MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2022 Regular Session

To: Local and Private

By: Senator(s) Norwood, Blount, Horhn, Frazier, Michel

Senate Bill 2980

AN ACT TO REENACT AND AMEND CHAPTER 966, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 1999, AS LAST AMENDED BY CHAPTER 904, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2016, TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, TO CONTINUE TO PAY KEEP JACKSON BEAUTIFUL, INC., FOR ITS SERVICES IN REGARD TO A LITTER PREVENTION PROGRAM THROUGH CALENDAR YEAR 2026; TO RAISE THE AUTHORIZED AMOUNT FROM $40,000.00 TO $60,000.00; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 966, Local and Private Laws of 1999, as amended by Chapter 922, Local and Private Laws of 2004, as amended by Chapter 902, Local and Private Laws of 2008, as amended by Chapter 908, Local and Private Laws of 2012, as amended by Chapter 904, Local and Private Laws of 2016, is reenacted and amended as follows:

     Section 1.  The governing authorities of the City of Jackson, Mississippi, in their discretion, may contract with Keep Jackson Beautiful, Inc., to implement and maintain a program of litter prevention within the municipality and may expend an amount not to exceed * * * Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) annually from any available source through calendar year * * * 2020 2026.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.