Bill Text: MS SB2924 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: City of Bay Springs; increase amount that may be expended on BayFest Celebration and extend repeal date.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-22 - Approved by Governor [SB2924 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2017-SB2924-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2017 Regular Session
To: Local and Private
By: Senator(s) Barnett
Senate Bill 2924
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 936, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2011, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 904, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2014, TO INCREASE TO $50,000.00 THE AMOUNT THAT THE CITY OF BAY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI, MAY EXPEND ANNUALLY FROM ITS GENERAL FUND TO PROMOTE AND EFFECTUATE THE CITY'S ANNUAL BAYFEST CELEBRATION; TO EXTEND UNTIL JULY 1, 2021, THE REPEAL DATE ON SUCH PROVISION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Chapter 936, Local and Private Laws of 2011, as amended by Chapter 904, Local and Private Laws of 2014, is amended as follows:
Section 1. (1) Notwithstanding any section of
the Mississippi Code of 1972 to the contrary, the governing authorities of the
City of Bay Springs, Mississippi, in their discretion, are authorized to expend
an amount not to exceed * * *Twenty‑five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) annually from the general fund for the
promotion and effectuation of the city's Annual BayFest Celebration.
(2) In addition to the expenditure of monies from the general fund authorized in subsection (1) of this section, the governing authorities of the City of Bay Springs, in their discretion, may receive and expend funds donated to the municipality and designated for use in the promotion and effectuation of the Annual BayFest Celebration.
(3) The expenditures authorized in this section are in addition to, and not in lieu of the authority granted under Sections 17-3-1 and 17-3-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, and all other statutory authority.
(4) The provisions of this section shall be
repealed from and after July 1, * * * 2021.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
