MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representative Gipson
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTRACTING WITH TRAINED AND CERTIFIED ATTORNEYS TO REPRESENT INDIGENT PARENTS OR GUARDIANS IN ABUSE, NEGLECT OR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS PROCEEDINGS 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 Office of State Public Defender for the purpose of contracting with trained and certified attorneys to represent indigent parents or guardians in abuse, neglect or termination of parental rights proceedings as provided under Sections 43-21-201 and 99-18-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending June 30, 2019.......................................... $ 500,000.00.
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.