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2016 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2421

MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; revise powers and duties of the county utility authorities.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Energy Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

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.

In the Senate

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 SenateFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days

EnergyFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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 Feb 8 – Feb 23

  1. Feb 8Referred to the Senate committees on Energy and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Feb 23Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Energy;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  2. Feb 23Died In CommitteeSenate