l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2695

Forestry; abolish the Forestry Commission and transfer duties to the Division of Forestry in MS Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE STATE FORESTRY COMMISSION AND TRANSFER THE ADMINISTRATION OF ITS POWERS AND DUTIES TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE; TO ESTABLISH THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY SERVICES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT; TO REPEAL SECTION 49-19-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE STATE FORESTRY COMMISSION AND PROVIDES FOR THE COMPOSITION OF ITS MEMBERSHIP; TO CREATE SECTION 49-19-2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 49-19-3 THROUGH 49-19-15, 49-19-19, 49-19-21, 49-19-25, 49-19-27, 49-19-31, 49-19-65, 49-19-67, 49-19-71, 49-19-73, 49-19-111 THROUGH 49-19-117, 49-19-205 THROUGH 49-19-227, 49-19-305, 49-19-307, 49-19-351, 49-19-403, 49-19-407, 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, 29-3-87, 49-7-203,19-5-51, 25-58-21, 27-7-22.15, 29-3-85, 33-11-9, 33-11-18, 37-101-141, 43-27-11, 51-4-11, 51-9-107, 65-1-8, 65-1-123, 69-29-1, 69-46-3, 97-17-13 AND 69-1-61, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING PROVISIONS TO REFLECT THE CHANGE IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE AND THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE UPON THE STATE FORESTRY COMMISSION BEING ABOLISHED; 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 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 SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 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 Senate Jan 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate