Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.

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To: Appropriations D;
Appropriations A
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Representatives Mims, Read, Barton,
Cockerham, Faulkner, Hood, McKnight, Rushing,
Watson

HOUSE BILL NO. 1931
(As Sent to Governor)

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING 1
THE EXPENSES OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE SUPREME COURT WHICH IS 2
COMPRISED OF THE SUPREME COURT, THE OFFICE OF THE SUPREME COURT 3
CLERK AND THE STATE LAW LIBRARY AND TO PAY EXPENSES OF SPECIAL 4
JUDGES, CHANCELLORS AND CIRCUIT JUDGES, AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF 5
DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF COURTS AND 6
CERTIFIED COURT REPORTERS, CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION, COURT OF 7
APPEALS AND THE BOARD OF BAR ADMISSIONS, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2027; 8
AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 9
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 10
SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be 11
necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General 12
Fund not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of defraying the 13
expenses of the Mississippi State Supreme Court for the fiscal 14
year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027............. 15
............................................... $ 6,684,374.00. 16
SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be 17
necessary, is appropriated out of any money in any special fund in 18
the State Treasury to the credit of the Mississippi State Supreme 19
Court which is comprised of special source funds collected by or 20
otherwise available to the Mississippi State Supreme Court, for 21
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the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Mississippi State 22
Supreme Court for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and 23
ending June 30, 2027 .......................... $ 1,427,641.00. 24
SECTION 3. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions of 25
this act for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the 26
Mississippi State Supreme Court, the following positions are 27
authorized: 28
AUTHORIZED HEADCOUNT: 29
Permanent: 60 30
Time-Limited: 0 31
SECTION 4. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be 32
necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General 33
Fund not otherwise appropriated to the Mississippi State Supreme 34
Court for the purpose of defraying the expenses of special judges, 35
chancellors and circuit judges for the fiscal year beginning 36
July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027.......... $ 40,011,007.00. 37
SECTION 5. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be 38
necessary, is appropriated out of any money in any special fund in 39
the State Treasury to the credit of the trial judges, for the 40
purpose of defraying the expenses of special judges, chancellors 41
and circuit judges for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and 42
ending June 30, 2027............................ $ 24,495,094.00. 43
SECTION 6. Of the funds appropriated under Sections 4 and 5 44
of this act for the purpose of defraying the expenses of special 45
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judges, chancellors and circuit judges, the following positions 46
are authorized: 47
AUTHORIZED HEADCOUNT: 48
Permanent: 123 49
Time-Limited: 0 50
SECTION 7. Of the funds appropriated under Sections 4 and 5 51
of this act, Fifteen Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars 52
($15,600,000.00) is provided for the purpose of employing support 53
staff in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thirty Thousand 54
Dollars ($130,000.00) per fiscal year per judge. 55
SECTION 8. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be 56
necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General 57
Fund, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of funding the 58
Administrative Office of Courts for the fiscal year beginning 59
July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027.......... $ 17,790,761.00. 60
SECTION 9. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be 61
necessary, is appropriated out of any money in any special fund in 62
the State Treasury to the credit of the Administrative Office of 63
Courts for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the 64
Administrative Office of Courts and the Board of Certified Court 65
Reporters for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending 66
June 30, 2027................................... $ 24,210,294.00. 67
SECTION 10. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions 68
of this act for the purpose of funding the Administrative Office 69
of Courts, not more than the following amount of funds, with the 70
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exception of the provisions in this section, shall be expended 71
only for "Personal Services," which includes "Vacancy Funding," 72
for the following authorized number of employment headcount: 73
FUNDING: 74
General Funds: $ 5,068,977.00 75
Special Funds: $ 2,501,659.00 76
Total Funds: $ 7,570,636.00 77
PERSONAL SERVICES: 78
Employee Salaries, Wages and 79
Fringe Benefits: $ 7,077,378.00 80
Progressions: $ 0.00 81
Vacancy Funding: $ 493,258.00 82
Total Personal Services: $ 7,570,636.00 83
AUTHORIZED HEADCOUNT: 84
Permanent: 97 85
Time-Limited: 0 86
As used in this section, the term "Personal Services" shall 87
mean funds provided under the major object of expenditure category 88
Personal Services for Salaries, Wages, and Fringe Benefits. Funds 89
in this category shall not be transferred to any other category. 90
It is the intention of the Legislature to ensure compliance 91
with the Variable Compensation Plan, as outlined in Section 92
25-9-147, Mississippi Code of 1972. Payment from these funds 93
shall be in accordance with the Variable Compensation Plan 94
promulgated by the Mississippi State Personnel Board. It is the 95
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Legislature's intention that no employee's salary falls below the 96
minimum salary established by the Mississippi State Personnel 97
Board. 98
The State Personnel Board shall determine and publish the 99
projected annual cost of "Personal Services" based on monthly and 100
year-to-date payroll expenditures in compliance with the 101
provisions of this act. 102
With the funds herein appropriated, it shall be the agency's 103
responsibility to ensure that no single personnel action or 104
combination of personnel actions, when annualized, exceeds the 105
Fiscal Year 2027 appropriation for "Personal Services" with the 106
exception of escalated funds. Further, it shall be the agency's 107
responsibility to ensure that funds required to be appropriated 108
for "Personal Services" for Fiscal Year 2028 do not exceed Fiscal 109
Year 2027 funds appropriated for that purpose unless programs or 110
positions are added to the agency's Fiscal Year 2027 budget by the 111
Mississippi Legislature. 112
If, at the time the agency takes any action to change 113
"Personal Services," the State Personnel Board determines that the 114
agency has taken or will take an action that would cause the 115
agency to exceed the funds appropriated in this act when 116
annualized for Fiscal Year 2027 or increase the need for "Personal 117
Services" for Fiscal Year 2028, when annualized, the State 118
Personnel Board shall process no salary actions until such time as 119
the requirements of the provisions of this section are met with 120
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the exception of new hires determined to be essential for the 121
agency. 122
When used in this section, "Vacancy Funding" shall mean funds 123
included in the Total Personal Services amount listed above and 124
designated for approved vacancies in Fiscal Year 2027. These 125
funds are to be utilized to increase the number of filled 126
headcounts that were authorized but unfilled as of the last day of 127
Fiscal Year 2026. If the agency fills additional headcounts after 128
March 1, 2026, until the end of Fiscal Year 2026, the amount of 129
available Vacancy Funding may be proportionally adjusted to 130
reflect the updated number of filled headcounts. The agency shall 131
be responsible for ensuring that "Vacancy Funding" is used to 132
increase headcounts and not for promotions, title changes, 133
in-range salary adjustments, or any other mechanism for increasing 134
salaries for current employees. 135
Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with 136
the terms, conditions, and procedures established by law or 137
allowable under the terms set forth within this act. The State 138
Personnel Board shall not escalate positions or increase the 139
Personal Services total without written approval from the 140
Department of Finance and Administration. The Department of 141
Finance and Administration shall not provide written approval to 142
escalate any funds for salaries and/or headcounts without proof of 143
availability of new or additional funds above the appropriated 144
level. Unless specifically noted, all Fiscal Year 2026 escalated 145
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headcounts have been accounted for and shall be converted to 146
authorized time-limited headcounts. 147
No general funds authorized to be expended herein shall be 148
used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds used for 149
salaries authorized under the provisions of this act and which are 150
withdrawn and no longer available. 151
None of the funds herein appropriated shall be used in 152
violation of the Internal Revenue Service's Publication 15-A 153
relating to the reporting of income paid to contract employees, as 154
interpreted by the Office of the State Auditor. 155
If the agency's total authorized headcount decreases from 156
Fiscal Year 2026 to Fiscal Year 2027, it will be the agency's 157
discretion as to what headcounts are removed. 158
The Legislature authorized two (2) new headcounts, which are 159
included in the authorized headcount above for Fiscal Year 2027. 160
New Headcount Titles Authorized: 161
Human Resources Family - 1 162
Accounting Family - 1 163
SECTION 11. Funding and headcount provided for Information 164
Technology and Finance positions in Sections 1, 3, 25, and 27 of 165
this act are now authorized in Sections 8 and 10 of this act. 166
Funding and headcount provided for CCID judges and their staff 167
positions in Sections 8 and 10 of this act are now authorized in 168
Sections 4, 5 and 6 of this act. 169
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SECTION 12. Of the funds appropriated in Section 8, Six 170
Million Dollars ($6,000,000.00) is provided exclusively to defray 171
the reimbursement of costs of the adult felony Drug Court Program 172
operated by the twenty-three (23) Circuit Courts as certified in 173
Section 9-23-11(2c) (i-iii), Mississippi Code of 1972. These funds 174
shall not be used for administrative expenditures of the 175
Administrative Office of Courts in any manner. 176
SECTION 13. Funds appropriated in Section 8 and 17 for adult 177
felony Drug Courts shall be reimbursed by AOC based on each felony 178
adult Drug Court's participant number scale as follows: 179
$160,000—1-99 $335,000—200-224 $485,000—325-349 180
$185,000—100-124 $360,000—225-249 $535,000—350-374 181
$235,000—125-149 $385,000—250-274 $560,000—375-399 182
$260,000—150-174 $435,000—275-299 $585,000—400-424 183
$285,000-155-199 $460,000—300-324 $635,000—425-449 184
SECTION 14. Of the funds provided in Section 8, Two Million 185
Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,250,000.00) is provided to 186
defray the costs of Youth Drug Courts and Family Courts as 187
certified in Section 9-23-11(2c) (iv), Mississippi Code of 1972. 188
SECTION 15. Of the funds provided in Section 8, Seven 189
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($750,000.00) is provided to defray 190
the costs of pilot Mental Health Treatment Courts in accordance 191
with Sections 9-27-1 through 9-27-21, Mississippi Code of 1972: 192
(a) 4th Circuit District Mental Health Treatment Court Pilot. 193
................................................. $ 250,000.00 194
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(b) 6th Circuit District Mental Health Treatment Court Pilot. 195
................................................. $ 250,000.00 196
(c) 7th Circuit District Mental Health Treatment Court Pilot. 197
................................................ $ 250,000.00. 198
SECTION 16. It is the intention of the Legislature that the 199
Administrative Office of the Courts shall report to the House and 200
Senate Judiciary A Committee Chairmen, House and Senate 201
Appropriations Chairmen, and the Legislative Budget Office by 202
December 1, 2026, a report on all intervention courts that shall 203
include the following: number of participants per court, location 204
of each court, length of program, cost per program and 205
participant. The Office shall use the year-end data from Fiscal 206
Year 2026. 207
SECTION 17. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions 208
of Section 9 of this act, Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) 209
shall be derived from the Opioid Settlement Fund as created in 210
Section 27-103-305, Mississippi Code of 1972. These abatement 211
funds are provided exclusively to defray the reimbursement of the 212
cost of the adult felony Drug court program operated by the 213
twenty-three (23) Circuit courts as certified in Section 9-23-11 214
(2c) (i-iii), Mississippi Code of 1972. These funds are to be 215
used for treating substance abuse through targeted 216
settlement-funded interventions. These funds shall not be used 217
for administrative expenditures of the Administrative Office of 218
Courts in any manner. 219
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SECTION 18. It is the intention of the Legislature that the 220
Adult Felony Drug Courts operated by the twenty-three (23) Circuit 221
Courts that receive funds from the Opioid Settlement Fund shall 222
report to the House and Senate Chairmen of Judiciary A Committee, 223
the House and Senate Appropriations Chairmen, and the Legislative 224
Budget Office by August 1, 2027, the number of participants of 225
each court and the associated reimbursement costs specific to each 226
participant for opioid related offenses, addiction or treatment. 227
SECTION 19. As a condition of receiving and expending the 228
funds appropriated to the Administrative Office of the Courts 229
under Section 17, a recipient designated under this section shall 230
certify in writing and under oath to the Court that no contract of 231
compensation dependent on the success or failure of legislation or 232
executive action prohibited under Section 5-8-13, Mississippi Code 233
of 1972, has been entered into by the receiving Intervention 234
Court, with any individual or entity, in pursuance of such 235
funding. None of the funds appropriated by this act shall be 236
disbursed to a recipient or used by a recipient who fails to make 237
such certification or is found to be in violation of such 238
certification. 239
SECTION 20. Of the funds provided in Section 8, Five Hundred 240
Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) is provided for the purpose of 241
defraying the secretarial and support services expenditures for 242
the Court-Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program pursuant to 243
Section 43-21-855, Mississippi Code of 1972. 244
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SECTION 21. Of the funds provided in Section 9, Two Hundred 245
Thousand Dollars ($200,000.00) is provided to defray the costs of 246
the Mississippi Access to Justice Commission. 247
SECTION 22. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be 248
necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the Continuing 249
Legal Education Fund, a special fund hereby created in the State 250
Treasury, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of providing 251
continuing legal education programs to lawyers in Mississippi, for 252
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027.. 253
................................................... $ 332,997.00. 254
SECTION 23. It is the intention of the Legislature that 255
interest earned from any investment or deposit to the Continuing 256
Legal Education Fund made pursuant to Section 27-105-33, 257
Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be credited by the State Treasurer 258
to the Continuing Legal Education Fund and shall not be paid into 259
the General Fund of Mississippi. 260
SECTION 24. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions 261
of this act for the purpose of providing continuing legal 262
education programs, the following positions are authorized: 263
AUTHORIZED HEADCOUNT: 264
Permanent: 3 265
Time-Limited: 0 266
SECTION 25. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be 267
necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State General 268
Fund not otherwise appropriated to the Mississippi State Supreme 269
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Court for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Court of 270
Appeals for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending 271
June 30, 2027................................... $ 7,062,759.00. 272
SECTION 26. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be 273
necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the special fund in 274
the State Treasury to the credit of the Mississippi State Supreme 275
Court, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Court of 276
Appeals for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending 277
June 30, 2027.................................... $ 176,362.00. 278
SECTION 27. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions 279
of this act for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the Court 280
of Appeals, the following positions are authorized: 281
AUTHORIZED HEADCOUNT: 282
Permanent: 54 283
Time-Limited: 0 284
SECTION 28. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be 285
necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the special fund in 286
the State Treasury to the credit of the Board of Bar Admissions, 287
for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the board for the 288
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027...... 289
................................................. $ 383,426.00. 290
SECTION 29. It is the intention of the Legislature that 291
interest earned from any investment or deposit to the Board of Bar 292
Admissions Fund made pursuant to Section 27-105-33, Mississippi 293
Code of 1972, shall be credited by the State Treasurer to the 294
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Board of Bar Admissions Fund and shall not be paid into the 295
General Fund of Mississippi. 296
SECTION 30. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions 297
of this act for the purpose of funding the Board of Bar 298
Admissions, the following positions are authorized: 299
AUTHORIZED HEADCOUNT: 300
Permanent: 3 301
Time-Limited: 0 302
Any transfers or escalations shall be made in accordance with 303
the terms, conditions and procedures established by law. 304
No general funds authorized to be expended herein shall be 305
used to replace federal funds and/or other special funds which are 306
being used for salaries authorized under the provisions of this 307
act and which are withdrawn and no longer available. 308
SECTION 31. No part of the funds herein appropriated shall 309
be used in the payment of attorney's fees, nor shall any of such 310
funds be used, either directly or indirectly, for the purpose of 311
paying any clerk, stenographer, assistant, deputy or other person 312
who may be related by blood or marriage within the third degree, 313
computed by the rules of civil law, to the official employing or 314
having the right of employment or selection thereof; and in the 315
event of any such payment, then the official or person approving 316
and making or receiving such payment shall be jointly and 317
severally liable to return to the State of Mississippi and to pay 318
into the State Treasury three (3) times any such amount so paid or 319
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received, to be recovered at suit of the Attorney General; 320
however, when the relationship is by affinity and the person 321
through whom the relationship was established is dead, this 322
provision shall not apply. 323
SECTION 32. It is the intention of the Legislature that the 324
Mississippi State Supreme Court shall charge the maximum amount 325
allowable by law for services rendered where charges for such 326
services are provided for by statute, and for any other services 327
rendered, shall charge an amount consistent with the cost of 328
providing such services. The funds derived from these charges 329
shall be deposited into a special fund account in the State 330
Treasury to the credit of the Office of the Mississippi State 331
Supreme Court. 332
SECTION 33. It is the intent of the Legislature that no part 333
of the funds herein appropriated shall be required to be used for 334
the payment of rent for the public space in the Law Library. 335
SECTION 34. In accordance with Section 9-21-13, Mississippi 336
Code of 1972, the Director of the Administrative Office of Courts 337
is authorized to direct expenditures of state monies appropriated 338
to the Administrative Office of Courts or any courts of the state 339
for any and all functions or projects directly or indirectly 340
affecting the operation of any court and may transfer monies 341
appropriated for the office or any account to any one or more 342
other accounts or office. The Director of the Administrative 343
Office of Courts shall notify, in writing, the Lieutenant 344
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Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 345
Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Chairman of 346
the House Appropriations A Committee, and the Legislative Budget 347
Office of any transfer. The written notification shall include 348
the justification for the transfer of funds, an explanation of 349
need, the amount, and where the funds will be used. This written 350
notification shall be sent on or before the fifteenth day of the 351
month prior to the effective date of the transfer. 352
SECTION 35. Of the funds appropriated in this act, One 353
Million Forty-seven Thousand One Hundred Twenty-one Dollars 354
($1,047,121.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is 355
provided for the operations of the CCID inferior court established 356
in Section 9-12-1, Mississippi Code of 1972. 357
SECTION 36. It is the intention of the Legislature that 358
whenever two (2) or more bids are received by this agency for the 359
purchase of commodities or equipment, and whenever all things 360
stated in such received bids are equal with respect to price, 361
quality and service, the Mississippi Industries for the Blind 362
shall be given preference. A similar preference shall be given to 363
the Mississippi Industries for the Blind whenever purchases are 364
made without competitive bids. 365
SECTION 37. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions 366
of this act, an amount not to exceed Two Million Four Hundred 367
Sixty Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,460,500.00) may be 368
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provided for the Comprehensive Electronic Court Systems Fund 369
administered by the Administrative Office of Courts. 370
SECTION 38. It is the intention of the Legislature that the 371
Mississippi State Supreme Court shall maintain complete accounting 372
and personnel records related to the expenditure of all funds 373
appropriated under this act and that such records shall be in the 374
same format and level of detail as maintained for Fiscal Year 375
2026. It is further the intention of the Legislature that the 376
agency's budget request for Fiscal Year 2028 shall be submitted to 377
the Joint Legislative Budget Committee in a format and level of 378
detail comparable to the format and level of detail provided 379
during the Fiscal Year 2027 budget request process. 380
SECTION 39. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions 381
of this act, Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars 382
($2,500,000.00) shall be provided for the Youth Court Support Fund 383
as created in Section 43-21-801, Mississippi Code of 1972, and 384
administered by the Administrative Office of Courts. 385
(a) As a condition of expending the funds provided in this 386
section, the Administrative Office of Courts shall establish 387
standardized intake procedures for Youth Courts and provide annual 388
training to intake officers on these standardized procedures. 389
(b) As a condition of a court receiving the funds provided 390
in this section, the intake officer of the receiving court shall 391
attend the Administrative Office of Courts' annual training on 392
standardized intake procedures and the court shall provide the 393
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information necessary to complete the annual report on Youth 394
Courts provided in Section 40. 395
SECTION 40. It is the intention of the Legislature that the 396
Administrative Office of Courts shall create an annual report on 397
Youth Courts that includes, but is not limited to, the following 398
for each Youth Court: (a) expenditures made by each Youth Court 399
organized by major object; (b) the number of employees by job 400
classification; (c) the number of active cases assigned; (d) the 401
number of cases pending for more than a year; (e) the number of 402
cases disposed of; (f) the number of youth adjudicated delinquent; 403
(g) the number of children adjudicated neglected or abused; and 404
(h) the number of days court was held. This report shall be 405
submitted no later than 90 days after the conclusion of the fiscal 406
year to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the 407
House of Representatives, the Chairmen of the Senate and House 408
Appropriations and Judiciary A Committees, and the Legislative 409
Budget Office. 410
SECTION 41. It is the intention of the Legislature that in 411
the event there are not sufficient funds in the Judicial System 412
Operation Fund created under Section 9-21-45, Mississippi Code of 413
1972, in any given year with which to pay the annual salary 414
supplements set forth in Section 25-3-35, Mississippi Code of 415
1972, then the county treasury shall not be obligated to fund such 416
salary supplements, and the salary of county court judges shall be 417
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that in place prior to the passage of Section 9-9-11, Mississippi 418
Code of 1972. 419
SECTION 42. Of the funds appropriated in Section 8, it is 420
the intention of the Legislature that Two Hundred Thousand Dollars 421
($200,000.00) may be allocated for the Civil Legal Assistance 422
Program. In accordance with Section 9-21-43, Mississippi Code of 423
1972, the Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide a copy 424
of the annual audits and a report of unused funds to the House and 425
Senate Judiciary A Committee Chairmen, House and Senate 426
Appropriations Chairmen, and the Legislative Budget Office. 427
SECTION 43. Of the funds appropriated in Section 8, Two 428
Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00), or so much thereof as may be 429
necessary, is provided to support and employ the personnel 430
administering Youth Court intake operations pursuant to Section 431
43-21-351(2), Mississippi Code of 1972. 432
SECTION 44. Of the funds appropriated in Sections 1, 2, 4, 433
5, 25 and 26, the following sum, One Million One Hundred 434
Fifty-nine Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-one Dollars 435
($1,159,361.00) is provided for salary increases based upon the 436
once in a four-year period recommended report by the State 437
Personnel Board and pursuant to Section 25-3-35, Mississippi Code 438
of 1972, as amended by the General Laws of 2026. These funds 439
shall be utilized to increase the annual salary, excluding fringe, 440
for the following positions to the following amounts: 441
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court............... $ 194,171.00 442
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ST: Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of
Appeals and trial judges services.
Presiding Justices of the Supreme Court, each.... $ 190,614.00 443
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, each.... $ 187,625.00 444
Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.............. $ 182,624.00 445
Associate Judges of the Court of Appeals, each... $ 179,871.00 446
Chancery Judges, each............................ $ 171,063.00 447
Circuit Judges, each............................. $ 171,063.00 448
SECTION 45. Of the funds appropriated under the provisions 449
of Section 9, Eight Million Seven Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars 450
($8,750,000.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be 451
derived out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of 452
the Capital Expense Fund, as created in Section 27-103-303, 453
Mississippi Code of 1972, and allocated in a manner as determined 454
by the State Treasurer. These funds are provided to replace the 455
Youth Courts system of record, including data cleanup. 456
SECTION 46. Of the funds appropriated in Section 9, Two 457
Hundred Eighty Thousand Dollars ($280,000.00) is provided for 458
updates to the Mississippi Electronic Courts system. 459
SECTION 47. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by 460
the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the 461
credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon 462
warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal 463
Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the 464
proper person, officer or officers, in the manner provided by law. 465
SECTION 48. This act shall take effect and be in force from 466
and after July 1, 2026. 467