MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2007 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representative Stringer, Brown, Flaggs, Holland, Peranich, Watson, Reynolds, Hudson, Clark, Scott, Franks, Patterson, Perkins

House Bill 241

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, THEIR DESIGNATED INSTITUTES, LABORATORIES AND PROGRAMS, FINANCIAL AID SCHOLARSHIP, LOAN AND GRANT PROGRAMS, THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER, AND THE AGRICULTURAL UNITS AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY AND ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008; TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A PAY INCREASE OF FIVE PERCENT FOR THE FACULTY AND STAFF OF THOSE INSTITUTIONS, INSTITUTES, LABORATORIES, PROGRAMS AND UNITS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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 Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning for the support of the state-supported institutions of higher learning, their designated institutes, laboratories and programs, financial aid scholarship, loan and grant programs, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and the Agricultural Units at Mississippi State University and Alcorn State University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008..................................... $  715,363,149.00.

SECTION 2.  The following sums, or so much of those sums as may be necessary, are appropriated out of the proceeds from any federal funds, student fees or other special source funds not otherwise appropriated, to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning for the support of the state-supported institutions of higher learning, their designated institutes, laboratories and programs, financial aid scholarship, loan and grant programs, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and the Agricultural Units at Mississippi State University and Alcorn State University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008$  1,187,875,964.00.

SECTION 3.  The following sums, or so much of those sums as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Mississippi Alcohol Safety Education Program and the State Court Education Program, for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred by those programs for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008, as follows:

Mississippi Alcohol Safety Education Program..............

................................................ $   150,000.00.

State Court Education Program.............. $ 1,181,477.00.

     SECTION 4.  The following sums, or so much of those sums as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the Ayers Endowment Interest Fund, State Treasury Fund No. 3258, to the following state institutions of higher learning for the purposes as set out by the courts in the Ayers Case for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 and ending June 30, 2008:

Alcorn State University..................... $  300,000.00.

Jackson State University.................... $  300,000.00.

Mississippi Valley State University......... $  300,000.00.

SECTION 5.  Of the funds appropriated in Section 2 of this act, the following amount shall be derived from Education Enhancement Funds deposited under Sections 27-65-75 and 27-67-31, Mississippi Code of 1972.......................................... $  65,926,062.00.

SECTION 6.  Of the funds appropriated in Section 2 of this act, the following amount shall be derived from the Health Care Expendable Fund created in Section 43-13-407, Mississippi Code of 1972... $  2,380,431.00.

SECTION 7.  Of the funds appropriated in Sections 1 and 2 of this act, the following amount shall be for the support of the University of Mississippi Medical Center................ $  856,398,581.00.

Of the funds allocated to the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) shall be provided for the Cancer Institute.

SECTION 8.  Of the funds appropriated in Sections 1 and 2 of this act, the following amount is provided for a pay increase of five percent (5%) for the faculty and staff of the state-supported institutions of higher learning, their designated institutes, laboratories and programs, financial aid scholarship, loan and grant programs, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and the Agricultural Units at Mississippi State University and Alcorn State University..................................... $ 51,744,430.00.

     SECTION 9.  Of the funds appropriated in Sections 1 and 2 of this act, Twenty-six Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($26,600,000.00) shall be available to be expended by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning for the purpose of defraying the costs associated with the implementation of the Ayers Settlement as follows:

Ayers-related programs at Alcorn State University, Jackson State University and Mississippi Valley State University.............

............................................... $ 20,200,000.00.

Ayers Endowment Fund...................... $  5,000,000.00.

Interest on the Ayers Endowment Fund...... $    900,000.00.

Ayers Summer Development Program.......... $    500,000.00.

     SECTION 10. The money appropriated in this act 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 11.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2007.