l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 1022

Mississippi Department of Transportation; provide that Legislature shall not appropriate state funds for new construction projects for a period of 10 years.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Transportation Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHALL NOT APPROPRIATE ANY STATE FUNDS TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPENDITURE ON ANY NEW STATE HIGHWAY OR BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHALL NOT BE PROHIBITED FROM APPROPRIATING STATE FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR MAINTENANCE OF ANY EXISTING STATE HIGHWAY OR BRIDGE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE LEGISLATURE MAY APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; AMEND SECTION 65-1-145, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION FROM EXPENDING FUNDS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS UNLESS AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 65-3-97, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT ANY FUNDS DESIGNATED FOR THE FOUR-LANE HIGHWAY PROGRAM SHALL BE USED FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES FOR A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 65-1-141, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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

2 co-sponsors

William Tracy Arnold, Robert Foster

Its course

January 16 to January 31, 2017, 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

TransportationJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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 House of Representatives Jan 16 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committees on Transportation and on Revenue and Expenditure General Bills
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Transportation;Revenue and Expenditure General BillsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives