MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Appropriations A

By: Representative Banks

House Bill 1099

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAKING IMPROVEMENTS AT AND SUPPORTING THE OPERATIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI FORENSICS LABORATORY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025.

     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 Department of Public Safety for the purposes of helping defray the costs of making improvements at and supporting the operations of the Mississippi Forensics Laboratory for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025. $ 10,000,000.00.

SECTION 2.  The money appropriated by Section 1 of 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 the 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, 2024.