Mississippi SB2029: Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows.

What the bill says

An act making an appropriation to the state department of agriculture and commerce for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the dixie national livestock show; a roundup for junior exhibitors of livestock and goats; supplemental funds for livestock premiums; county livestock shows in offering and paying prizes or awards to competitors in approved county livestock shows; the five district livestock shows; the five state dairy shows; the mississippi high school rodeo; and to provide how said money shall be paid out of the state treasury for fiscal year 2026.

From the introduced text:

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE EXPENSES OF THE DIXIE NATIONAL LIVESTOCK SHOW; A ROUNDUP FOR JUNIOR EXHIBITORS OF LIVESTOCK AND GOATS; SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS FOR LIVESTOCK PREMIUMS; COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHOWS IN OFFERING AND PAYING PRIZES OR AWARDS TO COMPETITORS IN APPROVED COUNTY LIVESTOCK SHOWS; THE FIVE DISTRICT LIVESTOCK SHOWS; THE FIVE STATE DAIRY SHOWS; THE MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL RODEO; AND TO PROVIDE HOW SAID MONEY SHALL BE PAID OUT OF THE STATE TREASURY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the State Department of Agriculture and Commerce's special fund account to the State Department of Agriculture and Commerce for the purposes of defraying the costs of prizes, premiums, judges and other actual and necessary costs of putting on the Dixie National Livestock Show at the State Fairgrounds in Jackson, Mississippi, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026......... $ 1,200,000.00. SECTION 2. The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated out of any money in the State General *SS26/A435SG* S. B. No. …