l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2998

Mississippi Educational Television operations; transfer to nonprofit corporation.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Universities and Colleges 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 SECTIONS 37-63-1 THROUGH 37-63-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION SHALL BE ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI AS A TAX-EXEMPT CORPORATION, AND THAT THE OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM SHALL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THAT CORPORATION ON JULY 1, 2012; TO AMEND SECTION 37-63-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT STATE FUNDING OF THE MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION SHALL BE REDUCED BY 20% ANNUALLY AND THAT THERE SHALL BE NO STATE FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR THAT PURPOSE AFTER JULY 1, 2016; TO PROVIDE A TAX CREDIT FOR ANY CONTRIBUTION TO SUPPORT A PUBLIC BROADCASTING CORPORATION WHICH PROVIDES AT LEAST 50% OF ITS PROGRAMMING TO EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS; TO PROVIDE THAT SECTIONS 37-63-3, 37-63-5, 37-63-7, 37-63-8, 37-63-10, 37-63-13, 37-63-15 AND 37-63-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, OF WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE OPERATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR PUBLIC TELEVISION SHALL STAND REPEALED ON JULY 1, 2012; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.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

January 17 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 SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Universities and CollegesJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

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

In the Senate Jan 17 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 17Referred to the Senate committees on Universities and Colleges and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 17Referred To Universities and Colleges;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate