MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Hopson, Polk, Blackwell, McLendon, Simmons (13th)
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 2025.
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, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025........ $ 0.00.
Of the funds appropriated in this section the following sums are provided for projects:
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. 3047, 2023 Regular Session, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025..................................................
............................................... $ 49,960,148.00.
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, 2024, 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 City of Diamondhead with a
Commercial District Transformation Project......... $ 2,000,000.00
(b) To assist the City of Moss Point with
the Moss Point-Point of Connection Road............ $ 200,000.00
(c) To assist the City of Long Beach with
the Long Beach Harbor Complex Restoration.......... $ 3,500,000.00
(d) To assist Heritage Spring Water, LLC.,
with the Heritage Spring Water Project in Stone,
County, Mississippi............................... $ 260,000.00
(e) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment
Authority with the Live, Work, Play Pascagoula
Riverfront Redevelopment.......................... $ 1,500,000.00
(f) To assist the Pearl River County Board of
Supervisors with the Pearl River County Industrial
Park Infrastructure and Site Development........... $ 1,922,800.00
(g) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis
with a City Government Safety Complex.............. $ 1,000,000.00
(h) To assist the Hancock County Port and
Harbor Commission with the Technology Park and Site
Development at Stennis Airport Phase I............. $ 2,000,000.00
(i) To assist Mississippi State University
Research and Technology Corporation with
Continued Development of the Mississippi Cyber
Center Project.................................... $ 2,000,000.00
(j) To assist the City of Gulfport with
the Daniel Boulevard Extension and Connector Road
between Highway 49 and Canal Road................. $ 4,600,000.00
(k) To assist the City of Lucedale with
the Lucedale Municipal Park Stage................. $ 498,000.00
(l) To assist the City of Moss Point with
the Highway 63/Escatawpa Natural Gas Pipeline
Installation...................................... $ 1,750,000.00
(m) To assist the Moss Point Redevelopment
Authority with the Moss Point Downtown
Revitalization.................................... $ 1,000,000.00
(n) To assist the George County Board of
Supervisors with a Grain Elevator/River Road
Rehabilitation.................................... $ 1,599,906.00
(o) To assist the George County Board of
Supervisors with the Old Highway 63 North Regional
Agriculture and Agri-Tourism Accelerator Project... $ 1,599,372.00
(p) To assist the Jackson County Economic
Development Foundation with the Sunplex Light
Industrial Park Site Improvements and Trent
Lott Airport...................................... $ 2,000,000.00
(q) To assist the Pearl River County Board
of Supervisors with the Pearl River County
Technology Park Phase I and Site Development....... $ 1,800,000.00
(r) To assist the Jackson County Board of
Supervisors with the Vancleave Medical Center...... $ 3,193,750.00
(s) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis
with a Downtown ADA Boardwalk..................... $ 1,400,000.00
(t) To assist the City of Ocean Springs
with Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Arts Center
Renovations and Signage........................... $ 700,000.00
(u) To assist the Gulf Hills Resort with the
Development of 2,000 feet of Blueway Waterfront
with Public Marina Access......................... $ 900,000.00
(v) To assist the Ohr-O'Keef Museum of Arts
with Completion of the Ohr-O'Keef Museum Campus.... $ 1,000,000.00
(w) To assist the University of Southern
Mississippi with the USM Visualization and
Digital Multimedia Center of Excellence............ $ 2,501,320.00
(x) To assist Pinchers Seafood with a
Working Waterfront................................ $ 3,600,000.00
(y) To assist the Jackson County Economic
Development Foundation and the Biloxi Bay RV
Resort........................................... $ 1,585,000.00
(z) To assist Plaid Properties, LLC with
the Redevelopment of Blighted Property into a
WAMA Connected District........................... $ 250,000.00
(aa) To assist the Ocean Springs Redevelopment
Foundation with Public Works Redevelopment and
Relocation........................................ $ 2,000,000.00
(bb) To assist the Harrison County Development
Commission with the I-10 and Canal Road Site
Development....................................... $ 3,600,000.00
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. 3047, 2023 Regular Session, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025..................................................
........................................... $ 30,949,624.00.
Of the funds reappropriated 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 City of Long Beach with
the Long Beach Harbor Complex Restoration......... $ 1,000,000.00
(j) To assist the Mississippi State
University Research and Technology Corporation
with continued development of the Mississippi
Cyber Center Project............................. $ 1,000,000.00
(k) To assist the City of Diamondhead with
the Commerce District Transportation.............. $ 367,591.00
(l) To assist the Ocean Springs Collective
with Ocean Springs Collective Projects............ $ 20,677.00
(m) To assist the Mississippi Export Railroad
with Mississippi Export Projects................. $ 3,500,000.00
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. 3047, 2023 Regular Session, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025..................................................
........................................... $ 42,043,572.00.
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, 2024, 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....................... $ 3,989,976.00
(f) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment
with downtown revitalization project.............. $ 2,141,376.00
(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......................................... $ 1,842,024.00
(i) To assist Stone County School District
with the Stone County High School Career and
Technical Education Center....................... $ 241,367.00
(j) To assist the City of Gulfport with
flood control and/or drainage for the
Forest Heights Project........................... $ 1,890,000.00
(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............ $ 1,160,704.00
(m) To assist Pearl River Community College
PRCC Aviation Aerospace Academy.................. $ 1,074,848.00
(n) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis with
the Court Street Parking facility, expansion and
improvements..................................... $ 983,951.00
(o) To assist the Walter Anderson Museum with
Phase 3 and Phase 4.............................. $ 572,400.00
(p) To assist the City of Lucedale with
Ventura Drive Improvements....................... $ 555,825.00
(q) To assist George County with the Scott
Road Project, widening and infrastructure......... $ 91,101.00
........................................... $ 20,824,283.00.
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, 2024, 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.......... $ 500,261.00
(b) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis
with the Old Town Depot Revitalization
District........................................ $ 361,790.00
(c) To assist the City of Diamondhead with
the Commercial District Transformation Project.... $ 1,276,717.00
(d) To assist the University of Southern
Mississippi with the Ocean Enterprise Phase I..... $ 5,439,396.00
(e) To assist the Walter Anderson Museum
Creative Complex Phase I and begin Phase II....... $ 366,298.00
(f) To assist the Gulfport School with
a STEM Exploration Lab........................... $ 39,218.00
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......................................... $ 134,166.00
(b) To assist Mississippi State University
Research and Technology Corporation with the design
and construction of the Mississippi Cyber Center.. $ 722,749.00
(c) To assist the Port of Pascagoula with
the North Rail Connector......................... $ 6,600,000.00
(d) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment
Authority with the Innovation Center.............. $ 1,000,000.00
(e) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment
Authority with the City Center................... $ 165,479.00
(f) To assist the Institute for Marine Mammal
Studies with Educational Classrooms and Dorms..... $ 3,000,000.00
(g) To assist the City of Long Beach
with development and revitalization............... $ 500,737.00
(h) To assist the City of Long Beach
with the Quarles House........................... $ 616,531.00
(i) To assist George County with the
Mississippi Export Railroad for the Enviva
project......................................... $ 100,941.00
SECTION 6. 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. 3047, 2023 Regular Session, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025..................................................
................................................ $ 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, 2024, 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 7. 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 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024, and shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2024.