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MS HB1703

Bill

Status

Passed

3/28/2023

Primary Sponsor

Orlando Paden

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Origin

House of Representatives

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes Coahoma County Board of Supervisors, acting as trustees of the Coahoma County Reserve and Trust Fund, to withdraw up to $500,000 from the fund's corpus component to supplement the county general fund for fiscal year 2022-2023 due to nonpayment or delayed payment of lease obligations by Delta Health Systems or its assignee.

  • Requires any lease payments subsequently received from the Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center lease (dated December 28, 1995) to be repaid to the fund as restitution for the withdrawal.

  • Suspends annual earnings component disbursements to the county general fund until the corpus component is fully replenished to its pre-withdrawal amount; all income shall be retained and added back to corpus during repayment period.

  • Modifies the existing Coahoma County Reserve and Trust Fund framework established in 2013 (with amendments in 2014 and 2019) to permit this emergency corpus withdrawal for fiscal year 2022-2023 only.

Legislative Description

Coahoma County; authorize reserve and trust fund trustees to use certain amount of fund to supplement county general fund.

Last Action

Approved by Governor

3/28/2023

Committee Referrals

Local and Private3/6/2023
Local and Private Legislation2/20/2023

Full Bill Text

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