Adopted

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

Senate Bill No. 3182

BY: Committee

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

 

     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 State Treasury to the credit of the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Office of the Attorney General for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004............................ $    267,379.00.

     This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of defraying the costs of certain outside legal assistance, expert witness fees and court 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 State Treasury to the credit of the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund, Section 27-103-301, Mississippi Code of 1972, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a judgment rendered against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004$    114,004.00.

     This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a court ordered judgment as required in Civil Action No. 1:02CV20-B-0, Bertha Earnest vs Mississippi Department of Human Services, the United States District Court, Northern 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 Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a settlement against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004....

... $     22,672.00.

     This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a settlement in Civil Action No. 2:01CV62PG, Stacey Walkers Cooley vs Harrison County Board of Supervisors, in the United States District Court, 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 State Treasury to the credit of the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a settlement against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004$        500.00.

     This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a settlement in Civil Action No. 3:99CV32-W-S; Sheryl Bridges vs Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al, in the United States District Court, 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 State Treasury to the credit of the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of paying a settlement against the State of Mississippi for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004$     60,000.00.

     This additional appropriation is made for the purpose of paying a settlement in Cause No. BC 75-31-S; Mattie T. vs Henry Johnson in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

     SECTION 6.  The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in 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 7.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.