Bill Text: MS SB2947 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to Lee County for the purchase of firefighting suits.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2025-02-26 - Died In Committee [SB2947 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2025-SB2947-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2025 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) McMahan

Senate Bill 2947

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO LEE COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ACQUIRING A FIRE TRUCK AND FIRE INFRASTRUCTURE EQUIPMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026.

     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 Lee County to assist the Richmond Fire Department in paying costs associated with the purchase of firefighting suits for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026 $ 30,000.00.

     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 or her 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, 2025.