Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2726
MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; revise powers and duties of the county utility authorities.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-703, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO STATE LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND FINDINGS; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-705, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-715, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE GEORGE COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY AND TO LIMIT ITS SERVICE AREA TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-719, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE PEARL RIVER COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY AND TO LIMIT ITS SERVICE AREA TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-723, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE STONE COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY AND TO LIMIT ITS SERVICE AREA TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-727, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE HARRISON COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY AND TO LIMIT ITS SERVICE AREA TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-731, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE JACKSON COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY AND TO LIMIT ITS SERVICE AREA TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-735, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE HANCOCK COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY AND TO LIMIT ITS SERVICE AREA TO ITS CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-743, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITIES AND THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-745, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A COUNTY UTILITY AUTHORITY MAY OPERATE SYSTEMS WITHIN ITS SERVICE AREA; TO AMEND SECTION 49-17-751, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY OF OTHER UTILITIES MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A COUNTY AUTHORITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 19 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 SenateJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
EnergyJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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 19 – Feb 3
- Jan 19Referred to the Senate committees on Energy and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
- Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 19Referred To Energy;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
- Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate