l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2726

Gulf Coast Restoration Fund; establish board of trustees to approve expenditures.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate'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 AMEND SECTION 27-103-302, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR 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 100% OF THE 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 ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST 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; TO REQUIRE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFPS) FOR EXPENDITURES FROM THE SPECIAL FUND TO BE APPROVED BY THE PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD; 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 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 SenateJan 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 Senate Jan 15 – Jan 30

  1. Jan 15Referred to the Senate committee on Appropriations
  2. Jan 30Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To AppropriationsSenate
  2. Jan 30Died In CommitteeSenate