Bill Text: MS HB424 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Municipal Crime Prevention Fund; create.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee [HB424 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2019-HB424-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2019 Regular Session
To: Municipalities; Ways and Means
By: Representative Sykes
House Bill 424
AN ACT TO CREATE THE MUNICIPAL CRIME PREVENTION FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 99-19-72, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE FILING FEE FOR A PETITION TO EXPUNGE AN OFFENSE; TO PROVIDE THAT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE FEE SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE MUNICIPAL CRIME PREVENTION FUND; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund designated as the Municipal Crime Prevention Fund. The funds shall be administered by the Department of Public Safety to assist municipal crime prevention programs throughout the state. The fund shall consist of monies deposited therein as provided under Section 99-19-72 and monies from any other source designated for deposit into the fund. The Department of Public Safety may also accept monies from any public or private source for deposit into the fund. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any interest earned from the investment of monies in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.
(2) Monies in the fund shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature and may only be used for the purpose of providing financial resource assistance to cities and counties implementing crime prevention programs within their communities. Monies in the fund used for the purposes described in this section shall be in addition to other funds available from any other source for such purposes.
SECTION 2. Section 99-19-72, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
99-19-72. (1) A filing fee
of * * * One Hundred Fifty-two Dollars ($152.00) is
hereby levied on each petition to expunge an offense under Section 99-19-71 to
be collected by the circuit clerk and distributed as follows:
(a) One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to be deposited into the Judicial System Operation Fund;
(b) Forty Dollars ($40.00) to be deposited into the District Attorneys Operation Fund; and
(c) Ten Dollars ($10.00) to be retained by the circuit clerk collecting the fee for administration purposes.
(d) Two Dollars ($2.00) to be deposited into the Municipal Crime Prevention Fund.
(2) From and after July 1, 2016, the expenses of district attorneys shall be defrayed by appropriation from the State General Fund and all user charges and fees authorized by paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of this section shall be deposited into the State General Fund as authorized by law and as determined by the State Fiscal Officer, and charges and fees authorized by paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of this section shall be retained by the circuit clerks for expenditures authorized by law.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2019.
