MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representatives Dortch, Hines, Johnson, Bell (65th), Paden, Brown (70th), Denton, Foster, Yates
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR FOR FUNDING THE COST OF A FORENSIC AUDIT OF THE EXPENDITURES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) PROGRAM DURING THE PERIOD BETWEEN JANUARY 2015 AND JANUARY 2020, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021.
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 the State Auditor for funding the cost of a forensic audit of the expenditures of the Department of Human Services for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program during the period between January 2015 and January 2020, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021.... $ 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, 2020.