MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representatives Carpenter, Anderson (122nd), Byrd, Creekmore IV, Deweese, Goodin, Hale, Hulum, Kinkade, Massengill, Morgan, Newman, Pigott, Sanders, Scoggin, Shanks, Steverson, Tubb, Young
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING FOR SALARY INCREASES AND REQUIRED STATE-FUNDED FRINGE BENEFITS FOR ACTIVE SWORN OFFICERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL, MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND MISSISSIPPI BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, 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 Mississippi Department of Public Safety for the purpose of providing funding for salary increases and required state-funded fringe benefits for active sworn officers of the Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024............................ $ 4,419,240.00.
SECTION 2. The money appropriated by this act shall be financial support specifically appropriated for any salary increase authorized by Section 45-1-12, Mississippi Code of 1972.
SECTION 3. 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 or her warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.