MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2023 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representative Hood

House Bill 1560

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSE OF REIMBURSING ELIGIBLE PERSONS FOR THE COST OF PURCHASING AND INSTALLING STORM SHELTERS, 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 Mississippi Emergency Management Agency for the purpose of reimbursing eligible persons for the cost of purchasing and installing storm shelters for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024......

................................................ $ 1,000,000.00.

     SECTION 2.  The money appropriated in Section 1 of this act shall be used by the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency to pay up to Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to each eligible person as determined by the agency as reimbursement for the cost of purchasing and installing a storm shelter on property owned by the person.

     SECTION 3.  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 4.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.