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2018 Regular Session

House Bill 1517

Mississippi Gulf Coast Restoration Act of 2018; create.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Appropriations Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST RESTORATION ACT OF 2018," TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT; TO CREATE A NONPROFIT CORPORATION TO BE KNOWN AS ONE COAST, INC., WHICH WILL CREATE AND ADMINISTER THE GULF COAST RESTORATION FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING COUNTIES, AND OTHER ENTITIES IN THOSE COUNTIES, THAT WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL AND OTHER ENTITIES IN THOSE COUNTIES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE RESTORATION FUND SHALL CONSIST OF A PORTION 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 PROVIDE THE PURPOSES FOR WHICH MONIES IN THE RESTORATION FUND MAY BE USED TO ASSIST COUNTIES, AND OTHER ENTITIES IN THOSE COUNTIES, THAT WERE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL; TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ONE COAST, INC.; TO PROVIDE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF ONE COAST, INC.; TO AMEND SECTION 27-103-302, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PORTION 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 SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE RESTORATION FUND; 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

Its course

January 15 to January 30, 2018, 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 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days

AppropriationsJan 15 to Jan 30 · 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 15 – Jan 30

  1. Jan 15Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Jan 30Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives