MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Military Affairs; Appropriations
By: Representative Huddleston (15th)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 33-7-315, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE STATE ACTIVE DUTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FUND AS A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY FOR THE PAYMENT OF ALL EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD WHEN IT IS ORDERED OUT FOR STATE ACTIVE DUTY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 33-7-315, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
33-7-315. Whenever the
National Guard, or any part thereof, is ordered out for * * * state active duty, all expenses
incurred in * * *
that service shall be paid from funds * * *
in the State Active Duty Emergency Operations Fund that is created as a
special fund in the State Treasury. The fund shall consist of monies
appropriated, transferred or otherwise made available for deposit in the fund
by the Legislature, and monies designated for deposit in the fund from any
other source, public or private. Monies in the fund shall be expended by the
Military Department, upon appropriation by the Legislature. Unexpended amounts
remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not lapse into the
State General Fund, and any interest earned or investment earnings on amounts
in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.