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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, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007..........

............................................ $ 63,602,409.00.

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, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007.................... $ 46,150,094.00.

SECTION 3. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Sections 1 and 2, not more than the amounts set forth below shall be provided for purposes of expenditure and authorized positions:

DIVISION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL

FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $ 39,659,026.00

Special Funds............................ 17,855,275.00

Total.............................. $ 57,514,301.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time........... 900

Part Time........... 0

Time-Limited:Full Time........... 7

Part Time........... 10

DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY

FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $ 551,894.00

Special Funds............................ 915,033.00

Total.............................. $ 1,466,927.00

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

FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $ 5,215,246.00

Special Funds............................ 266,002.00

Total.............................. $ 5,481,248.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time........... 91

Part Time........... 0

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

Part Time........... 6

DIVISION OF CRIME LABORATORIES

FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $ 5,762,417.00

Special Funds............................ 1,353,643.00

Total.............................. $ 7,116,060.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

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

Part Time........... 0

Time-Limited:Full Time........... 5

Part Time........... 0

DIVISION OF MEDICAL EXAMINER

FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $ 161,457.00

Special Funds............................ 114,589.00

Total.............................. $ 276,046.00

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

FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $ 447,350.00

Special Funds............................ 20,853,475.00

Total.............................. $ 21,300,825.00

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

FUNDING:

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

Special Funds............................ 2,045,706.00

Total.............................. $ 2,045,706.00

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

FUNDING:

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

Special Funds............................ 481,286.00

Total.............................. $ 481,286.00

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

FUNDING:

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

Special Funds............................ 541,039.00

Total.............................. $ 541,039.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

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

Part Time........... 0

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

Part Time........... 0

COUNTY JAIL OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING BOARD

FUNDING:

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

Special Funds............................ 431,833.00

Total.............................. $ 431,833.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

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

Part Time........... 0

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

Part Time........... 0

OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY

FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $ 183,637.00

Special Funds............................ 655,451.00

Total.............................. $ 839,088.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

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

Part Time........... 0

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

Part Time........... 0

BUREAU OF NARCOTICS

FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $ 11,509,637.00

Special Funds............................ 481,718.00

Total.............................. $ 11,991,355.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time........... 198

Part Time........... 0

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

Part Time........... 0

JUVENILE FACILITY MONITORING UNIT

FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $ 111,745.00

Special Funds............................ 155,044.00

Total.............................. $ 266,789.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time........... 0

Part Time........... 0

Time-Limited:Full Time........... 5

Part Time........... 0

For the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2006, funds are provided herein to adjust the annual compensation of each employee who has been employed for twelve (12) months or longer by an amount equal to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), effective on July 1, 2006. Additionally for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2006, funds are provided to address critical law enforcement staffing salary adjustments effective on July 1, 2006.

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 2008 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2007 funds appropriated for that purpose, unless programs or positions are added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2008 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 2007 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 2007 "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, not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%).

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 2007. 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:

FY07

Performance Measures Target

Enforcement

Increased Enforcement - Citations (%) 0.00

Decreased Fatalities (%) 0.00

Increased DUI Arrests - Inc Felony DUIs (%) 0.00

Criminal Investigations (Actions) 10,074

Driver Services

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

Cost per License Document Produced ($) 9.15

Drivers Suspended (Persons) 1,520,000

Accident Reports Processed (Actions) 65,900

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

Support Services

Training of Switch/Repository

Classes (Number of) 20

Audit of User Agencies (Number of) 50

Emergency Telecomm Training

Emerg Telecomm Certified (Persons) 350

Certification Transactions (Actions) 1,400

Training Quality Monitoring (Actions) 20

Forensic Analysis

Reports Issued (Cases) 25,000

Court Testimonies (Cases) 200

Cost per Case Analyzed ($) 350

Cost per Testimony ($) 500

Dna Analysis

Known Sex Offender Samples (Items) 500

Proficiency Samples (Items) 200

Casework Samples Examined (Items) 500

Cost per Sample ($) 500

Training Academy

Basic Students to Graduate (Persons) 200

Basic Refresher Students to

Graduate (Persons) 50

In-service & Advanced Students

to Graduate (Persons) 1,200

Drug Enforcement

Arrests Made (Persons) 2,908

Number of Prosecutions (Actions) 2,063

Organizations Disrupted/Dismantled (Actions) 399

Forensic Pathology

Deaths Investigated (Actions) 17,000

Autopsies Performed at SME Office (Actions) 100

Cost per Autopsy Performed ($) 400

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) 35

Narcotics Units Established (Units) 17

Drug-free Programs Impact (Persons) 100,000

Council On Aging

Number of Board Meetings (Meetings) 4

Establish TRIAD Programs (Programs) 4

Conduct Training Programs (Programs) 10

Provide On-site Tech Assistance (Actions) 30

Juvenile Fac Monitoring Unit

Number of facilities inspected (Items) 20

Strategic plans implemented (Items) 20

Homeland Security

OHS grants for jurisdictions (Number of) 83

First Responder Classes (Number of) 600

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 2008.

SECTION 13. 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 2006. It is further the intention of the Legislature that the agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2008 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 2007 budget request process.

SECTION 14. 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 15. 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 16. It is the intention of the Legislature that whenever two (2) or more bids are received by this agency for the purchase of commodities or equipment, and whenever all things stated in such received bids are equal with respect to price, quality and service, the Mississippi Industries for the Blind shall be given preference. A similar preference shall be given to the Mississippi Industries for the Blind whenever purchases are made without competitive bids.

SECTION 17. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2, Seven Million One Hundred Seventy-two Thousand Two Hundred Sixty-three Dollars ($7,172,263.00) shall be derived from the Budget Contingency Fund, as created in Section 27-103-301, Mississippi Code of 1972.

SECTION 18. All expenditures of funds appropriated by this act for the purposes of advertising through the media shall comply with the provisions of this section. All notices, advertisements, or announcements designed to accomplish distribution of vital information paid for wholly or in part through funds appropriated by this act and distributed through the media shall be placed according to a formula based upon the following criteria:

(a) Outlets of the Mississippi Public Broadcasting System shall receive twenty percent (20%) of all expenditures allotted for any advertising campaign undertaken by the agency to which funds are appropriated by this act. All distribution of information undertaken by the Mississippi Broadcasting System under these requirements shall conform to the accepted standards of information distribution common to public media.

(b) Media outlets, other than outlets of the Mississippi Public Broadcasting System, shall receive placement of such notices through the following method of distribution and based upon commonly accepted boundaries of distribution:

(i) Newspapers. Newspapers demonstrating established market reach through verifiable and auditable circulation numbers shall receive twenty-five percent (25%) of all expenditures allotted for distribution of vital information, and such expenditures to the individual newspapers shall be determined and prorated based upon the verifiable and auditable share of total circulation within the individual counties. This requirement does not replace the requirements and systems currently in place regarding legal notices in the newspapers.

(ii) Radio. Radio stations demonstrating established market reach through verifiable and auditable market share information as recorded through reputable and established rating services shall receive twenty percent (20%) of all expenditures allotted for such distribution of vital information, and such expenditures to the individual stations shall be determined and prorated based upon the verifiable and auditable share of total market reach within the individual counties.

(iii) Television. Television stations and television cable outlets demonstrating established market reach through verifiable and auditable market share information as recorded through reputable and established rating services shall receive twenty percent (20%) of all expenditures allotted for such distribution of vital information, and such expenditures to the individual stations shall be determined and prorated based upon the verifiable and auditable share of total market reach within the individual demonstrated market reach area of the station or cable outlet.

(iv) Magazines. Magazines demonstrating established market reach through verifiable and auditable circulation numbers shall receive ten percent (10%) of all expenditures allotted for such distribution of vital information, and such expenditures to the individual magazines shall be determined and prorated based upon the verifiable and auditable circulation numbers within the counties. If no magazine exists which meets the criteria stated above, the portion of those funds so allotted shall be distributed among the other media outlets equally.

(v) Electronic media. Electronic media demonstrating established market reach through verifiable and auditable circulation numbers shall receive five percent (5%) of all expenditures allotted for such distribution of vital information, and such expenditures to the individual electronic media outlets shall be determined and prorated based upon the verifiable and auditable circulation numbers within the counties. If no electronic media exists which meets the criteria stated above, the portion of those funds so allotted shall be distributed equally among the other media outlets.

Provisions of this section do not apply to the placement of advertisements in national media outlets to recruit economic development or to promote tourism in the state.

SECTION 19. 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 20. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2006.