Bill Text: MS HB283 | 2016 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Department of Corrections; amend FY16 appropriation to delete language about expenditure of funds for Personal Services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-03-22 - Died In Committee [HB283 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2016-HB283-Engrossed.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2016 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representative Frierson

House Bill 283

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 3 OF CHAPTER 93, LAWS OF 2015, TO DELETE CERTAIN LANGUAGE APPLICABLE TO THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR PERSONAL SERVICES IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2016 APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 3 of Chapter 93, Laws of 2015, is amended as follows:

     Section 3.  Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of Sections 1 and 2, not more than the amounts set forth below shall be expended:

SUPPORT

Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of this act, the following funding and positions are authorized:

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $   143,557,434.00

Special Funds............................     25,622,722.00

Total.............................. $   169,180,156.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........    2,869

Part Time...........       15

Time-Limited: Full Time...........      133

Part Time...........        0

FARMING OPERATIONS

Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of this act, the following funding and positions are authorized:

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $             0.00

Special Funds............................      2,832,716.00

Total.............................. $     2,832,716.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........       12

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

PAROLE BOARD

Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of this act, the following funding and positions are authorized:

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $       750,194.00

Special Funds............................              0.00

Total.............................. $       750,194.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        8

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

PRIVATE PRISONS

Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of this act, the following funding and positions are authorized:

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $    72,858,541.00

Special Funds............................              0.00

Total.............................. $    72,858,541.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

MEDICAL SERVICES

Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of this act, the following funding and positions are authorized:

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $    64,000,000.00

Special Funds............................        242,543.00

Total.............................. $    64,242,543.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        2

Part Time...........        0

REGIONAL FACILITIES

Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of this act, the following funding and positions are authorized:

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $    44,505,910.00

Special Funds............................              0.00

Total.............................. $    44,505,910.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

LOCAL CONFINEMENT

Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of this act, the following funding and positions are authorized:

  FUNDING:

General Funds........................... $     7,391,250.00

Special Funds............................              0.00

Total.............................. $     7,391,250.00

  AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:    Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

Time-Limited: Full Time...........        0

Part Time...........        0

 * * *With the funds herein appropriated, it shall be the agency's responsibility to make certain that funds required to be appropriated for "Personal Services" for Fiscal Year 2017 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2016 funds appropriated for that purpose, unless programs or positions are added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2016 budget by the Mississippi Legislature.  Based on data provided by the Legislative Budget Office, the State Personnel Board shall determine and publish the projected annual cost to fully fund all appropriated positions in compliance with the provisions of this act.  It shall be the responsibility of the agency head to ensure that no single personnel action increases this projected annual cost and/or the Fiscal Year 2016 appropriations for "Personal Services" when annualized, with the exception of escalated funds and the award of benchmarks.  If, at the time the agency takes any action to change "Personal Services," the State Personnel Board determines that the agency has taken an action which would cause the agency to exceed this projected annual cost or the Fiscal Year 2016 "Personal Services" appropriated level, when annualized, then only those actions which reduce the projected annual cost and/or the appropriation requirement will be processed by the State Personnel Board until such time as the requirements of this provision are met.

Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with the terms, conditions and procedures established by law or allowable under the terms set forth within this act.  The State Personnel Board shall not escalate positions without written approval from the Department of Finance and Administration.  The Department of Finance and Administration shall not provide written approval to escalate any funds for salaries and/or positions without proof of availability of new or additional funds above the appropriated level.

     No general funds authorized to be expended herein shall be used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds which are being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are withdrawn and no longer available.

     None of the funds herein appropriated shall be used in violation of Internal Revenue Service's Publication 15-A relating to the reporting of income paid to contract employees, as interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.