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MS Code § 27-104-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-17. Allotment period; time for filing of budget estimates; restriction of agency expenditures; special reserve funds; emergency measures; prior approval required to hire certain retired employees under contract

  An allotment period shall be one-half (1/2) of twelve (12) months, and expenditure one-half (1/2) of the appropriated amount, unless otherwise specified in the appropriation bill or justified by the agency to the Department of Finance and Administration, and the first allotment period shall commence on July 1. Estimates shall be filed with the Department of Finance and Administration not later than the first day of the month preceding the beginning period.  The Department of Finance and Administration may, in its discretion, restrict an agency to a monthly allotment period when it becomes evident that an agency's rate of expenditure to date indicates this restriction will be necessary to prevent depletion of its appropriation prior to the close of the fiscal year or when the condition of the State General Fund requires monthly monitoring and control of the rate of General Fund expenditures.    Unless otherwise specified in the agency appropriation bill, in the event any emergency or unforeseen circumstances shall arise, the agency head may authorize increases in major objects of expenditure within each specific budget within each appropriation bill in total amounts not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the appropriated amount of each object, provided that other major objects of expenditure are decreased by a corresponding dollar amount. Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39, no transfers shall be authorized which increase or decrease the major object of expenditure "Salaries, Wages and Fringe Benefits," or which increase the major object of expenditure "Capital Outlay - Equipment." The agency head shall submit written justification for the transfer to the Legislative Budget Office, the Department of Finance and Administration, and the State Auditor, on or before the fifteenth of the month prior to the effective date of the transfer. The transfer shall be effective the first working day of the month following timely submissions required herein. In cases of extreme hardship, certified in writing by the agency head and submitted with timely submissions required herein, the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration, in his discretion, may authorize an earlier effective date for the transfer.   No former employee who is receiving State of Mississippi retirement benefits shall be hired under contract for an amount exceeding Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) a year without prior approval by an agency's proper governing board or authority. Upon approval of such contracts a written report shall be submitted detailing the cost and need of such contract services to the Chairmen and members of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees.
MS Code § 27-104-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-19. Availability of funds after approval of operating budget

 Except as otherwise authorized in Section 7-5-39, when an operating budget has been approved, the amount approved shall be available and shall constitute the maximum of obligations or indebtedness which may be incurred by the agency for any purpose during the allotment period to be paid from such funds.
MS Code § 27-104-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-23. Records and accounts; reports

 The State Auditor and from and after July 1, 1986, the State Fiscal Officer, shall maintain his records and accounts in such a manner that, insofar as funds paid from the State Treasury are concerned, only the amounts approved by the State Fiscal Officer or authorized in the agency appropriation bill shall be available for expenditure during any allotment period by the state agency entitled thereto. The State Auditor, or the State Fiscal Officer, as the case may be, shall be liable on his official bond for any failure on his part to fully comply with the provisions of this section.   It shall be the duty of any officer or employee of any state agency who is clothed with the authority to make purchases or obligations or incur expenses to keep records of such purchases, obligations, or expenses incurred by him, and such purchases, obligations, or expenses incurred shall be entered upon the records the day they are made. No such purchases, obligations, or expenses shall be incurred after June 30 of the then fiscal year which would encumber funds appropriated for the fiscal year just ending. It shall be the duty of each agency coming within the purview of Sections 27-103-101 through 27-103-139 and 27-104-1 through 27-104-29 to submit, on or before July 15, a statement on a form prepared and furnished by the State Fiscal Officer, showing a detailed list of all encumbrances outstanding as of the close of the preceding fiscal year, together with purchase order numbers and such other information as the State Fiscal Officer may require.
MS Code § 27-104-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-25. Responsibility for obligations or indebtedness incurred in name of agency; limitations on obligations or indebtedness; payment of claims from prior fiscal year

  The executive head and business manager of each state agency shall be responsible for all obligations or indebtedness incurred in the name of the agency, or by any employee for them when incurred by such employee acting within the scope of his employment.   No obligations or indebtedness shall be incurred by any such person during any allotment period in excess of the amount of the estimate approved by the Department of Finance and Administration or in the agency appropriation bill.  If a claim arising from orders for goods or services from the prior fiscal year is presented within one (1) year and (a) the payment of a claim does not cause an agency to exceed the amount of its prior year budget estimate as approved by the Department of Finance and Administration or its appropriation bill, and (b) sufficient funds remain in the current fiscal year's allotment to pay the claim, the State Treasurer, upon approval of the claim by the Department of Finance and Administration, shall draw a warrant in payment of the claim.    Contractual obligations, such as salary contracts, from a prior fiscal year that do not meet the requirements for payment under subsection (2) of this section may only be paid upon approval by the Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration.   Contractual obligations of agencies shall include appropriate cancellation clauses in the event the anticipated revenues from which they are to be paid do not become available.   Agencies having special funds, as defined in Section 27-103-103, shall not incur obligations or indebtedness against such special funds in an amount in excess of revenues actually anticipated and budgeted.   If obligations or indebtedness shall be incurred contrary to the provisions hereof, then neither the State of Mississippi nor the agency shall have any liability therefor, and the person, firm or corporation to whom the obligation or indebtedness is due may recover the amount of the obligation or indebtedness and twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount as liquidated damages from the responsible officers, either personally or upon their official bonds, either severallyor jointly.   Provided, however, that no personal liability of the responsible officers under this section shall include any unfunded liability for employee retirement or pension funds. Nothing in this section shall diminish any responsibility of the responsible officers to fund any employee retirement or pension plans, or any liability as a result of any failure to fund such plans as otherwise required by law.
MS Code § 27-104-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-27. Application of provisions to funds granted or allotted under act of Congress; exemption of agency; exceptions

 Notwithstanding anything in Sections 27-103-101 through 27-103-139 and 27-104-1 through 27-104-29 contained, the same shall not be construed to apply to any agency supported wholly by funds granted or allotted under any Act of Congress. The State Auditor of Public Accounts and after July 1, 1986, the State Fiscal Officer shall determine which special fund accounts in the State Treasury require an appropriation act and request an appropriation for such special fund accounts. For all other special fund accounts, the State Auditor of Public Accounts, or the State Fiscal Officer after July 1, 1986, shall certify that such accounts do not require an appropriation. The Legislative Budget Office shall recommend an appropriation for each special fund account existing in the State Treasury so certified as requiring an appropriation, unless exempted as hereinafter provided. In the event the Legislative Budget Committee and the State Fiscal Officer find that any state agency should not be included under the provisions of Sections 27-103-101 through 27-103-139 and 27-104-1 through 27-104-29, then the such committee and officer may, in their discretion, exempt such state agency from the provisions thereof. Sections 27-103-101 through 27-103-139 and 27-104-1 through 27-104-29 shall not apply to funds collected and disbursed by a state agency created and existing under the provisions of Sections 73-3-101 through 73-3-169. Sections 27-103-101 through 27-103-139 and 27-104-1 through 27-104-29 shall not apply to funds deposited into the special fund created pursuant to Section 45-9-101, the special fund created pursuant to Section 69-37-39, the special fund created pursuant to Section 1 of Chapter 521, Laws of 1999, the special fund created pursuant to Section 31-17-127, the special fund created pursuant to Section 65-1-110, the special fund created pursuant to Section 27-7-22.31, or the special fund created pursuant to Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 863, Local and Private Laws of 1987.   The State Fiscal Officer shall not promulgate or attempt to enforce any rule, order or regulation which is not in accordance with the provisions of a legally executed trust indenture agreement, nor shall Sections 27-103-101 through 27-103-139 and 27-104-1 through 27-104-29 be construed to apply to funds collected and disbursed by a state agency under Sections 65-33-45 and 65-33-47.
MS Code § 27-104-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-29. Injunctive action by attorney general

  The Legislative Budget Office or the State Fiscal Officer may request and the Attorney General is authorized, upon receipt of such request, to bring an injunctive action against any special-fund agency failing to comply with the terms of Sections 27-103-101 through 27-103-139 and 27-104-1 through 27-104-29.   Such injunctive action by the Attorney General may be either a mandatory injunction to force the filing of the required budget or a prohibitory injunction to prevent the special-fund agency from engaging in further business or other activities until such time as the terms of Sections 27-103-101 through 27-103-139 and 27-104-1 through 27-104-29 have been complied with.
MS Code § 27-104-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-31. Powers and duties of Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration acting through insurance division

  The State Fiscal Officer shall have the following powers and duties, acting through the Insurance Division:   To implement and administer a comprehensive risk management program for all state agencies including, but not limited to, the areas of liability insurance and workers' compensation insurance;   To coordinate and administer the Employment Compensation Revolving Fund for state agencies as directed in Section 71-5-359;   To coordinate and administer the liability plans authorized in Section 11-46-17;   To coordinate and administer the workers' compensation plan for state agencies as a self-insured program and to determine the feasibility of other self-insured programs for state agencies;   To require of state agencies premium payments or contributions to self-insurance funds, or both, necessary to meet the obligations created by the comprehensive risk management program. Such self-insurance fund created shall be maintained as separate special funds in the State Treasury or in authorized bank accounts. Such funds as required shall be used to pay claims under the workers' compensation self-insurance fund. All such funds shall be exempt from the appropriation process. All interest earned from the investment of monies in the funds shall be credited to the appropriate special fund. Monies remaining in such special funds at the end of the fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund;   To promulgate and adopt rules and regulations necessary to effect the provisions of a comprehensive risk management program;   To pay such administrative costs necessary to insure the successful operation of each program administered by the insurance division. Such administrative costs shall include the operating expenses of the division. Each program shall be assessed their proportionate share of those operating expenses; and   To provide administrative support to the board as defined in Section 25-15-3.     The State Fiscal Officer shall not have the power or authority to request that bonds be issued or any funds borrowed in order to implement a comprehensive risk management program or plan of self-insurance for the state, or any of its political subdivisions, or to contribute to the Tort Claims Fund.
MS Code § 27-104-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-33. Payment by credit card, charge card, debit card, or other form of electronic payment of amounts owed to state agencies

 The State Department of Finance and Administration shall establish policies that allow the payment of various fees and other accounts receivable to state agencies, and the payment for retail merchandise sold by state agencies, by credit cards, charge cards, debit cards and other forms of electronic payment in the discretion of the department. Any fees or charges associated with the use of such electronic payments shall be assessed to the user of the electronic payment as an additional charge for processing the electronic payment, so that the user will pay the full cost of using the electronic payment.   Agencies, with the approval of the Department of Finance and Administration, may bear the full cost of processing such electronic payments if the agency can demonstrate to the department's satisfaction that they are able to assume these costs and provide the related service for the same or lesser cost. However, state agencies may bear the full cost of processing such electronic payments for retail merchandise sold by state agencies.
MS Code § 27-104-81 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|Revenue Maximization Contracts|§ 27-104-81. Revenue maximization contracts; indemnification provision required

  For the purpose of this section:   "Agency" means any agency, department, institution or officer of the State of Mississippi.   "Revenue maximization contract" means a contract or other agreement between an agency and a person or entity under which the person or entity will seek to maximize federal funds for the use of the agency.     If an agency enters into a revenue maximization contract with a person or entity after June 30, 2001, the contract must contain an indemnification provision that holds the person or entity liable to the state for reimbursement of the amount of federal funds that the state may be required to repay to the federal government as a result of any actions taken under the contract by the person or entity on behalf of the agency, or any actions taken by the agency as recommended by the person or entity, up to the amount that the person or entity received from the agency under the contract.   If a revenue maximization contract entered into after June 30, 2001, does not contain the indemnification provision required by subsection (2) of this section, the indemnification requirement of subsection (2) shall be considered to be part of the contract by operation of law.
MS Code § 27-104-101 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|Department of Finance and Administration|§ 27-104-101. Creation and organization of Department of Finance and Administration; executive director; office heads

  There is hereby created the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration, whose offices shall be located in Jackson, Mississippi.   The department shall be headed by an executive director, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The appointment of the executive director shall be made with the advice and consent of the Senate. The executive director may assign to deputy directors such powers and duties as deemed appropriate to carry out the department's lawful functions.   The executive director of the department shall appoint officers, who shall serve at the pleasure of the executive director. The executive director shall have the authority to organize the department as deemed appropriate to carry out the responsibilities of the department. The organization charts of the department shall be presented annually with the budget request of the Governor for review by the Legislature.
MS Code § 27-104-105 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|Department of Finance and Administration|§ 27-104-105. Prior clearance by Attorney General and State Personnel Board or authorization under Section 7-5-39 required for payment of certain claims for legal services; exceptions

 The Department of Finance and Administration shall not process any warrant requested by any state agency for payment for legal services without first determining that the services and contract were approved either by the Attorney General and the State Personnel Board, or as authorized under Section 7-5-39(3); contracts for legal services performed for the State Highway Department in eminent domain cases shall not require approval by the State Personnel Board. The State Auditor shall test for compliance with this section.
MS Code § 27-104-109 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|Department of Finance and Administration|§ 27-104-109. Department to create report of Mississippi-based companies that manufacture products using recycled materials; contents of report

  In addition to any other duties of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA), by January 1, 2009, the DFA shall create a report of Mississippi-based companies that manufacture products using recycled materials. In addition to the name, location and phone number of the company, the report shall include:   The name of products that are produced using recycled materials; and   The percent of the product that is made from recycled materials; and   The recommended use of such products by state agencies.     The DFA shall negotiate a price for the purchase of the products by state agencies and political subdivisions of the state and create rules and regulations to encourage state agencies and political subdivisions of the state to purchase the products at the negotiated prices.
MS Code § 27-104-151 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act|§ 27-104-151. Short title

 Sections 27-104-151 through 27-104-159 shall be known as the "Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008."
MS Code § 27-104-152 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act|§ 27-104-152. Legislative findings and intent

 The Legislature finds that the public should be able to easily access the details on how the state is spending tax dollars and other state funds and what performance results are achieved for the expenditures. It is the intent of the Legislature that the state, acting through the Department of Finance and Administration, create and maintain a searchable website providing access, to the extent possible, to where, for what purpose and what results are achieved for all taxpayer investments in state government.
MS Code § 27-104-153 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act|§ 27-104-153. Definitions

 As used in Sections 27-104-151 through 27-104-159:   "Searchable website" means an Internet site that:   Allows the public to access information identified in Sections 27-104-151 through 27-104-159 without any fee or charge to the public for that access;   Provides keyword or other efficient search capability to support the public's ability to find, aggregate and display that information with reasonable ease by accessing a single website; and   Allows the public to programmatically search and access all data in a serialized machine readable format, such as XML, via a Web-services application programming interface.   "Agency" means a state agency, department, institution, board, commission, council, office, bureau, division, committee or subcommittee of the state. The term "agency" includes individual agencies and programs as well as multiple agencies whenever programs and activities involve more than one (1) agency. The term "agency" includes all elective offices in the executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government. The term "agency" does not include counties or municipalities.   "Entity" or "recipient" means a corporation, association, union, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, grantee, contractor, county, municipality or other local government entity, or any other legal business entity, including a nonprofit entity. The term "entity" or "recipient" does not include an individual recipient of state public assistance.   "Expenditure of state funds" means the disbursement or transfer of any funds, from any source or funds, whether appropriated or nonappropriated, from any agency. The term "expenditure of state funds" includes the expenditures from bond proceeds.   "Funding action" means the transfer of funds from a state agency to another entity for a specific purpose. These would include subgranting of funds for specific purposes or the funding through bonds or other authority specific projects and actions.   "Funding source" means the state account against which an expenditure is recorded.   "State audit or report" means any audit or report issued by the State Auditor, Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER) or an executive body relating to the entity or recipient of funds or to the budget program or activity or agency.