Miss. Code Ann. § 49-2-33
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Miss. Code Ann. § 49-2-33
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(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the “DEQ Water, Land and Air Contamination Projects Fund,” which shall consist of funds transferred from the Attorney General Contingent Fund under the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, any other funds made available by the Legislature in any manner and funds from any other source designated for deposit into the fund. Monies in the fund shall be used by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purpose of assessment, remediation, operation and maintenance, cost-sharing, oversight and administration of water, land and air contamination projects within the State of Mississippi pursuant to the 2020 settlement in the case of The State of Mississippi ex rel. Lynn Fitch, Attorney General vs. EnPro, Inc. , et.al.; Cause No. CV-2017-19-JMY2. Unexpended amounts remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not lapse into the State General Fund, and any investment earnings or interest earned on amounts in the fund shall be deposited to the credit of the fund.
(2) During fiscal year 2022, the State Fiscal Officer shall transfer the sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the Attorney General Contingent Fund to the DEQ Water, Land and Air Contamination Projects Fund created in subsection (1) of this section.
(2) During fiscal year 2022, the State Fiscal Officer shall transfer the sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from the Attorney General Contingent Fund to the DEQ Water, Land and Air Contamination Projects Fund created in subsection (1) of this section.
Status: in_force
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