Mississippi HB 1798: Appropriation; Fire Academy.

Bill Text

HB1798 (As Sent to Governor) - 2024 Regular Session 

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2024 Regular Session

To: Appropriations C; Appropriations A

By: Representatives Deweese, Read, Bennett, Creekmore IV, 
Currie, McGee, Scott, Turner, Young

House Bill 1798

(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FROM GENERAL FUND IN THE 
STATE TREASURY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE STATE FIRE 
ACADEMY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025.

���� 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 appropriated out of any money in the State General Fund 
not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the 
State Fire Academy for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and 
ending June 30, 2025................................ $���� 
7,017,923.00.

SECTION 2.� The following sum, or so much thereof 
as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the special fund in 
the State Treasury to the credit of the State Fire Academy which is comprised 
of special source funds collected by or otherwise available to the department, 
for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the department for the fiscal year 
beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025� $���� 
2,075,000.00.

SECTION 3. �Of the funds appropriated under the provisions 
of Section 1, the following positions are authorized:

� AUTHORIZED HEADCOUNT:

Permanent:���� �����62

Time-Limited:� ������0

���� With the funds herein appropriated, it shall be the 
agency�s responsibility to make certain that funds required for Personal 
Services for Fiscal Year 2026 do not exceed Fiscal Year 2025 funds appropriated 
for that purpose unless programs or positions are added to the agency�s Fiscal 
Year 2025 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 2025 
that may be utilized to fill vacant Fiscal Year 2024 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 2025 do not 
exceed the data provided by the Legislative Budget Office.� If the agency�s 
Fiscal Year 2025 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 4.� In compliance 
with the "Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 
1994," it is the intent of the Legislature that the funds provided herein 
shall be utilized in the most efficient and effective manner possible to 
achieve the intended mission of this agency.� Based on the funding authorized, 
this agency shall make every effort to attain the targeted performance measures 
provided below:

��������������������������������������������������������� FY2025

Performance Measures�������������������������������������� Target

Training

���� Number of Students Trained��������������������������� 12,000

���� Average Cost per Student 
Trained��������������������� 781.07

���� A reporting of the degree to 
which the performance targets set above have been or are being achieved shall 
be provided in the agency's budget request submitted to the