MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Local and Private Legislation

By: Representatives Boyd (37th), Karriem, McLean

House Bill 1917

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 918, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2017, AS LAST AMENDED BY CHAPTER 905, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2021, TO EXTEND THE REPEAL DATE, FROM JULY 1, 2025, TO JULY 1, 2028, ON THE PROVISION OF LAW AUTHORIZING CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO THE UNITED WAY OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGION; TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM ANNUAL AMOUNT OF SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM $130,000.00 to $150,000.00 FOR THE DURATION OF THE AUTHORIZED PERIOD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Chapter 918, Local and Private Laws of 2017, as amended by Chapter 946, Local and Private Laws of 2018, as amended by Chapter 905, Local and Private Laws of 2021, is amended as follows:

Section 1.  (1)  The Board of Supervisors of Lowndes County, Mississippi, in its discretion, is authorized to contribute annually an amount not to exceed * * * One Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000.00) One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00), out of any available funds, to the United Way of * * *Lowndes County the Golden Triangle Region, for the purpose of assisting in the funding of charitable programs.

 * * * (2)  Notwithstanding the maximum amount of annual contributions provided in subsection (1) of this section, for fiscal years 2021, 2022 and 2023, the maximum amount of such annual contributions shall be One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000.00).

     ( * * *32)  This section shall be repealed from and after July 1, * * * 2025 2028.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.