SB2579 • 2026

Small Municipalities Federal Match Fund; appropriation to DFA.

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE SMALL MUNICIPALITIES FEDERAL MATCH FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISBURSING FUNDS TO SMALL MUNICIPALITIES WHICH RECEIVE DISCRETIONARY FEDERAL FUNDS, FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING ON JULY 1, 2026, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; TO PROVIDE THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE TO USE THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED IN THE ACT AS MATCHING FUNDS TO DRAW DOWN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO SET A MATCH RATE OF TWENTY PERCENT (20%) LOCAL FUNDS CONTRIBUTED BY THE SMALL MUNICIPALITY TO EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) FEDERAL FUNDS RECEIVED.

Budget

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor: Simmons (13th), McMahan, Chassaniol, Younger, Brumfield, England, McCaughn, Mumford, Simmons (12th)
Last action: 2026-02-25
Official status: Dead
Effective date: Passage

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify the exact amount of $5,000,000 but mentions 'the following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary.'

Small Towns' Federal Money Help

This bill gives money to small towns so they can get more federal funds for projects.

What This Bill Does

Appropriates $5,000,000 from the Small Municipalities Federal Match Fund to the Department of Finance and Administration for disbursing funds to small municipalities that receive discretionary federal funds, starting July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027.
Requires the department to set a match rate of twenty percent (20%) local funds contributed by the small municipality to eighty percent (80%) federal funds received.

Who It Names or Affects

Small municipalities that receive discretionary federal funds
The Department of Finance and Administration

Terms To Know

Discretionary Federal Funds: Money from the federal government that can be used for different kinds of projects.
Match Rate: The amount a town must put in to get more money from another source, like the federal government.

Limits and Unknowns

This bill did not pass and was stopped in committee.
It only gives money for one year, from July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027.

Bill History

2026-02-25 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
02/25 (S) Died In Committee
2026-01-19 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
01/19 (S) Referred To Appropriations

Official Summary Text

Small Municipalities Federal Match Fund; appropriation to DFA.

Current Bill Text

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S. B. No. 2579 *SS08/R308* ~ OFFICIAL ~ A1/2
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To: Appropriations
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Senator(s) Simmons (13th), McMahan,
Chassaniol, Younger, Brumfield, England,
McCaughn, Mumford, Simmons (12th)

SENATE BILL NO. 2579

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE SMALL MUNICIPALITIES 1
FEDERAL MATCH FUND TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION 2
FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISBURSING FUNDS TO SMALL MUNICIPALITIES WHICH 3
RECEIVE DISCRETIONARY FEDERAL FUNDS, FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING ON 4
JULY 1, 2026, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2027; TO PROVIDE THE INTENT OF 5
THE LEGISLATURE TO USE THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED IN THE ACT AS 6
MATCHING FUNDS TO DRAW DOWN FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CERTAIN 7
MUNICIPALITIES; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT TO SET A MATCH RATE OF 8
TWENTY PERCENT (20%) LOCAL FUNDS CONTRIBUTED BY THE SMALL 9
MUNICIPALITY TO EIGHTY PERCENT (80%) FEDERAL FUNDS RECEIVED. 10
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 11
SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be 12
necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the Small 13
Municipalities Federal Match Fund created in the General Laws of 14
2026, not otherwise appropriated, to the Department of Finance 15
Administration for the purpose of disbursing funds to small 16
municipalities which receive discretionary federal funds for the 17
period beginning on July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027........ 18
.................................................... $5,000,000.00. 19
SECTION 2. (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the 20
funds appropriated in Section 1 shall be provided for matching 21
funds to draw down federal funds for qualifying small 22
S. B. No. 2579 *SS08/R308* ~ OFFICIAL ~
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ST: Small Municipalities Federal Match Fund;
appropriation to DFA.
municipalities under the Small Municipalities Federal Match Fund 23
created in the General Laws of 2026. 24
(2) As a condition of receiving and expending the funds 25
appropriated to the department in this act, the department shall 26
set a match rate of twenty percent (20%) local funds contributed 27
by the small municipality to eighty percent (80%) federal funds 28
received. 29
SECTION 3. The money appropriated in this act shall be paid 30
by the State Treasurer out of any money in the Small 31
Municipalities Federal Match Fund, not otherwise appropriated, 32
upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer, and the State 33
Fiscal Officer shall issue his or her warrants upon requisitions 34
signed by the proper person, officer or officers, in the manner 35
provided by law. 36
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from 37
and after its passage. 38