Senate Bill 2953

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE CITY OF PEARL FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE COSTS OF CERTAIN INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 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 City of Pearl for the purpose of defraying the costs of certain infrastructure projects for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025................... $ 3,900,000.00.

SECTION 2. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1 of this act, the following amounts are to be allocated as follows:

To defray costs of purchasing

and installing traffic

signals for East Metro

Parkway at El Dorado Road

and Murray Drive near South

Pearson Road ........................... $ 900,000.00

To defray costs of construction

of Pearl-Richland Intermodal............. $ 500,000.00

To defray costs of constructing,

acquiring and installing

lighting on Highway 80 from

Pirates Cove to Pearson Road............. $ 1,500,000.00

To defray costs of the East Metro

Corridor Project........................ $ 1,000,000.00

SECTION 3. The money appropriated by 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 his or her warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.