MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Appropriations A
By: Representatives Currie, Turner, Boyd (19th)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-104-231, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROCESS FOR STATE AGENCIES TO AVOID OR LIMIT THE NEED FOR ANY ADDITIONAL, DEFICIT OR SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 27-104-231, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
27-104-231. (1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Deficit Appropriation Prevention Act."
(2) It is the responsibility
of each state agency, department and institution to operate within the limits of
its annual appropriations by the Legislature and any other approved expenditures
of monies. A state agency, department or institution shall not operate in a manner
that results in * * * the need for an additional, deficit, or supplemental
appropriation, except as provided in this * * * section.
(3) If it is determined by a
state agency, department or institution that the likelihood of * * * needing an additional, deficit, or
supplemental appropriation for the current fiscal year exists, the state agency,
department or institution shall use a standardized request form promulgated by
the Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Finance and Administration
to notify the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and Chairs
of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees within fifteen (15) days of this
determination. The request form must include a description of the need, the
impact of disapproval, and a plan to avoid or limit the need for any additional,
deficit or supplemental appropriation.
(4) * * *
The Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Finance and
Administration shall approve, recommend changes, or create new plans to avoid
or limit the need for any additional, deficit or supplemental appropriations
for each state agency, department or institution based on the information
provided in the standardized request forms.
(5) For purposes of this section, the term "state agency" shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 27-103-103.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.