Senate Bill NO. 3271

By Representative(s) Committee

SECTION 1. That the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any funds in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning to be used for the operation of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30, 2001 $ 10,823,118.00.

SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized for expenditure out of any special source funds which are collected by or otherwise become available for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and ending June 30,

2001 $ 3,884,091.00.

SECTION 3. Any transfer 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and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.

SECTION 4. It is the intention of the Legislature that the agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2002 shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in a format and level of detail comparable to the format and level of detail provided during the Fiscal Year 2001 budget request process.

SECTION 5. Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, the following amounts shall be derived from the Education Enhancement Fund as follows:

(a) Six Hundred Thirty-five Thousand Five Hundred Dollars

($635,500.00) shall be derived from funds deposited

pursuant to Sections 27-65-75 and 27-67-31,

Mississippi Code of 1972.

(b) Four Hundred Seventy-eight Thousand Five Hundred

Ninety-one Dollars ($478,591.00) shall be derived

from funds deposited pursuant to Section

27-103-203(1), Mississippi Code of 1972.

SECTION 6. In compliance with the "Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994," it is the intent of the Legislature that the funds provided herein shall be utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible to achieve the intended mission of this agency. Based on the funding authorized, this agency shall make every effort to attain the targeted performance measures provided below:

FY2001

Performance Measures Target

Instruction

Students Enrolled (Students) 240

FTE Committed to Teaching in DVM (Persons) 22.00

State Cost per DVM Student ($) 11,800

Research

Graduate Students Enrolled (Students) 32

Grants & Contracts Applied For (Grants) 62

Grants & Contracts Awarded (Grants) 47

Public Svc - Animal Health Ctr

AHC Caseload Managed (Cases) 7,500

Student Clinical Training (Hours) 204,000

Average Revenue per Clinical Case ($) 170.00

Consultation Hrs/Clinical Faculty (Hrs) 350

Public Svc - Diagnostic Lab

Animal Examined or Treated (Animals) 127,765

CAP Workload of Four Major Labs (Cases) 1,430,764

Productivity of Labs-CAP Workload/FTE(%) 130.00

Academic Support

Wise Center Patrons (Persons) 50,000

Animals Purchased & Processed (Animals) 13,000

Transactions Processed (Transactions) 50,000

Cost per Accounting Transaction ($) 13.00

Operation & Maintenance

Operation & Maintenance Svcs (Sq Ft) 444,765

Cost per Sq Ft of Maintenance ($) 1.90

Custodial Services (Sq Ft) 218,123

Cost per Sq Ft of Custodial ($) 0.95

A reporting of the degree to which the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shall be provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for Fiscal Year 2002.

SECTION 7. Should revenues generated and deposited to the Education Enhancement Fund pursuant to Section 27-103-203(1), Mississippi Code of 1972, fall below funds appropriated herein from said source, the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning shall notify the Department of Finance and Administration as to which allotments shall be reduced to insure that expenditures do not exceed actual revenues.

SECTION 8. 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 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2000.