MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2023 Regular Session

To: Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Hopson, Polk, Blackwell, Simmons (13th), Williams, DeLano, Wiggins

Senate Bill 3047

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION AND A REAPPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO AUTHORIZE AND REAUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF GULF COAST RESTORATION FUNDS PREVIOUSLY APPROPRIATED FOR PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024.

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

SECTION 1.  The following sum of money, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, as created in Section 57-119-1 Mississippi Code of 1972, not otherwise appropriated to the Mississippi Development Authority. These funds are provided for projects as outlined in Section 57-119-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, for assistance to local units of government, nongovernmental organizations, institutions of higher learning, community colleges, ports, airports, public-private partnerships, private for-profit entities, private nonprofit entities and local economic development entities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024............ $         0.00.

SECTION 2.  The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is reappropriated out of any money in the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund not otherwise appropriated for the Mississippi Development Authority for the purpose of reauthorizing the expenditure of Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, as authorized in Senate Bill No. 3049, 2022 Regular Session, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024..................................................

................................................ $37,857,356.00.

Notwithstanding the amount reappropriated under this section, the amount that may be expended under the authority of this section shall not exceed the unexpended balance of the funds remaining as of June 30, 2023, from the amount authorized for the previous fiscal year.  In addition, this reappropriation shall not change the purpose for which the funds were originally authorized.

Of the funds appropriated in this section the following sums are provided for projects:

(a)  To assist the Gulfport Redevelopment

Commission for the completion of the second and

final phase of a mixed-use, downtown redevelopment

project, including public use components, so as

to leverage public and private investment......... $  8,000,000.00

(b)  To assist the City of Pass Christian

with the Water Front Redevelopment Plan........... $  3,000,000.00

(c)  To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment

Authority with the City of Pascagoula Rail Line

Development Plan................................. $  3,061,356.00

(d)  To assist the City of Biloxi with the

Popp's Ferry Extension Project................... $  3,000,000.00

(e)  To assist the City of Waveland with

the Waveland Marina Phase I....................... $  2,000,000.00

(f)  To assist the Ocean Springs Redevelopment

Authority with City of Ocean Springs Projects..... $  2,000,000.00

(g)  To assist the City of Moss Point with

Moss Point's Magnificent Mile 2.0................ $  2,000,000.00

(h)  To assist the Hancock County Port and

Harbor Commission with the Technology Park at

Stennis Airport Phase I.......................... $  2,000,000.00

(i)  To assist the Pearl River County Board

of Supervisors with the Pearl River County

Industrial Park Project.......................... $  1,600,000.00

(j)  To assist the City of Long Beach with

the Long Beach Harbor Complex Restoration......... $  1,000,000.00

(k)  To assist the City of Bay St. Louis

with the City Public Safety Complex............... $  1,000,000.00

(l)  To assist the Mississippi State

University Research and Technology Corporation

with continued development of the Mississippi

Cyber Center Project............................. $  1,000,000.00

(m)  To assist the City of Diamondhead with

the Commerce District Transportation.............. $    900,000.00

(n)  To assist the Stone County Economic

Development Partnership with the Heritage Spring

Water Project.................................... $    600,000.00

(o)  To assist the Ocean Springs Collective

with Ocean Springs Collective Projects............ $    400,000.00

(p)  To assist the Mississippi Export Railroad

with Mississippi Export Projects................. $  3,500,000.00

(q)  To assist the Greater Biloxi Economic

Development Foundation and JDLE, LLC with the

Downtown Redevelopment of Barq's and Kress

Buildings on Howard Avenue....................... $  2,000,000.00

(r)  To assist the Mississippi Gulf Resort

Classic Foundation with the Rapiscan Systems

Classic Tournament............................... $    796,000.00

SECTION 3.  The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is reappropriated out of any money in the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund not otherwise appropriated for the Mississippi Development Authority for the purpose of reauthorizing the expenditure of Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, as authorized in Senate Bill No. 3049, 2022 Regular Session, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024..................................................

................................................ $49,933,055.00.

Notwithstanding the amount reappropriated under this section, the amount that may be expended under the authority of this section shall not exceed the unexpended balance of the funds remaining as of June 30, 2023, from the amount authorized for the previous fiscal year.  In addition, this reappropriation shall not change the purpose for which the funds were originally authorized.

     Of the funds reappropriated in this section the following sums are provided for projects:

(a)  To assist the Mississippi State

University Research and Technology Corporation

with the design and construction of the

Mississippi Cyber Center......................... $ 13,500,000.00

     (b)  To assist the University of Southern

Mississippi Ocean Enterprise..................... $  4,500,000.00

     (c)  To assist the Stone County Board of

Supervisors with the Piney Wood Pellet Mill

road, rail and bypass............................ $  2,500,000.00

     (d)  To assist the Gulfport Redevelopment

Commission for Phase I of a planned 3-phase

project of downtown redevelopment to be used on

a public use project so as to leverage public

and private investment........................... $  2,500,000.00

     (e)  To assist the City of Ocean Springs

and the OHOS Development LLC with a

Public/Private Development....................... $  6,000,000.00

     (f)  To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment

with downtown revitalization project.............. $  3,000,000.00

     (g)  To assist Long Beach High School with

the Long Beach High School Career and Technical

Education Center................................. $  2,500,000.00

     (h)  To assist the City of Diamondhead with

the Town Center District – Commercial District

Project......................................... $  2,000,000.00

     (i)  To assist Stone County School District

with the Stone County High School Career and

Technical Education Center....................... $  3,200,000.00

     (j)  To assist the City of Gulfport with

flood control and/or drainage for the

Forest Heights Project........................... $  2,100,000.00

     (k)  To assist the City of Moss Point with

the Interstate 10 Frontage Roads, North and

South........................................... $  2,000,000.00

     (l)  To assist the City of Picayune with the

Friendship Park Revitalization Project............ $  1,900,000.00

     (m)  To assist Pearl River Community College

PRCC Aviation Aerospace Academy.................. $  1,900,000.00

     (n)  To assist the City of Bay St. Louis with

the Court Street Parking facility, expansion and

improvements..................................... $  1,000,000.00

     (o)  To assist the Walter Anderson Museum with

Phase 3 and Phase 4.............................. $    636,000.00

     (p)  To assist the City of Lucedale with

Ventura Drive Improvements....................... $    577,000.00

     (q)  To assist George County with the Scott

Road Project, widening and infrastructure......... $    120,055.00

SECTION 4.  The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is reappropriated out of any money in the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund not otherwise appropriated for the Mississippi Development Authority for the purpose of reauthorizing the expenditure of Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, as authorized in Senate Bill No. 3049, 2022 Regular Session, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024..................................................

................................................ $37,962,670.00.

Notwithstanding the amount reappropriated under this section, the amount that may be expended under the authority of this section shall not exceed the unexpended balance of the funds remaining as of June 30, 2023, from the amount authorized for the previous fiscal year.  In addition, this reappropriation shall not change the purpose for which the funds were originally authorized.

Of the funds reappropriated in this section, the following sums are provided for projects recommended by the department and projects that meet the criteria outlined in Section 57-119-9, Mississippi Code of 1972:

(a)  To assist Power Dynamics Innovations,

LLC with Equipment and Facility Upgrades.......... $    616,541.00

(b)  To assist the City of Bay St. Louis

with the Old Town Police Department............... $    764,062.00

(c)  To assist the City of Bay St. Louis

with the Old Town Depot Revitalization

District........................................ $    490,375.00

(d)  To assist the City of Diamondhead with

the Commercial District Transformation Project.... $  1,500,000.00

(e)  To assist the Stone County School

District with the Stone County High School

Career and Technical Education Center............. $  2,992,145.00

(f)  To assist the University of Southern

Mississippi with the Ocean Enterprise Phase I..... $  5,942,385.00

(g)  To assist the Walter Anderson Museum

Creative Complex Phase I and begin Phase II....... $    366,298.00

(h)  To assist the City of Ocean Springs

and the OHOS Development LLC with a

Public/Private Development....................... $  2,000,000.00

(i)  To assist the Gulfport School with

a STEM Exploration Lab........................... $     79,061.00

(j)  To assist the City of Biloxi with

downtown revitalization at the Saenger Theater.... $    577,830.00

Of the funds reappropriated in this section, the following sums are provided for projects that meet the criteria outlined in Section 57-119-9, Mississippi Code of 1972:

(a)  To assist Harrison County with the

Harrison County Law Enforcement Training

Academy......................................... $    444,925.00

(b)  To assist George Regional Health System

with a multispecialty medical office complex...... $  1,901,193.00

(c)  To assist Mississippi State University

Research and Technology Corporation with the design

and construction of the Mississippi Cyber Center.. $  3,234,176.00

(d)  To assist the Port of Pascagoula with

the North Rail Connector......................... $  6,600,000.00

(e)  To assist Jackson County Economic

Development Foundation with site development and

related support of a defense supplier............. $    377,561.00

(f)  To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment

Authority with the Innovation Center.............. $  1,000,000.00

(g)  To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment

Authority with the City Center................... $  1,099,196.00

(h)  To assist the Institute for Marine Mammal

Studies with Educational Classrooms and Dorms..... $  3,000,000.00

(i)  To assist the City of Pass Christian

with redevelopment and revitalization............. $    750,000.00

(j)  To assist the City of Long Beach

with development and revitalization............... $  2,000,000.00

(k)  To assist the City of Long Beach

with the Quarles House........................... $  2,000,000.00

(l)  To assist George County with a rail

connection project:

(1)  George County rail and highway

improvements for Enviva project.................. $    125,981.00

(2)  Mississippi Export Railroad for

the Enviva project............................... $    100,941.00

SECTION 5.  The following sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is reappropriated out of any money in the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund not otherwise appropriated for the Mississippi Development Authority for the purpose of reauthorizing the expenditure of Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, as authorized in Senate Bill No. 3049, 2022 Regular Session, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024..................................................

................................................ $ 5,500,000.00.

     Notwithstanding the amount reappropriated under this section, the amount that may be expended under the authority of this section shall not exceed the unexpended balance of the funds remaining as of June 30, 2023, from the amount authorized for the previous fiscal year.  In addition, this reappropriation shall not change the purpose for which the funds were originally authorized.

     Of the funds reappropriated in this section the following sums are provided for the following programs:

(a)  For the Mississippi Development Authority

and the Air Service Development Incentive Program.. $ 2,500,000.00

(b)  For the Mississippi Development Authority

and the Quality of Place Incentives Program........ $ 3,000,000.00

Of these funds, One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) is provided for the development of a South Mississippi defense and space industry strategy for small companies to compete for defense related contracts to include government, industry and academia.

     SECTION 6.  The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers, in the manner provided by law.

     SECTION 7.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023, and shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2023.