MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1997 Regular Session

To: Rules

By: Senator(s) Bryan

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUSPENDING THE DEADLINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE FURTHER CONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL NO. 1739, 1997 REGULAR SESSION, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 57-75-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "FACILITY RELATED TO THE PROJECT" IN THE MISSISSIPPI MAJOR ECONOMIC IMPACT ACT TO INCLUDE WATER, NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS AND TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "PROJECT" IN THE MISSISSIPPI MAJOR ECONOMIC IMPACT ACT TO INCLUDE CERTAIN MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS DESIGNED TO MANUFACTURE, PRODUCE AND TRANSMIT ELECTRICAL POWER USING NATURAL GAS AS ITS PRIMARY RAW MATERIAL; TO AMEND SECTION 57-75-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF $25,000,000.00 IN STATE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO FUND CERTAIN COSTS RELATED TO SUCH FACILITY; 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 House Bill No. 1739, 1997 Regular Session, entitled "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 57-75-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "FACILITY RELATED TO THE PROJECT" IN THE MISSISSIPPI MAJOR ECONOMIC IMPACT ACT TO INCLUDE WATER, NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS AND TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "PROJECT" IN THE MISSISSIPPI MAJOR ECONOMIC IMPACT ACT TO INCLUDE CERTAIN MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECTS DESIGNED TO MANUFACTURE, PRODUCE AND TRANSMIT ELECTRICAL POWER USING NATURAL GAS AS ITS PRIMARY RAW MATERIAL; TO AMEND SECTION 57-75-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF $25,000,000.00 IN STATE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO FUND CERTAIN COSTS RELATED TO SUCH FACILITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES."