Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2766
Nonproducing minerals; annual assessment.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT ON NONPRODUCING MINERAL ESTATES THAT ARE OWNED BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE OWNER OF THE SURFACE RIGHTS OF THE LAND; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TITLE TO THE NONPRODUCING MINERAL ESTATE SHALL REVERT TO THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI UPON FAILURE OF THE OWNER TO PAY THE ASSESSMENT FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE OWNER OF THE SURFACE RIGHTS TO THE LAND MAY REDEEM THE NONPRODUCING MINERAL ESTATE; TO PROVIDE THE PROCEDURE FOR NOTICE AND REDEMPTION OF THE NONPRODUCING MINERAL ESTATE; TO PROVIDE THAT MINERAL ESTATES SEPARATED FROM THE SURFACE ESTATE SHALL REVERT TO THE OWNER OF THE SURFACE ESTATE AFTER TEN YEARS OF NONPRODUCTION; TO DEFINE NONPRODUCTION; TO PROVIDE THAT THE OWNERS OF SUCH MINERAL ESTATES SHALL HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE OPTION TO RENEW THE AGREEMENT CREATING THE MINERAL ESTATE; 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
Sponsor
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
EnergyJan 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.