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2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2735

"Future of Mississippi Agriculture Act of 2020"; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Agriculture Committee on March 3, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE FUTURE OF MISSISSIPPI AGRICULTURE ACT OF 2020; TO AUTHORIZE AN AGRICULTURAL ENTREPRENEURIAL CENTER AND/OR THE GENUINE MS AGRICULTURE PRODUCT MARKETPLACE BUSINESS ON DEPARTMENT PROPERTY; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE TO EXPEND FUNDS FOR PRODUCTS TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE AGRICULTURE AND TO COORDINATE WITH THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ON PROJECTS RELATED TO AGRICULTURE; TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND COMMERCE; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO LEASE CERTAIN LAND OR BUILDINGS ON PROPERTY UNDER THE DEPARTMENT'S CONTROL; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT'S AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK THEFT BUREAU TO CONDUCT TRAINING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATED TO LAWS ENFORCED BY THE BUREAU AND TO ASSIST OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN CASES OF DISASTER; TO AMEND 27-104-203, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT RENTAL FEES FOR PROPERTY AND BUILDINGS UNDER DEPARTMENT'S CONTROL FROM CERTAIN INTERAGENCY RESTRICTIONS; TO CREATE A NEW CODE SECTION TO BE CODIFIED AS SECTION 69-1-119, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE A NUISANCE WILDLIFE PROGRAM WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MANAGING NUISANCE WILDLIFE SPECIES ON PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY LANDS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO ACCEPT AND EXPEND ANY SPECIAL FUNDS RECEIVED FOR THIS PURPOSE; TO AMEND SECTION 69-29-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK THEFT BUREAU INVESTIGATORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMBATTING AND DETERRING AGRICULTURAL AND LIVESTOCK THEFT AND RELATED CRIMES; TO AMEND SECTION 25-1-77, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS OF DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES FROM BUREAU OF FLEET MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS; 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

February 17 to March 3, 2020, 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 SenateFeb 17 to Mar 3 · stopped15 days

AgricultureFeb 17 to Mar 3 · 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 Feb 17 – Mar 3

  1. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committees on Agriculture and on Appropriations
  2. Mar 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 17Referred To Agriculture;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Mar 3Died In CommitteeSenate