MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2006 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Human Services; Appropriations
By: Representative Barnett
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3, CHAPTER 112, LAWS OF SECOND EXTRAORDINARY SESSION 2005, TO PROHIBIT THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FROM EXPENDING CERTAIN FUNDS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2006 APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT AFTER FEBRUARY 15, 2006, UNLESS THE DEPARTMENT HAS TAKEN ALL ACTIONS NECESSARY TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CENTER IN THE CITY OF BROOKHAVEN TO PROCEED, AND HAS PROVIDED FULL DOCUMENTATION OF THOSE ACTIONS TO THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 3, Chapter 112, Laws of Second Extraordinary Session 2005, is amended as follows:
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:
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 17,832,226.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 213,048.00
Contractual Services..................... 13,888,898.00
Commodities............................. 1,067,330.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 0.00
Equipment......................... 1,956,580.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 721,050.00
Total.............................. $ 35,679,132.00
FUNDING:
General Funds........................... $ 10,884,876.00
Special Funds............................ 24,794,256.00
Total.............................. $ 35,679,132.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 332
Part Time........... 2
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 0
Part Time........... 0
Provided that a report based on expenditures incurred during the current and immediate-past fiscal years shall be provided to each regularly scheduled legislative session. This report should reflect expenditures as a result of the operation of the Robert E. Lee Building, the Woolfolk State Office Building, the Gartin and Sillers Buildings, the Capitol Buildings, the Central High School Building, the Robert G. Clark, Jr., Building and other state buildings, and this report should contain any steps taken to reduce operating costs.
It is also the intention of the Legislature that no state-owned aircraft shall be utilized by any person except for official business only.
The Department of Finance and Administration shall not be authorized to expend any of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Sections 1 and 2 after February 15, 2006, unless the department has taken all actions necessary to allow the construction of the mental health crisis center in the City of Brookhaven to proceed, and has provided full documentation of those actions to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.