MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2004 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Gordon, Little, Huggins, Cuevas, Hyde-Smith, Simmons, Wilemon

Senate Bill 3141

(As Sent to Governor)

     AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005.

     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, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005..........

............................................ $    53,392,886.00.

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, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005.................... $    49,164,645.00.

     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$    39,650,490.00

Travel and Subsistence..............        101,000.00

Contractual Services.....................      3,026,800.00

Commodities..............................      2,950,750.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................         75,000.00

Equipment...........................      1,000,000.00

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

Total.............................. $    46,858,890.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $    32,186,891.00

Special Funds............................     14,671,999.00

Total.............................. $    46,858,890.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........      876

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited:Full Time...........        1

Part Time...........       10

           DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$       784,855.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          4,600.00

Contractual Services.....................        370,000.00

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

     Capital Outlay:

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

Equipment...........................         21,580.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............        218,000.00

Total.............................. $     1,597,143.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $       573,164.00

Special Funds............................      1,023,979.00

Total.............................. $     1,597,143.00

  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. $    5,022,782.00

Travel and Subsistence..............         34,000.00

Contractual Services.....................      3,386,007.00

Commodities..............................        268,000.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................                 0

Equipment...........................        100,000.00

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

Total.............................. $     8,830,789.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $     5,461,834.00

Special Funds............................      3,368,955.00

Total.............................. $     8,830,789.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........      115

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited:Full Time...........        1

Part Time...........        6

                 DIVISION OF CRIME LABORATORIES

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$     4,608,319.00

Travel and Subsistence..............         46,000.00

Contractual Services.....................        866,950.00

Commodities..............................        309,060.00

     Capital Outlay:

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

Equipment...........................        140,000.00

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

Total.............................. $     5,990,329.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $     4,223,569.00

Special Funds............................      1,766,760.00

Total.............................. $     5,990,329.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........      100

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$        79,625.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          4,000.00

Contractual Services.....................        175,879.00

Commodities..............................         59,450.00

     Capital Outlay:

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

Equipment...........................         16,500.00

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

Total.............................. $       335,454.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $       202,765.00

Special Funds............................        132,689.00

Total.............................. $       335,454.00

  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$     1,380,344.00

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

Contractual Services.....................        560,000.00

Commodities..............................         61,500.00

     Capital Outlay:

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

Equipment...........................         13,400.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............     19,223,695.00

Total.............................. $    21,293,939.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $       453,189.00

Special Funds............................     20,840,750.00

Total.............................. $    21,293,939.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........       12

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited:Full Time...........       18

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$       386,087.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          6,000.00

Contractual Services.....................        507,700.00

Commodities..............................         12,000.00

     Capital Outlay:

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

Equipment...........................          3,350.00

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

Total.............................. $     2,593,637.00

  FUNDING:

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

Special Funds............................      2,593,637.00

Total.............................. $     2,593,637.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        9

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$       117,979.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          2,100.00

Contractual Services.....................        163,800.00

Commodities..............................          6,850.00

     Capital Outlay:

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

Equipment...........................          2,200.00

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

Total.............................. $       617,929.00

  FUNDING:

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

Special Funds............................        617,929.00

Total.............................. $       617,929.00

  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$        98,064.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          3,400.00

Contractual Services.....................         48,660.00

Commodities..............................         17,850.00

     Capital Outlay:

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

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

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

Total.............................. $       669,974.00

  FUNDING:

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

Special Funds............................        669,974.00

Total.............................. $       669,974.00

  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$       101,740.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          1,000.00

Contractual Services.....................        260,200.00

Commodities..............................          8,000.00

     Capital Outlay:

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

Equipment...........................          2,100.00

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

Total.............................. $       658,040.00

  FUNDING:

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

Special Funds............................        658,040.00

Total.............................. $       658,040.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

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

Part Time...........        0

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

Part Time       0OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$       920,847.00

Travel and Subsistence..............         25,000.00

Contractual Services.....................         35,000.00

Commodities..............................         50,000.00

     Capital Outlay:

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

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

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

Total.............................. $     1,030,847.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $       423,627.00

Special Funds............................        607,220.00

Total.............................. $     1,030,847.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........       20

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited:Full Time...........        2

Part Time...........        0

BUREAU OF NARCOTICS

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$     8,172,460.00

Travel and Subsistence..............         90,000.00

Contractual Services.....................      2,694,448.00

Commodities..............................        321,058.00

     Capital Outlay:

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

Equipment...........................        780,378.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............         22,216.00

Total.............................. $    12,080,560.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $     9,867,847.00

Special Funds............................      2,212,713.00

Total.............................. $    12,080,560.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........      184

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited:Full Time...........        1

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 2006 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2005 funds appropriated for that purpose, unless programs or positions are added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2006 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 2005 appropriation for "Personal Services" when annualized, with the exception of escalated funds.  If, at the time the agency takes any action to change "Personal Services," the State Personnel Board determines that the agency has taken an action which would cause the agency to exceed this projected annual cost or the Fiscal Year 2005 "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 or escalations shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions and procedures established by law or allowable under the terms set forth within this act.  The State Personnel Board shall not escalate positions without written approval from the Department of Finance and Administration.  The Department of Finance and Administration shall not provide written approval to escalate any funds for salaries and/or positions without proof of availability of new or additional funds above the appropriated level.

     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.  The Commissioner of Public Safety shall have the authority to transfer both positions and/or 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 fifteen percent (15%).

     SECTION 6.  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 7.  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 8.  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 9.  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 10.  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 11.  The Commissioner of Public Safety shall have the authority to transfer Department of Public Safety Special Funds from any Division within the Department of Public Safety to any other Division of the Department of Public Safety Special Funds, including, but not limited to, Funds 3711, 371C, 371E, 3713, 3714, 3715, 3740, 3741, 3742, 3744, 3747 and 3718, not to exceed Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) collectively during Fiscal Year 2005.  Further, the Department of Public Safety shall be authorized to escalate both funds and positions for any special fund monies received for Homeland Security.

     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:

                                                          FY2005

Performance Measures                                      Target

Enforcement

     Increased Enforcement - Citations (%)                  0.00

     Decreased Fatalities (%)                               0.00

     Increased DUI Arrests - Inc Felony DUIs (%)            0.00

     Criminal Investigations (Actions)                     1,500

Driver Services

     Driver's Licenses/ID Cards Issued (Items)           667,800

     Cost per License Document Produced ($)                 9.01

     Drivers Suspended (Persons)                         152,000

     Accident Reports Processed (Actions)                 65,900

     Motor Veh Inspect Stickers Sold (Items)           1,970,000

Support Services

     Training of Switch/Repository

     Classes (Number of Classes)                              24

     Audit of User Agencies (Number)                         100

Emergency Telecomm Tng

     Emerg Telecomm Certified (Persons)                      400

     Certification Transactions (Actions)                  1,200

     Training Quality Monitoring (Actions)                    30

Forensic Analysis

     Reports Issued (Cases)                               25,000

     Court Testimonies (Cases)                               500

     Cost per Case Analyzed ($)                              300

     Cost per Testimony ($)                                  500

DNA Analysis

     Known Sex Offender Samples (Items)                   16,000

     Proficiency Samples (Items)                             300

     Casework Samples Examined (Items)                     1,500

     Cost per Sample ($)                                     500

Training Academy

     Basic Students to Graduate (Persons)                    200

     Basic Refresher Students to

          Graduate (Persons)                                  60

     In-Service & Advanced Students

          to Graduate (Persons)                            1,200

Forensic Pathology

     Deaths Investigated (Actions)                        16,300

     Autopsies Performed at SME Office (Actions)             100

     Cost per Autopsy Performed ($)                          375

Jail Officer Training

     County Jail Officers Certified (Persons)                350

     Certification Transactions (Actions)                    700

Law Enforcement Training

     Basic Law Enforc Officers Certified (Persons)           450

     Certification Transactions (Actions)                  1,800

     Training Quality Monitoring (Actions)                    20

Public Safety Planning

     Statewide Programs Supported (Programs)                 360

     Juvenile Jail Alternatives Dev (Alternatives)            25

     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)                      10

     Conduct Training Programs (Programs)                     10

     Provide On-Site Tech Assistance (Actions)                50

Drug Enforcement

     Arrests Made (Persons)                                 2908

     Number of Prosecutions (Actions)                       2063

     Organizations Disrupted/Dismantled (Actions)            399

     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 2006.

     SECTION 13.  Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2, Five Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($5,800,000.00) shall be derived from the Budget Contingency Fund created in Section 27-103-301, Mississippi Code of 1972, to defray the expenses for the following:

     Highway Patrol................$   2,700,000.00

     Support Services..............$   1,738,000.00

     Crime Lab.....................$     264,000.00

     Training Academy..............$      58,000.00

     Narcotics.....................$   1,000,000.00

     Planning Division.............$      40,000.00

     SECTION 14.  It is the intention of the Legislature that all divisions within the Mississippi Department of Public Safety shall maintain complete accounting and personnel records related to the expenditure of all funds appropriated under this act and that such records shall be in the same format and level of detail as maintained for Fiscal Year 2004.  It is further the intention of the Legislature that the agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2006 shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in a format and level of detail comparable to the format and level of detail provided during the Fiscal Year 2005 budget request process.

     SECTION 15.  Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2, funds may be expended to defray the costs of clothing for sworn nonuniform law enforcement officers in an amount not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) annually per officer.

     SECTION 16.  No funds appropriated herein shall be used for the purpose of holding a Mississippi Highway Patrol Cadet School During Fiscal Year 2005 unless additional special funds are received specifically to cover the costs, both salaries and administrative in nature.  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.  Further, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety shall escalate Cadet positions through the Department of Finance and Administration if funds do become available for a Mississippi Highway Patrol Cadet School During Fiscal Year 2005.

     SECTION 17.  It is the intention of the Legislature that all Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) nonexempt sworn officers who are working 171 hours in a 28-day work cycle be compensated at an hourly rate based on 2,087.143 hours per year.  This section and its provisions shall be known and cited as the "David R. Huggins Act of 2002".

     SECTION 18.  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 19.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2004.