MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representative Cockerham
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-104-203, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE CHARGES FOR SERVICES BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 27-104-203, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
27-104-203. From and after July
1, 2016, no state agency shall charge another state agency a fee, assessment, rent,
audit fee, personnel fee or other charge for services or resources received. The
provisions of this section shall not apply (a) to grants, contracts, pass-through
funds, project fees or other charges for services between state agencies and the
Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, any public university,
the Mississippi Community College Board, any public community or junior college, * * * the State Department of Education, and the
Department of Public Safety, nor (b) to charges for services between the Board
of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, any public university, the
Mississippi Community College Board, any public community or junior college, and
the State Department of Education, nor (c) to federal grants, pass-through funds,
cost allocation charges, surplus property charges or project fees between state
agencies as approved or determined by the State Fiscal Officer, nor (d) telecommunications,
data center services, and/or other information technology services that are used
on an as-needed basis and those costs shall be passed through to the using agency,
nor (e) to federal grants, special funds, or pass-through funds, available for payment
by state agencies to the Department of Finance and Administration related to Mississippi
Management and Reporting Systems (MMRS) Statewide Application charges and utilities
as approved or determined by the State Fiscal Officer, nor (f) to grants, contracts,
pass-through funds, project fees or charges for services between the State Department
of Health and the State Department of Revenue, and other state agencies or entities,
including, but not limited to, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher
Learning, any public university, the Mississippi Community College Board, any public
community or junior college, and the State Department of Education, for the operation
of the medical cannabis program as established by the Mississippi Medical Cannabis
Act. The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, any public
university, the Mississippi Community College Board, any public community or junior
college, and the State Department of Education shall retain the authority to charge
and be charged for expenditures that they deemed nonrecurring in nature by the State
Fiscal Officer.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.