Bill Text: MS SB2738 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Alcorn State University; update code to reflect correct name reference.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee [SB2738 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2023-SB2738-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Universities and Colleges
By: Senator(s) Butler (36th)
Senate Bill 2738
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-121-3 AND 37-121-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CORRECT OUTDATED LANGUAGE BY REPLACING THE NAME "ALCORN AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE" WITH "ALCORN STATE UNIVERSITY"; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 37-121-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-121-3. All the
provisions in Chapter 113 of this title, being sections applicable to the
Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, that can
reasonably apply to * * * Alcorn
State University, shall apply to the college, except those sections on the
subject of apportioning students among the several counties of the state and
dormitory privileges for them and those sections on the subject of agricultural
experimental stations.
SECTION 2. Section 37-121-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-121-5. The Mississippi Agricultural
and Forestry Experimental Station is hereby authorized to establish a branch at * * * Alcorn State University,
Lorman, for the purpose of providing an organization for cooperative effort
between the two land grant institutions in furthering a unified agricultural
research program for the State of Mississippi.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.
