Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Transportation; create the Multimodal Transportation Capital Improvement Program Fund.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/03 (H) Referred To Transportation;Ways and Means | |
| 2 | 01/30 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | July 1, 2001 | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committees:
Principal Author: Janus
Title: AN ACT TO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY TO BE DESIGNATED AS THE "MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUND"; TO PROVIDE THAT MONEY IN SUCH FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AT PORTS, AIRPORTS, PUBLICLY OWNED RAILROADS AND PUBLIC TRANSIT PROVIDERS IN MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ALLOCATION OF SUCH FUNDS AMONG THE VARIOUS MODES OF TRANSPORTATION; TO PROVIDE THAT AS A CONDITION PRECEDENT FOR THE RECEIPT OF ANY MONEY FROM THE FUND, THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF THE PORT, AIRPORT, RAILROAD OR TRANSIT SYSTEM SHALL BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH 10% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST; TO PROVIDE THAT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE MONEY ALLOCATED TO AIRPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SHALL BE DIVIDED AMONG ALL AIRPORTS WITHIN THE STATE WITH REGULARLY SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL PASSENGER SERVICE BASED ON ENPLANEMENTS AT SUCH AIRPORTS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO AIRPORT PROJECTS; TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI PORTS PROJECT SELECTION COMMITTEE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL SOLICIT AND EVALUATE APPLICATIONS FOR THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO PORT PROJECTS USING THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PORTS PROJECT SELECTION COMMITTEE SHALL SELECT PORT PROJECTS FROM THOSE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DETERMINES TO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN THIS ACT; TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLICLY OWNED RAILROAD PROJECT SELECTION COMMITTEE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL SOLICIT AND EVALUATE APPLICATIONS FOR THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO PUBLICLY OWNED RAILROADS USING THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED IN THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PUBLICLY OWNED RAILROAD PROJECT SELECTION COMMITTEE SHALL SELECT RAIL PROJECTS FROM THOSE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DETERMINES TO MEET THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT, OF THE FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS, 30% SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE COAST TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND THE TRANSIT AUTHORITY SERVING THE JACKSON METROPOLITAN AREA; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ALLOCATION OF THE REMAINDER OF THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC TRANSIT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR PORT PROJECTS AND PUBLIC TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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