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MISSISSIPPIAdopted LEGISLATURECOMMITTEE REGULARAMENDMENT SESSIONNO 20231 By:PROPOSED TO House Bill No.
Representatives1639 Read,BY: Cockerham, Arnold, To:
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1639 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 2024.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
25 23/SS15/HB1639A.J *SS15/HB1639A.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and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.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.
1639 *HR13/A091* ~ OFFICIAL ~ A1/2 23/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and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.
FY2024 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 0.10 Average of Reversals Due to Ineffective Assistance of Counsel 8.00 23/SS15/HB1639A.J *SS15/HB1639A.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 2025.
H.SECTION 4.
B.
No.
1639 *HR13/A091* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 23/HR13/A091 PAGE 2 SECTION 4.
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 23/SS15/HB1639A.J *SS15/HB1639A.J* PAGE 3 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.
H.SECTION 7.
B.
No.
1639 *HR13/A091* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 23/HR13/A091 PAGE 3 SECTION 7.
This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023, and shall stand repealed June 30,29, 2023.
H.Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
B.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 2024.
No.23/SS15/HB1639A.J *SS15/HB1639A.J* PAGE 4
1639 *HR13/A091* ~ OFFICIAL ~ 23/HR13/A091 ST:
Appropriation;
State Public Defender, PAGE 4 Office of.