Senate Bill 2994

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE OUTSIDE LEGAL DEFENSE EXPENSES CONNECTED TO THE CASE OF MISSISSIPPI IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS ALLIANCE ET AL. V. MICHAEL WATSON ET AL. IN THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI, NORTHERN DIVISION, CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:19-CV-00831-CWR-FKB, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.

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 State General Fund to be allocated in a manner as determined by the Treasurer's Office, subject to the approval of the Office of the Attorney General, for the period beginning upon passage of this act

and through June 30, 2022........................... $ 60,000.00

for the purpose of defraying the expenses of paying for outside legal assistance incurred by the defendants not represented by the Office of the Attorney General in the case Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance and League of Women Voters of Mississippi v. Michael Watson, in his official capacity as Secretary of Mississippi; Ken Adcock, in his official capacity as the Leake County Circuit Clerk; Concetta Brooks, in her official capacity as the Jones County Circuit Clerk; Randy Carney, in his official capacity as the Jackson County Circuit Clerk; Rebecca Gray, in her official capacity as the Scott County Circuit Clerk; Connie Ladner, in her official capacity as the Harrison County Circuit Clerk; and Zack Wallace, in his official capacity as Hinds County Circuit Clerk, in the United States Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Northern Division, Civil Action No. 3:19-CV-00831-CWR-FKB.

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 its passage.