AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 57-78-3 AND 57-78-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, RATHER THAN THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, SHALL BE THE ADMINISTERING AGENCY FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM; TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM OF GRANT FUNDS THAT MAY BE PROVIDED TO A COMMUNITY UNDER THE PROGRAM DURING A YEAR; TO DELETE THE PROVISION REQUIRING THAT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY SHALL PROVIDE THE MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET ASSOCIATION WITH NO MORE THAN TWO PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET REVITALIZATION GRANT FUND FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES IN CARRYING OUT ITS DUTIES UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET REVITALIZATION GRANT PROGRAM; TO REPEAL SECTION 33 OF CHAPTER 113, LAWS OF 2024, WHICH PROVIDES FUNDS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET REVITALIZATION GRANT PROGRAM FUND TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR MAKING GRANTS TO CERTAIN MAIN STREET DESIGNATED COMMUNITIES FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS; TO AMEND SECTION 2 OF CHAPTER 113, LAWS OF 2024, TO REVISE THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SPECIAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE AUTHORITY; TO AMEND CHAPTER 66, LAWS OF 2024, TO REVISE THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 APPROPRIATION TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF SPECIAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE DEPARTMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DISTRIBUTE FUNDS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI MAIN STREET REVITALIZATION GRANT PROGRAM FUND TO CERTAIN MAIN STREET DESIGNATED COMMUNITIES FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 19-5-93, 57-78-1, 57-78-3, 57-78-5
Committee Substitute: 19-5-93, 57-78-3, 57-78-5
As Passed by the House: 57-78-3, 57-78-5
Approved by the Governor: 57-78-3, 57-78-5