Mississippi House Bill 187 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Be Known As The Historic Courthouse Fund; To Provide That The Fund Shall Be Administered By The Department Of Archives And History For The Purpose Of Making Grants To Counties For The Maintenance And/or Restoration Of Historic Courthouses In Mississippi As Determined By The Department; To Provide That In Order To Receive A Grant From The Fund, A County Must Provide Matching Funds In The Amount Of Twenty-five Percent Of The Grant; To Authorize The Department To Solicit Gifts And Accept Donations For The Fund, And To Sell Donated Property And Deposit The Proceeds In The Fund; To Authorize The Legislature To Appropriate, Transfer Or Otherwise Provide Additional Funds For The Fund; To Provide That All Funds Deposited In The Historic Courthouse Fund Shall Be Expended, Upon Appropriation By The Legislature, By The Department Of Archives And History As Provided In This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Historic Courthouse Fund; create to provide grants to counties for maintenance/restoration of historic courthouses.

Rep. Bryant Clark [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-02	House	Referred To Public Property;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0187.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0187IN.htm