Mississippi § 61-1-23 - Deposit and disbursement of funds.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 61-1-23 — Deposit and disbursement of funds., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 61-1-23. Deposit and disbursement of funds.
All monies accepted for disbursement by the commission pursuant to Section 61-1-19 shall be deposited in the state treasury, and unless otherwise prescribed by the authority from which the money is received, kept in separate funds, designated according to the purposes for which the monies were made available, and held by the state in trust for such purposes. All monies are hereby appropriated for the purposes for which the same were made available, to be expended in accordance with federal laws and regulations and with this chapter. The commission is authorized, whether acting for this state or as the agent of any of its municipalities or other person or persons, or when requested by the United States government or any agency or department thereof, to disburse such monies for the designated purposes, but this shall not preclude any other authorized method of disbursement.
Source: official Mississippi text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 61-1-23 ("Deposit and disbursement of funds.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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