93-21-117 - Victims of Domestic Violence Fund. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 93-21-117. Victims of Domestic Violence Fund.
 

(1)  There is hereby created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the "Victims of Domestic Violence Fund." The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal-year limitations, and shall consist of: 

(a) Monies appropriated by the Legislature; 

(b) The interest accruing to the fund; 

(c) Monies received under the provisions of Section 99-19-73; 

(d) Monies received from the federal government; 

(e) Donations; 

(f) Assessments collected pursuant to Section 83-39-31; and 

(g) Monies received from such other sources as may be provided by law. 

(2)  The circuit clerks of the state shall deposit in the fund on a monthly basis the additional fee charged and collected for marriage licenses under the provisions of Section 25-7-13, Mississippi Code of 1972. 

(3)  All other monies received from every source for the support of the program for victims of domestic violence, established by Sections 93-21-101 through 93-21-113, shall be deposited in the "Victims of Domestic Violence Fund." The monies in the fund shall be used by the State Department of Health solely for funding and administering domestic violence shelters under the provisions of Sections 93-21-101 through 93-21-113, in such amounts as the Legislature may appropriate to the department for the program for victims of domestic violence established by Sections 93-21-101 through 93-21-113. Not more than ten percent (10%) of the monies in the "Victims of Domestic Violence Fund" shall be appropriated to the State Department of Health for the administration of domestic violence shelters. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1985, ch. 461, § 1; Laws, 2005, ch. 413, § 4; Laws, 2009, ch. 463, § 2, eff from and after July 1, 2009.