History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Mississippi Health Care Trust Fund Act of 1999; rename and revise distribution of interest earned on principal.
| 1 | 01/18/99 | (H) | Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations | |
| 2 | 02/02/99 | (H) | Died In Committee |
| Effective date | Passage | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| 3/5ths vote required | No |
House Committees:
Principal Author: Formby
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND HOUSE BILL NO. 519, 1999 REGULAR SESSION, TO RENAME THE ACT AS THE "MISSISSIPPI TOBACCO TRUST FUND ACT OF 1999"; TO DELETE REFERENCE TO CREATION OF THE "HEALTH CARE TRUST FUND," TO CREATE "TOBACCO TRUST FUND" AND TO PROVIDE THAT MONIES FROM SETTLEMENT OF THE LAWSUIT AGAINST TOBACCO COMPANIES BY THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE STATE TREASURY INTO THE TOBACCO TRUST FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT INTEREST AND INCOME EARNED ON THE PRINCIPAL OF THE TRUST SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE GENERAL FUND OF THE STATE TREASURY AND MAY BE EXPENDED, UPON LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION, IN SUCH MANNER AND FOR SUCH PURPOSES AS THE LEGISLATURE DEEMS APPROPRIATE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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