MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Senator(s) Thames, Harvey, Smith, Stogner, Jackson

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUSPENDING THE DEADLINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE OF SENATE BILL NO. 2289, 1997 REGULAR SESSION, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 69-2-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM OF LOANS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS FINANCE CORPORATION FROM THE EMERGING CROP FUND FOR POST-PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES; TO DEFINE THE TERM POST-PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES; TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDS ANNUALLY FROM THE EMERGING CROP FUND TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FOR AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT WITH THE ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION PROGRAM (AARC) OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES." 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That the following bill is hereby exempt from the timetable for consideration of bills provided by Joint Rule No. 40, and that consent is hereby given for further consideration of Senate Bill No. 2289, 1997 Regular Session, entitled "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 69-2-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM OF LOANS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS FINANCE CORPORATION FROM THE EMERGING CROP FUND FOR POST-PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES; TO DEFINE THE TERM POST-PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES; TO MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDS ANNUALLY FROM THE EMERGING CROP FUND TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FOR AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT WITH THE ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION PROGRAM (AARC) OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES."