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2012 Regular Session

House Bill 974

Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; revise various provisions of.

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

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-703, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST REGION UTILITY ACT TO STATE LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND FINDINGS; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-705, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS REGARDING THE ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-715, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE GEORGE COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY AND TO LIMIT ITS SERVICE AREA TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-719, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PEARL RIVER COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY AND TO LIMIT ITS SERVICE AREA TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-723, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE STONE COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY AND TO LIMIT ITS SERVICE AREA TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-727, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE HARRISON COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY AND TO LIMIT ITS SERVICE AREA TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-731, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE JACKSON COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY AND TO LIMIT ITS SERVICE AREA TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-735, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE HANCOCK COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY AND TO LIMIT ITS SERVICE AREA TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-743, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITIES AND THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-745, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY MAY OPERATE SYSTEMS WITHIN ITS SERVICE AREA; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-751, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY OF OTHER UTILITIES MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A COUNTY AUTHORITY; TO AMEND SECTION 11-27-81, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON WHO IS DESIGNATED BY A MAYOR WHO IS A MEMBER OF A COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY SHALL HAVE CERTAIN POWERS; 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

1 co-sponsor

Mark Formby

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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 20 to Mar 1322 days

Public UtilitiesFeb 20 to Feb 299 days

In the SenateMar 13 to Apr 3 · stopped21 days

EnergyMar 20 to Apr 3 · stopped14 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 13

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 13

  1. Feb 20Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
  2. Feb 29Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Mar 13Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Mar 15 – Apr 3

  1. Mar 15Sent to the Senate
  2. Mar 20Referred to the Senate committee on Energy
  3. Apr 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Feb 20Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 29Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Mar 13Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 13AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 13Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 15Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 20Referred To EnergySenate
  8. Apr 3Died In CommitteeSenate