House Bill 1540

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF COURTS TO HIRE ADDITIONAL CONTRACT STAFF TO INCREASE THE RATE AT WHICH THE REMAINING STATE TRIAL COURTS ARE BROUGHT ON TO THE MISSISSIPPI ELECTRONIC COURTS SYSTEM, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023.

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 Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Administrative Office of Courts for the purpose of hiring additional contract staff to increase the rate at which the remaining state trial courts are brought on to the Mississippi Electronic Courts system, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023...............................

............................................... $ 1,500,000.00.

SECTION 2. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery 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 July 1, 2022.