Senate Bill 3127

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO THE SOUTHERN RAIL COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DRAWING DOWN FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS 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 Capital Expense Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Transportation to the Southern Rail Commission for the purpose of drawing down federal transportation funds for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024...........................................

............................................... $ 14,000,000.00.

SECTION 2. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the Capital Expense 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 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.