HB606: Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; create.

Legislative Summary

An Act To Enact The Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Act; To Establish The Board Of Trustees Of The Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund; To Specify The Membership Of The Board; To Create The Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund As A Special Fund In The State Treasury; To Provide That Monies In The Special Fund May Be Used And Expended By The Board To Provide Funds For Grants To Counties, Municipalities, State Agencies And Nongovernmental Entities For Various Outdoor Stewardship Purposes; To Provide Requirements For Applications From Counties, Municipalities, State Agencies And Nongovernmental Entities For Project Proposals Eligible For Funding; To Direct The Board To Require Annual Independent Audits Of All Expenditures From The Special Fund And To Present Those Findings To The Governor And The Legislature; To Direct The Board To Establish Criteria For Guiding Its Selection Of Projects For Funding; To Require That The List Of Projects Approved By The Board Be Submitted To The Legislature; To Require The Board, Before Distributing Funds From The Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund To Approved Projects, To Notify The Legislature Of Such Expenditures; And For Related Purposes.