Mississippi HB 1732: Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.

Bill Text

HB1732 (As Passed the House) - 2025 Regular Session 

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2025 Regular Session

To: Appropriations B; Appropriations A

By: Representatives Bounds, Read, Anderson (122nd), Clark, 
Eure, Hale, Jackson (11th), Paden, Pigott

House Bill 1732

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT APPROVING THE EXPENDITURE OF SPECIAL FUNDS FOR THE 
PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE PEARL RIVER VALLEY WATER SUPPLY 
DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2026.

���� 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 authorized and approved for expenditure out of any 
special source funds which are received by or otherwise become available to the 
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, for the purpose of defraying the expenses 
of the district for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and 
ending June 30, 2026........................................ 

............................................ $��� 
22,815,388.00.

SECTION 2.� Of the funds appropriated under the 
provisions of Section 1, the following positions are authorized:

� AUTHORIZED HEADCOUNT:

Permanent:���� ���� 
100

Time-Limited:� ������ 
1

���� With the funds herein 
appropriated, it shall be the agency�s responsibility to make certain that 
funds required for Personal Services for Fiscal Year 2027 do not exceed Fiscal 
Year 2026 funds appropriated for that purpose unless programs or positions are 
added to the agency�s Fiscal Year 2026 budget by the Mississippi 
Legislature. The Legislature shall determine the agency�s personal 
services appropriation, which the State Personnel Board shall publish. The 
agency�s personal services appropriation may consist of restricted funds for 
approved vacancies for Fiscal Year 2026 that may be utilized to fill vacant 
Fiscal Year 2025 headcount. It shall be the agency's responsibility to 
ensure that the funds provided for vacancies are used to increase headcount and 
not for promotions, title changes, in-range salary adjustments or any other 
mechanism for increasing salaries for current employees. It is the 
Legislature�s intention that no employee salary falls below the minimum salary 
established by the Mississippi State Personnel Board.

���� Additionally, 
the State Personnel Board shall determine and publish the projected annualized 
payroll costs based on current employees. It shall be the responsibility 
of the agency head to ensure that actual personnel expenditures for Fiscal Year 
2026 do not exceed the data provided by the Legislative Budget Office. If 
the agency�s Fiscal Year 2026 projected cost exceeds the annualized costs, no 
salary actions shall be processed by the State Personnel Board except for new 
hires determined to be essential for the agency.

���� 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 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 the 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.� It is the 
intention of the Legislature that the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District 
shall maintain complete accounting and personnel records related to the 
expenditure of all funds appropriated under this act and that such records 
shall be in the same format and level of detail as maintained for Fiscal Year 
2025.� It is further the intention of the Legislature that the agency's budget 
request for Fiscal Year 2027 shall be submitted to the Joint Legislative Budget 
Committee in a format and level of detail comparable to the format and level of 
detail provided during the Fiscal Year 2026 budget request process.

���� SECTION 4.� It is the 
intention of the Legislature that whenever two (2) or more bids are received by 
this agency for the purchase of commodities or equipment, and whenever all 
things stated in such received bids are equal with respect to price, quality 
and service, the Mississippi Industries for the Blind shall be given 
preference.� A similar preference shall be given to the Mississippi Industries 
for the Blind whenever purchases are made without competitive bids.

���� SECTION 5.� The funds 
herein approved for expend