HB1699Adopted (AsCOMMITTEE PassedAMENDMENT theNO House)1 -PROPOSED 2020TO RegularHouse SessionBill MISSISSIPPINo. LEGISLATURE Regular Session To:

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RepresentativesCommittee Read,Amend White,by Banks,striking Beckett,all Bennett,after Bounds,the Busby,enacting Cockerham,clause Hines,and Hopkins,inserting Watson,in Young,lieu Fosterthereof House Bill 1699 (As Passed the House)following: AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FROM GENERAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE STATE FIRE ACADEMY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021.

    SECTION BE1. IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

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 State Fire Academy for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020,July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021..................................................June 30, 2021............................

...........................................................................................$ 4,890,265.00.

$    SECTION 5,230,230.00.2.

SECTION 2.  Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1, the following positions are authorized:

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

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

     Full 62Time............. Part Time............

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       0 PartTime-Limited: Time............

      Full 0Time.............      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 2022 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2021 funds appropriated for that purpose, unless programs or positions are added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2021 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 2021 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 "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.

    0 AnyPart transfersTime............. 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.

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                                                         If, FY2021at Performancethe Measures                                      time Targetthe Trainingagency     takes Numberany ofaction Studentsto Trained                           change 14,000"Personal     Services," Averagethe CostState perPersonnel StudentBoard Traineddetermines ($)                 that 398.51the     agency Ahas reportingtaken ofan action which would cause the degreeagency to whichexceed this projected annual cost or the performanceFiscal targetsYear set2021 above"Personal haveServices" beenappropriated orlevel, arewhen beingannualized, achievedthen shallonly bethose providedactions inwhich reduce the agency'sprojected budgetannual requestcost submittedand/or tothe appropriation requirement will be processed by the JointState LegislativePersonnel BudgetBoard Committeeuntil forsuch Fiscaltime Yearas 2022.the requirements of this provision are met.

    20/SS05/HB1699A.J SECTION*SS05/HB1699A.J* 4. PAGE It2 isAny thetransfers intentionor ofescalations the Legislature that the State Fire Academy shall maintain complete accounting and personnel records related to the expenditure of all funds appropriated under this act and that such records shall be made in theaccordance samewith format and level of detail as maintained for Fiscal Year 2020.  It is further the intentionterms, ofconditions the Legislature that the agency's budget request for Fiscal Year shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in a format and levelprocedures ofestablished detailby comparablelaw toor theallowable formatunder and level of detail provided during the Fiscalterms Yearset 2021forth budgetwithin requestthis process.act.

    The SECTIONState 5. Personnel ItBoard isshall thenot intentionescalate ofpositions thewithout Legislaturewritten thatapproval wheneverfrom two (2) or more bids are received by this agency for the purchaseDepartment of commoditiesFinance or equipment, and wheneverAdministration. all things stated in such received bids are equal with respect to price, quality and service, the Mississippi Industries for the Blind shall be given preference.  A similar preference shall be given to the Mississippi Industries for the Blind whenever purchases are made without competitive bids.

    The SECTIONDepartment 6.  It is the intention of theFinance Legislatureand thatAdministration the funds herein appropriated shall benot expendedprovide inwritten complianceapproval withto Sectionescalate 27-104-25,any Mississippifunds Codefor ofsalaries 1972,and/or thatpositions nowithout stateproof agencyof shallavailability incurof obligationsnew or indebtednessadditional infunds excessabove of their appropriation and that the responsibleappropriated officers,level. either personally or upon their official bonds, shall be held responsible for actions contrary to this provision.

SECTIONNo 7. general Thefunds followingauthorized sum,to orbe soexpended muchherein thereofshall as may be necessary,used isto reappropriatedreplace outfederal offunds anyand/or moneyother inspecial thefunds Capitalwhich Expenseare Fundbeing notused otherwise appropriated for thesalaries Stateauthorized Fireunder Academy for the purposeprovisions of reauthorizingthis theact expenditureand ofwhich Capitalare Expensewithdrawn Fund, as authorized in HB 1640, 2019 Regular Session to provide for the Airport Firefighter Crash Truck for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and endingno Junelonger 30,available. 2021.......................................................

................................................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 84,500.00.3.

    In Notwithstandingcompliance with the amount"Mississippi reappropriatedPerformance underBudget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994," it is the provisionsintent of thisthe section,Legislature inthat nothe eventfunds provided herein shall be utilized in the amountmost expendedefficient exceedand theeffective unexpendedmanner balancepossible asto ofachieve Junethe 30,intended 2020.mission of this agency.

    Based SECTIONon 8. the Thefunding moneyauthorized, hereinthis appropriatedagency shall bemake paidevery byeffort the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to theattain credit of the propertargeted fundperformance ormeasures fundsprovided asbelow: set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer;

FY2021 20/SS05/HB1699A.J *SS05/HB1699A.J* PAGE 3 Performance Measures Target Training Number of Students Trained 14,000 Average Cost per Student Trained ($) 398.51 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 2022.

SECTION 4.

It is the intention of the Legislature that the State Fire Academy shall maintain complete accounting and personnel records related to the expenditure of all funds appropriated under this act and that such records shall be in the same format and level of detail as maintained for Fiscal Year 2020.

It is further the intention of the Legislature that the agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2022 shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in a format and level of detail comparable to the format and level of detail provided during the Fiscal Year 2021 budget request process.

SECTION 5.

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 shall be given preference.

A similar preference shall be given to 20/SS05/HB1699A.J *SS05/HB1699A.J* PAGE 4 the Mississippi Industries for the Blind whenever purchases are made without competitive bids.

SECTION 6.

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 7.

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 9. 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020, and shall stand repealed June 30, 2020.

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020, and shall stand repealed June 30, 2020.