SB 2944 — Appropriation; IHL - General support.

SB2944 (As SentPassed tothe Governor)Senate) - 2018 Regular Session MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:

Senator(s) Clarke, Hopson, Carmichael, Frazier, Jackson (15th), Michel Senate Bill 2944 (As SentPassed tothe Governor)Senate) AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING FOR SUPPORT OF THE EIGHT UNIVERSITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019.2019;

AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

$   292,941,594.00.285,843,552.00.

$   916,568,615.00.906,572,458.00.

19.80      Graduate Degrees Awarded per           Graduate FTE Enrollment (Number of)              44.20                    Beginning Baseline:

SECTION 33.  Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1 of this act, an amount not more than OneSix Hundred Twenty-fiveSeventy-five Thousand Dollars ($125,000.00)($675,000.00) shall be allocated to implement university system efficiencies, including, but not limited to, academic, space, energy and any other system projects or expenditures that would lead to improved efficiency.  Such funds may also be used to draw down other funds or as matching funds.

     SECTION 35.  Of the funds appropriated in Section 1 of this act, the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) is provided for defraying the expenses of the DuBardDubard School.

SECTION 38.38.  Of the funds appropriated in Section 1 of this act, Two Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($225,000.00) is provided for the Delta State University Delta Music Institute.

 Of the funds appropriated in Section 1 of this act, Two Hundred Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($225,000.00) is provided for the Delta State University Delta Music Institute.

SECTION 40.  Of the funds appropriated in Section 2 of this act and allocated in Section 10 of this act, Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) shall be derived from the Working-Cash Stabilization Reserve Fund as created under Section 27-103-203, Mississippi Code of 1972.

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     Jackson State University......................$    618,031.00      Mississippi Valley State University...........$    435,427.00      SECTION 42.  OfThe themoney fundsherein appropriated undershall thebe provisionspaid ofby Sectionthe 2,State OneTreasurer Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000.00), or so much thereof, shall be derived out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the Capitalproper Expensefund Fund,or funds as createdset inforth Section 27-103-303, Mississippi Code of 1972, and allocated in athis manneract, asupon determinedwarrants issued by the Treasurer's Office.  Of this amount, Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars  ($750,000.00) shall be allocated to Alcorn State UniversityFiscal forOfficer; STEM related programs and/or other programs as determined by the university;

and Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) shall be allocated to Mississippi Valley State University for STEM related programs and/or other programs as determined by the university.

     SECTION 43.  Of the funds herein appropriated, Two Hundred Thirty-seven Thousand Dollars ($237,000.00) in General Funds and Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) in Special Funds are provided to the Charter School Authorizer Board.

     SECTION 44.  It is the intention of the Legislature that the funds herein appropriated shall be expended in compliance with Section 27-104-25, Mississippi Code of 1972, that no state agency shall incur obligations or indebtedness in excess of their appropriation and that the responsible officers, either personally or upon their official bonds, shall be held responsible for actions contrary to this provision.

     SECTION 45.  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;

     SECTION 46. 43.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.