Senate Bill 3142

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 943, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2011, AS LAST AMENDED BY CHAPTER 937, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2019, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF REPEAL FROM JULY 1, 2023, TO JULY 1, 2026, ON THE PROVISION OF LAW AUTHORIZING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO FUND THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY'S GOOD NEWS JAIL AND PRISON MINISTRY CHAPLAIN AND CHAPLAINCY PROGRAM FROM NONTAX REVENUE GENERATED BY THE INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 943, Local and Private Laws of 2011, as amended by Chapter 914, Local and Private Laws of 2012, as amended by Chapter 906, Local and Private Laws of 2013, as amended by Chapter 903, Local and Private Laws of 2019, as amended by Chapter 918, Local and Private Laws of 2018, as amended by Chapter 937, Local and Private Laws of 2019, is amended as follows:

Section 1. (1) The Board of Supervisors of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, may, in its discretion, expend fifty percent (50%), which shall not exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), of the Lauderdale County Detention Facility and the Hilltop Honor Farm Work Center (LCDF) nontax inmate telephone service revenue directly from the LCDF inmate telephone service provider to the Good News Jail and Prison Ministry to fund the LCDF Chaplain and for the administration and further development of the LCDF Chaplaincy Program.

(2) This section shall be repealed from and after July 1, * * * ~~2023~~ 2026.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.