MS SB2958

Appropriates $24,325,296 from the State General Fund to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning for support of eight universities' designated institutes, laboratories, and programs for fiscal year 2013 (July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013).

Appropriates $62,137,950 from federal, student fees, and other special source funds to the Board of Trustees for the same institutes, laboratories, and programs for fiscal year 2013.

Appropriates $150,000 to the Mississippi Alcohol Safety Education Program and $1,491,301 to the State Court Education Program from the State Treasury.

Specifies detailed allocations from both general and special funds for 16 research centers and programs including the Supercomputer ($691,278), Gulf Coast Research Laboratory ($3.18 million), Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences ($3.2 million), and others.

Includes provisions requiring the Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory to cease services if client charges exceed 90 days past due, mandating yearly deficit spending compliance reports, and prohibiting use of funds for research involving destruction of human embryos.