H. B. No. 1636: Appropriation; Department of Marine Resources.

$ 2,596,647.00.

SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in any special fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Marine Resources for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001 $ 10,549,166.00.

Of the funds appropriated in this section, Three Million Fifty Thousand Dollars ($3,050,000.00) is derived from the state excise taxes upon gasoline, oil and other petroleum products.

SECTION 3. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Sections 1 and 2, not more than the amounts set forth below shall be expended for the respective major objects or purpose of expenditure:

MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ 4,723,541.00

Travel and Subsistence 83,460.00

Contractual Services 1,516,931.00

Commodities 523,708.00

Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment 100,000.00

Equipment 785,743.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants 5,412,430.00

Total $ 13,145,813.00

FUNDING:

General Funds $ 2,596,647.00

Special Funds 10,549,166.00

Total $ 13,145,813.00

AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent: Full Time 112

Part Time 0

Time-Limited: Full Time 20

Part Time 0

SECTION 5. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, Five Million one Hundred Fifty-one Thousand Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($5,151,085.00) shall come from any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Tidelands Fund No. 3452, to the Department of Marine Resources for the Tidelands projects listed below:

PUBLIC ACCESS PROJECTS:

Biloxi Port Commission-West Biloxi Boat

Launch/Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 250,000.00

Biloxi Port Commission-Point Cadet

Marina-J Pier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000.00

Biloxi Port Commission-Deer Island

Beach Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000.00

Biloxi Port Commission-Lighthouse Fishing

Docks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000.00

D'Iberville Port Commission-Marina

Complex-Phase V . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000.00

City of Gulfport-Moses Pier Improvements-

Phase II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200,000.00

City of Gulfport-Urie Pier Improvements-

Phase III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000.00

City of Gulfport-Courthouse Road Boat

Launch Area-Phase I . . . . . . . . . . 200,000.00

City of Pass Christian-E. Harbor Bulkhead

Repairs/Upgrades. . . . . . . . . . . . 250,000.00

City of Long Beach-FY2001 Harbor

Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250,000.00

Harrison County Board of Supervisors-Popps

Ferry-Phase III . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000.00

City of Bay St. Louis-Ulman Avenue

Pier-Phase III . . . . . . . . . . . . 100,000.00

City of Waveland-Phase III Pier Expansion/

Related Improvements . . . . . . . . . 150,000.00

City of Gautier-Graveline Bayou Sys.Siltation

Control Plan-Phase I. . . . . . . . . . 100,000.00

City of Pascagoula-Bayou Chicot Dredging . . 100,000.00

City of Pascagoula-Reclamation and Conservation

Round Island Lighthouse Beach . . . . . 100,000.00

Jackson County Board of Supervisors-Ocean

Springs Harbor Phase II . . . . . . . . 210,000.00

Jackson County Board of Supervisors-

St. Martin Bayou Phase I. . . . . . . . 136,000.00

Biloxi Bay Chamber of Commerce-Marsh Development

With Public Access Bathing Piers and

Shelters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,000.00

TOTAL PUBLIC ACCESS. . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,896,000.00

MANAGEMENT PROJECTS:

DMR-Marine Studies and Project Initiatives . $2,055,085.00

Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum . . . . 200,000.00

TOTAL MANAGEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,255,085.00

TOTAL TIDELANDS APPROPRIATION . . . . . . . $5,151,085.00

SECTION 6. It is the intention of the Legislature that any funds appropriated to Jackson County Board of Supervisors in House Bill No. 1635, 1996 Regular Session, and not yet expended on Fort Bayou Park and Boat Ramp, may be used to perform dredging at the mouth of the Fort Bayou Channel.