Mississippi House Bill 731 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks, Acting In Conjunction With The Mississippi Development Authority And With The Approval Of The Mississippi Commission On Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks, To Lease Certain Lands Within The Holmes County State Park For Commercial And/or Residential Development; To Establish The Process For Entering Into Such Leases; To Create The Holmes County State Park Lease Development Endowment Fund; To Provide That Revenues Derived From Such Leases Shall Be Deposited Into The Fund; To Create A Legislative Oversight Committee To Serve In An Advisory Capacity Regarding Leases Executed Under This Act; To Amend Sections 55-3-33 And 55-3-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act And To Authorize The Department Of Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks To Enter Into Agreements And Contracts With Any Person Or Private Or Governmental Entity For The Purpose Of Obtaining Services Necessary To Manage, Maintain, Operate Or Improve The Holmes County State Park; And For Related Purposes.

Holmes County State Park; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks may lease land in and contract for services to operate.

Rep. Bryant Clark [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	House	Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0731.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0731IN.htm