MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2003 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representative Read, Eakes, Broomfield, Brown, Coleman (29th), Denny, Ellzey, Flaggs, Gadd, Martinson, Mitchell

House Bill 1505

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT APPROVING THE EXPENDITURE OF SPECIAL FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE PEARL RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2004.

     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 Basin Development District, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the district for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004.........................

............................................ $     1,588,315.00.

     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$       565,815.00

Travel and Subsistence..............         30,000.00

Contractual Services.....................        284,500.00

Commodities..............................         40,000.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................         83,000.00

Equipment...........................         30,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............        555,000.00

Total.............................. $     1,588,315.00

   AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........       12

Part Time...........        4

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 2005 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2004 funds appropriated for that purpose, unless programs or positions are added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2005 budget by the Mississippi Legislature.  Based on data provided by the Legislative Budget Office, the State Personnel Board shall determine and publish the projected 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 insure that no single personnel action increases this projected annual cost and/or the Fiscal Year 2004 appropriation for "Personal Services" when annualized.  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 2004 "Personal Services" appropriated level, when annualized, 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.

     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.  It is the intention of the Legislature that the Director of the Pearl River Basin Development District shall be authorized to escalate, budget and expend funds from any source, not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00), for the purpose of maintaining the Lower Pearl Restoration Project in accordance with the Project Cooperation Agreement with the United States Army Corps of Engineers and to maintain the South Jackson Clearing Project in an area along the Pearl River in Hinds County and Rankin County, in accordance with rules and regulations of the Department of Finance and Administration in a manner consistent with the escalation of federal funds.

     SECTION 4.  Of the funds provided under the provisions of this act, Nine Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-one Dollars ($9,481.00) may be used to reallocate or reclassify existing positions of this agency.

     SECTION 5.  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 6.  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 7.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2003.