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MS SB2840

Bill

Status

Vetoed

4/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Briggs Hopson

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Transfers disbursement authority of the Mississippi State University Veterinary School Fund from the Department of Finance and Administration to the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.

  • Allocates $1,400,000 from the State Department of Education appropriation for continuation of a school safety platform.

  • Corrects the fund number reference for the 2022 Emergency Road and Bridge Fund from 6619440000 to 6619441000.

  • Authorizes purchases of obsolete personal property sold by the Legislature without violating ethics laws under Section 25-4-105(3)(b).

  • Creates the "Mississippi Veteran's Home Improvement Fund" with a $2,500,000 transfer from MSVA-Board CEF for design, construction, and equipping of a new veteran's home in Rankin County; creates the "United States Fire Insurance Company Settlement Fund" with a $310,362 transfer for settlement costs related to Mississippi Delta Community College bookstore damages.

  • Creates the "DBCF Civil Money Penalty Fund" to receive settlement funds from violations of money transmission and mortgage acts, with $1,760,285.83 transferred from the Consumer Finance Fund for licensing oversight and administration.

  • Transfers $88,328,303 and $743,000 from former Commercial Mobile Radio Service Board funds to NG911-related funds on July 1, 2025, if Senate Bill No. 2835 becomes law.

Legislative Description

State Budget process; revise provisions related to and transfer certain funds.

Last Action

Vetoed

4/24/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations A2/14/2025
Appropriations1/20/2025

Full Bill Text

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