MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2000 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Jordan, King, Furniss, Gollott, Gordon, Mettetal, Dawkins, Chaney, Chamberlin, Tollison, Horhn, Johnson (19th), Harvey, Harden, Nunnelee, Scoper, Moffatt, Dearing, Michel, Jackson, Cuevas, Lee, Browning, Carlton, Dickerson, Williamson, Hyde-Smith, Huggins, White (5th), Frazier, Simmons, Johnson (38th), Ross
Senate Bill 2551
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF STATE GENERAL FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR SUPPORT OF THE MUNICIPALITIES CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Public Safety for support of the Municipalities Crime Prevention Program, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001 $6,000,000.00.
SECTION 2. The Department of Public Safety shall distribute the funds authorized in this act to each municipality in Mississippi on a per capita basis, using the population figures from the most recent federal decennial census, with no municipality receiving less than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or more than Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00). Funds distributed to municipalities by the Department of Public Safety may be expended for, but not limited to, the following purposes:
(a) Law enforcement;
(b) Equipment, technology, supplies, contractual services, including training and related travel, and commodities;
(c) State or federal crime prevention grant matching requirements; and
(d) Any crime prevention programs implemented by more than one jurisdiction, which may include the State of Mississippi and any of its agencies, departments or political subdivisions, through the use of interlocal cooperation agreements.
SECTION 3. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in 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 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2000.