Mississippi legislation · 2025 Extraordinary Session
Mississippi SB2047: Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Authority.
Status: Signed into law, June 2, 2025
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 2026.
What the bill says
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 2026.
From the introduced text:
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 2026. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. 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. 3057, 2024 Regular Session, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026.................. .................................................. $ 40,805,677.00. 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, 2025, 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. *SS15/A417* S. B. No. 2047 ~ OFFICIAL ~ A1/2 251E/SS15/A417 PAGE 1 (cs\ki) 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 …
Sponsors
- Hopson, W. Briggs (R, 23) · primary sponsor
- Polk, John A. (R, 44)
- Blackwell, Charles (R, 88)
- McLendon, Michael (R, 1)
- Sarita Simmons (D, 13)
Latest actions
- : Enrolled Bill Signed
- : Returned For Enrolling
- : Motion to Reconsider Tabled
- : Motion to Reconsider Entered
- : Referred To Appropriations A
- : Transmitted To House
- : Immediate Release
- : Passed
- : Title Suff Do Pass
- : Referred To Appropriations
Votes
- Passed (May 28, 2025): 86 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Passed (May 28, 2025): 39 yea, 4 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB2047?
- SB2047 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Extraordinary Session): Appropriation; Gulf Coast Restoration Funds to the Mississippi Development Authority.
- What does SB2047 do?
- In its own words: 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 2026.
- What is the status of SB2047?
- Signed into law as of June 2, 2025. Latest action: Enrolled Bill Signed (June 2, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB2047?
- Hopson, W. Briggs (R, 23), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB2047?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/20251E/pdf/history/SB/SB2047.xml
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