MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representatives Holloway, Clarke, Middleton, Paden, Wooten, Denton, Gibbs (36th), Mickens
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE MISSISSIPPI SMALL FARM AND AGRIBUSINESS CENTER AT ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MISSISSIPPI NATURAL PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE EXPANSION OF RESEARCH RELATING TO AND THE PRODUCTION OF SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS AND OTHER SPECIALTY MUSHROOMS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2018.
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 to the Mississippi Small Farm and Agribusiness Center at Alcorn State University in partnership with the Mississippi Natural Products Association for the expansion of research relating to and the production of shiitake mushrooms and other specialty mushrooms, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018............................ $ 1,000,000.00.
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, 2017.