l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 841

Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Commerce; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Forestry Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND COMMERCE; TO CREATE SECTION 49-19-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL AND RESOURCES OF THE FORESTRY COMMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND COMMERCE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND COMMERCE SHALL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATEWIDE FOREST RESOURCE INVENTORY WHEN THE MISSISSIPPI INSTITUTE FOR FOREST INVENTORY SUNSETS; TO AMEND SECTION 69-1-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; TO AMEND SECTION 69-1-203, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE OFFICE OF FORESTRY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND COMMERCE AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO ADMINISTER THE LAWS PERTAINING TO FORESTRY; TO AMEND SECTION 49-19-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE THE STATE FORESTRY COMMISSION AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND COMMERCE AND TO THE OFFICE OF FORESTRY WITHIN SUCH DEPARTMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 49-19-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE APPOINTMENT OF THE STATE FORESTER AND TO SPECIFY THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND COMMERCE AND THE COMMISSIONER OF SUCH DEPARTMENT RELATING TO FORESTRY; TO AMEND SECTIONS 49-19-5 THROUGH 49-19-15, 49-19-21, 49-19-25, 49-19-65, 49-19-67, 49-19-71, 49-19-73, 49-19-111 THROUGH 49-19-117, 49-19-205, 49-19-207, 49-19-211 THROUGH 49-19-227, 49-19-305, 49-19-307, 49-19-351, 51-9-107, 51-11-5, 51-11-9, 51-13-105, 51-13-107, 53-7-11, 53-7-29, 53-9-11, 55-3-1, 55-3-11, 55-3-19, 55-3-21, 55-3-23, 29-3-27, 29-3-45, 29-3-47, 29-3-49, 29-3-54, 29-3-85, 29-3-87, 49-7-203, 69-3-1, 69-15-2, 69-29-1, 69-31-1, 69-37-5, 69-45-5, 69-46-3, 69-47-1 AND 79-22-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO REORGANIZATION NOMENCLATURE AND STRUCTURE; TO REPEAL SECTION 49-19-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES FOR FREE COMMERCIAL TREE SEEDLINGS FOR FARM OWNERS; TO REPEAL SECTION 49-19-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATES THE TREE SEEDLING REVOLVING FUND; TO REPEAL SECTION 49-19-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CREATED A JOINT FORESTRY STUDY COMMITTEE; 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 20 to February 4, 2014, 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 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

ForestryJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 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 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committees on Forestry and on Agriculture
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Forestry;AgricultureHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives