Bill Text: MS HB130 | 2012 | Regular Session | Engrossed

Mississippi House Bill 130 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Tunica County; revise number of years and amount authorized to contribute to Tunica County Economic Development Foundation, Inc.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2012-05-03 - Died In Committee [HB130 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2012-HB130-Engrossed.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2012 Regular Session

To: Local and Private Legislation

By: Representative Burnett

House Bill 130

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 928, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2004, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 934, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2007, TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF YEARS AND TO REVISE THE AMOUNT THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF TUNICA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, IS AUTHORIZED TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDS TO THE TUNICA COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, INC.; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 928, Local and Private Laws of 2004, as amended by Chapter 934, Local and Private Laws of 2007, is amended as follows:

Section 1. The Board of Supervisors of Tunica County, Mississippi, is authorized and empowered, in its discretion, from any available funds of the county, to provide funding for the Tunica County Economic Development Foundation, Inc., (the "foundation"), in an amount not to exceed Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) annually through calendar year 2017.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after June 1, 2012.