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MS SB3200

Bill

Status

Failed

4/28/2010

Primary Sponsor

Briggs Hopson

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Origin

Senate

2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes Issaquena County, Mississippi to participate in a project to design and install turbine(s) on barges in the Mississippi River to generate electricity for sale to utility companies

  • Permits the county to finance the project through issuance of revenue bonds under Section 77-5-307, Mississippi Code of 1972

  • Authorizes the county to form a nonprofit corporation with a board of directors appointed by the county's governing body to carry out the project

  • Allows the county and/or nonprofit corporation to employ counsel for the project at a salary within the range allowed for legal assistants to district attorneys, with employment duration not exceeding the indebtedness period

  • Requires all design, construction, and operation costs to be paid from project financing proceeds or operational revenues

Legislative Description

Issaquena County; authorize to participate in turbine project in Mississippi River.

Last Action

Died In Committee

4/28/2010

Full Bill Text

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