Mississippi SB 2962: Appropriation; Employment Security, Department of.

Bill Text

SB2962 (As Sent to Governor) - 2018 Regular Session 

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2018 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Clarke, Hopson, Horhn, DeBar, Dearing, 
Jackson (15th)

Senate Bill 2962

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF SPECIAL FUNDS TO DEFRAY 
THE EXPENSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY FOR FISCAL 
YEAR 2019.

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

SECTION 1.� The following sum, or so much thereof 
as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the State 
Treasury to the credit of the Mississippi Department of Employment Security, or 
its successor, for the purpose of defraying the expenses incurred by said 
department for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, and ending 
June 30, 2019............................... $�� 152,634,400.00.

���� SECTION 2.� Of the 
funds appropriated under the provisions of this act, the following positions 
are authorized:

� AUTHORIZED POSITIONS:

Permanent:��� Full Time........... ���� 353

Part Time........... �� ��189

Time-Limited: Full Time........... ������ 7

Part Time........... ����� 70

���� 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 2020 do not exceed Fiscal Year 
2019 funds appropriated for that purpose, unless programs or positions are 
added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2019 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 2019 
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 2019 
"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 3.� Of the 
funds appropriated under the provisions of Section 1, the following sum shall 
be derived from money in the Unemployment Trust Fund, made available to this 
state under Section 903 of the Social Security Act, as amended (42 USCA Section 
1103), to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security to be deposited in 
the Employment Security Administration Fund and used by the Mississippi 
Department of Employment Security for the following purposes:

��������� (a)� Payment of various 
One-Stop Administration expenses that support the service delivery of 
employment and workforce information services.� This includes, but is not 
limited to, the following activities:

������������� (i)� Staff for 
delivery of reemployment services to UI claimants, including group job search 
assistance and staff-assisted referrals to jobs.

������������� (ii)� Equipment and 
resources for resource rooms.

������������� (iii)� Payment for 
rent, utilities and maintenance of facilities, including common spaces such as 
resource rooms, reception areas, conference areas, etc.

������������� (iv)� Payment of 
shared costs for operation of local One-Stop Career Centers, including payment 
for One-Stop operators.

������������� (v)� Purchase of 
computer equipment, network equipment, telecommunications equipment, 
application development and other technology resources.

������������� (vi)� Trainin