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MS HB1070

Bill

Status

Passed

3/3/2015

Primary Sponsor

Herb Frierson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2015 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Transfers funds within the Mississippi Department of Public Safety's Fiscal Year 2015 appropriation across multiple divisions, resulting in a net reduction of $620,000 for the Division of Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol (from $97,120,441 to $96,500,441)

  • Reduces Highway Safety Patrol salaries by approximately $4.3 million while increasing allocations for equipment ($1.1 million increase), vehicles ($2.4 million increase), and commodities ($183,000 increase)

  • Increases funding for the Division of Law Enforcement Training Academy by $255,000, primarily for contractual services and commodities

  • Increases Division of Medical Examiner funding by $125,000 for contractual services, and Division of Support Services by $240,000 for commodities and subsidies/grants

  • Maintains existing authorized positions across all divisions while reallocating special funds to offset the budget adjustments, with no changes to general fund allocations

Legislative Description

Dept. of Public Safety; transfer funds in FY15 appropriation among various objects of expenditure and budgets.

Last Action

Approved by Governor

3/3/2015

Committee Referrals

Appropriations1/19/2015

Full Bill Text

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