2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 47 - Mississippi Vulnerable Adults Act.
43-47-39 - Vulnerable adults training, investigation and prosecution trust fund created; purpose; funding.
§ 43-47-39. Vulnerable adults training, investigation and prosecution trust fund created; purpose; funding.
(1) There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Vulnerable Adults Training, Investigation and Prosecution Trust Fund. The purpose of the fund shall be to provide funding for the Vulnerable Adults Unit in the Office of the Attorney General to assist in the training of law enforcement officers, judges, district attorneys, state agencies and investigators at the Department of Human Services with regard to issues arising under the Vulnerable Adults Act, and to provide funding for the Vulnerable Adults Unit in the Office of the Attorney General to assist in the investigation and prosecution of statewide offenders who abuse, neglect or exploit vulnerable adults. The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal-year limitations.
(2) Funding shall be provided by assessments collected from violations set out in Section 99-19-73.
Sources: Laws, 2005, 2nd Ex Sess, ch. 1, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 2005.
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