Bill Text: MS SB2649 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: State budget; provide for certain transfers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-04-18 - Approved by Governor [SB2649 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-SB2649-Enrolled.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Clarke

Senate Bill 2649

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 27-103-125, 27-103-139, 27-103-203 AND 27-103-211, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATE TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE BUDGET PROCESS; TO AMEND SECTION 41-113-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE OFFICE OF TOBACCO CONTROL IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO FUND MISSISSIPPI QUALITY HEALTH CENTER AMOUNTS; TO AMEND SECTION 41-113-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY FUNDS APPROPRIATED FROM THE TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM FUND THAT ARE UNEXPENDED AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2017 SHALL LAPSE INTO THE HEALTH CARE EXPENDABLE FUND; TO MAKE CERTAIN TRANSFERS TO THE CAPITAL EXPENSE FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 1 OF CHAPTER 61, LAWS OF 2016, TO CHANGE THE GENERAL FUND AMOUNT FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE; TO AMEND SECTION 1 OF CHAPTER 62, LAWS OF 2016, TO CHANGE THE GENERAL FUND AMOUNT FOR THE STATE FIRE ACADEMY AND TO REAPPROPRIATE GENERAL FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018; TO AMEND SECTION 3 OF CHAPTER 74, LAWS OF 2016, TO TRANSFER CERTAIN AMOUNTS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2017 APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AMONG VARIOUS CATEGORIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  Section 27-103-125, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     27-103-125.  The proposed budget of each state agency shall show the amounts required for operating expenses separately from the amounts required for permanent improvements.  The overall budget shall show, separately by each source, the estimated amount of general fund revenue and of special fund revenues of general fund agencies.  The total proposed expenditures in Part 1 of the overall budget shall not exceed the amount of estimated revenues that will be available in the general and special funds for appropriation or use during the succeeding fiscal year, including any balances that will be on hand in the general and special funds at the close of the then current fiscal year.  The total proposed expenditures from the State General Fund in Part 1 of the overall budget shall not exceed ninety-eight percent (98%) of the amount of general fund revenue estimate for the succeeding fiscal year, plus any unencumbered balances in general funds that will be available and on hand at the close of the then current fiscal year.  However, for fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017 only, the total proposed expenditures from the State General Fund in Part 1 of the overall budget shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the general fund revenue estimate for the succeeding fiscal year, and for fiscal year 2018, the total proposed expenditures from the State General Fund in Part 1 of the overall budget shall not exceed ninety-nine percent (99%) of the amount of general fund revenue estimate for the succeeding fiscal year, plus any unencumbered balances in general funds that will be available and on hand at the close of the then current fiscal year.  The general fund revenue estimate shall be the estimate jointly adopted by the Governor and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.  Unencumbered balances in general funds that will be available and on hand at the close of the current fiscal year shall not include projected amounts required to be deposited into the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund under Section 27-103-203.  The Legislative Budget Office may recommend additional taxes or sources of revenue if in its judgment those additional funds are necessary to adequately support the functions of the state government.

     SECTION 2.  Section 27-103-139, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     27-103-139.  On or before November 15 preceding each regular session of the Legislature, except the first regular session of a new term of office, the Governor shall submit to the members of the Legislature, the Legislative Budget Office or the members-elect, as the case may be, and to the executive head of each state agency a balanced budget for the succeeding fiscal year.  The budget submitted shall be prepared in a format that will include performance measurement data associated with the various programs operated by each agency.  The total proposed expenditures in the balanced budget shall not exceed the amount of estimated revenues that will be available for appropriation or use during the succeeding fiscal year, including any balances that will be on hand at the close of the then current fiscal year, as determined by the revenue estimate jointly adopted by the Governor and the Legislative Budget Committee.  The total proposed expenditures from the State General Fund in the balanced budget shall not exceed ninety-eight percent (98%) of the amount of general fund revenue estimate for the succeeding fiscal year, plus any unencumbered balances in general funds that will be available and on hand at the close of the then current fiscal year.  However, for fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017 only, the total proposed expenditures from the State General Fund in the balanced budget shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the general fund revenue estimate for the succeeding fiscal year, and for fiscal year 2018, the total proposed expenditures from the State General Fund in the balanced budget shall not exceed ninety-nine percent (99%) of the amount of general fund revenue estimate for the succeeding fiscal year, plus any unencumbered balances in general funds that will be available and on hand at the close of the then current fiscal year.  The general fund revenue estimate shall be the estimate jointly adopted by the Governor and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.  Unencumbered balances in general funds that will be available and on hand at the close of the fiscal year shall not include projected amounts required to be deposited into the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund and the Education Enhancement Fund under Section 27-103-203.

     The revenues used in preparing the balanced budget shall be only those revenues that will be available under the general laws of the state as they exist when the balanced budget is prepared, and shall not include any proposed revenues that would become available only after the enactment of new legislation.  If the Governor has any recommendations for additional proposed expenditures or proposed revenues that are not included in his balanced budget, he shall submit those recommendations in a supplement that is separate from his balanced budget, and whenever the Governor recommends any such additional proposed expenditures, he also shall recommend proposed revenues that are sufficient to fund the additional proposed expenditures, providing specific details regarding the sources and the total amount of those proposed revenues.

     The Governor may employ a budget officer for the purpose of receiving information from the State Fiscal Officer and preparing his recommendations on the budget.  If the Governor determines that information received from the State Fiscal Officer is not sufficient to enable him to prepare his budget recommendations, he may request an appropriation from the Legislature to provide additional staff within the Governor's office for that purpose.  At the first regular session after his election for Governor, the Governor shall submit any budget recommendations plus the required revenue source recommendations no later than January 31 of that year.

     SECTION 3.  Section 27-103-203, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     27-103-203.  (1)  There is created in the State Treasury a special fund, separate and apart from any other fund, to be designated the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund.

     (2)  The Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund shall not be considered as a surplus or available funds when adopting a balanced budget as required by law.  The State Treasurer shall invest all sums in the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund not needed for the purposes provided for in this section in certificates of deposit, repurchase agreements and other securities as authorized in Section 27-105-33(d) or Section 7-9-103, as the State Treasurer may determine to yield the highest market rate available.  If the Ayers Settlement Fund is created under Section 37-101-27(5), the first Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) of interest earned on those sums each fiscal year shall be deposited into that fund until a total of Seventy Million Dollars ($70,000,000.00) has been deposited into the fund.  The interest, or the remaining interest if the Ayers Settlement Fund is created, that is earned on those sums shall be deposited in the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund until the balance of principal and interest in the fund reaches seven and one-half percent (7-1/2%) of the total General Fund appropriations for the current fiscal year, and all interest earned in excess of amounts necessary to maintain the seven and one-half percent (7-1/2%) fund balance requirement shall be deposited by the State Treasurer into the State General Fund.

     (3)  The Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund, except for Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) and the amount of the interest and income earned on the principal of the Ayers Endowment Trust created by Section 37-101-27, shall be used by the State Treasurer for cash flow needs throughout the year when the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration certifies that in his opinion there will be cash flow deficiencies in the State General Fund.  No borrowing of monies from other special funds for such purposes as authorized by Section 31-17-101 et seq., shall be made as long as an unencumbered balance in excess of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) and the interest and income earned on the principal of the Ayers Endowment Trust created by Section 37-101-27 remains in the fund.  The State Treasurer shall reimburse the fund for all sums borrowed for those purposes from General Fund revenues collected during the fiscal year in which those funds are used.  The State Treasurer shall immediately notify the Legislative Budget Office and the State Department of Finance and Administration of each transfer into and out of the fund.  Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) in the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund shall remain available for exclusive use of the Ayers Endowment Trust created by Section 37-101-27.  If the Ayers Settlement Fund is created under Section 37-101-27(5), beginning when a total of Fifty-five Million Dollars ($55,000,000.00) has been deposited into the fund, for each annual deposit of interest to that fund under subsection (2) of this section, the Ayers Endowment Trust created under Section 37-101-27(1) shall be reduced by an equal amount annually until the Ayers Endowment Trust reaches Zero Dollars ($0.00), at which time any requirements concerning the Ayers Endowment Trust in this section shall be null and void.

     (4)  The Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund, except for Forty Million Dollars ($40,000,000.00), shall also be used for the purpose of covering any projected deficits that may occur in the General Fund at the end of a fiscal year as a result of revenue shortfalls.  If the Governor determines that a deficit in revenues from all sources may occur, it shall be the duty of the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration to transfer such funds as necessary to the General Fund to alleviate the deficit in accordance with Sections 27-104-13 and 31-17-123; however, not more than Fifty Million Dollars ($50,000,000.00) may be transferred from the fund for that purpose in any one (1) fiscal year with the exception of fiscal year 2016.  However, for fiscal year 2017, not more than One Hundred Million Dollars ($100,000,000.00) may be transferred from the fund for that purpose.

     (5)  The Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund also shall be used to provide funds for the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund when those funds are immediately needed to provide for disaster assistance under Sections 33-15-301 through 33-15-317.  Any transfer of funds from the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund to the Disaster Assistance Trust Fund shall be made in accordance with the provisions of subsection (5) of Section 33-15-307.

     (6)  The Department of Finance and Administration shall immediately send notice of any transfers made, or other action taken under authority of this section, to the Legislative Budget Office.

     (7)  Funds deposited in the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund shall be used only for the purposes specified in this section, and as long as the provisions of this section remain in effect, no other expenditure, appropriation or transfer of funds in the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund shall be made except by act of the Legislature making specific reference to the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund as the source of those funds.

     (8)  Any funds appropriated from the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund that are unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall lapse into the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund.

     SECTION 4.  Section 27-103-211, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     27-103-211.  The total sum appropriated by the Legislature from the State General Fund for any fiscal year shall not exceed ninety-eight percent (98%) of the general fund revenue estimate for that fiscal year developed by the Department of Revenue and the University Research Center and adopted by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, plus any unencumbered balances in general funds that will be available and on hand at the close of the then current fiscal year.  The unencumbered balances in general funds that will be available and on hand at the close of the fiscal year shall not include projected amounts required to be deposited into the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund under Section 27-103-203.  However, for fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017 only, the total sum appropriated by the Legislature from the State General Fund shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the general fund revenue estimate for that fiscal year, and for fiscal year 2018, the total sum appropriated by the Legislature from the State General Fund shall not exceed ninety-nine percent (99%) of the amount of the general fund revenue estimate for that fiscal year, plus any unencumbered balances in general funds that will be available and on hand at the close of the then current fiscal year.

     SECTION 5.  Section 41-113-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     41-113-3.  (1)  There is hereby created the Office of Tobacco Control (office) which shall be an administrative division of the State Department of Health.

     (2)  The Office of Tobacco Control, with the advice of the Mississippi Tobacco Control Advisory Board, shall develop and implement a comprehensive and statewide tobacco education, prevention and cessation program that is consistent with the recommendations for effective program components and funding recommendations in the 1999 Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as those Best Practices may be periodically amended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

     (3)  At a minimum, the program shall include the following components, and may include additional components that are contained within the Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as periodically amended, and that based on scientific data and research have been shown to be effective at accomplishing the purposes of this section:

          (a)  The use of mass media, including paid advertising and other communication tools to discourage the use of tobacco products and to educate people, especially youth, about the health hazards from the use of tobacco products, which shall be designed to be effective at achieving these goals and shall include, but need not be limited to, television, radio, and print advertising, as well as sponsorship, exhibits and other opportunities to raise awareness statewide;

          (b)  Evidence-based curricula and programs implemented in schools to educate youth about tobacco and to discourage their use of tobacco products, including, but not limited to, programs that involve youth, educate youth about the health hazards from the use of tobacco products, help youth develop skills to refuse tobacco products, and demonstrate to youth how to stop using tobacco products;

          (c)  Local community programs, including, but not limited to, youth-based partnerships that discourage the use of tobacco products and involve community-based organizations in tobacco education, prevention and cessation programs in their communities;

          (d)  Enforcement of laws, regulations and policies against the sale or other provision of tobacco products to minors, and the possession of tobacco products by minors;

          (e)  Programs to assist and help people to stop using tobacco products; and

          (f)  A surveillance and evaluation system that monitors program accountability and results, produces publicly available reports that review how monies expended for the program are spent, and includes an evaluation of the program's effectiveness in reducing and preventing the use of tobacco products, and annual recommendations for improvements to enhance the program's effectiveness.

     (4)  All programs or activities funded by the State Department of Health through the tobacco education, prevention and cessation program, whether part of a component described in subsection (2) or an additional component, must be consistent with the Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as periodically amended, and all funds received by any person or entity under any such program or activity must be expended for purposes that are consistent with those Best Practices.  The State Department of Health shall exercise sole discretion in determining whether components are consistent with the Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

     (5)  Funding for the different components of the program shall be apportioned between the components based on the recommendations in the Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as periodically amended, or any additional programs as determined by the State Board of Health to provide adequate program development, implementation and evaluation for effective control of the use of tobacco products.  While the office shall develop annual budgets based on strategic planning, components of the program shall be funded using the following areas as guidelines for priority:

          (a)  School nurses and school programs;

          (b)  Mass media (counter-marketing);

          (c)  Cessation programs (including media promotions);

          (d)  Community programs;

          (e)  Surveillance and evaluation;

          (f)  Law enforcement; and

          (g)  Administration and management; however, not more than five percent (5%) of the total budget may be expended for administration and management purposes.

     (6)  In funding the components of the program, the State Department of Health may provide funding for health care programs at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Mississippi Quality Health Center Grants that are related to the prevention and cessation of the use of tobacco products and the treatment of illnesses that are related to the use of tobacco products.

     (7)  No statewide, district, local, county or municipal elected official shall take part as a public official in mass media advertising under the provisions of this chapter.

     SECTION 6.  Section 41-113-11, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     41-113-11.  (1)  There is established in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Tobacco Control Program Fund, which shall be comprised of the funds specified in subsection (2) of this section and any other funds that are authorized or required to be deposited into the special fund.

     (2)  From the tobacco settlement installment payments that the State of Mississippi receives during each calendar year, the sum of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) shall be deposited into the special fund.

     (3)  Monies in the fund shall be expended solely for the purposes specified in this chapter.  None of the funds in the special fund may be transferred to any other fund or appropriated or expended for any other purpose.

     (4)  All income from the investment of the funds in the Tobacco Control Program Fund shall be credited to the account of the Tobacco Control Program Fund.  Any funds in the Tobacco Control Program Fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund.  Any funds appropriated from the Tobacco Control Program Fund that are unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall lapse into the Tobacco Control Program Fund; however, any funds appropriated from the Tobacco Control Program Fund that are unexpended at the end of fiscal year 2017 shall lapse into the Health Care Expendable Fund.

     SECTION 7.  During fiscal year 2017, the State Fiscal Officer shall transfer to the Capital Expense Fund out of the following enumerated funds, the amounts listed below from each fund:

FUND                         FUND NUMBER            AMOUNT

Unclaimed Property Fund      3317800000         $17,000,000.00

Department of Revenue        3376900000         $15,000,000.00

Total                                           $32,000,000.00

     SECTION 8.  Section 1 of Chapter 61, Laws of 2016, is amended as follows:

     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 Mississippi Department of Insurance for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending

June 30, 2017............................. $ * * * 13,026,673.00 12,844,173.00

     SECTION 9.  Section 1 of Chapter 62, Laws of 2016, is amended as follows:

     Section 1.  (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 State Fire Academy for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending

June 30, 2017.............................. $ * * * 5,406,325.00 5,588,825.00

(2)  The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby reappropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of reauthorizing the expenditure of State General Funds and defraying the expenses of the State Fire Academy for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2018.............................................. $  182,500.00

     SECTION 10.  Section 3 of Chapter 74, Laws of 2016, is amended of follows:

     Section 3.  Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Sections 1 and 2, not more than the amounts set forth below shall be expended for the respective major objects or purposes of expenditure and authorized positions:

DIVISION OF MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits. $   61,106,053.00

Travel and Subsistence..............  * * * 245,000.00445,000.00

Contractual Services.....................     20,670,816.00

Commodities..............................  * * * 6,729,124.006,229,124.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................      1,529,151.00

Vehicles........................... * * *2,368,375.00 2,668,375.00

Wireless Communication Devices......          4,950.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............      2,571,309.00

Total............................... $   95,224,778.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds............................ $   57,471,391.00

Special Funds............................     37,753,387.00

Total............................... $   95,224,778.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........    1,055

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........       22

Part Time...........        3

DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits. $      680,440.00

Travel and Subsistence..............              0.00

Contractual Services.....................        532,754.00

Commodities..............................        310,856.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................         82,840.00

Vehicles............................              0.00

Wireless Communication Devices......              0.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............        370,970.00

Total............................... $    1,977,860.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds............................ $      302,552.00

Special Funds............................      1,675,308.00

Total............................... $    1,977,860.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........       15

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

DIVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits. $    2,797,006.00

Travel and Subsistence..............         10,326.00

Contractual Services.....................      3,420,485.00

Commodities..............................         88,217.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................         56,517.00

Vehicles............................              0.00

Wireless Communication Devices......              0.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............        897,273.00

Total............................... $    7,269,824.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds............................ $    4,429,489.00

Special Funds............................      2,840,335.00

Total............................... $    7,269,824.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........       58

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        1

Part Time...........        0

DIVISION OF CRIME LABORATORIES

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits. $    6,704,865.00

Travel and Subsistence..............         64,000.00

Contractual Services.....................      2,049,899.00

Commodities..............................        787,750.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................        186,000.00

Vehicles............................        128,000.00

Wireless Communication Devices......          1,000.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............         15,000.00

Total............................... $    9,936,514.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds............................ $    7,159,150.00

Special Funds............................      2,777,364.00

Total............................... $    9,936,514.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........       88

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        9

Part Time...........        0

DIVISION OF MEDICAL EXAMINER

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits. $    1,474,489.00

Travel and Subsistence............     * * * 10,000.0013,000.00

Contractual Services...................  * * *806,237.00 1,216,237.00

Commodities............................    * * * 166,264.00271,264.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................    * * * 4,389.006,389.00

Vehicles............................              0.00

Wireless Communication Devices......              0.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............        * * *20,000.00 0.00

Total............................ $ * * * 2,481,379.002,981,379.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds............................ $      696,704.00

Special Funds........................... * * *1,784,675.00 2,284,675.00

Total............................... $    2,981,379.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........       11

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING

OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits. $    1,524,750.00

Travel and Subsistence..............         84,264.00

Contractual Services.....................        944,245.00

Commodities..............................        142,914.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................              0.00

Vehicles............................              0.00

Wireless Communication Devices......              0.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............     24,053,824.00

Total............................... $   26,749,997.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds............................ $      344,241.00

Special Funds............................     26,405,756.00

Total............................... $   26,749,997.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        5

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........       33

Part Time...........        0

DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING

OFFICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS AND TRAINING

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits. $      309,870.00

Travel and Subsistence..............         12,054.00

Contractual Services.....................        114,560.00

Commodities..............................         14,020.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................          5,000.00

Vehicles............................              0.00

Wireless Communication Devices......              0.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............      1,919,006.00

Total............................... $    2,374,510.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds............................ $    2,374,510.00

Special Funds............................              0.00

Total............................... $    2,374,510.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        6

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING

BOARD OF EMERGENCY TELECOMMUNICATIONS

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits. $      104,086.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          2,500.00

Contractual Services.....................         50,000.00

Commodities..............................         10,000.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................              0.00

Vehicles............................              0.00

Wireless Communication Devices......              0.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............  * * *363,830.00 563,830.00

Total.............................. $ * * * 530,416.00730,416.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds............................ $            0.00

Special Funds............................  * * *530,416.00 730,416.00

Total.............................. $ * * * 530,416.00730,416.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        2

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

DIVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING

COUNCIL ON AGING

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits. $      115,545.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          7,250.00

Contractual Services.....................         18,000.00

Commodities..............................          2,000.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................              0.00

Vehicles............................              0.00

Wireless Communication Devices......              0.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............         67,677.00

Total............................... $      210,472.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds............................ $      210,472.00

Special Funds............................              0.00

Total............................... $      210,472.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        1

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        1

Part Time...........        0

COUNTY JAIL OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING BOARD

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits. $ * * *54,930.00 55,143.00

Travel and Subsistence..............            400.00

Contractual Services.....................          9,464.00

Commodities..............................            300.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................              0.00

Vehicles............................              0.00

Wireless Communication Devices......              0.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............  * * *297,710.00 297,497.00

Total............................... $      362,804.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds............................ $            0.00

Special Funds............................        362,804.00

Total............................... $      362,804.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        1

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        0

Part Time                    0

OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits   $ * * * 1,368,814.00868,814.0

Travel and Subsistence.............    * * * 22,816.0047,816.00

Contractual Services....................  * * * 412,598.00750,012.00

Commodities.............................  * * *114,597.00 142,855.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................  * * *23,525.00 22,206.00

Vehicles............................              0.00

Wireless Communication Devices......            196.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants...........  * * *9,564,760.00 15,134,754.00

Total........................... $ * * *11,007,306.00  17,466,653.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds............................ $       90,675.00

Special Funds.........................  * * *10,916,631.00 17,375,978.00

Total........................... $ * * *11,007,306.00 17,466,653.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        9

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        9

Part Time...........        0

BUREAU OF NARCOTICS

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits. $   12,084,127.00

Travel and Subsistence..............         43,000.00

Contractual Services.....................        925,618.00

Commodities..............................        887,197.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................         19,800.00

Vehicles............................        336,514.00

Wireless Communication Devices......            250.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants..............        709,226.00

Total............................... $   15,005,732.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds............................ $   12,300,308.00

Special Funds............................      2,705,424.00

Total............................... $   15,005,732.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time.........        182

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        8

Part Time...........        0

JUVENILE FACILITY MONITORING UNIT

  MAJOR OBJECTS OF EXPENDITURE:

     Personal Services:

Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits $ * * * 166,384.00 195,402.00

Travel and Subsistence..............          7,500.00

Contractual Services.....................        109,392.00

Commodities..............................         10,000.00

     Capital Outlay:

Other Than Equipment................              0.00

Equipment...........................              0.00

Vehicles............................              0.00

Wireless Communication Devices......              0.00

Subsidies, Loans and Grants.............              0.00

Total.............................. $ * * * 293,276.00 322,294.00

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $        59,272.00

Special Funds............................  * * *234,004.0 263,022.00

Total.............................. $ * * *293,276.00 322,294.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        3

Part Time...........        0

     With the funds herein appropriated, it shall be the agency's responsibility to make certain that funds required to be appropriated for "Personal Services" for Fiscal Year 2018 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2017 funds appropriated for that purpose, unless programs or positions are added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2017 budget by the Mississippi Legislature.  Based on data provided by the Legislative Budget Office, the State Personnel Board shall determine and publish the projected annual cost to fully fund all appropriated positions in compliance with the provisions of this act.  It shall be the responsibility of the agency head to ensure that no single personnel action increases this projected annual cost and/or the Fiscal Year 2017 appropriations for "Personal Services" when annualized, with the exception of escalated funds and the award of benchmarks.  If, at the time the agency takes any action to change "Personal Services," the State Personnel Board determines that the agency has taken an action which would cause the agency to exceed this projected annual cost or the Fiscal Year 2017 "Personal Services" appropriated level, when annualized, then only those actions which reduce the projected annual cost and/or the appropriation requirement will be processed by the State Personnel Board until such time as the requirements of this provision are met.

     Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions and procedures established by law or allowable under the terms set forth within this act.  The State Personnel Board shall not escalate positions without written approval from the Department of Finance and Administration.  The Department of Finance and Administration shall not provide written approval to escalate any funds for salaries and/or positions without proof of availability of new or additional funds above the appropriated level.

     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.

     None of the funds herein appropriated shall be used in violation of Internal Revenue Service's Publication 15-A relating to the reporting of income paid to contract employees, as interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor.

     SECTION 11.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.


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