Senate Bill NO. 3075

By Representative(s) Committee

SECTION 1. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Criminal Justice Fund No. 3086 not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Office of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 149,660.00.

This additional appropriation is made for the purposes of defraying the costs of certain outside legal assistance and expert witness fees incurred by the Office of the Attorney General.

SECTION 2. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Criminal Justice Fund No. 3086 not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a judgment rendered against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 11,752.00.

This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a court ordered judgment as required in Civil Action No. 3:98-CV-516(B)(N); Steven T. Kean, Randy H. Russell, Gene Saucier, W. L. Rayburn, Initiative and Referendum Institute, Inc., Americans for Sound Public Policy, Inc., and Mississippi Citizens for Legislative Term Limits, Inc. v. Eric Clark, Mississippi Secretary of State, Mike Moore, Mississippi Attorney General, and the State of Mississippi, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

SECTION 3. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Criminal Justice Fund No. 3086 not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a judgment rendered against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 58,296.00.

This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a court ordered judgment as required in Civil Action No. 3:99-CV-737(B)(N); Casket Royale, Inc. v. State of Mississippi and the Mississippi State Board of Funeral Services, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

SECTION 4. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Criminal Justice Fund No. 3086 not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a judgment rendered against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 1,588.00.

This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a court ordered judgment as required in Civil Action No. 4:99-CV-33(L)(N); Patricia Thompson v. East Mississippi State Hospital, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

SECTION 5. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Criminal Justice Fund No. 3086 not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a judgment rendered against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 59,684.00.

This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a court ordered judgment as required in Civil Action No. 3:77CV47B, American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi, et al., vs. Ronnie Musgrove, et al., in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

SECTION 6. In addition to all other sums heretofore appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Criminal Justice Fund No. 3086 not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a settlement against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001 $ 2,500.00.

This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a settlement in Civil Action No. 1:98CV252-D-D; Gary O. Hatten v. George Brown, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

SECTION 7. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.