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MS HB366

Bill

Status

Failed

3/5/2013

Primary Sponsor

Rita Martinson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Increases the Mississippi Bicentennial Celebration Commission from 3 to 4 members appointed by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, with each new member representing the state at large.

  • Adds the Director of the Mississippi Development Authority Division of Tourism as an ex officio member of the commission.

  • Designates the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History as chairman of the commission.

  • Requires the commission to designate and coordinate programs for the formal Bicentennial celebration and commemoration of Mississippi's establishment in 1817.

  • Establishes the Mississippi Bicentennial Celebration Fund in the State Treasury for expenditures authorized by majority vote of nonlegislative commission members.

Legislative Description

Mississippi Bicentennial Celebration Commission; revise composition of.

Last Action

Died In Committee

3/5/2013

Committee Referrals

Tourism2/12/2013
Tourism1/16/2013

Full Bill Text

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