REPORT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

 

MADAM PRESIDENT AND MR. SPEAKER:

 

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

 

S. B. No. 3157:  Appropriation; College of Veterinary Medicine.

 

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

    

     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, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003  $     9,364,495.00.

     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, 2002, and ending June 30, 2003

........................................... $     6,803,725.00.

     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and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.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 2004 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 2003 budget request process.

     SECTION 5.  Of the funds appropriated in Section 2, Six Hundred Three Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-five Dollars ($603,725.00) shall be derived from the Education Enhancement Fund from funds deposited pursuant to Sections 27-65-75 and 27-67-31, 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:

                                                         FY2003

Performance Measures                                     Target

Instruction

     Students Enrolled (Students)                            240

     FTE Committed to Teaching in DVM (Persons)            25.00

     State Cost per DVM Student ($)                    19,400.00

Research

     Graduate Students Enrolled (Students)                    30

     Grants & Contracts Applied For (Grants)                  55

     Grants & Contracts Awarded (Grants)                      45

Public Service - Animal Health Ctr

     AHC Caseload Managed (Cases)                          7,350

     Student Clinical Training (Hours)                   210,000

     Average Revenue per Clinical Case ($)                170.00

     Consultation Hrs/Clinical Faculty (Hrs)                 260

Public Service - Diagnostic Lab

     CAP Workload of 4 Major Labs (Cases)              1,257,437

     Productivity of Labs-CAP Workload/FTE(%)                105

Academic Support

     Wise Center Patrons (Persons)                        78,000

     Animals Purchased & Processed (Animals)              15,000

     Transactions Processed (Transactions)                60,000

     Cost per Accounting Transaction ($)                   13.00

Operation & Maintenance

     Operation & Maintenance Services (Sq Ft)            426,483

     Cost per Sq Ft of Maintenance ($)                      2.32

     Custodial Services (Sq Ft)                          219,323

     Cost per Sq Ft of Custodial ($)                        1.05

     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 2004.

     SECTION 7.  It is the intention of the Legislature, contingent upon passage of Senate Bill 2873, 2002 Regular Session, that all funds, property and other assets, including all current positions of the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Board, shall be transferred to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning for the College of Veterinary Medicine at Mississippi State University on July 1, 2002.  The College of Veterinary Medicine may escalate their fiscal year 2003 budget by a like amount.

     SECTION 8.  Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 2, Two Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,300,000.00) shall be derived from the Budget Contingency Fund created in Section 27-103-301, Mississippi Code of 1972.

     SECTION 9.  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 10.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2002.

CONFEREES FOR THE SENATE	CONFEREES FOR THE HOUSE
X (SIGNED:)	X (SIGNED:)
Jack Gordon	Charlie Capps, Jr.
X (SIGNED:)	X (SIGNED:)
Joseph Stogner	D. Stephen Holland
X (SIGNED:)	X (SIGNED:)
Terry C. Burton	Eloise Scott