MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Hall, Burton, Stogner, Jordan (18th), Kirby, Mettetal, Posey, White (5th)

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF SPECIAL FUNDS IN THE STATE TREASURY FOR THE SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI FARMERS CENTRAL MARKET, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000.

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

SECTION 1. The following sum of money, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Mississippi Farmers Central Market, to defray the expenses of said Farmers Central Market and to provide for the payment of any indebtedness which may accrue for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and ending

June 30, 2000 $ 472,644.00.

SECTION 2. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1, not more than the amounts set forth below shall be expended for the respective major objects or purposes of expenditure:

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 291,369.00

Travel and Subsistence 1,500.00

Contractual Services 118,825.00

Commodities 14,850.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 0.00

Equipment 11,100.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 35,000.00

Total $ 472,644.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 10

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 3

Time-Limited: Full Time. . . . . . . . . 0

Part Time. . . . . . . . . 0

From the funds provided in the budget category "Personal Services: Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits," funds may be expended for the following purposes, in compliance with the policies established by the State Personnel Board and any conditions placed on such expenditures:

(a) The components of the Variable Compensation Plan shall be maintained within the constraints of the funds appropriated herein.

(b) Funds are provided to adjust the Variable Compensation Plan, including realignment, to ensure that all full-time employees with at least six (6) months of continuous current service, as of June 30, 1999, receive an increase of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00). Funds are provided to adjust critical job classes up to an additional One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).

(c) If an employee is currently at or above the end salary for his or her job classification, then the increase shall be built into the employee's base salary. To be eligible for any increase authorized in this section, employees may not have a current performance rating below "meets expectations" as of the effective date of the increase. Employees who subsequently receive a performance rating of "meets expectations" or above during Fiscal Year 2000 shall receive the salary increase effective the date of the rating.

It is the agency's responsibility to make certain that funds required to be appropriated for "Personal Services" for Fiscal Year 2001 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2000 funds appropriated for that purpose unless programs or positions are added to the agency's budget by the Mississippi Legislature.

Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions, and procedures established by law.

No general funds authorized to be expended herein shall be used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.

Provided, however, that all funds received from any and all sources shall be deposited in a special fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the Mississippi Farmers Central Market.

SECTION 3. The board shall promulgate and adopt reasonable rules and regulations, including employing attendants, to regulate and provide for the parking of motor vehicles at the farm produce marketing facility near the Mississippi Memorial Stadium for regularly scheduled football games, and said board shall make said facility available for such purpose and shall make a reasonable charge therefor comparable to the charge made for parking in the area contiguous to the stadium. The net proceeds from such parking shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Mississippi Farmers Central Market and shall be used solely for general maintenance and repair of the Central Market facilities.

SECTION 4. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, 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 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1999.