Mississippi House Bill 662

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 5 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 77-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Director Of The Office Of Broadband Expansion And Accessibility Of Mississippi To Appoint A County Administrator, County Manager, Or His Or Her Designee To Establish, Build And Facilitate Local Technology Planning Teams Or Partnerships With Certain Members Representing Cross-sections Of The Community; To Require Such Teams To Work With Rural Communities To Help Understand Current Broadband Availability, Locate Unserved And Underserved Businesses And Residents, Identify Assets Relevant To Broadband Deployment, Build Partnerships With Broadband Service Providers, And Identify Opportunities To Leverage Assets And Reduce Barriers To The Deployment Of Broadband Internet Services In The Community; To Require That Such Teams Or Partnerships Be Proactive In Fiscally Constrained Counties In Identifying And Providing Assistance With Applying For Federal Grants For Broadband Internet Service; To Bring Forward Section 77-19-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Director Of The Office Of Broadband Expansion And Accessibility Of Mississippi, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi; require director to appoint administrator to establish local technology planning teams.

Rep. Jeffery Harness [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-05	House	Died In Committee
2024-01-26	House	Referred To Public Utilities

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
77	19	5	New Code	See Bill Text
77	19	7	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2024/pdf/history/HB/HB0662.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2024/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0662IN.htm