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2011 Regular Session

House Bill 742

ETV; Legislature shall reduce general fund appropriations to by 20% for each of next five fiscal years.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-63-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE LEGISLATURE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF GENERAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION BY TWENTY PERCENT FOR EACH OF THE NEXT FIVE FISCAL YEARS; TO PROVIDE THAT FROM AND AFTER FISCAL YEAR 2017, THE LEGISLATURE SHALL NOT APPROPRIATE ANY GENERAL FUNDS TO THE AUTHORITY; TO AUTHORIZE THE AUTHORITY TO SELL ALL OR ANY PART OF THE OPERATIONS AND EQUIPMENT OF THE AUTHORITY FOR NOT LESS THAN THE CURRENT FAIR MARKET VALUE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROCEEDS FROM ANY SALE SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE APPROPRIATE SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY TO THE CREDIT OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND SHALL BE APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT; 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

2 co-sponsors

Mary Ann Stevens, Jim Ellington

Its course

January 13 to February 1, 2011, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 13 to Feb 1 · stopped19 days

EducationJan 13 to Feb 1 · stopped19 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 13 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 13Referred to the House committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 13Referred To Education;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives