Bill Text: MS HB1736 | 2020 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Jackson County; authorize contribution to various organizations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-07-07 - Approved by Governor [HB1736 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2020-HB1736-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Local and Private Legislation
By: Representative Busby
House Bill 1736
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 906, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2017, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO CONTRIBUTE TO HOME OF GRACE, THE MARY C. O'KEEFE CULTURAL CENTER OF ARTS AND EDUCATION, AND THE PASCAGOULA RIVER AUDUBON CENTER, TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE MARY C. O'KEEFE CULTURAL CENTER OF ARTS AND EDUCATION AND THE PASCAGOULA RIVER AUDUBON CENTER; TO AUTHORIZE THE CONTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO THE UNITED WAY FOR JACKSON AND GEORGE COUNTIES; TO EXTEND FROM JULY 1, 2021, TO JULY 1, 2024, THE REPEAL DATE ON THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Chapter 906, Local and Private Laws of 2017, is amended as follows:
Section 1. (1) The Board of Supervisors of Jackson County, Mississippi, in its discretion, is authorized to contribute funds annually to the following organizations in amounts not to exceed the following:
Home of Grace......................................$25,000.00
The Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural
Center of Arts and Education ............................................ * * * $20,000.00
Pascagoula River Audubon
Center............. * * *
$10,000.00
United Way for Jackson and George Counties.........$10,000.00
(2) This section shall be
repealed from and after July 1, * * * 2024.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
