l9n/ Mississippi

2019 Regular Session

House Bill 1179

Mississippi Outdoors and Natural Resources Fund; create to provide source of private funds to promote outdoors and natural resources programs.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks Committee on February 5, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY, DESIGNATED AS THE "MISSISSIPPI OUTDOORS AND NATURAL RESOURCES FUND"; TO PROVIDE THAT THE FUND SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE, FISHERIES AND PARKS AND THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS AUTHORIZED TO SOLICIT AND ACCEPT DONATIONS, GIFTS AND GRANTS OF FUNDS FROM PRIVATE SOURCES FOR DEPOSIT INTO THE FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT MONIES IN THE SPECIAL FUND MAY BE USED BY THE DEPARTMENT, UPON APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING GRANTS TO PRIVATE ENTITIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING WITH THE PROMOTION, SUPPORT AND ENHANCEMENT OF STATE AND PRIVATE PARKS AND TRAILS AND RELATED PROPERTIES AND FACILITIES, OUTDOOR RECREATION AND SPORTING PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, AND PROJECTS AND OUTDOOR AND RECREATIONAL RELATED TOURISM AND RELATED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; 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 21 to February 5, 2019, 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 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

Wildlife, Fisheries and ParksJan 21 to Feb 5 · 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 21 – Feb 5

  1. Jan 21Referred to the House committees on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 5Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 21Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks;AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 5Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives