MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2006 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representative Davis, Beckett, Bounds, Chism, Denny, Ellington, Fillingane, Howell, Moore, Parker, Snowden, Staples, Vince, Wells-Smith, Rotenberry

House Bill 1472

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING CERTAIN LIFE INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD DURING THE TIME THAT THEY ARE SERVING IN IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2006.

     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 Mississippi National Guard for the purpose of paying the premiums for National Guard Association life insurance coverage in the amount of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) per member for members of the Mississippi National Guard during the time that they are serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007$250,000.00.

     SECTION 2.  The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General Fund, 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, 2006.