Bill Text: MS SB2601 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Commission on Marine Resources; provide for the expiration of permits for activities affecting coastal wetlands.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-23 - Died In Committee [SB2601 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2016-SB2601-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2016 Regular Session
To: Ports and Marine Resources
By: Senator(s) Gollott
Senate Bill 2601
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 49-27-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE EXPIRATION OF PERMITS ISSUED BY THE COMMISSION ON MARINE RESOURCES FOR ACTIVITIES AFFECTING COASTAL WETLANDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 49-27-29, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
49-27-29. In granting or
modifying any permit, the commission may impose conditions or limitations on
the proposed activity designed to carry out the public policy set forth in this
chapter. * * * Permits shall be valid
for not more than five (5) years from the date of issuance, except that permits
for maintenance dredging of existing channels maintained by a local
governmental entity shall be valid for not more than ten (10) years. The
commission may issue one (1) extension not to exceed two (2) years in length if
the applicant requests it in writing before the expiration date of the permit.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2016.
