| | MISSISSIPPI HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
 | | With state tax revenues rising well above previous estimates and with federal funds from a host of sources arriving to help the state survive Katrina's wrath, the Legislature had a budget plan in place a full week before the session adjourned sine die. |
 | | The remaining 2 percent is being held back for "rainy days." The overall state budget for FY 2007 will account for $14.2 billion, including state funds, federal funds, special funds generated by state agencies through fees and funds reappropriated from the FY 2006 spending plan. |
 | | HB 1615 also died and would have expanded the state's Emerging Crops Fund to include businesses and enterprises that were destroyed or damaged by the hurricane, such as poultry houses and greenhouses, most of which are located in southern Mississippi. |
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