Mississippi Senate Bill 2856 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "land Bank Act" To Facilitate The Conversion Of Vacant, Abandoned Or Land Struck Off To The State Property Into Productive Use; To Authorize The Creation Of Municipal And County Land Bank Authorities And To Authorize Counties And Municipalities To Create Joint Land Bank Authorities; To Provide The Powers And Duties Of Such Authorities; To Authorize Such Authorities To Acquire And Dispose Of Property; To Provide An Expedited Procedure To Confirm And Quiet Title To Property Acquired By Such Authorities; To Authorize Authorities Created Under This Act To Enter Into Intergovernmental Agreements For Certain Purposes; To Authorize Counties And Municipalities To Create Local Land Bank Authorities To Borrow Money And Issue Bonds And Notes; And For Related Purposes.

Land banks; authorize counties and municipalities to create to convert certain property to productive use.

Sen. David Blount [D]

Sen. John Horhn [D]

Sen. Sollie Norwood [D]

Sen. Bob Dearing [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	Senate	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	Senate	Referred To Finance;Public Property

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/SB/SB2856.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2856IN.htm