MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2023 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representative Banks

House Bill 943

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE CITY OF JACKSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DETENTION CENTER FOR DETAINING MISDEMEANOR OFFENDERS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.

     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 City of Jackson, Mississippi, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of constructing a detention center for the exclusive detainment of misdemeanor offenders, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024......................... $ 10,000,000.00.

     SECTION 2.  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 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.