Mississippi Senate Bill SB2117

Mississippi 2025 Regular Session

• Introduced: 1/17/25
• Refer: 1/17/25
• Failed: 2/26/25

Caption

General Fund; FY2026 appropriation to the Village of Cary to pay the costs associated with the construction of a fire station.

Summary

SB 2117 is a fiscal appropriation bill that provides $108,160.06 from the Mississippi State General Fund to the Village of Cary for fiscal year 2026. The money is designated to help pay costs associated with constructing a new fire station in Cary, Mississippi. The bill is limited to this single local project and does not create a continuing program or broader policy change. The appropriation would be paid by the State Treasurer from unappropriated general funds upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer, following the usual requisition process. The act would take effect on July 1, 2025, aligning the funding with the 2026 fiscal year. Its practical effect is to support a municipal public safety capital project by directing state dollars to local fire protection infrastructure.

Impact

SB 2117 would amend state spending for FY 2026 by earmarking general fund dollars for a specific local capital improvement in the Village of Cary. It does not revise substantive law, but it does authorize a direct state appropriation and establishes the payment mechanism through the State Treasurer and State Fiscal Officer. The affected party is the Village of Cary, which would receive state assistance for fire station construction costs.

Sentiment

Based on the available record, the bill appears to be a straightforward local appropriations measure with no recorded committee debate or votes in the provided materials. The absence of transcripts or vote history suggests there is no documented controversy in the supplied context. The bill’s purpose—supporting fire station construction—would generally be viewed as a public safety and infrastructure investment.

Contention

No specific points of contention are documented in the provided bill history, and no committee testimony or vote record is available to identify opposition. Potential areas of concern in a bill of this type could include the use of state general funds for a local project, the size of the appropriation relative to the project cost, or whether local governments should bear the full expense of municipal facilities, but none of these issues are shown as disputed in the supplied materials.