Mississippi Senate Bill 2735 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Establish The Future Of Mississippi Agriculture Act Of 2020; To Authorize An Agricultural Entrepreneurial Center And/or The Genuine Ms Agriculture Product Marketplace Business On Department Property; To Authorize The Commissioner Of Agriculture And Commerce To Expend Funds For Products To Develop And Promote Agriculture And To Coordinate With The Mississippi Development Authority On Projects Related To Agriculture; To Authorize The Commissioner Of Agriculture And Commerce To Implement A Program To Promote Agriculture, Forestry And Commerce; To Authorize The Department To Lease Certain Land Or Buildings On Property Under The Department's Control; To Authorize The Department's Agricultural And Livestock Theft Bureau To Conduct Training For Law Enforcement Related To Laws Enforced By The Bureau And To Assist Other Law Enforcement Agencies In Cases Of Disaster; To Amend 27-104-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt Rental Fees For Property And Buildings Under Department's Control From Certain Interagency Restrictions; To Create A New Code Section To Be Codified As Section 69-1-119, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A Nuisance Wildlife Program Within The Department Of Agriculture And Commerce For The Purpose Of Managing Nuisance Wildlife Species On Private Agricultural And Forestry Lands And To Authorize The Department To Accept And Expend Any Special Funds Received For This Purpose; To Amend Section 69-29-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Number Of Agricultural And Livestock Theft Bureau Investigators For The Purpose Of Combatting And Deterring Agricultural And Livestock Theft And Related Crimes; To Amend Section 25-1-77, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Certain Exemptions Of Department Law Enforcement Vehicles From Bureau Of Fleet Management Requirements; And For Related Purposes.

"Future of Mississippi Agriculture Act of 2020"; enact.

Sen. Charles Younger [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-02-17	Senate	Referred To Agriculture;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/SB/SB2735.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2735IN.htm