Bill Text: MS SB2697 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: State universities; require to develop mechanism for compiling data on state-funded projects and submit annual report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee [SB2697 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2022-SB2697-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2022 Regular Session

To: Universities and Colleges

By: Senator(s) Blackwell, Younger, McMahan, Chassaniol, Polk

Senate Bill 2697

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER AND OTHER STATE-FUNDED PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES TO DEVELOP A MECHANISM TO COMPILE EXISTING DATA SOURCES REGARDING STATE-FUNDED PROJECTS TO PRODUCE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Alcorn State University, Delta State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi Valley State University, The University of Mississippi and The University of Southern Mississippi shall develop a mechanism to compile existing data sources regarding state-funded institutions of higher learning projects to produce an annual report to the Legislature.  The report shall contain the following:

          (a)  Cumulative expenditure totals for university capital outlay projects for each institution by revenue source;

          (b)  Total number of university capital outlay projects by kind of capital outlay; and

          (c)  Category of university capital outlay projects by type of facility.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.