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MS HB1633

Bill

Status

Passed

5/16/2016

Primary Sponsor

Herb Frierson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Appropriates $28,152,014.00 from the State General Fund and $4,948,017.00 from special funds to the Office of the Attorney General for fiscal year 2017 (July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017).

  • Authorizes 108 permanent full-time positions and 239 time-limited full-time positions within the appropriated funds.

  • Establishes performance targets for the Attorney General's office across multiple areas including litigation success rates, opinion processing timelines, consumer complaint response times, and Medicaid fraud convictions.

  • Allocates $1,000,000.00 to the Prosecutors Training Division and $800,000.00 from the Department of Health for the Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement Unit.

  • Restricts expenditures to purposes authorized by the Mississippi Constitution and state/federal law, and prohibits employment of persons related by blood or marriage within the third degree to the employing official.

Legislative Description

Appropriation; Attorney General.

Last Action

Approved by Governor

5/16/2016

Committee Referrals

Appropriations3/7/2016

Full Bill Text

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