House Bill 1332

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING IN EQUAL AMOUNTS TO JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY, ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY FOR MAKING RESTORATIONS AND RENOVATIONS ON PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FROM THE LEGISLATURE FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025.

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 Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning for the purpose of providing funding in equal amounts to Jackson State University, Alcorn State University and Mississippi Valley State University for making restorations and renovations on projects that have been requested from the Legislature for more than two (2) years, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025.....

.............................................. $ 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 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, 2024.