MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representatives Harness, Holloway
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING TO ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY FOR CERTAIN CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021.
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 Alcorn State University for the capital projects described in Section 2 of this act for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021.....
.............................................. $ 58,200,000.00.
SECTION 2. The money appropriated by Section 1 of this act shall be expended for the following capital projects at Alcorn State University:
(a) $9,700,000.00 for the campus safety and security project.
(b) $5,000,000.00 for campus dormitory renovations - Phase I.
(c) $32,000,000.00 for construction of a new student union.
(d) $4,000,000.00 for Americans with Disabilities Act modifications - Phase II.
(e) $7,500,000.00 for renovation of the Walter Washington Administration and Classroom Building.
TOTAL...................................... $ 58,200,000.00.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.