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2015 Regular Session

House Bill 144

BP Oil spill settlement funds; require state agencies to pose information about expenditure of on DFA transparency website.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Marine Resources Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1, CHAPTER 558, LAWS OF 2012, TO REQUIRE STATE AGENCIES THAT RECEIVE ANY FUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXPLOSION ON, AND SINKING OF, THE MOBILE OFFSHORE DRILLING UNIT DEEPWATER HORIZON TO PROVIDE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION, TO BE POSTED ON THE DEPARTMENT'S SEARCHABLE WEBSITE CREATED BY THE MISSISSIPPI ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT, DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE AGENCY'S EXPENDITURES OF THOSE FUNDS AND A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ANY PROJECT INVOLVING THE EXPENDITURE OF THOSE FUNDS THAT THE AGENCY OFFERED FOR BID AND THE NAME AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE WINNING BIDDER FOR THE CONTRACT; TO REQUIRE STATE AGENCIES, IN THE LETTING OF PUBLIC CONTRACTS FOR PROJECTS INVOLVING THE EXPENDITURE OF ANY OF THOSE FUNDS, TO GIVE PREFERENCE TO CONTRACTORS, ATTORNEYS, ENGINEERS, SURVEYORS AND OTHER PERSONS PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WHOSE BUSINESS IS PHYSICALLY LOCATED IN A COUNTY ON THE GULF COAST AND WHO HAS BEEN DOING BUSINESS IN THOSE COUNTIES FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS BEFORE THE BEGINNING DATE OF THE CONTRACT; 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 6 to February 3, 2015, 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 6 to Feb 3 · stopped28 days

Marine ResourcesJan 6 to Feb 3 · stopped28 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 6 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 6Referred to the House committees on Marine Resources and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 6Referred To Marine Resources;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives