Mississippi House Bill 1443 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require State Agencies That Receive Any Funds In Connection With The Explosion On, And Sinking Of, The Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon To Provide To The Department Of Finance And Administration, To Be Posted On The Department's Searchable Website Created By The Mississippi Accountability And Transparency Act, Detailed Information About The Agency's Expenditures Of Those Funds And A Detailed Description Of Any Project Involving The Expenditure Of Those Funds That The Agency Offered For Bid And The Name And Information About The Winning Bidder For The Contract; To Require State Agencies, In The Letting Of Public Contracts For Projects Involving The Expenditure Of Any Of Those Funds, To Give Preference To Contractors, Attorneys, Engineers, Surveyors And Other Persons Providing Professional Services Whose Business Is Physically Located In A County On The Gulf Coast And Who Has Been Doing Business In Those Counties For A Certain Number Of Years Before The Beginning Date Of The Contract; To Amend Section 27-103-302, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Language Describing The Sources Of Those Funds That Are Required To Be Paid Into The Budget Contingency Fund; And For Related Purposes.

BP Oil spill settlement funds; require state agencies to pose information about expenditure of on DFA transparency website.

Rep. Henry Zuber [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23	House	Died In Committee
2016-02-08	House	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency,Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2016/pdf/history/HB/HB1443.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2016/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1443IN.htm