MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2014 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representative Mettetal

House Bill 1601

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2015.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1.  The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning for the purpose of providing funding for the Speech-Language Pathologists Loan Forgiveness Program established by Section 37-143-12, Mississippi Code of 1972, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015.............................. $ 350,000.00.

     SECTION 2.  The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, 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 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.