House Bill 717

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO THE OFFICE AGAINST INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE (OAIV) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.

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 Capital Expense Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the State Department of Health for the purpose of providing additional funds to the Office Against Interpersonal Violence (OAIV) established in Section 93-21-119, Mississippi Code of 1972, to compensate for the loss of federal funds available to the state from the Victims of Crime Act fund during the current fiscal year, for the period beginning July 1, 2021, and ending June 30, 2022 $ 9,064,230.00.

SECTION 2. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the Capital Expense Fund not otherwise appropriated, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his or her 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 its passage.