Senate Bill 2926

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS TO HINDS COUNTY TO DEFRAY EXPENSES FOR TWO WATER WELLS AND WATER TOWERS AT MCDOWELL AND GALLATIN STREETS FOR THE NEW HINDS COUNTY DETENTION CENTER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023, SUBJECT TO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BEING ENTERED INTO BETWEEN HINDS COUNTY AND THE CITY OF JACKSON FOR THAT PURPOSE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund to Hinds County to defray expenses, if Hinds County and the City of Jackson enter into an interlocal agreement that the City of Jackson will provide land to cover the South Jackson water well system, for two (2) water wells and towers at McDowell and Gallatin Streets for the new Hinds County Detention Center for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023. $ 20,000,000.00.

SECTION 2. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, 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, 2022.