MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Local and Private

By: Senator(s) Chaney

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 899, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 1988, AS AMENDED, TO INCREASE TO $500.00 THE MINIMUM MONTHLY BENEFITS FOR PERSONS RECEIVING BENEFITS UNDER THE DISABILITY AND RELIEF FUND FOR FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN OF THE CITY OF VICKSBURG.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 899, Local and Private Laws of 1988, as amended by Chapter 857, Local and Private Laws of 1992, is

amended as follows:

Section 1. The governing authorities of the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi, are authorized, in their discretion, to appropriate and transfer annually from the general fund of the city to the Disability and Relief Fund for Firemen and Policemen of the city sufficient additional funds to provide for the payment of minimum monthly benefits of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per month to all persons now or hereafter entitled to receive benefits under any provision of Section 21-29-101 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972, by virtue of service of any member of the fire and/or police department of the City of Vicksburg. When the governing authorities of the City of Vicksburg, by resolution duly adopted and entered on their minutes, have transferred sufficient additional funds to fund such minimum monthly benefits, as determined by the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, then the board of trustees shall pay such minimum monthly payments to the persons authorized and entitled to receive such benefits.

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