Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Subject: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD

As of 06/01/04 at 15:56

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HB  54  Business improvement districts; prohibit from taking      Fleming
        action that impedes or circumvents authority of        
        municipality in which located.                         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 280  Neshoba County, industrial development authority;         Watson
   %    extend repealer on authority to take certain action    
        without public bidding (RP).                           
           05/12 Approved by Governor
HB 288  Mississippi Business Investment Act; extend repealer on   Watson
        MDA authority to use bond proceeds to make loans for   
        low or moderate housing (RP).                          
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 385  Public improvement districts; provide notice by           Moak
        newspaper publication when issuing certificates of     
        public convenience and necessity in uncertificated     
        areas.                                                 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 408  Income tax; extend repealer on tax credit for certain     Watson
   %    employers sponsoring basic skills training/retraining  
        for employees (RP).                                    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 434  Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan     Denny
   %    Program; clarify maximum loan amount for recreational  
        and athletic facilities.                               
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 446  Mississippi Skill Standards Board; create as advisory     Clark
        board on industry standards.                           
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 447  Mississippi Training and Education Marketing Board;       Clark
        establish.                                             
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 564  Regional economic development alliances; extend           Montgomery
        authority for member counties to exercise eminent      
        domain for certain projects.                           
           04/20 Approved by Governor
HB 687  City of Columbus and Lowndes County; extend repealer on   Smith (39th)
 * %    authority to levy special tax for tourism and economic 
        development.                                           
           05/09 (S) Died In Committee
HB 693  City of Louisville; authorize to make certain loan for    Moody
        economic development.                                  
           02/18 Approved by Governor
HB 817  County industrial development authorities, certain;       Smith (39th)
   %    revise maturity date for bonds issued by.              
           04/27 Approved by Governor
HB 862  Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority to       Calhoun
        fund minority disparity study.                         
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB 973  "Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and         Frierson
 * %    Education Consolidation Act of 2004"; enact.           
           05/25 Approved by Governor
HB 996  Office of Minority Business Enterprises in MDA;           Fleming
        official office for agencies receiving federal funds   
        for certain state contracts.                           
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1029  Central Business District Real Estate/Economic            Fleming
   %    Development Act; create.                               
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1086  Major Economic Impact Act; increase amount of bonds       Smith (39th)
  $%    authorized for certain projects.                       
           04/20 (S) Died In Committee
HB1443  Regional economic development alliances; repeal tax       Howell
  $%    exemption for certain business enterprises operating   
        in.                                                    
           05/01 Approved by Governor
HB1527  School boards; authorize to borrow funds from Rural       Sullivan
   %    Economic Development Authority for certain purposes.   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1545  Community development corporations; establish a grant     Scott
        program for within Mississippi Development Authority.  
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1546  Economic dev.; increase maximum population of small       Scott
        municipality/Small Municipalities Limited Population   
        Counties Grant Program.                                
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1617  CAP loan fund; extend repealer on provision allowing      Howell
 * %@   use of interest on certain loans for support of MDA.   
           05/09 (H) Died In Conference
HB1639  WORK Commissioner; establish office within Mississippi    Scott
        Development Authority headed by.                       
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1640  Mississippi Small Business Opportunities Program;         Scott
 *$%    create and authorize issuance of bonds to fund.        
           05/01 (H) Died In Conference
HB1646  Income taxation; increase the tax credit for employers    Frierson
  $%    providing skills training.                             
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1647  Income taxation; increase the tax credit for employers    Simpson
  $%    providing skills training.                             
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1648  Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; revise             Dedeaux
  $%    definition of the term "project" and authorize issuance
        of bonds.                                              
           04/20 (S) Died In Committee
HB1654  Major Economic Impact Act; authorize issuance of          Bentz
 *$%    additional bonds to address possible military base     
        closure and realignment.                               
           04/20 (S) Died In Committee
HB1655  Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for   Howell
  $%    Mississippi Rural Impact Fund.                         
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1656  Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties      Howell
  $%    Fund; authorize issuance of bonds for, limited grant   
        amount.                                                
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1658  Emerging Crops Fund; continue minority economic           Howell
  $%    development program, increase amount of bonds          
        authorized to provide funds for.                       
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1659  Growth and Prosperity Act; revise definition of "state    Howell
  $%    tax" under to exempt certain leases of equipment from  
        sales and use taxes.                                   
           05/01 Approved by Governor
HB1660  Mississippi Business Investment Act; increase bonds for   Howell
  $%    certain grants or loan to counties and municipalities. 
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1665  Tunica County; authorize funding and support of Tunica    Mayo
 *      County Economic Development, Inc.                      
           05/09 (S) Died In Committee
HB1758  Income tax; increase and revise the tax credit for        Guice
  $%    employers providing skills training.                   
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1761  Economic Development Highway Act; limit use of funds on   Howell
  $%    retail projects and increase the amount of bonds that  
        may be issued under.                                   
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1762  Mississippi Development Bank; authorize DEQ to borrow     Smith (39th)
 *$%    from for loan programs, Department of Rehabilitation   
        Services to borrow from.                               
           05/14 Approved by Governor
HB1779  Hinds County; authorize to establish special assessment   Robinson (63rd)
   %    districts to assist economic development in the county.
           05/09 (S) Died In Committee
HB1780  Taxation; provide certain tax incentives for the          Peranich
 *$%    production of motion pictures in Mississippi.          
           05/12 Approved by Governor
HB1788  Bonds; authorize issuance for certain economic            Howell
 *$%    development programs and projects.                     
           05/01 (H) Died In Conference
HB1791  Bonds; increase amount authorized for certain             Howell
 *$%@   Mississippi Development Authority programs.            
           05/09 (H) Died In Conference
HB1798  Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; revise             Howell
 *$%@   definition of "project" and authorize issuance of bonds
        for certain projects.                                  
           05/09 (H) Died In Conference
HB1833  City of Starkville; extend repeal date on economic        Ellis
 * %@   development, tourism/convention tax and revise         
        distribution.                                          
           05/27 Approved by Governor
HB1853  City of Oxford; authorize to contribute to county         Akins
 *      economic development foundation.                       
           05/14 Approved by Governor
HC 126  Suspend deadlines for introduction; MS Major Economic     Capps
        Impact Act; revise definition of "project," authorize  
        bonds for certain projects.                            
           05/09 (H) Died In Committee
SB2033  Mississippi Science, Technology, Engineering and          Nunnelee
        Mathematics (STEM) Education Competitiveness Act;      
        establish.                                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2101  Mississippi Small Business Assistance Act; increase       Thomas
        assistance that small businesses may receive.          
           04/19 Approved by Governor
SB2260  MDA; create the Local Law Enforcement Assistance          Walls
  $%    Program.                                               
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2342  MS Training and Education Marketing Board and Special     Horhn
        Task Force for Economic Development Planning; create.  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2356  Capital Improvements Preplanning Fund; reenact and        Jackson (32nd)
        extend repealer (RP).                                  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2390  Major Economic Impact Act; increase bonds authorized      Brown
  $%    for certain projects under.                            
           05/01 Approved by Governor
SB2462  Regional economic development alliances; extend           Nunnelee
        authority for member counties to exercise eminent      
        domain for certain projects.                           
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2483  Economic development; MDA and MS Prison Industries to     Jackson (32nd)
        develop program on feasibility of  prison labor to     
        prevent plant closings under NAFTA.                    
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2536  Appropriation; MDA-Baroque Dresden Exhibition;            Gordon
        Additional FY 2004.                                    
           04/05 Approved by Governor
SB2539  "Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and         Little
 * %    Education Consolidation Act of 2004"; enact (Governor's
        proposal).                                             
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2710  Income taxation; increase the tax credit for employers    Robertson
 *$%    providing skills training and extend repealer on       
        credit.                                                
           05/04 Approved by Governor
SB2730  Income taxation; increase the tax credit for employers    Little
  $%    providing skills training.                             
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB2802  Income tax; extend repealer on tax credit for certain     Robertson
   %    employers sponsoring basic skills training/retraining  
        for employees (RP).                                    
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2804  Bonds; provide for the issuing of state general           Robertson
 *$%    obligation bonds for the ACE Fund.                     
           05/04 Approved by Governor
SB2809  Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds to fund the            Robertson
 *$%@   Mississippi Rural Impact Fund.                         
           05/09 (S) Died In Conference
SB2880  Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; revise             Cuevas
 *$%    definition of the term "project and authorize issuance 
        of bonds."                                             
           05/04 Approved by Governor
SB2924  Mississippi Business Investment Act; extend repealer on   Robertson
        MDA authority to use bond proceeds to make loans for   
        low or moderate housing (RP).                          
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2930  Economic Development Highway Act; revise the definition   Doxey
 *      of the term "high economic benefit project."           
           05/27 Approved by Governor
SB2985  CAP loan fund; certain funds may be utilized for          Robertson
   %    general support of MDA.                                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2999  Regional economic development alliances; repeal tax       Robertson
  $%    exemption for business enterprises operating under.    
           04/22 (H) Died On Calendar
SB3032  Workforce Training Reserve Fund; create and provide       Gordon
        funding for.                                           
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB3062  Major Economic Impact Act; provide additional bonding     Robertson
  $%    authority to address base closure and realignment.     
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB3078  Economic Development Highway Act; prohibit use of funds   Robertson
 *$%    on retail project and increase the amount of bonds that
        may be issued under.                                   
           05/04 Approved by Governor
SB3084  Hinds County; authorize to establish special assessment   Harden
   %    districts to assist economic development in the county.
           05/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB3088  Mississippi Business Investment Act; increase bond for    Robertson
 *$%@   certain grants or loans to counties and municipalities.
           05/09 (S) Died In Conference
SB3091  Major Economic Impact Act; provide additional bonding     Michel
 *$%    authority to address base closure and realignment.     
           05/01 (S) Died In Conference
SB3093  Growth and Prosperity Act; exempt certain equipment       Huggins
  $%    from sales and use taxes.                              
           04/20 (H) Died In Committee
SB3126  Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority.         Gordon
 *  @      05/28 Approved by Governor
SB3165  Tunica County; authorize funding by the county for the    Jackson (11th)
 *      Tunica County Economic Development Foundations, Inc.   
           05/12 Approved by Governor
SB3176  Mississippi Development Bank; authorize state and its     Robertson
  $%    agencies to borrow from to provide funds for loan      
        programs.                                              
           03/31 (S) Died In Committee
SB3177  Taxation; exempt certain technology incubators &          Robertson
 *$%    tenants from ad valorem taxation & exempt MS Technology
        Alliance from sales tax.                               
           05/04 Approved by Governor
SB3186  Sales taxation; reduce and exempt certain sales to high   Robertson
  $%    technology businesses.                                 
           04/20 (H) Died In Committee
SB3204  City of Hattiesburg and Forrest County; expand areas      King
   %    within which land for industrial purposes may be       
        acquired.                                              
           05/12 Approved by Governor
SB3213  City of Oxford; may contribute to the Economic            Tollison
 *      Development Authority.                                 
           05/09 (H) Died On Calendar
SC 508  Study committee on Science, Technology, Engineering and   Nunnelee
        Mathematics (STEM) Education                           
        Improvement/Competitiveness; establish.                
           05/09 (S) Died In Committee
SC 512  Economic Development; create Special Committee on Rural   Jackson (32nd)
        and Small town Economic Development.                   
           05/09 (S) Died In Committee
SC 619  Economic Development; create public/private council to    Harvey
        aid MDA in maximizing development of timber products   
        and furniture industries.                              
           05/09 (S) Died In Committee
SC 624  Susp. rules further consideration/passage of S.B. 2930;   Doxey
        Economic Development Highway Act; revise term "high    
        economic benefit project."                             
           05/10 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed

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