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2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2587

Gulf Coast Restoration Fund; establish board of trustees to make expenditure recommendations.

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 27-103-302, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEPOSIT INTO THE STATE TREASURY 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 CREATE A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE GULF COAST RESTORATION FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT MONIES IN THE SPECIAL FUND SHALL BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES, UPON APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE, BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GULF COAST RESTORATION FUND TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO ENTITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING ECOLOGICAL HABITAT, PROMOTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OVERALL COMMUNITY BENEFIT; TO CREATE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GULF COAST RESTORATION FUND; TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE GULF COAST RESTORATION FUND SHALL REVIEW APPLICATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER THIS ACT AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES; 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

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.

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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 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