Mississippi House Bill 1159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on March 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-03-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 29-3-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Allow Local School Boards, Which Approve The Sales Of Timber And Forest Products Grown On Sixteenth Section Lands, To Enter Into Long-term Public Or Private Contracts For The Sale Of Certain Forest Products; To Amend Section 29-3-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Authority Of Local School Boards To Lease Sixteenth Section Or In Lieu Lands Classified As Agricultural Land, Using Provisions Related To Best Farm Management Practices Established By The Secretary Of State In Consultation With Federal Agricultural Agencies And The Mississippi State University Extension Service; And For Related Purposes.

Sixteenth section lands; authorize local school boards to enter into public or private contracts for sale of forestry products grown on.

Rep. Bill Pigott [R]

Rep. Orlando Paden [D]

2022-02-02 - House - House Passed (Y: 122 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-01	Senate	Died In Committee
2022-02-15	Senate	Referred To Public Property;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
2022-02-03	House	Transmitted To Senate
2022-02-02	House	Passed
2022-01-25	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2022-01-17	House	Referred To Agriculture

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
29	3	45	Amended Code	See Bill Text
29	3	81	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB1159.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1159IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1159PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/votes/house/0300073.pdf