Bill Text: MS SB2343 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Appropriation FY2017; to MDOT from BP Oil Spill Settlement Funds for state highway road maintenance and repairs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-16 - Died In Committee [SB2343 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-SB2343-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Kirby
Senate Bill 2343
AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FROM THE BP OIL SPILL SETTLEMENT FUNDS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STATE HIGHWAY ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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 hereby appropriated out of any money in the Budget Contingency Fund transferred pursuant to the BP Oil Spill Settlement, not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Transportation, for the purpose of providing additional funding for state highway road maintenance and repair for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending
June 30, 2017................................. $150,000,000.00.
SECTION 2. 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 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.
