MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2021 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representative Read
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 14, CHAPTER 42, LAWS OF 2020, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS THAT IS AUTHORIZED FOR EXPENDITURE IN THE INMATE WELFARE FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 8, CHAPTER 92, LAWS OF 2020, TO EXTEND THE PERIOD FOR WHICH FUNDS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY MAY BE USED TO PURCHASE ACCUMULATED COMPENSATORY TIME BY EMPLOYEES WHOSE ACTIVITIES ARE DEEMED ESSENTIAL TO AGENCY OPERATIONS FOR RESPONDING TO COVID-19; TO AMEND SECTION 35, CHAPTER 102, LAWS OF 2020, TO EXTEND THE PERIOD FOR WHICH FUNDS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH MAY BE USED TO PURCHASE ACCUMULATED COMPENSATORY TIME BY EMPLOYEES WHOSE ACTIVITIES ARE DEEMED ESSENTIAL TO AGENCY OPERATIONS FOR RESPONDING TO COVID-19 AND TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE; TO AMEND SECTION 18, CHAPTER 106, LAWS OF 2020, TO CLARIFY THE NAME OF A RECIPIENT OF PROJECT FUNDS FROM THE GULF COAST RESTORATION FUND IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; TO AMEND SECTION 28, CHAPTER 107, LAWS OF 2020, TO CLARIFY THE NAMES OF TWO RECIPIENTS OF PROJECT FUNDS FROM THE BP SETTLEMENT FUND IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 14, Chapter 42, Laws of 2020, is amended as follows:
Section 14. It is
the intention of the Legislature that all funds held by the Inmate Welfare Fund
be placed in a treasury fund effective July 1, 2020. Of the amounts
appropriated in Section 2, an amount not exceeding * * * Six
Million Dollars ($6,000,000.00) shall be available for expenditure in the
Inmate Welfare Fund.
SECTION 2. Section 8, Chapter 92, Laws of 2020, is amended as follows:
Section 8. Of
the funds appropriated in Section 1, Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars
($900,000.00) may be used to purchase accumulated compensatory time incurred
before * * * June 30, 2021, by employees whose activities are deemed
essential to agency operations for responding to COVID-19.
SECTION 3. Section 35, Chapter 102, Laws of 2020, is amended as follows:
Section 35. Of the
funds appropriated in Section 2, * * *
Three Million Two Hundred Forty Thousand Dollars ($3,240,000.00) may be
used to purchase accumulated compensatory time incurred before * * *
June 30, 2021, by employees whose activities are deemed essential to
agency operations for responding to COVID-19.
SECTION 4. Section 18, Chapter 106, Laws of 2020, is amended as follows:
Section 18. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2, Fifty-nine Million Six Hundred Eighty-seven Thousand Five Hundred Forty-five Dollars ($59,687,545.00), or so much thereof, shall be derived out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, as created in Section 57-119-1, Mississippi Code of 1972. These funds are provided for projects as outlined in Section 57-119-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, for assistance to local units of government, nongovernmental organizations, institutions of higher learning, community colleges, ports, airports, public-private partnerships, private for-profit entities, private nonprofit entities and local economic development entities. These funds will be reappropriated each year until the project is completed.
Of the funds appropriated in this section the following sums are provided for projects recommended by the department:
(a) To assist the City of Gautier
with the Gautier Town Center Development........... $3,500,000.00.
(b) To assist Power Dynamics Innovations,
LLC with Equipment and Facility Upgrades........... $1,550,000.00.
(c) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis
with the Old Town Police Department................ $1,000,000.00.
(d) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis
with the Old Town Depot Revitalization
District......................................... $1,500,000.00.
(e) To assist the City of Diamondhead
with the Commercial District Transformation
Project.......................................... $1,500,000.00.
(f) To assist the Stone County School
District with the Stone County High School
Career and Technical Education Center.............. $3,200,000.00.
(g) To assist the University of Southern
Mississippi with the Ocean Enterprise Phase I...... $7,000,000.00.
(h) To assist the Walter Anderson Museum
Creative Complex Phase I and begin Phase II........ $ 750,000.00.
(i) To assist the City of Ocean Springs
and the OHOS Development LLC with a
Public/Private Development........................ $2,000,000.00.
(j) To assist the Gulfport School with
a STEM Exploration Lab............................ $ 100,000.00.
(k) To assist the City of Biloxi with
downtown revitalization at the Saenger Theater..... $2,000,000.00.
(l) To assist Hancock County Port and
Harbor Commission with the multi-user
aero strip at Stennis Airport..................... $2,500,000.00.
Of the funds appropriated in this section, the following sums are provided for projects that meet the criteria outlined in Section 57-119-9, Mississippi Code of 1972:
(a) To assist Harrison County with
the Harrison County Law Enforcement
Training Academy.................................. $3,000,000.00.
(b) To assist George Regional Health System
with a multi-specialty medical office complex...... $2,157,035.00.
(c) To assist George Regional Health System
with a cafeteria expansion and renovation.......... $1,080,510.00.
(d) To assist Mississippi State University
with the Mississippi Cyber Center................. $3,500,000.00.
(e) To assist the Port of Pascagoula
with the North Rail Connector..................... $6,600,000.00.
(f) To assist Jackson County Economic Development Foundation with site development and related support of a defense supplier
................................................. $1,400,000.00.
(g) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment
Authority with the Innovation Center............... $1,000,000.00.
(h) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment
Authority with the City Center.................... $4,000,000.00.
(i) To assist the Institute for Marine
Mammal Studies with Educational Classrooms
and Dorms......................................... $3,000,000.00.
(j) To assist the City of Pass Christian
with redevelopment and revitalization.............. $ 750,000.00.
(k) To assist the City of Long Beach
with development and revitalization................ $2,000,000.00.
(l) To assist the city of Long Beach
with the Quarles House............................ $2,000,000.00.
(m) To assist George County with a rail connection project:
(1) George County rail and highway
improvements for Enviva project................... $1,600,000.00.
(2) Mississippi Export Railroad for
the Enviva project..................................$1,000,000.00.
SECTION 5. Section 28, Chapter 107, Laws of 2020, is amended as follows:
Section 28. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2, Seventeen Million Two Hundred Forty-one Thousand Dollars ($17,241,000.00), or so much thereof, shall be derived out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the State BP Settlement Fund, as created in Section 27-103-302.1, Mississippi Code of 1972. These funds are appropriated for such purposes as follows:
(a) To assist the Town of Walnut with
improvements of city industrial park or
recreational facilities........................... $ 175,000.00.
(b) To assist the City of Lucedale with
improvements to wastewater treatment plant......... $ 376,000.00.
(c) To assist the City of Flowood with
Luckney Road improvements......................... $1,000,000.00.
(d) To assist Lawrence County with construction
and improvements to frontage road................. $ 250,000.00.
(e) To Create, Inc. for the benefit of the
Windows of Amory.................................. $ 200,000.00.
(f) To Aberdeen Main Street to reimburse for
improving Parkway Hotel Property.................. $ 100,000.00.
(g) To assist Yazoo County with improvements
to Carter Road.................................... $ 750,000.00.
(h) To assist the City of Philadelphia with
construction of Fallen Veteran's memorial.......... $ 50,000.00.
(i) To assist the City of Baldwyn Veteran's
Park with parking improvements.................... $ 35,000.00.
(j) To assist Itawamba County with improvements
of Houston Kirkfield community schoolhouse
pavilion......................................... $ 25,000.00.
(k) To assist Marshall County for the purpose
of providing funding for the preservation and
restoration of the Isaac Chapel Rosenwald School
located in Marshall County, Mississippi............ $ 100,000.00.
(l) To assist the Town of Crenshaw with
improvements to Jones Street...................... $ 300,000.00.
(m) To the Mississippi Department of Archives
and History for the purpose of providing
historical markers in Holmes County designating
the birthplace of the Church of God in Christ...... $ 10,000.00.
(n) To the Mississippi Department of Archives
and History for expenses related to reopening
museums.......................................... $ 100,000.00.
(o) To the Mississippi Department of Archives
and History for expenses related to the Commission
to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag............. $ 50,000.00.
(p) To the Mississippi Department of Archives
and History for exhibit commemorating 50th
anniversary of Jackson State University
shooting......................................... $ 10,000.00.
(q) To assist Lamar County with construction
of live fire tower................................ $ 300,000.00.
(r) To assist Claiborne County with Grand Gulf
Road improvements ................................ $ 500,000.00.
(s) To assist Tippah County with construction
of county-owned hospital.......................... $ 500,000.00.
(t) To assist the City of Pearl with
construction of Pearl Richland intermodal
connector......................................... $ 400,000.00.
(u) To assist Marshall County with construction
of Chickasaw Trail industrial park
emergency response center......................... $ 400,000.00.
(v) To assist Pearl and Leaf Rivers Rails-To-Trails
Recreational District with trail overlay or
bridge repairs on the Longleaf Trace between
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and
Prentiss, Mississippi............................. $ 500,000.00.
(w) To assist the Town of Terry with
construction of community emergency shelter........ $ 300,000.00.
(x) To assist the Town of Tishomingo with
Improvements and upgrades to town hall............. $ 50,000.00.
(y) To assist the Town of Hickory with
improvements to town square....................... $ 35,000.00.
(z) To assist Rankin County for expansion of
Sheriff Department's facility and shop............. $ 250,000.00.
(aa) To assist Walthall County with Courthouse
repair and renovations............................ $ 250,000.00.
(bb) To the Mississippi Symphony ............ $ 25,000.00.
(cc) To assist the City of Horn Lake with
road area improvements and bridge repair
on Tulane Road.................................... $ 200,000.00.
(dd) To assist the Corinth-Alcorn County
Recreation Commission in paying costs associated
with repair and renovation of and upgrades,
improvements and additions to recreation areas
and facilities and field surfaces................. $ 500,000.00.
(ee) To assist the City of Bruce, Mississippi,
in paying costs associated with water
system and sewer system upgrades and
improvements near school property in the
City of Bruce..................................... $ 500,000.00.
(ff) To assist the City of Jackson, Mississippi,
in paying costs associated with the purchase of a
fire truck for the city fire department............ $ 225,000.00.
(gg) To assist the Town of Friars Point,
Mississippi, in paying costs associated with
constructing a community center and
related facilities................................ $ 500,000.00.
(hh) To assist Kemper County, Mississippi,
in paying costs associated with the purchase
of a fire truck for the Preston Volunteer
Fire Department................................... $ 100,000.00.
(ii) To assist Winston County, Mississippi,
in paying costs associated with the purchase
of a fire truck for the Nanih Waiya Volunteer
Fire Department................................... $ 100,000.00.
(jj) To assist the Town of Raymond, Mississippi,
in paying costs associated with repair and
renovation of the Town of Raymond Police
Department building and related facilities......... $ 150,000.00.
(kk) To assist the City of Hazlehurst,
Mississippi, in paying costs associated with
repairs, upgrades and improvements to
Lake Hazle Dam.................................... $ 400,000.00.
(ll) To assist Grenada County, Mississippi,
in paying costs associated with upgrades
and improvements to water system
infrastructure.................................... $ 500,000.00.
(mm) To assist in paying costs associated
with repair and renovation of and upgrades
and improvements to buildings and facilities
at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and
Science in Columbus, Mississippi.................. $ 200,000.00.
(nn) $300,000 to the Town of Hickory Flat,
Mississippi, for the following purposes:
(1) Not more than $250,000.00 to assist in paying costs associated with the purchase of a fire truck for the town's fire department, and
(2) Not more than $50,000.00 to assist in paying costs associated with the purchase of equipment and other upgrades for the town's police department.
(oo) To assist the City of Hattiesburg, Mississippi,
in paying the costs of construction, furnishing
and equipping of an education center and related
facilities at the Hattiesburg Zoo in Hattiesburg,
Mississippi....................................... $ 500,000.00.
(pp) To assist Marion County, Mississippi,
in paying costs associated with repairs,
resurfacing, upgrades and improvements to
roads and bridges in Marion County................. $ 500,000.00.
(qq) To assist the City of Winona, Mississippi,
in paying costs associated with repairs
and overlay of Montgomery Street in the
City of Winona.................................... $ 500,000.00.
(rr) To assist in paying costs associated with
the acquisition, storage and relocation of
artifacts and the design, fabrication and
installation of permanent exhibits, including
the development of all associated films and
interactive components, for the Delta Blues
Museum in Clarksdale, Mississippi................. $ 200,000.00.
(ss) To assist the City of Charleston,
Mississippi, in paying costs associated
with the replacement of water pipes and
upgrades and improvements to the city's
water system and related infrastructure............ $ 300,000.00.
(tt) To assist the City of Brandon,
Mississippi, in paying costs associated with
making improvements to and upgrades of sidewalks,
streets, parking areas and water system
infrastructure in the city's downtown area
including, but not limited to, construction, repair,
replacement and other improvements to and upgrades
of sidewalks, streets, crosswalks, signage
and water system infrastructure................... $ 500,000.00.
(uu) To assist the City of Ripley, Mississippi,
in paying costs associated with repairs, resurfacing,
upgrades and improvements to roads in the City of Ripley, water system improvements and sewer system
improvements...................................... $ 300,000.00.
(vv) To assist * * * the City of Ripley, Mississippi,
in paying costs associated with construction
of Veteran's Park in * * * the City of Ripley's City Park
................................................. $ 500,000.00.
(ww) To assist the Town of West, Mississippi,
in paying costs associated with the acquisition
of a generator and related equipment for the town's
water system and related infrastructure............ $ 100,000.00.
(xx) To assist the Leake County Economic
Development Association in paying costs associated
with a workforce development study................. $ 50,000.00.
(yy) To assist in paying costs associated
with the purposes described in
Section 27-104-301(2)(mm)......................... $1,500,000.00.
(zz) To assist in paying costs associated with
repair of and fencing for Bethesda Cemetery
in the City of Senatobia, Mississippi, and any
funds that are in excess of that needed to
complete such project shall be used to assist
in paying costs associated with repair of and
fencing for Senatobia Memorial Cemetery............ $ 300,000.00.
(aaa) To assist the City of Clinton, Mississippi,
in paying costs associated with expansion of and
upgrades and improvements to the city's water
system and sewer system infrastructure and/or repairs, resurfacing and other improvements and upgrades to roads and streets in the City of Clinton.......................................... $1,000,000.00.
(bbb) To assist the Town of Flora, Mississippi,
in paying costs associated with improvements
to the town's water system and sewer system
infrastructure.................................... $ 100,000.00.
(ccc) To assist the Perry John's Post 6 American
Legion in Alcorn County........................... $ 25,000.00.
(ddd) To assist Itawamba County with Houston
Community Park.................................... $ 25,000.00.
(eee) To assist * * * Richard's
Community Center in Pike County................... $ 25,000.00.
(fff) To assist the American Legion Post 81
in Tippah County.................................. $ 25,000.00.
(ggg) To assist the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 4881 in Tippah County........................ $ 25,000.00.
(hhh) To assist the City of Senatobia Fire
Department........................................ $ 50,000.00.
SECTION 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.