Bill Text: MS HB1637 | 2016 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-10 - Approved by Governor [HB1637 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-HB1637-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representatives Frierson, Snowden, Banks, Barker, Beckett, Bennett, Clarke, Cockerham, Coleman, Gipson, Shows, Watson, Kinkade, Sykes
House Bill 1637
(As Passed the House)
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE OF CAPITAL POST-CONVICTION COUNSEL OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2017.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017.........................
............................................ $ 680,977.00.
SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in any special fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel which is comprised of special source funds collected by or otherwise available to the office for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017..................................................
............................................ $ 1,079,002.00.
SECTION 3. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1, the following positions are authorized:
AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:
Permanent: Full Time........... 8
Part Time........... 0
Time-Limited: Full Time........... 0
Part Time........... 0
Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions, and procedures established by law.
No general funds authorized to be expended herein shall be used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.
SECTION 4. It is the intention of the Legislature that the Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel shall maintain complete accounting and personnel records related to the expenditure of all funds appropriated under this act and that such records shall be in the same format and level of detail as maintained for Fiscal Year 2016. It is further the intention of the Legislature that the agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2018 shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in a format and level of detail comparable to the format and level of detail provided during the Fiscal Year 2017 budget request process.
SECTION 5. It is the intention of the Legislature that whenever two (2) or more bids are received by this agency for the purchase of commodities or equipment, and whenever all things stated in such received bids are equal with respect to price, quality and service, the Mississippi Industries for the Blind shall be given preference. A similar preference shall be given to the Mississippi Industries for the Blind whenever purchases are made without competitive bids.
SECTION 6. It is the intention of the Legislature that the funds herein appropriated shall be expended in compliance with Section 27-104-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, that no state agency shall incur obligations or indebtedness in excess of their appropriation and that the responsible officers, either personally or upon their official bonds, shall be held responsible for actions contrary to this provision.
SECTION 7. The amount of funds appropriated from the State General Fund in this bill are conditioned upon the availability for appropriation of the full amount of the state general funds that were projected in the general fund revenue estimate for fiscal year 2017 that was determined under the provision of Section 27-103-125.
If the amount of general funds projected to be available for appropriation for fiscal year 2017 would be reduced by the enactment into law of any revenue bills, as defined in Joint Rule 40, that have been passed by the House of Representatives by March 17, 2016, then the amount of funds appropriated from the State General Fund in this bill shall be reduced by the same percentage reduction in the amount of general funds that would be available for appropriation for fiscal year 2017, and the reduced amount shall be engrossed into this bill before it is transmitted to Senate.
The determination of whether the House has passed any such revenue bills by March 17, 2016, and the amount and percentage of the resulting reduction in the amount of general funds projected to be available for appropriation for fiscal year 2017, shall be determined by the Legislative Budget Office and certified in writing to the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee by the Director of the Legislative Budget Office.
SECTION 8. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers, in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016; and shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2016.
