MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2022 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Hopson, Branning, Sparks, Younger, Whaley, Fillingane, Williams, Polk, DeBar, Boyd, Simmons (12th), Norwood, Blount, Butler (36th), Jordan, Jackson (11th)

Senate Bill 3167

(As Passed the Senate)

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF CAPITAL EXPENSE FUNDS TO MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS TO THE EMERGENCY ROAD AND BRIDGE REPAIR FUND FOR 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 Capital Expense Fund not otherwise appropriated, to Mississippi Department of Transportation for the purpose of providing funds to the Emergency Road and Bridge Repair Fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023.............................................. $ 300,000,000.00.

     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 July 1, 2022.