Committee moves several conveyance and construction bills with little debate
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Summary
The Public Property committee advanced several additional bills by voice vote: a Soil and Water levee authorization (SB 2408), an extension of repeal dates for public-lands purchaser restrictions (SB 2031), an MDOT conveyance to Ridgeland (SB 2596) and a DFA transfer of an ABC warehouse (SB 2597). Most passed on 'title sufficient, do pass' motions with committee substitutes or minor corrections.
Beyond the day's longer discussions, the Public Property committee advanced a set of conveyance and construction bills by voice vote.
Senator Hobson presented Senate Bill 2408 to permit the Soil and Water Conservation Commission to construct a levee in Yazoo County to protect roughly 50 miles of unprotected land along the Yazoo River; he said the project is funded with "about $100,000,000" in federal funds. The committee voted to report SB 2408 out on a 'title sufficient, do pass' motion.
The committee also extended the repeal date for restrictions on who can purchase public lands under Senate Bill 2031; that measure was moved and reported out on a voice vote.
Senate Bill 2596, authorizing the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) to transfer property to the city of Ridgeland, was discussed briefly and a reverse repealer motion was recorded; the committee passed the committee substitute. Senator Brown asked and the chair agreed to correct an internal reference to name DFA where appropriate.
Senate Bill 2597, allowing DFA to transfer an ABC warehouse to the Madison County Economic Development Authority, was amended on the record to replace an erroneous reference to the Department of Transportation with DFA and then adopted as a committee substitute.
The transcript records the committee's actions but does not include detailed roll-call tallies for these items.
