Mississippi House Bill 4 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on June 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-06-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Be Known As The Fortify Act; To Amend Section 27-103-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Cap On The Balance Of The Working Cash-stabilization Reserve Fund From 7.5% To 10% Of Current Fiscal Year General Fund Appropriations; To Amend Section 27-103-211, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Unencumbered Cash Remaining At The End Of A Fiscal Year Is Not Included With The General Fund Revenue Estimate When Determining The Limit On Legislative General Fund Appropriations; To Amend Section 27-103-213, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Distribution Formula For The Unencumbered General Fund Cash Balance At The End Of The Fiscal Year; To Amend Section 27-104-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That The Joint Legislative Budget Committee Adopts The General Fund Revenue Estimate; To Require The Legislative Budget Office To Prepare A Multiyear Financial Plan Beginning With Fiscal Year 2021; To Amend Sections 27-103-125 And 27-103-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

FORTIFY Act; create.

Rep. John Read [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-06-05	House	Died In Committee
2017-06-05	House	Referred To Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/20171E/pdf/history/HB/HB0004.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20171E/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0004IN.htm