MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representatives Bell (65th), Brown (70th), Clarke, Banks, Summers, Foster, Crudup
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF HINDS COUNTY FOR THE REPAIR OF THE JACKSON DETENTION CENTER TO MAKE IT HABITABLE FOR HOUSING MISDEMEANOR OFFENDERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.
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 State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Board of Supervisors of Hinds County, Mississippi, to assist in the costs associated with the repair of the Jackson Detention Center to make it habitable for housing misdemeanor offenders for the statutorily permitted period of time, or the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024.. $ 2,000,000.00.
SECTION 2. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General 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, 2023.