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MS HB152
Bill
Status
Failed
1/31/2017
Primary Sponsor
Bryant Clark
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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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