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SB 587 MEI Project Approval Commission; changes to membership and operation.
Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
MEI Project Approval Commission. Makes several changes to the membership and operation of the MEI Project Approval Commission. The bill expands the membership from 10 to 14 members by adding two additional House appointments and two additional Senate appointments. The bill also clarifies the scope of the review required by the Commission to include not only economic development projects, but also potential film and episodic television projects, while providing that projects only involving existing tax incentives currently available to any qualified tax payer shall not require review. Materials regarding the potential project shall be provided to the staff of the House Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations five business days in advance of the Commission's review meeting. This bill incorporates SB 970.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100268D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108010D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/03/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB587ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0830) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100268D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/07/20 Senate: Reported from Rules with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 Senate: Incorporates SB970 (Howell)
- 02/07/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108010D-S1
- 02/10/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108010D-S1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB587S1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/14/20 House: Read first time
- 02/14/20 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/19/20 House: Reported from Rules with amendments (17-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/20 House: Read second time
- 02/24/20 House: Read third time
- 02/24/20 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/24/20 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/24/20 House: Passed House with amendments (94-Y 6-N)
- 02/24/20 House: VOTE: Passage (94-Y 6-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/03/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB587ER)
- 03/03/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/04/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/07/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 830 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0830)