MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2002 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representative Read, Eakes, Broomfield, Brown, Coleman (29th), Denny, Ellzey, Flaggs, Gadd, Martinson, Mitchell
AN ACT APPROVING THE EXPENDITURE OF SPECIAL FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE PEARL RIVER VALLEY WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2003.
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 authorized and approved for expenditure out of any funds which are received by or otherwise become available to the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the district for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003.........................
............................................ $ 7,862,158.00.
However, funds derived from the special tax levy authorized under the provisions of Section 51-9-139, Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be expended only for principal of and interest on bonds and shoreline development.
SECTION 2. Of the funds approved for expenditure under the provisions of Section 1, not more than the amounts set forth below shall be expended for the respective major objects or purposes of expenditure:
MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:
Personal Services:
Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits$ 2,708,519.00
Travel and Subsistence.............. 19,000.00
Contractual Services..................... 1,806,700.00
Commodities.............................. 518,500.00
Capital Outlay:
Other Than Equipment................ 2,150,000.00
Equipment........................... 157,286.00
Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............. 502,153.00
Total.............................. $ 7,862,158.00
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 81
Part Time........... 12
Time-Limited:Full Time........... 0
Part Time........... 0
With the funds herein appropriated, it is the intention of the Legislature that it shall be the agency's responsibility to make certain that funds required to be appropriated for "Personal Services" for Fiscal Year 2004 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2003 funds appropriated for that purpose, unless programs, positions or pay increases are added to the agency's budget by the Mississippi Legislature. Based on data provided by the Legislative Budget Office, the State Personnel Board shall, on July 1, 2002, publish separate annual projection reports, based on July 1, 2002 data, for the period of July 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002, and January 1, 2003 through June 30, 2003, that project the annual cost to fully fund all appropriated positions in compliance with the provisions of this act. It shall be the responsibility of the agency head to ensure that no single personnel action increases this projected cost and/or the Fiscal Year 2003 appropriation for "Personal Services," as annualized on a semi-annual basis in accordance with the provisions of this act. If, at the end of any calendar month, the State Personnel Board determines that the agency has taken action(s) which would cause the agency to exceed this projected annual cost or the Fiscal Year 2003 "Personal Services" appropriated level, when annualized in compliance with the provisions of this act, then only those actions which reduce the projected annual cost and/or the appropriation requirement will be processed by the State Personnel Board until such time as the requirements of this provision are met.
With the funds herein appropriated, funds are included and authorized in the Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits major object of expenditure to pay "call back pay" in lieu of "compensatory time credit," at the discretion of the Director of the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, to any employee who must work on a statutory holiday or any holiday proclaimed by the Governor.
Any transfers or escalations 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 3. The funds herein approved for expenditure, except and less an amount approved by the State Fiscal Officer which shall be sufficient to cover disbursements for current operations, shall be deposited at interest with any official depository of the state at a rate of interest numerically not less than one percent (1%) below the bank discount rate on United States Treasury bills of comparable maturity as determined by the State Treasurer.
SECTION 4. The money herein approved for expenditure shall be disbursed upon bank checks signed by the proper person, officer or officers, in the manner provided by law or in accordance with the provisions of a valid trust indenture.
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2002.