2020 Regular Session Mississippi Pandemic Response Broadband Availability Act; create. AN ACT TO DIRECT THE STATE FISCAL OFFICER TO TRANSFER $50,000,000.00 TO THE MISSISSIPPI PANDEMIC RESPONSE BROADBAND AVAILABILITY GRANT PROGRAM FUND; TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI PANDEMIC RESPONSE BROADBAND AVAILABILITY ACT"; TO PROVIDE A STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND FINDINGS; TO CREATE THE "MISSISSIPPI PANDEMIC RESPONSE BROADBAND AVAILABILITY GRANT PROGRAM FUND" AS A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS FOR GRANTS TO MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS, INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI PANDEMIC RESPONSE BROADBAND AVAILABILITY GRANT PROGRAM SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH GRANT MONIES FOR ELIGIBLE EXPENSES; TO DIRECT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES TO GOVERN THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM; TO PRESCRIBE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE GRANTS; TO SPECIFY THAT THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO AUDIT AND REGULATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE GRANT SHALL REQUIRE REPAYMENT OF GRANT MONIES TO THE STATE; TO SPECIFY THAT ALL MONIES SHALL BE DISBURSED FROM THIS SPECIAL FUND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CARES ACT AND GUIDELINES FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY REGARDING THE USE OF MONIES FROM THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND; TO TRANSFER UNDISTRIBUTED MONIES IN THE FUND AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2020, TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT A DECLARATION OF ANY PORTION OF THIS ACT AS INVALID SHALL NOT AFFECT THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 11/19/20 at 10:21 H B 1788 House Bill 1788 HB 1788 H Law None No Majority Passage HC 69 ../../history/HC/HC0069.xml 491 Rules F ../../House_cmtes/RU.xml Energy F ../../Senate_cmtes/EN.xml Bounds ../../House_authors/Bounds.xml Karriem ../../House_authors/Karriem.xml 1 06/25 Suspend from Deadlines by HC 69 2 06/25 (H) Referred To Rules 3 06/26 (H) Title Suff Do Pass 4 06/26 (H) Passed ../../../../2020/pdf/votes/house/1720016.pdf 5 06/27 (H) Transmitted To Senate 6 06/29 (S) Referred To Energy 7 06/29 (S) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended 8 07/01 (S) Tabled Subject To Call 9 07/01 (S) Amended 10 07/01 (S) Passed As Amended ../../../../2020/pdf/votes/senate/1770010.pdf 11 07/01 (S) Immediate Release 12 07/01 (S) Returned For Concurrence 13 07/01 (H) Concurred in Amend From Senate ../../../../2020/pdf/votes/house/1770010.pdf 14 07/01 (H) Immediate Release 15 07/01 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed 16 07/02 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed 17 07/09 Law W/out Governor's Signature ../../../../documents/2020/pdf/HB/1700-1799/HB1788SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2020/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1788SG.htm ../../../../documents/2020/pdf/HB/1700-1799/HB1788IN.pdf ../../../../documents/2020/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1788IN.htm ../../../../documents/2020/pdf/HB/1700-1799/HB1788PS.pdf ../../../../documents/2020/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1788PS.htm ../../../../documents/2020/pdf/HB/1700-1799/HB1788SG.pdf ../../../../documents/2020/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1788SG.htm Amendment Report for House Bill No. 1788 ../../../../documents/2020/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1788.pdf ../../../../../documents/2020/html/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB1788.htm Committee Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2020/pdf/ham/HB1788_H_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2020/html/ham/HB1788_H_Cmte_Amend_01.htm Amendment No 1 to Committee Amendment No 1 Adopted ../../../../documents/2020/pdf/sam/HB1788_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf ../../../../../documents/2020/html/sam/HB1788_S_Amend_01_to_Cmte_Amend_01.htm N ../../../../documents/2020/pdf/fiscalnotes/HB1788.pdf