MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2020 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representatives Banks, Brown (70th), Clarke, Holloway, Bell (65th), Crudup, Dortch, Gibbs (72nd), Summers, Yates

House Bill 1616

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE CITY OF JACKSON FOR PAYING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RENOVATING AND EXPANDING THE OLD JACKSON MUNICIPAL LIBRARY AND RELOCATING THE EUDORA WELTY LIBRARY TO THAT SITE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2021.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1.  The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, to the City of Jackson for paying costs associated with renovating and expanding the old Jackson Municipal Library and relocating the Eudora Welty Library to that site for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021............... $ 3,000,000.00.

     SECTION 2.  The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State General Fund not otherwise appropriated, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.

     SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.