l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2381

Public Trust Tidelands Assessments Fund; limit administrative costs that may be recovered & require certain disbursements to local gov'ts.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 29-15-10, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE ONLY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY RECOVER FROM THE PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS ASSESSMENTS FUND ARE THOSE INCURRED BY COLLECTING SUCH ASSESSMENTS; TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF SUCH ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT MAY BE RECOVERED IN A FISCAL YEAR TO 1% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS ASSESSMENTS COLLECTED IN SUCH FISCAL YEAR; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSION ON MARINE RESOURCES, THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES AND OTHER STATE AGENCIES TO USE IN EACH FISCAL YEAR NO MORE THAN 10% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS ASSESSMENTS COLLECTED IN SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR ADMINISTRATION, MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SPECIFIED PURPOSES; TO REQUIRE THAT AT LEAST 33-1/3% OF FUNDS DERIVED FROM PUBLIC TRUST TIDELANDS ASSESSMENTS SHALL BE DISBURSED TO THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF EITHER THE MUNICIPALITY OR COUNTY, WHICHEVER IS APPLICABLE, IN WHICH THE PROPERTY OF THE GAMING LICENSEE THAT IS PAYING THE ASSESSMENT IS LOCATED; 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

1 co-sponsor

Dennis DeBar, Jr.

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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

AppropriationsJan 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 Senate Jan 16 – Jan 31

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Appropriations
  2. Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate