MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representative Ford

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS FOR PROGRAMS TO BE CONDUCTED BY LOCAL YOUTH-ONLY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS CHARTERED BY A NATIONAL YOUTH-ONLY DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2000.

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 Department of Public Safety for the purpose of providing funds for programs to be conducted by a local youth-only development organization chartered by a national youth-only development organization that provides opportunities for children between the ages of six (6) and eighteen (18), which shall be expended as specified in Section 2 of this act, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000 $6,300,000.00.

SECTION 2. (1) The Criminal Justice Planning Division of the Department of Public Safety shall expend the money appropriated by Section 1 of this act for programs to be conducted by a local youth-only development organization chartered by a national youth-only development organization that provides opportunities for children between the ages of six (6) and eighteen (18), with the main focus on disadvantaged, at-risk youth. These programs must include, but are not limited to, character and leadership development, education and career development, health and life skills, appreciation of the arts, sports fitness and recreation, such as the Boys and Girls Clubs.

(2) The money appropriated by Section 1 of this act shall be expended by the Criminal Planning Division as follows:

(a) To award matching funds on a fifty-fifty basis to extend the outreach of existing clubs and improve existing programs, not to exceed One Hundred Seventy-five Dollars ($175.00) for each child served by the club.

(b) To award matching funds on a fifty-fifty basis for the establishment of new local clubs in communities in the state, not to exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) per club.

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 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, 1999.