Senate Bill 2554

AN ACT TO CREATE THE BULLETPROOF VESTS REVOLVING FUND TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO APPLY FOR MONIES NECESSARY FOR THE MATCH REQUIREMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE VEST PARTNERSHIP GRANT ACT OF 1998; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. There is created in the State Treasury a special fund designated as the Bulletproof Vests Revolving Fund to be funded by annual appropriations of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) by the Mississippi Legislature. The fund shall be administered by the Department of Public Safety for local law enforcement agencies to apply for monies necessary for the match requirement of the Department of Justice Vest Partnership Grant Act of 1998. For fiscal year 2022 and every third fiscal year thereafter, departments that serve populations less than fifteen thousand (15,000) may apply. For fiscal year 2023 and every third fiscal year thereafter, departments that serve populations less than fifty thousand (50,000) but not less than fifteen thousand (15,000) may apply. For fiscal year 2024 and every third fiscal year thereafter, departments that serve populations greater than fifty thousand (50,000) may apply.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.