Bill Text: MS SB2965 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: General Fund; FY2025 appropriation to Hinds County to maintain and staff a public defender's office.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2024-03-27 - Died In Committee [SB2965 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2024-SB2965-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Frazier, Norwood

Senate Bill 2965

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO HINDS COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING EXPENSES RELATED TO THE MAINTENANCE AND STAFFING OF A PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025.

     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 Hinds County for the purpose of defraying expenses related to the maintenance and staffing of a public defender's office for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025 $ 1,278,801.16.

     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 or her 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, 2024.