Mississippi House Bill 117 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 25 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-03-25 - Approved by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Mississippi Development Authority Job Training Grant Fund; To Provide That Money In The Fund Shall Be Used For The Purpose Of Making Training Grants To Community Or Junior Colleges, Public Universities And Workforce Investment Areas To Pay A Portion Of The Costs Of Providing Training Or Retraining For Employees Of Business Enterprises That Are Eligible For The Jobs Tax Credit Authorized Under Section 57-73-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972; To Provide That The Fund Shall Be Administered By The Mississippi Development Authority; To Provide That A Business Enterprise That Chooses To Utilize Such A Training Grant Shall Not Be Eligible For The Jobs Tax Credit Authorized In Section 57-73-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972; To Provide For The Duration And Amount Of The Training Grants; To Provide That The Mississippi Development Authority Shall Require That The Business Enterprise Shall Enter Into Binding Commitments Requiring That A Minimum Number Of Jobs Be Maintained That Shall Be Not Less Than The Number Of Jobs Required To Be Eligible For The Jobs Tax Credit, And That If The Minimum Number Of Jobs Are Not Maintained, All Or A Portion Of The Grant Funds Utilized By The Business Enterprise, As Determined By The Mississippi Development Authority, Shall Be Repaid; To Provide That The Liability Of The State Of Mississippi To Make The Training Grants Authorized Under This Act Shall Be Limited To The Balance Contained In The Mississippi Development Authority Job Training Grant Fund; To Require The Transfer Of $2,000,000.00 From The Mmeia Tax Incentive Fund To The Mississippi Development Authority Job Training Grant Fund; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To End The Monthly Deposit Of Sales Tax Revenue In The Amount Of $150,000.00 Into The Mmeia Tax Incentive Fund And Provide For The Monthly Deposit Of Sales Tax Revenue In The Amount Of $150,000.00 Into The Mississippi Development Authority Job Training Grant Fund; To Amend Section 57-73-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Repeal Sections 57-101-1, 57-101-3 And 57-101-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Create The Mmeia Tax Incentive Fund To Pay A Portion Of The Component Construction Material Costs For Certain Projects; And For Related Purposes.

MS Development Authority Job Training Grant Fund; create to provide job training grants for certain eligible business enterprises.

Rep. Jeffrey Smith [R]

Rep. Omeria Scott [D]

2013-03-12 - House - House Concurred in Amend From Senate (Y: 116 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-03-07 - Senate - Senate Passed As Amended (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-02-06 - House - House Passed (Y: 119 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-25		Approved by Governor
2013-03-19	Senate	Enrolled Bill Signed
2013-03-18	House	Enrolled Bill Signed
2013-03-12	House	Concurred in Amend From Senate
2013-03-08	Senate	Returned For Concurrence
2013-03-07	Senate	Passed As Amended
2013-03-07	Senate	Amended
2013-03-05	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2013-02-12	Senate	Referred To Finance
2013-02-07	House	Transmitted To Senate
2013-02-06	House	Passed
2013-02-04	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2013-01-11	House	Referred To Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB0117.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0117IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0117PS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0117SG.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0300023.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/senate/0590003.pdf
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/votes/house/0640033.pdf