Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 22, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2844
Urban Flood Control and Drainage Law; authorize special assessment on property benefited by projects.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 51-35-333, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A DISTRICT FORMED UNDER THE URBAN FLOOD AND DRAINAGE CONTROL ACT DETERMINES THAT A FLOOD OR DRAINAGE CONTROL PROJECT WILL BENEFIT ONLY A PORTION OF THE DISTRICT, THE BOARD MAY LEVY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS ON THE PROPERTY SO BENEFITED TO PAY CERTAIN COSTS RELATED TO SUCH PROJECT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT PRIOR TO LEVYING SUCH A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DISTRICT SHALL MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT THE NECESSARY APPROVALS AND AUTHORIZATIONS ARE IN PLACE AND THAT PROJECT-RELATED ACTIVITIES ARE READY TO COMMENCE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 16 to February 22, 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 Feb 22 · stopped37 days
FinanceJan 16 to Feb 22 · stopped37 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.