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MS HB1117
Bill
Status
2/27/2018
Primary Sponsor
Doug McLeod
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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