Senate Bill 2463

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS TO ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY TO DEFRAY EXPENSES FOR EXPANDING THE UNIVERSITY'S FIBER-OPTIC BROADBAND NETWORK FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

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 Alcorn State University to defray expenses for expanding the university's fiber-optic broadband network to provide high-speed connectivity across the entire Lorman and Natchez campuses for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024 $ 6,000,000.00.

SECTION 2. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery 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.