MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representative Currie
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF COURTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH COURTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2019.
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 Administrative Office of Courts for the purpose of providing funding for mental health courts under the provisions of Section 9-27-1 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019......... $ 1,800,000.00.
SECTION 2. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, 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, 2018.