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2016 Regular Session

House Bill 1383

Mississippi Gulf Coast Recovery Act of 2016; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST RECOVERY ACT OF 2016," TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT; TO CREATE A NONPROFIT CORPORATION TO BE KNOWN AS MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST RECOVERY, INC., WHICH WILL CREATE AND ADMINISTER THE RECOVERY FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING COUNTIES, AND OTHER ENTITIES IN SUCH COUNTIES, THAT WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL AND OTHER ENTITIES IN SUCH COUNTIES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE RECOVERY FUND SHALL CONSIST OF A PORTION OF CERTAIN FUNDS RECEIVED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT FOR ECONOMIC DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL; TO PROVIDE THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH MONIES IN THE RECOVERY FUND MAY BE USED TO ASSIST COUNTIES, AND OTHER ENTITIES IN SUCH COUNTIES, THAT WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL; TO PROVIDE THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST RECOVERY, INC.; TO PROVIDE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST RECOVERY, INC.; TO AMEND SECTION 27-103-302, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PORTION OF CERTAIN FUNDS RECEIVED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI THROUGH A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT FOR ECONOMIC DAMAGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE RECOVERY FUND; 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

February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days

Ways and MeansFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 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 Feb 8 – Feb 23

  1. Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives