Senate Bill 2127

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS TO ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY TO DEFRAY EXPENSES FOR EXPANDING THE UNIVERSITY'S FIBER-OPTIC BROADBAND NETWORK FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Funds to Alcorn State University to defray expenses for expanding the university's fiber-optic broadband network to provide high-speed connectivity across the entire Lorman and Natchez campuses for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023 $ 6,000,000.00.

SECTION 2. 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 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.