REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

 

MR. SPEAKER AND MADAM PRESIDENT:

 

   We, the undersigned conferees, have had under consideration the amendments to the following entitled BILL:

 

H. B. No. 1317:  Budget Contingency Fund; transfer monies from certain special funds into.

 

  We, therefore, respectfully submit the following report and recommendation:

 

 

  1.  That the Senate recede from its Amendment No. 1.

 

  2.  That the House and Senate adopt the following amendment:

 

     Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

 

     SECTION 1.  The State Treasurer shall transfer to the Budget Contingency Fund created in Senate Bill No. 2680, 2001 Regular Session, out of the following enumerated special funds, amounts listed below for each special fund throughout the period beginning upon passage of this act and through June 30, 2002:

     Agency/Fund               Fund No.          Amount

Unclaimed Property Fund          3178             $ 4,000,000.00

Department of Transportation      3941            $ 1,400,000.00

Workers' Compensation Trust Fund  3642            $ 3,400,000.00

Tort Claims Fund                  3080            $ 4,000,000.00

Employment Compensation Revolving

  Fund                            3644            $ 1,000,000.00

Mississippi Management Reporting

  System                          3125                $ 4,000,000.00

Department of Environmental

  Quality                      3584/3586          $16,400,000.00

Department of Insurance           3501            $ 1,000,000.00

State Fire Academy                3502            $   700,000.00

State Aid Road                    3948            $ 7,400,000.00

Department of Banking and

  Consumer Finance             3511/3512          $ 2,500,000.00

Gaming Commission                 3188            $   500,000.00

Board of Public Contractors       3834            $ 1,200,000.00

Board of Engineers and Land

  Surveyors                       3842            $   500,000.00

Medical Licensure Board           3829            $ 1,000,000.00

Real Estate Commission            3832            $ 1,200,000.00

Board of Pharmacy                 3846            $   500,000.00

Board of Cosmetology              3822            $   500,000.00

Board of Nursing                  3838            $   500,000.00

Mississippi Development Authority

  Cap Loan Program Funds                          $ 2,000,000.00

Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve

  Fund                                            $ 9,000,000.00

Total                                             $62,700,000.00

     In addition to the amounts transferred to the Budget Contingency Fund under the provisions of this act, the Budget Contingency Fund is hereby authorized to receive any additional funds that may become available to the fund from any source during Fiscal Year 2002.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

CONFEREES FOR THE HOUSE	CONFEREES FOR THE SENATE
X (SIGNED:)	X (SIGNED:)
Charlie Capps, Jr.	Jack Gordon
X (SIGNED:)	X (SIGNED:)
John Read	Travis L. Little
X (SIGNED:)	X (SIGNED:)
George Flaggs, Jr.	Robert G. Huggins