MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representative Gipson
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF COURTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING MATCHING FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT PILOT PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO INDIGENT PARENTS IN TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS CASES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2017.
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 Administrative Office of Courts for the purpose of providing matching funds to support the current pilot programs that provide legal representation to indigent parents in termination of parental rights cases for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017...........................................
.................................................. $ 200,000.00.
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, 2016.