Bill Text: MS HB1714 | 2016 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Mississippi House Bill 1714 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Appropriation; Department of Marine Resources for Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District for the Coastal Map Revision Project.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Failed) 2016-04-05 - Died In Committee [HB1714 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2016-HB1714-Engrossed.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2016 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Representative Eure

House Bill 1714

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDING TO THE SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR THE COASTAL MAP REVISION PROJECT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2017.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of any money in any special fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources for the purpose of providing funding to the Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District for the Coastal Map Revision Project as described in Section 2 of this act for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending June 30, 2017...............................................$ 3,000,000.00.

SECTION 2. The goal of the Coastal Map Revision Project is to revise the floodplain maps that encompass Hancock County, Harrison County and Jackson County to reduce the number of properties that are located in special flood hazard areas with Base Flood Elevations and V-Zone designations. The remapping effort will reduce the insurance rates and costs of construction along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Southern Mississippi Planning and Development District shall use the money appropriated by this act to contract with an engineering firm to perform the modeling and engineering services required to complete the Coastal Map Revision Project.

SECTION 3. The money appropriated by this act shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any special fund in the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Marine Resources, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers in the manner provided by law.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.