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2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2785

School buildings; require process for environmental evaluation of sites for school construction or expansion.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE A PROCESS FOR THE EVALUATION OF A SITE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR EXPANSION OF A SCHOOL BUILDING OR FACILITY; TO REQUIRE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL SITING COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING PROPOSED SITES FOR SCHOOLS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD SHALL NOT PROCEED TO ACQUIRE OR PREPARE A SITE FOR CONSTRUCTION OR EXPANSION OF ANY SCHOOL UNTIL THE COMPLETION OF REQUIRED ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATIONS APPROVED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; TO PROVIDE FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, A PRELIMINARY ENDANGERMENT ASSESSMENT (PEA) AND A SITE REMEDIATION PLAN AS REQUIRED COMPONENTS OF THE EVALUATION PROCESS; TO REQUIRE PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-45-23, 37-47-15 AND 37-7-301, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

February 4 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days

EducationFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Feb 4 – Feb 19

  1. Feb 4Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 4Referred To Education;Environment Prot, Cons and Water ResSenate
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeSenate