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2012 Regular Session

House Bill 1246

MS Development Authority Job Training Grant Fund; create to provide job training grants for certain eligible business enterprises.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on April 3, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY JOB TRAINING GRANT FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT MONEY IN THE FUND SHALL BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING TRAINING GRANTS TO BUSINESS ENTERPRISES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE JOBS TAX CREDIT AUTHORIZE UNDER SECTION 57-73-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; TO PROVIDE THAT THE FUND SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; TO PROVIDE THAT A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE THAT RECEIVES SUCH A TRAINING GRANT SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE JOBS TAX CREDIT AUTHORIZED IN SECTION 57-73-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DURATION AND AMOUNT OF THE TRAINING GRANTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY SHALL REQUIRE THAT THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE SHALL ENTER INTO BINDING COMMITMENTS REQUIRING THAT A MINIMUM NUMBER OF JOBS BE MAINTAINED THAT SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF JOBS REQUIRED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE JOBS TAX CREDIT, AND THAT IF THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF JOBS ARE NOT MAINTAINED, ALL OR A PORTION OF THE GRANT FUNDS RECEIVED BY THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, AS DETERMINED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, SHALL BE REPAID; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LIABILITY OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI TO MAKE THE TRAINING GRANTS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE BALANCE CONTAINED IN THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY JOB TRAINING GRANT FUND; TO REQUIRE THE TRANSFER OF $2,000,000.00 FROM THE MMEIA TAX INCENTIVE FUND TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY JOB TRAINING GRANT FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO END THE MONTHLY DEPOSIT OF SALES TAX REVENUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000.00 INTO THE MMEIA TAX INCENTIVE FUND AND PROVIDE FOR THE MONTHLY DEPOSIT OF SALES TAX REVENUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000.00 INTO THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY JOB TRAINING GRANT FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 57-73-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 57-101-1, 57-101-3 AND 57-101-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATE THE MMEIA TAX INCENTIVE FUND TO PAY A PORTION OF THE COMPONENT CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL COSTS FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS; 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

Its course

February 20 to April 3, 2012, 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 action6 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 1221 days

Ways and MeansFeb 20 to Mar 514 days

In the SenateMar 12 to Apr 3 · stopped22 days

FinanceMar 16 to Apr 3 · stopped18 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 Feb 20 – Mar 12

  1. Feb 20Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Mar 5Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Mar 12Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 13 – Apr 3

  1. Mar 13Sent to the Senate
  2. Mar 16Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  3. Apr 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Feb 20Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 5Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 12PassedHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 13Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 16Referred To FinanceSenate
  6. Apr 3Died In CommitteeSenate