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MS HB1117

Bill

Status

Failed

2/27/2018

Primary Sponsor

Doug McLeod

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates new Section 51-15-108 to allow counties outside the Pat Harrison Waterway District to join by filing a petition in Forrest County Chancery Court and meeting specified requirements.

  • Permits any county containing or bordering the Pascagoula River, Leaf River, Chickasawhay River, or Tallahala Creek, or having tributaries to these streams, to join the district.

  • Amends Section 51-15-103 to clarify the original district composition includes Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Lauderdale, Newton, Perry, Smith, Stone, and Wayne counties.

  • Amends Section 51-15-107 to establish the petition process for counties seeking to join after the district's original formation and reorganize procedural requirements for district establishment.

  • Effective date is July 1, 2018.

Legislative Description

Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize additional counties to join.

Last Action

Died In Committee

2/27/2018

Committee Referrals

Ports and Marine Resources2/12/2018
Conservation and Water Resources1/15/2018

Full Bill Text

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