MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2023 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Hopson

Senate Bill 2961

AN ACT MAKING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF CAPITAL EXPENSE FUNDS, MISSISSIPPI ETHICS COMMISSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023; MISSISSIPPI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023; STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR FISCAL YEARS 2023 AND 2024; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1.  In addition to all other sums herein appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money to the credit of the Capital Expense Fund, and allocated in a manner as determined by the Treasurer's Office, to defray the expenses of the Mississippi Ethics Commission for the period beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023............... $ 24,961.00.

     This additional appropriation is for the purpose of defraying agency operational expenses.

SECTION 2.  In addition to all other sums herein appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money to the credit of the Capital Expense Fund, and allocated in a manner as determined by the Treasurer's Office, to defray the expenses of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency for the period beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023.. $ 6,518,942.00.

     This additional appropriation is for the purpose of defraying agency operational expenses.

SECTION 3.  In addition to all other sums herein appropriated, the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money to the credit of the Capital Expense Fund, and allocated in a manner as determined by the Treasurer's Office, to defray the expenses of the State Department of Health for the period upon passage of this act and ending June 30, 2024................ $ 1,103,950.00.

     This additional appropriation is for the purpose of defraying legal expenses.

     SECTION 4.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023, and shall stand repealed on June 30, 2023.