Bill Text: MS HB1213 | 2016 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Mississippi Technology, Inc.; rename as Innovate Mississippi.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-22 - Died In Committee [HB1213 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-HB1213-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Technology
By: Representative Barker
House Bill 1213
(As Passed the House)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 57-83-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO RENAME ALL ENTITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE NOMENCLATURE "MISSISSIPPI TECHNOLOGY, INC.," AS "INNOVATE MISSISSIPPI"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 57-83-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
57-83-1. (1) The
President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
each appoint three (3) members of their respective legislative houses to serve
as members of the * * * Innovate Mississippi Liaison Committee.
The members of such committee shall be entitled to:
(a) * * * Attend meetings of the * * * Innovate
Mississippi Board of Directors * * *;
(b) * * * Receive all budgets, reports, audits and all
financial and other information distributed to the directors of * * * Innovate
Mississippi;
(c) * * * Meet and confer with the directors and staff
of * * * Innovate Mississippi; and
(d) * * * Perform such other activities as may be
necessary or proper in discharging their responsibilities of liaison with their
respective houses of the Legislature.
(2) The members of
the liaison committee shall have no jurisdiction or vote on any matter within
the jurisdiction of * * * Innovate Mississippi. The members of the
committee shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Legislature no later
than December 15 of each calendar year setting forth the activities and
financial condition of * * * Innovate Mississippi and their perspective
and comments on the activities of * * * Innovate Mississippi.
The report shall also contain recommendations regarding policy or legislative
changes for consideration by the Legislature.
(3) The members of
the * * * Innovate Mississippi Liaison Committee
shall be bound by the same limitations as to confidentiality of information
regarding products, processes or the internal affairs of private businesses, as
are imposed upon the officers and directors of * * * Innovate
Mississippi.
(4) When the Legislature is not in session, members shall be paid per diem and all actual and necessary expenses, including mileage expenses, from their respective contingent expense funds at the rate authorized for committee meetings when the Legislature is not in session; however, no per diem and expenses will be paid when the Legislature is in session. The terms of the members of the liaison committee shall expire at the end of their terms of office.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.
