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2013 Regular Session

House Bill 156

Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; revise various provisions of.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on March 5, 2013. The 2013 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 49-17-737, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON WHO IS DESIGNATED BY A MAYOR TO BE A DIRECTOR ON THE BOARD OF THE HANCOCK COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY SHALL HAVE THE SAME VOTING POWERS ON THE BOARD AS THE MAYOR WHO DESIGNATED THE PERSON; 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; 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

January 14 to March 5, 2013, 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 action10 actions on 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 14 to Feb 1431 days

Public UtilitiesJan 14 to Jan 3016 days

In the SenateFeb 14 to Mar 5 · stopped19 days

EnergyFeb 22 to Mar 5 · stopped11 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 14

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 14 – Feb 14

  1. Jan 14Referred to the House committee on Public Utilities
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 13Read the third time in the House
  4. Feb 14Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 14 – Mar 5

  1. Feb 14Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Williams-Barnes and Beckett)
  2. Feb 15Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  3. Feb 20Sent to the Senate
  4. Feb 22Referred to the Senate committees on Energy and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  5. Mar 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Jan 14Referred To Public UtilitiesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 13Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 14AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 14Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 14Motion to Reconsider Entered (Williams-Barnes, Beckett)House of Representatives
  7. Feb 15Motion to Reconsider TabledHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 20Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  9. Feb 22Referred To Energy;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  10. Mar 5Died In CommitteeSenate