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MS HB152

Bill

Status

Failed

1/31/2017

Primary Sponsor

Bryant Clark

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates a special fund in the State Treasury called the Historic Courthouse Fund to be administered by the Department of Archives and History
  • Authorizes the department to award grants to counties for maintenance and/or restoration of historic courthouses in Mississippi, with counties required to provide matching funds equal to 25% of the grant amount
  • Permits the Department of Archives and History to solicit and accept donations, gifts, and grants from individuals, organizations, and corporations, and to sell donated real or personal property with proceeds deposited into the fund
  • Allows the Legislature to appropriate, transfer, or provide additional funds to the Historic Courthouse Fund
  • Directs the State Treasurer to invest fund monies like other state funds, with unexpended balances and earned interest remaining in the fund rather than lapsing to the General Fund; effective July 1, 2017

Legislative Description

Historic Courthouse Fund; create to provide grants to counties for maintenance/restoration of historic courthouses.

Last Action

Died In Committee

1/31/2017

Committee Referrals

Revenue and Expenditure General Bills1/3/2017

Full Bill Text

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