MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972
As Amended

SEC. 7-9-153. Payment of expenses for preplanning projects, preliminary studies, and plans; warrants; requisitions; limits on amount of warrants [Repealed effective July 1, 2004].

(1)  All expenses for preplanning projects authorized by the Legislature shall be paid upon warrants drawn on the Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund created pursuant to Sections 7-9-151 through 7-9-159.  The Department of Finance and Administration shall issue warrants upon requisitions signed by the Director of the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management.  Such requisitions shall set forth the name of the project and estimated cost of the project, and the total of prior expenditures for such project.  The Department of Finance and Administration shall not issue a warrant against the Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund if the total amount expended for preliminary study and planning on the project exceeds two percent (2%) of the estimated cost of such project or appraised price of the proposed property.

(2)  Expenses for preliminary studies and plans, to include appraisals and the purchase of options on real property, for projects the bureau may consider proposing to the Legislature for authorization shall be paid upon warrants drawn on the Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund created pursuant to Sections 7-9-151 through 7-9-159.  The Department of Finance and Administration shall issue warrants upon requisitions signed by the Director of the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management.  Such requisitions shall set forth the name of the project and estimated cost of the project, and the total of prior expenditures for such project.  The Department of Finance and Administration shall not issue a warrant against the Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund for a project if the total amount expended for preliminary studies and plans, to include appraisals and the purchase of options on real property, for the project exceeds Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00).

SOURCES: Laws, 1994, ch. 529, Sec. 2, eff from and after passage (approved March 21, 1994). Amended by Laws 2000, Ch. 531, Sec. 3, SB2943; Reenacted without change, Laws, 2003, ch. 375, § 2, HB 844, eff from and after passage (approved Mar. 13, 2003).

PREVIOUS VERSIONS: Pre-2003


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