Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2602
Gulf Coast Restoration Fund; establish board of trustees to make expenditure recommendations.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT 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 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; 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; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 27-103-302, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972; 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
Sponsor
5 co-sponsors
Michael Watson, Brice Wiggins, Sean J. Tindell, Philip Moran, Joseph M. Seymour
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
- Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Appropriations
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 16Referred To AppropriationsSenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate