Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 5, 2024. The 2024 session has ended.
2024 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2665
School districts; allow certain rural districts to exceed bonded indebtedness limit once.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-59-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN AN AREA CLASSIFIED AS AN URBAN AREA BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU TO ISSUE BONDS IN AN AMOUNT EXCEEDING THE 15% DEBT LIMITATION, BUT NOT EXCEEDING AN AMOUNT WHICH, WHEN ADDED TO ALL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S THEN OUTSTANDING BONDED INDEBTEDNESS, SHALL RESULT IN THE IMPOSITION ON ANY OF THE PROPERTY IN SUCH DISTRICT OF AN INDEBTEDNESS FOR SUCH SCHOOL PURPOSES OF MORE THAN 25% OF THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE TAXABLE PROPERTY IN SUCH DISTRICT; TO REQUIRE THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION AND PROVIDE NOTICE OF A BOND ELECTION, IN WHICH THE PROPOSED BOND ISSUE MUST RECEIVE THE REQUISITE VOTER APPROVAL; TO PROVIDE THAT DISTRICTS EXCEEDING THEIR DEBT LIMITATION ON THE BASIS ALLOWED IN THIS ACT MAY DO SO ONE TIME; 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
Sponsor
Its course
February 19 to March 5, 2024, 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 19 to Mar 5 · stopped15 days
EducationFeb 19 to Mar 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.