l9n/ Mississippi

2010 Regular Session

House Bill 466

Tourism; authorize state bond issuance to promote state heritage, history and culture and other various tourism purposes.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 24, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS PROMOTING THE HERITAGE, HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE STATE AND DEMONSTRATING THE STATE'S ATTRACTIVENESS AS A TOURISM DESTINATION ARE A PRIORITY FOR THE DIVISION OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; TO AMEND SECTION 6, CHAPTER 538, LAWS OF 2006, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 5, CHAPTER 607, LAWS OF 2007, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF STATE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT A SPACE, SCIENCE AND EDUCATION FACILITY IN HANCOCK COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOND COMMISSION TO NEGOTIATE THE SALE OF SUCH BONDS AND TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE NOTICE OF THE SALE OF THE BONDS BE PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER OR FINANCIAL JOURNAL WITH A LARGE NATIONAL CIRCULATION; TO AMEND SECTION 9, CHAPTER 580, LAWS OF 2007, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF STATE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM IN HINDS COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOND COMMISSION TO NEGOTIATE THE SALE OF SUCH BONDS AND TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE NOTICE OF THE SALE OF THE BONDS BE PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER OR FINANCIAL JOURNAL WITH A LARGE NATIONAL CIRCULATION; TO AMEND SECTION 2, CHAPTER 557, LAWS OF 2009, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF STATE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THAT MAY BE ISSUED TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OHR-O'KEEFE MUSEUM OF ART IN BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI; TO REMOVE THE PROVISION REQUIRING THAT THE AMOUNT OF BONDS AUTHORIZED FOR THE PROJECT WILL BE REDUCED BY THE AMOUNT OF ANY FEDERAL FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE PROJECT; TO ESTABLISH THE STATEWIDE TOURISM PROJECTS FUND INTO WHICH THE PROCEEDS OF THE ISSUANCE OF STATE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SHALL BE DEPOSITED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING CERTAIN PROJECTS; TO ESTABLISH THE MISSISSIPPI HERITAGE, HISTORY AND CULTURE TOURISM FUND INTO WHICH THE PROCEEDS OF THE ISSUANCE OF STATE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS SHALL BE DEPOSITED FOR THE PURPOSE OF TOURISM PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS IN THE STATE ADDRESSING THE STATE'S HERITAGE, HISTORY AND CULTURE; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF STATE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE STATEWIDE TOURISM PROJECTS FUND AND THE MISSISSIPPI HERITAGE, HISTORY AND CULTURE TOURISM FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 57-1-59, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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 House of Representatives

80 co-sponsors

D. Stephen Holland, Harvey Moss, Noal Akins, Brian Aldridge, Tracy Arinder, Earle S. Banks, Charles Jim Beckett, Donnie Bell, Richard Bennett, Billy Broomfield, Cecil Brown, Kelvin Buck, Kimberly Campbell Buck, Larry Byrd, Credell Calhoun, Lester Carpenter, Bryant W. Clark, Alyce G. Clarke, Mary H. Coleman, J. P. Compretta, Becky Currie, Scott DeLano, Dirk D. Dedeaux, Reecy L. Dickson, Blaine Eaton, Bob Evans, Harvey Fillingane, Mark Formby, Frances Fredericks, Herb Frierson, Jack Gadd, Andy Gipson, Jeffrey S. Guice, Eugene Forrest Hamilton, John W. Hines, Sr., Gregory Holloway, Sr., Mac Huddleston, Roger Ishee, Wanda Jennings, Robert L. Johnson III, Brandon Jones, Wilbert L. Jones, Sherra Hillman Lane, Bennett Malone, Rita Martinson, John Mayo, Warner F. McBride, Kevin McGee, America Chuck Middleton, Bobby Moak, Alex Monsour, David Norquist, Russ Nowell, Steven Palazzo, Randall Patterson, Willie J. Perkins, Sr., Jimmy Puckett, John Read, Dannie Reed, Thomas U. Reynolds, Margaret Rogers, Ray Rogers, Omeria Scott, Bobby Shows, Greg Snowden, Gary V. Staples, Mary Ann Stevens, Rufus Straughter, Johnny W. Stringer, Preston E. Sullivan, Sara R. Thomas, Jerry R. Turner, Jessica Upshaw, Greg Ward, Joseph L. Warren, Percy W. Watson, Tom Weathersby, Linda Whittington, Tommy L. Woods, Henry Zuber III

Its course

January 11 to February 24, 2010, 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 11 to Feb 24 · stopped44 days

TourismJan 11 to Jan 132 days

Ways and MeansJan 13 to Feb 24 · stopped42 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 House of Representatives Jan 11 – Feb 24

  1. Jan 11Referred to the House committees on Tourism and on Ways and Means
  2. Jan 13Reported from TO to WM in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 24Died in committee in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Jan 11Referred To Tourism;Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 13DR - TSDP: TO To WMHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 24Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives