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MISSISSIPPIAdopted LEGISLATURECOMMITTEE REGULARAMENDMENT SESSIONNO 20251 By:PROPOSED TO House Bill No.
Representatives1763 Mims,BY: Read, Barton, To:
AppropriationsCommittee D;Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
Cockerham, Faulkner, Hood, McKnight, Rushing, Appropriations A Watson HOUSE BILL NO.
1763 AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE OF STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
25 25/SS15/HB1763A.J *SS15/HB1763A.J* PAGE 1 Time-Limited:
H.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and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.
B.
No.
1763 *HR13/A091* ~ OFFICIAL ~ A1/2 25/HR13/A091 PAGE 1 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and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.
FY2026 Performance Measures Target Capital Defense Percent of Trial Cases Opened Less Than One Year 75.00 Percent Change in Running Average of Reversals Due to Ineffective Assistance of Counsel 0.00 Average of Reversals Due to Ineffective Assistance of Counsel 8 25/SS15/HB1763A.J *SS15/HB1763A.J* PAGE 2 A reporting of the degree to which the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shall be provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for Fiscal Year 2026.
H.SECTION 4.
B.
No.
1763 *HR13/A091* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR13/A091 PAGE 2 SECTION 4.
It is the intention of the Legislature that whenever two (2) or more bids are received by this agency for the purchase of commodities or equipment, and whenever all things stated in such received bids are equal with respect to price, quality and service, the Mississippi Industries for the Blind 25/SS15/HB1763A.J *SS15/HB1763A.J* PAGE 3 shall be given preference.
H.SECTION 7.
B.
No.
1763 *HR13/A091* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR13/A091 PAGE 3 SECTION 7.
The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is reappropriated out of any money in the Capital 25/SS15/HB1763A.J *SS15/HB1763A.J* PAGE 4 Expense Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the Office of State Public Defender for the purpose of reauthorizing the expenditure of Capital Expense Funds as authorized in House Bill 1819, 2024 H.Regular Session, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026................................$ 60,000.00.
B.
No.
1763 *HR13/A091* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR13/A091 PAGE 4 Regular Session, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026................................$ 60,000.00.
This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025, and shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2025.
H.Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
B.25/SS15/HB1763A.J *SS15/HB1763A.J* PAGE 5 AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE OFFICE OF STATE PUBLIC DEFENDER OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026.
No.25/SS15/HB1763A.J *SS15/HB1763A.J* PAGE 6
1763 *HR13/A091* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 25/HR13/A091 ST:
Appropriation;
State Public Defender, PAGE 5 Office of.