MS SB3020

Appropriates $5,859,922.00 from the State General Fund and $40,797,015.00 from special funds to the Veterans Affairs Board for fiscal year 2020 (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020).

Authorizes 78 permanent full-time positions, 543 time-limited full-time positions, and 76 part-time positions for the agency.

Provides up to 3% pay increase to the realignment component of the Variable Compensation Plan for all full-time employees, excluding agency heads and board members.

Allocates $250,000 to provide care for indigent/low-income Mississippi veterans and nonveteran surviving spouses in state veterans homes (Hilton R. "Jack" Vance Act of 1997).

Grants the Veterans Affairs Board authority for planning, development, and construction of the North Mississippi Veterans' Memorial Cemetery and permits retroactive reimbursement of State Veterans Home care charges for service-connected veterans as required under federal law (Public Law 109-461).