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MS Code § 27-103-153 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 103 - State Budget|Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994|§ 27-103-153. Appropriation bills to include performance targets; performance measurement data to be maintained and reported

  Beginning with the 1996 fiscal year, the appropriation bills enacted to provide funding for each state agency or institution shall include performance targets for each performance measure established for each program within each such agency. Said performance targets shall be established annually by the Legislature and shall be based upon the funding level authorized for each agency within its appropriation bill. The Department of Finance and Administration shall provide accounting system services to each agency to allow both program expenditures and performance measurement data to be maintained and reported in such form and in such detail as may be required by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.   As provided in Section 27-103-159, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and the Department of Transportation may be exempted from the requirements of this section.
MS Code § 27-103-155 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 103 - State Budget|Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994|§ 27-103-155. Evaluation of performance accomplishments; funding; reports; agency five-year strategic plans; Legislature review

  Beginning with the 1995 fiscal year, the Legislature shall make available funds for the employment of such persons as may be required to conduct an evaluation of the actual performance accomplishments of each agency and its programs in comparison to the targeted performance levels established within the appropriation bill for each agency and its programs. The results of such evaluations shall be prepared in such form and in such detail as may be required by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. Beginning with the 1996 fiscal year, the Legislative Budget Office and the Department of Finance and Administration shall review the five-year strategic plans submitted by each agency as an addendum to its budget request and shall make copies of said plans available to the Legislature for review and consideration.   As provided in Section 27-103-159, the Department of Corrections, the Department of Education, the Department of Health and the Department of Transportation may be exempted from the requirements of this section, except for those requiring the production of agency strategic plans.
MS Code § 27-103-157 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 103 - State Budget|Mississippi Performance Budget and Strategic Planning Act of 1994|§ 27-103-157. Establishment of innovation incentive program to develop and implement innovative cost saving measures; innovation incentive awards

 The Department of Finance and Administration is hereby authorized and directed to establish an innovation incentive program whereby agencies which develop and implement innovative cost saving measures can receive both public commendation and monetary reward in recognition of their efforts. The Department of Finance and Administration shall develop policies and procedures as may be required in order to properly administer said program and such policies and procedures shall include the development of evaluation criteria by which the cost saving results of the various innovations can be calculated and compared against the innovations of other agencies. The Department of Finance and Administration shall make all agencies aware of the innovation incentive program and shall encourage the participation of agencies in the program.   The Department of Finance and Administration shall submit its recommendations for innovation incentive awards to the Legislature for consideration on or before January 1 of each year. The recommendations of the Department of Finance and Administration shall include the following items of information: (a) proposed recipients of awards, (b) the proposed amount of the monetary award, and (c) the proposed manner in which the monetary award should be made available to the recipient. The Legislature may hold hearings in regard to the innovations recommended for consideration by the Department of Finance and Administration and may, in its discretion, appropriate funds to reward agencies for innovations.
MS Code § 27-103-201 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 103 - State Budget|Budget Reform Act of 1992|§ 27-103-201. Short title

 Chapter 484, Laws of 1992, shall be known and may be cited as the "Budget Reform Act of 1992."
MS Code § 27-103-204 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 103 - State Budget|Budget Reform Act of 1992|§ 27-103-204. State Treasurer authorized to borrow funds from Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund and other funds to offset temporary cash flow deficiencies; limited aggregate amount authorized; notice of transfers

 The State Treasurer is authorized and directed to borrow funds from the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund created in Section 27-103-203 or from special funds in the State Treasury, or both, to offset any temporary cash flow deficiencies in the Budget Contingency Fund created in Section 27-103-301 regarding Budget Contingency Fund monies generated under Laws, 2002, ch. 539. The amount borrowed from the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund or from special funds in the State Treasury, or both, shall not exceed One Hundred Nineteen Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($119,200,000.00) in the aggregate. The State Treasurer shall reimburse, from Budget Contingency Fund monies generated under Laws, 2002, ch. 539, the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund or special funds in the State Treasury, or both, for all sums borrowed for such temporary cash flow deficiency purposes. The State Treasurer shall immediately notify the Legislative Budget Office and the State Department of Finance and Administration of each transfer into and out of such funds.
MS Code § 27-103-205 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 103 - State Budget|Budget Reform Act of 1992|§ 27-103-205. General Fund Stabilization Reserve and General Fund Reserve abolished; transfer of balances to Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund

  The General Fund Stabilization Reserve and the General Fund Reserve are abolished.   Any balances remaining in the General Fund Stabilization Reserve and the General Fund Reserve shall be transferred by the State Treasurer into the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund created pursuant to Section 27-103-203.
MS Code § 27-103-207 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 103 - State Budget|Budget Reform Act of 1992|§ 27-103-207. Working Cash Balance Revolving Fund abolished; allocation of remaining balance

 The Working Cash Balance Revolving Fund is abolished. Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) of the balance remaining in the Working Cash Balance Revolving Fund shall be transferred by the State Treasurer into the General Fund and the remainder of such fund shall be transferred by the State Treasurer into the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund created pursuant to Section 27-103-203.
MS Code § 27-103-209 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 103 - State Budget|Budget Reform Act of 1992|§ 27-103-209. Reports on state budget system, privatization of government programs and services, and financial statements and fiscal control systems

  The Joint Legislative Budget Committee shall study and review the state budgeting system and make comparisons with and evaluations of other budgeting systems in use in other states. The study shall review financial and economic conditions and the associated performance of the budget systems. In reviewing the state budget system, the study shall include an analysis of budget preparation, data gathering and evaluation, development of budget recommendations, revenue forecasting, reporting of revenue collections, appropriation tracking and reporting and tax expenditure reporting.  The Joint Legislative Budget Committee shall file a report of its findings together with any recommendations with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate not later than December 15, 1992. The Joint Legislative Budget Committee shall utilize staff of the Legislative Budget Office, University Research Center, State Tax Commission and other agencies as necessary.    The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review shall prepare a report on privatization of government programs and services. The study shall analyze all areas of state government with the objective of identifying programs and services that can be performed by the private sector with lower cost or increased efficiency. Areas of privatization shall include, but not be limited to, contracting-out, competitive bidding and sale of assets. In determining and comparing the costs of performance between the private and public sectors, the actual costs incurred in engaging in the activity shall include the cost and value of labor, real estate, equipment, overhead and other direct expenses. Cost-benefit analysis of current and proposed regulations shall be included. Generally accepted accounting principles shall be followed. Input shall be solicited from representatives of the private sector. Recommendations shall be provided to the Legislature and the Governor by December 15, 1992.   The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review shall review the adequacy of financial statements of state government and fiscal control systems including legal authority and methodology of the agencies that prepare public financial statements and exercise control over state expenditures. The review shall focus on the SAAS accounting system and its development, implementation and benefits. A report by the committee on its findings shall be provided to the Legislature and the Governor by December 15, 1992.
MS Code § 27-103-211 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 103 - State Budget|Budget Reform Act of 1992|§ 27-103-211. Limit on legislative appropriation from General Fund

 The total sum appropriated by the Legislature from the State General Fund for any fiscal year shall not exceed ninety-eight percent (98%) of the general fund revenue estimate for that fiscal year developed by the Department of Revenue and the University Research Center and adopted by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. The unencumbered balances in general funds that will be available and on hand at the close of the fiscal year shall not include projected amounts required to be deposited into the Working Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund under Section 27-103-203. However, for fiscal years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 and 2017 only, the total sum appropriated by the Legislature from the State General Fund shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the amount of the general fund revenue estimate for that fiscal year, and for fiscal year 2018, the total sum appropriated by the Legislature from the State General Fund shall not exceed ninety-nine percent (99%) of the amount of the general fund revenue estimate adopted by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for that fiscal year.
MS Code § 27-103-301 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 103 - State Budget|Budget Contingency and Capital Expense Funds|§ 27-103-301. Budget Contingency Fund created

 There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Budget Contingency Fund, into which shall be deposited any funds designated for deposit therein by law. All funds in the Budget Contingency Fund shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature. Any funds appropriated from the Budget Contingency Fund that are unexpended at the end of a fiscal year shall lapse into the Budget Contingency Fund.
MS Code § 27-103-302 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 103 - State Budget|Budget Contingency and Capital Expense Funds|§ 27-103-302. Deepwater Horizon settlement funds to be deposited into State BP Settlement Fund and Gulf Coast Restoration Fund

 Through August 31, 2018, all funds received by or on behalf of the State of Mississippi through a negotiated settlement for economic damages in connection with the explosion on, and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, except for any funds that are required by the settlement to be paid to any other public entity, shall be deposited into the Budget Contingency Fund for appropriation by the Legislature.   From and after September 1, 2018, all funds received by or on behalf of the State of Mississippi through a negotiated settlement for economic damages in connection with the explosion on, and sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, except for any funds that are required by the settlement to be paid to any other public entity, shall be deposited as follows: (a) twenty-five percent (25%) of each annual payment of those funds to the State of Mississippi shall be deposited into the State BP Settlement Fund created in Section 27-103-302.1, and (b) seventy-five percent (75%) of each annual payment of those funds to the State of Mississippi shall be deposited into the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund created in Section 57-119-1.
MS Code § 27-103-302.1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 103 - State Budget|Budget Contingency and Capital Expense Funds|§ 27-103-302.1. State BP Settlement Fund created

 There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the "State BP Settlement Fund." The special fund shall consist of funds required to be deposited into the special fund by Section 27-103-302, funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the Legislature in any manner, and funds from any other source designated for deposit into the special fund. Unexpended amounts remaining in the special fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund but shall remain in the State BP Settlement Fund. Any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the special fund shall be deposited to the credit of the special fund.
MS Code § 27-104-1 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-1. Department of Finance and Administration to be State Fiscal Management Board; agencies to file reports; Department to study creation, abolition or consolidation of agencies and departments

 The Department of Finance and Administration shall be the Fiscal Management Board and shall retain all powers and duties granted by law to the Fiscal Management Board. Wherever the term "Fiscal Management Board" appears in any law the same shall mean the Department of Finance and Administration. The Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration may assign to the appropriate division or divisions such powers and duties as deemed appropriate to carry out the department's lawful functions.   All general fund agencies shall file a monthly report of receipts, disbursements, assets, liabilities, encumbrances, and fund balances with the Department of Finance and Administration on or before the fifteenth day of the succeeding month. The reports must contain such information and in such form as shall be required by the department. Special fund agencies may be required to file monthly operating statements or reports, or such agencies may be required to file quarterly or annual reports. The determination of the type of reports and the periods to be covered by such reports shall be determined by the Department of Finance and Administration.   The Department of Finance and Administration shall make continuous and careful study of all state agencies and departments and it may make recommendations to the State Legislature for abolition or consolidation or creation of state agencies and departments.
MS Code § 27-104-4 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-4. Preparation of annual financial statements by each state agency; consolidated report

  Each state agency shall prepare annual financial statements at such times as required by the State Fiscal Officer. The statements shall be in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The State Fiscal Officer, in consultation with the State Auditor, shall prescribe rules and regulations to implement and specify the records, procedures and accounting systems necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.   The State Fiscal Officer shall combine the financial statements of the various state agencies into a comprehensive annual financial report for the State of Mississippi and shall provide it to the State Auditor by September 30 of each year for postauditing. This report, together with the State Auditor's opinion on the financial statements, shall be published as the official financial statement of the state in accordance with Section 115 of the Mississippi Constitution, and it or comparable condensed version shall be distributed to the Governor, other state officials, members of the Legislature and other interested persons. The comprehensive annual financial report shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, shall be audited by the State Auditor's office in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and shall be published within six (6) months after the June 30 close of each fiscal year.   Within twelve (12) months of the June 30 close of each fiscal year, the State Auditor's Office shall publish the State Auditor's statements on internal control systems and on compliance with federal grant requirements and with applicable state and federal laws, that conforms to the requirements of the Single Audit Act of 1984 for audit coverage of state and federal funds received by all state agencies.
MS Code § 27-104-6 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-6. Executive Director to be State Fiscal Officer

 The Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall be the State Fiscal Officer and shall carry out all powers and duties assigned to the State Fiscal Officer and wherever the term "State Fiscal Officer" appears in any law the same shall mean Executive Director of the Department of Finance and Administration.
MS Code § 27-104-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-9. Submission of agency operating budget

 After appropriations have been passed into law, but prior to the start of the fiscal year, agencies shall submit to the State Fiscal Officer an operating budget in a format specified by him. The State Fiscal Officer, acting through the Bureau of Budget and Fiscal Management, shall review the operating budgets to insure they are in compliance with the appropriation and return them to the agencies. A copy of the approved operating budget shall be used for authorizing the expenditure of funds appropriated through the allotment process.
MS Code § 27-104-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-11. Expenditures by agency

 No general or special funds received under state law, except those for the legislature, or those made available for a special or particular purpose with the intention that they shall or may be expended immediately, shall be available for expenditure by the agency entitled thereto until estimates of the amount required for the agency shall have been submitted to and approved by the state fiscal officer, with copies of such estimates to be furnished to the legislative budget office.
MS Code § 27-104-14 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-14. Rescission or restoration of reductions or revisions of estimates or allocations of general funds

 The Governor or the Department of Finance and Administration shall not rescind or restore any reductions or revisions of estimates or allocations of general funds or state-source special funds made by the Governor or the Department of Finance and Administration under the provisions of Section 27-104-13 or Section 31-17-123 during fiscal year 2011 or any fiscal year thereafter.
MS Code § 27-104-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 27 - Taxation and Finance|Chapter 104 - State Fiscal Affairs|In General|§ 27-104-15. Hearings as to revision of agency budget estimates

 If the State Fiscal Officer shall so delay approval of the estimate for any agency, or if they shall so reduce and revise the estimate of any agency, in a manner which in the judgment of the executive head of such agency jeopardizes the effectiveness and efficient operation of said agency, a hearing shall be afforded by the State Fiscal Officer to the executive head of any such agency. The Legislative Budget Committee shall be notified of such hearings and the committee or its members may attend such hearings in order to give it adequate information on which to base any recommendations it may desire to submit to the Legislature.