MS HB1612

Appropriates $6,555,853.00 in special funds to the Pat Harrison Waterway District for fiscal year 2019 (July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019).

Authorizes 48 full-time and 49 part-time permanent positions for the district.

Requires the district to maintain accounting and personnel records in the same format and detail as fiscal year 2018, and submit fiscal year 2020 budget requests in comparable format.

Allows any county not currently a member of the Pat Harrison Waterway District to join by order of its board of supervisors, effective July 1, 2018.

Permits the agency to expend additional available funds for health insurance cost increases and fees from the Department of Information Technology Services or Department of Finance and Administration, up to $5,280.00.