Mississippi legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1536: ST: 2024 Local Improvements Project Fund; revise purpose of certain project and increase maximum amount of funds for the project.
Status: Failed, February 3, 2026
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 10 OF CHAPTER 534, LAWS OF 2024, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 3 OF CHAPTER 510, LAWS OF 2025, TO REVISE THE PURPOSE OF A CERTAIN PROJECT FUNDED WITH MONIES DISBURSED FROM THE 2024 LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS FUND AND INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT; TO DIRECT THE STATE TREASURER TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF $450,000.00 FROM THE CAPITAL EXPENSE FUND INTO THE 2024 LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THAT PROJECT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to amend section 10 of chapter 534, laws of 2024, as amended by section 3 of chapter 510, laws of 2025, to revise the purpose of a certain project funded with monies disbursed from the 2024 local improvements projects fund and increase the maximum amount of the funds for the project; to direct the state treasurer to transfer the sum of $450,000.00 from the capital expense fund into the 2024 local improvements projects fund for the purpose of funding that project; and for related purposes.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 10 OF CHAPTER 534, LAWS OF 2024, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 3 OF CHAPTER 510, LAWS OF 2025, TO REVISE THE PURPOSE OF A CERTAIN PROJECT FUNDED WITH MONIES DISBURSED FROM THE 2024 LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS FUND AND INCREASE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF THE FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT; TO DIRECT THE STATE TREASURER TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF $450,000.00 FROM THE CAPITAL EXPENSE FUND INTO THE 2024 LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECTS FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THAT PROJECT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 10 of Chapter 534, Laws of 2024, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 510, Laws Of 2025, is amended as follows: Section 10. Monies transferred pursuant to Sections 1 and of this act and Section 2 of this act into the 2024 Local Improvements Projects Fund shall be disbursed by the Department of Finance and Administration, pursuant to the authority to spend those monies granted by an appropriation bill passed separately during the 2024 Regular Session, as follows: (a) To assist the City of Columbus, Mississippi, in paying costs associated with the construction of the Terry Brown Amphitheatre....................................... $ 1,000,000.00 *HR26/R2038* H. B. No. 1536 ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2 26/HR26/R2038 PAGE 1 (RF\KW) (b) To assist Chickasaw County, …