Bill Text: MS HB1706 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Appropriation; Archives and History for Freedom House of Canton Civil Rights Museum.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-16 - Died In Committee [HB1706 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-HB1706-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Representative Blackmon
House Bill 1706
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE FREEDOM HOUSE OF CANTON CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2017.
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 Archives and History for the purpose of providing funding for the Freedom House of Canton Civil Rights Museum, a historic site that came to prominence during the 1960s Civil Rights era, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017
............................................... $ 2,000,000.00.
SECTION 2. 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 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, 2016.
