Adopted

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill No. 3013

BY: Committee

     Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

SECTION 1.  The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning to be used for the operation of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020...... $    17,430,250.00.

SECTION 2.  The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized for expenditure out of any special source funds which are collected by or otherwise become available for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2019, and ending June 30, 2020.......................................

............................................ $    24,328,657.00.

     SECTION 3.  Any transfer shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions and procedures established by law.

     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and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.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.  It is the intention of the Legislature that the agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2021 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 2020 budget request process.

     SECTION 5.  Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, Five Hundred Fifty-two Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty Dollars ($552,920.00) shall be derived from the Education Enhancement Fund from funds deposited pursuant to Sections 27-65-75 and 27-67-31, Mississippi Code of 1972.

     SECTION 6.  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:

                                                          FY2020

Performance Measures Target

Instruction

     Percentage of Year 4 DVM students

          passing NAVLE at graduation (%)                  95.00

     Percentage if DVM graduates reporting

          employment in the field within 12 months

          of graduation                                    95.00

Research

     Grants/contracts awarded ($)                   5,500,000.00

     Percentage of graduate students

          reporting employment in the field within

          12 months of graduation (%)                      95.00

Pub-service - Animal Health Ctr

     Number of patient visits to AHC (AHC

          caseload managed)                               30,816

     Client satisfaction based on surveys (%)              98.00

     Referring veterinarian satisfaction

          based on surveys (%)                             98.00

Pub-service - Diagnostic Lab

     Number of Lab Accessions (Test Requests)             20,753

Vet Research & Diagnostic Lab

     Diagnostic tests performed (number)                 300,000

Academic Support

     Percentage of vet campers and parents

          indicating "willing to recommend" on

          satisfaction surveys (%)                        100.00

     Percentage of alumni who report a

          satisfactory level of engagement with

          the college on surveys (%)                       98.00

Operation & Maintenance

     Number of square feet O & M / Custodial

          Services                                       483,589

     Cost per square foot Maintenance and

          Custodial Services                                6.00

     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 2021.

     SECTION 7.  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 8.  It is the intention of the Legislature that the funds herein appropriated shall be expended in compliance with Section 27-104-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, that no state agency shall incur obligations or indebtedness in excess of their appropriation and that the responsible officers, either personally or upon their official bonds, shall be held responsible for actions contrary to this provision.

     SECTION 9.  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 10.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019, and shall stand repealed June 30, 2019.