 2003 Regular Session, is amended as follows:
Section 15. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of this act and allocated to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, funds are provided for the following purposes:
(a) State General Funds for:
General support, maintenance, and repairs at
the state-supported institutions of higher
learning...................................$ 245,798,973.00
Financial aid scholarship, loan and grant programs
authorized by law and administered by the
Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid,
and for support of the Mississippi Office
of Student Financial Aid...................$ 26,925,521.00
Executive Office of the Board of Trustees, the
University Research Center and the Mississippi
Automated Resource Information System
(MARIS)....................................$ 5,373,362.00
College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi
State University...........................$ 10,627,736.00
University of Mississippi Medical Center........$ 127,040,187.00
Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service.......$ 19,151,145.00
Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry
Experiment Station.........................$ 17,262,759.00
Mississippi Forest and Wildlife Research
Center.....................................$ 4,617,741.00
Alcorn State University Agricultural Programs...$ 3,755,625.00
Mississippi Mineral Resources Research
Institute..................................$ 389,000.00
Mississippi Law Research Institute..............$ 569,630.00
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory..................$ 3,093,886.00
Water Resources Institute.......................$ 77,710.00
Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory...........$ 1,091,839.00
Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science....$ 3,326,828.00
Supercomputer...................................$ 958,801.00
Polymer Institute...............................$ 423,834.00
Small Business Development Center...............$ 327,664.00
Stennis Center for Higher Learning..............$ 343,945.00
Jackson State University Urban Research Center..$ 237,179.00
Commission for Volunteer Services...............$ 83,141.00
Stennis Institute of Government.................$ 214,154.00
Total......................................$ 471,690,660.00
(b) Education Enhancement Funds for:
General support, maintenance, and repairs at
the state-supported institutions of higher
learning...................................$ 37,159,988.00
College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi
State University...........................$ 603,725.00
University of Mississippi Medical Center........$ 3,854,830.00
Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service.......$ 1,222,596.00
Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry
Experiment Station.........................$ 1,461,204.00
Mississippi Forest and Wildlife Research
Center.....................................$ 322,193.00
Alcorn State University Agricultural Programs...$ 21,097.00
Executive Office of the Board of Trustees, the
University Research Center and the
Mississippi Automated Resource Information
System (MARIS).......................... $ 495,742.00
Mississippi Mineral Resources Research
Institute..................................$ 24,035.00
Mississippi Law Research Institute..............$ 54,913.00
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory..................$ 196,650.00
Water Resources Institute.......................$ 8,740.00
Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory...........$ 161,595.00
Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science....$ 100,510.00
Stennis Center for Higher Learning..............$ 95,000.00
Commission for Volunteer Services...............$ 92,150.00
Stennis Institute of Government.................$ 46,550.00
Total......................................$ 45,921,518.00
(c) Budget Contingency Funds for:
General support, maintenance, and repairs at
the state-supported institutions of higher
learning...................................$ 41,019,792.00
Financial aid scholarship, loan and grant programs
authorized by law and administered by the
Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid,
and for support of the Mississippi Office
of Student Financial Aid...................$ 3,602,567.00
Executive Office of the Board of Trustees, the
University Research Center and the Mississippi
Automated Resource Information System
(MARIS)....................................$ 544,017.00
College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi
State University...........................$ 2,300,000.00
University of Mississippi Medical Center........$ 16,572,614.00
Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service.......$ 1,876,722.00
Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry
Experiment Station.........................$ 1,788,000.00
Mississippi Forest and Wildlife Research
Center.....................................$ 332,077.00
Alcorn State University Agricultural Programs...$ 630,745.00
Mississippi Mineral Resources Research
Institute..................................$ 52,010.00
Mississippi Law Research Institute..............$ 119,754.00
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory..................$ 45,123.00
Water Resources Institute.......................$ 4,550.00
Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory...........$ 96,460.00
Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science....$ 106,094.00
Supercomputer...................................$ 261,781.00
Polymer Institute...............................$ 56,978.00
Small Business Development Center...............$ 16,542.00
Stennis Center for Higher Learning..............$ 5,283.00
Jackson State University Urban Research Center..$ 14,779.00
Commission for Volunteer Services...............$ 94,499.00
Stennis Institute of Government.................$ 33,771.00
Total......................................$ 69,574,158.00
(d) State Court Education Program Funds
in the State Treasury for:
State Court Education Program...................$ 1,469,246.00
(e) Mississippi Alcohol Safety Program
Funds in the State Treasury for:
Mississippi Alcohol Safety Program..............$ 150,000.00
(f) Carryover Fund No. 325E for:
Mississippi Resident Tuition Assistance Grant and
Mississippi Eminent Scholar Grant Programs.$ 650,000.00
(g) Health Care Expendable Funds for:
Support and maintenance of the Medical
Education Loan/Scholarship Program...... $ 200,000.00
(h) Other Special Source Funds for:
General support, maintenance, and repairs at
the state-supported institutions of higher
learning...................................$ 340,080,352.00
Financial aid scholarship, loan and grant programs
authorized by law and administered by the
Mississippi Office of Student Financial Aid,
and for support of the Mississippi Office
of Student Financial Aid...................$ 7,646,404.00
Executive Office of the Board of Trustees, the
University Research Center and the Mississippi
Automated Resource Information System
(MARIS).....................................$ 24,141,630.00
College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi
State University...........................$ 4,641,259.00
University of Mississippi Medical Center........$ 475,147,845.00
Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service.......$ 13,494,680.00
Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry
Experiment Station.........................$ 6,407,974.00
Mississippi Forest and Wildlife Research Center.$ 766,560.00
Mississippi Alcohol Safety Program..............$ 1,079,839.00
Mississippi Mineral Resources Research
Institute..................................$ 8,595,387.00
Mississippi Law Research Institute..............$ 352,636.00
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory..................$ 1,774,771.00
Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory...........$ 390,000.00
Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Science....$ 7,305,162.00
Polymer Institute...............................$ 38,667.00
Small Business Development Center...............$ 835,772.00
Commission for Volunteer Services...............$ 8,301,433.00
Stennis Institute of Government.................$ 143,576.00
Total......................................$ 901,143,947.00
(i) Ayers Endowment Interest Fund
No. 3258 for:
The purposes as set out by the courts in the
Ayers Case for:
Alcorn State University.........................$ 300,000.00
Jackson State University........................$ 300,000.00
Mississippi Valley State University.............$ 300,000.00
Total......................................$ 900,000.00
(j) Ayers Settlement Fund, created
by House Bill No. 1471, 2001 Regular Session, for:
Establishing an Ayers settlement endowment fund
to comply with the settlement agreement in
the case of Ayers v. Musgrove..............$ 5,000,000.00
SECTION 9. Section 44 of Senate Bill No. 2678, 2003 Regular Session, which prohibits the expenditure of funds for increased charges for state employee and teacher health insurance premiums, is repealed.
SECTION 10. (1) Delta State University is authorized to lease to Knight Line Products, Inc., of Cleveland, Mississippi, approximately 8.4237 acres of real property located between U.S. Highway No. 61, U.S. Highway No. 61 Bypass and Old U.S. Highway No. 61 in Bolivar County and described in the September 19, 2002, survey plat prepared by Eley Engineering, P.A., of Cleveland, Mississippi, for Knight Line Products, Inc. The term of the lease may be for not more than ninety-nine (99) years. The lease shall provide that Knight Line Products, Inc., shall pay rent annually to Delta State University, and that the amount of the rent shall be subject to adjustment every ten (10) years, based on the fair market value of the leased property without improvements.
(2) Any lease executed between Delta State University and Knight Line Products, Inc., before the effective date of this act that is in conformity with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section is ratified, approved and confirmed.
SECTION 11. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2003, except for Section 10, which shall take effect and be in force from and after the passage of this act.