Mississippi Senate Bill 2695 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Abolish The State Forestry Commission And Transfer The Administration Of Its Powers And Duties To The Mississippi Department Of Agriculture And Commerce; To Establish The Division Of Forestry Services Within The Department; To Repeal Section 49-19-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Establishes The State Forestry Commission And Provides For The Composition Of Its Membership; To Create Section 49-19-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Certain Terms; To Amend Sections 49-19-3 Through 49-19-15, 49-19-19, 49-19-21, 49-19-25, 49-19-27, 49-19-31, 49-19-65, 49-19-67, 49-19-71, 49-19-73, 49-19-111 Through 49-19-117, 49-19-205 Through 49-19-227, 49-19-305, 49-19-307, 49-19-351, 49-19-403, 49-19-407, 51-11-5, 51-11-9, 51-13-105, 51-13-107, 53-7-11, 53-7-29, 53-9-11, 55-3-1, 55-3-11, 55-3-19, 55-3-21, 55-3-23, 29-3-27, 29-3-45, 29-3-47, 29-3-49, 29-3-54, 29-3-87, 49-7-203,19-5-51, 25-58-21, 27-7-22.15, 29-3-85, 33-11-9, 33-11-18, 37-101-141, 43-27-11, 51-4-11, 51-9-107, 65-1-8, 65-1-123, 69-29-1, 69-46-3, 97-17-13 And 69-1-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions To Reflect The Change In The Administrative Responsibilities Of The Mississippi Department Of Agriculture And Commerce And The Commissioner Of Agriculture And Commerce Upon The State Forestry Commission Being Abolished; And For Related Purposes.

Forestry; abolish the Forestry Commission and transfer duties to the Division of Forestry in MS Department of Agriculture and Commerce.

Sen. Melanie Sojourner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	Senate	Died In Committee
2014-01-20	Senate	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/SB/SB2695.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/SB/2600-2699/SB2695IN.htm