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2015 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2710

Nonproducing minerals; annual assessment.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on February 12, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.

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

Its course

January 19 to February 12, 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 action4 actions on 3 days

In the SenateJan 19 to Feb 12 · stopped24 days

EnergyJan 19 to Jan 289 days

EnergyFeb 12 to Feb 12 · stopped0 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 19 – Feb 12

  1. Jan 19Referred to the Senate committee on Energy
  2. Jan 28Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 12Recommitted to committee in the Senate
  4. Died in committee in the Senate
All 4 actions, as published
  1. Jan 19Referred To EnergySenate
  2. Jan 28Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 12Recommitted to CommitteeSenate
  4. Feb 12Died In CommitteeSenate