Mississippi House Bill 1179 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury, Designated As The "mississippi Outdoors And Natural Resources Fund"; To Provide That The Fund Shall Be Administered By The Mississippi Department Of Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks And That The Department Is Authorized To Solicit And Accept Donations, Gifts And Grants Of Funds From Private Sources For Deposit Into The Fund; To Provide That Monies In The Special Fund May Be Used By The Department, Upon Appropriation By The Legislature, For The Purpose Of Making Grants To Private Entities For The Purpose Of Assisting With The Promotion, Support And Enhancement Of State And Private Parks And Trails And Related Properties And Facilities, Outdoor Recreation And Sporting Programs And Activities, Wildlife And Natural Resource Conservation And Preservation Programs, Activities, And Projects And Outdoor And Recreational Related Tourism And Related Economic Development; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Outdoors and Natural Resources Fund; create to provide source of private funds to promote outdoors and natural resources programs.

Rep. Chris Brown [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-21	House	Referred To Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB1179.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1179IN.htm