MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Universities and Colleges; Appropriations A By: Representative Scoggin House Bill 96 AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 29-17-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE SPENDING AUTHORITY OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPAIR, RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO $10,000,000.00; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 29-17-4, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 29-17-4. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the "State Agency Repair and Renovation Fund" which shall consist of monies appropriated or otherwise made available therefor by the Legislature. Interest earned on monies in the special fund shall be deposited to the credit of such fund and money shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year into the State General Fund. Money in the special fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature and allocated by the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, Department of Finance and Administration, for the repair, renovation and improvement of existing facilities owned by the State of Mississippi, except for those facilities under the control of the institutions of higher learning and those facilities owned by the community and junior colleges. Such repair, renovation and improvements shall include utility infrastructure projects; heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; and the replacement of furniture and equipment owned by the State of Mississippi. However, the cost of such repair, renovation and improvement for any one project shall not exceed * * *One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00). For the purposes of this section, the term "furniture and equipment" shall be limited to the types of furniture and equipment items previously recorded in the agency's inventory. SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2025 Regular Session
To: Universities and Colleges; Appropriations A
By: Representative Scoggin
# House Bill 96
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 29-17-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE SPENDING AUTHORITY OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING AND COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPAIR, RENOVATION AND IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO $10,000,000.00; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 29-17-4, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
29-17-4. There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the "State Agency Repair and Renovation Fund" which shall consist of monies appropriated or otherwise made available therefor by the Legislature. Interest earned on monies in the special fund shall be deposited to the credit of such fund and money shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year into the State General Fund. Money in the special fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature and allocated by the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, Department of Finance and Administration, for the repair, renovation and improvement of existing facilities owned by the State of Mississippi, except for those facilities under the control of the institutions of higher learning and those facilities owned by the community and junior colleges. Such repair, renovation and improvements shall include utility infrastructure projects; heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems; and the replacement of furniture and equipment owned by the State of Mississippi. However, the cost of such repair, renovation and improvement for any one project shall not exceed * * *One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00). For the purposes of this section, the term "furniture and equipment" shall be limited to the types of furniture and equipment items previously recorded in the agency's inventory.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025.