MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2004 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representative Ishee

House Bill 256

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING THE STORYBOOK PROGRAM CONDUCTED BY LUTHERAN SOCIAL MINISTRIES OF MISSISSIPPI, INC., FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2005.

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

     SECTION 1.  The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Corrections for the purpose of supporting the Storybook program conducted by Lutheran Social Ministries of Mississippi, Inc., which assists incarcerated mothers at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility with parenting from a distance, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005.......$25,000.00.

     SECTION 2.  The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, 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 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2004.