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1		-	MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Appropriations By: Senator(s) Hopson, Polk, Blackwell, McLendon, Simmons (13th) Senate Bill 3052 ~~(As Passed the Senate)~~ 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 of money, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, as created in Section 57-119-1 Mississippi Code of 1972, not otherwise appropriated to the Mississippi Development Authority. These funds are provided for projects as outlined in Section 57-119-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, for assistance to local units of government, nongovernmental organizations, institutions of higher learning, community colleges, ports, airports, public-private partnerships, private for-profit entities, private nonprofit entities and local economic development entities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026........... $ 0.00. SECTION 2. 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.................................................. ............................................... $ 41,698,502.00. 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. 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 City of Moss Point with the Moss Point-Point of Connection Road ........... $ 200,000.00 (c) To assist the City of Long Beach with the Long Beach Harbor Complex Restoration ......... $ 3,500,000.00 (d) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment Authority with the Live, Work, Play Pascagoula Riverfront Redevelopment ......................... $ 1,500,000.00 (e) To assist the Pearl River County Board of Supervisors with the Pearl River County Industrial Park Infrastructure and Site Development .......... $ 1,922,800.00 (f) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis with a City Government Safety Complex ............. $ 102,914.00 (g) To assist the Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission with the Technology Park and Site Development at Stennis Airport Phase .............. $ 2,000,000.00 (h) To assist Mississippi State University Research and Technology Corporation with Continued Development of the Mississippi Cyber Center Project ......................................... $ 1,904,558.00 (i) To assist the City of Gulfport with the Daniel Boulevard Extension and Connector Road between Highway 49 and Canal Road ................. $ 4,600,000.00 (j) To assist the City of Lucedale with the Lucedale Municipal Park Stage ................. $ 498,000.00 (k) To assist the City of Moss Point with the Highway 63/Escatawpa Natural Gas Pipeline Installation ..................................... $ 1,750,000.00 (l) To assist the Moss Point Redevelopment Authority with the Moss Point Downtown Revitalization ................................... $ 1,000,000.00 (m) To assist the George County Board of Supervisors with a Grain Elevator/River Road Rehabilitation ................................... $ 1,599,906.00 (n) To assist the George County Board of Supervisors with the Old Highway 63 North Regional Agriculture and Agri-Tourism Accelerator Project ......................................... $ 356,469.00 (o) To assist the Jackson County Economic Development Foundation with the Sunplex Light Industrial Park Site Improvements and Trent Lott Airport ......................................... $ 2,000,000.00 (p) To assist the Pearl River County Board of Supervisors with the Pearl River County Technology Park Phase I and Site Development ...... $ 1,800,000.00 (q) To assist the Jackson County Board of Supervisors with the Vancleave Medical Center...... $ 327,665.00 (r) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis with a Downtown ADA Boardwalk .................... $ 1,400,000.00 (s) To assist the City of Ocean Springs with Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Arts Center Renovations and Signage .......................... $ 700,000.00 (t) To assist the Gulf Hills Resort with the Development of 2,000 feet of Blueway Waterfront with Public Marina Access ........................ $ 156,032.00 (u) To assist the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Arts with Completion of the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Campus........................................... $ 727,387.00 (v) To assist the University of Southern Mississippi with the USM Visualization and Digital Multimedia Center of Excellence ........... $ 2,452,771.00 (w) To assist Pinchers Seafood with a Working Waterfront ............................... $ 3,600,000.00 (x) To assist the City of Ocean Springs with Public Works Redevelopment and Relocation ......... $ 2,000,000.00 (y) To assist the Harrison County Development Commission with the I-10 and Canal Road Site Development ............................ $ 3,600,000.00 SECTION 3. 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.................................................. ............................................... $ 28,928,709.00. 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, 2024, 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. Of the funds reappropriated in this section the following sums are provided for projects: (a) To assist the Gulfport Redevelopment Commission for the completion of the second and final phase of a mixed-use, downtown redevelopment project, including public use components, so as to leverage public and private investment ........ $ 8,000,000.00 (b) To assist the City of Pass Christian with the Water Front Redevelopment Plan .......... $ 2,898,750.00 (c) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment Authority with the City of Pascagoula Rail Line Development Plan ................................ $ 2,060,684.00 (d) To assist the City of Biloxi with the Popp's Ferry Extension Project .................. $ 3,000,000.00 (e) To assist the City of Waveland with the Waveland Marina Phase I ..................... $ 2,000,000.00 (f) To assist the Ocean Springs Redevelopment Authority or the City of Ocean Springs with Projects ........................... $ 2,000,000.00 (g) To assist the City of Moss Point with Moss Point's Magnificent Mile 2.0 ................ $ 2,000,000.00 (h) To assist the Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission with the Technology Park at Stennis Airport Phase I.......................... $ 1,448,598.00 (i) To assist the City of Long Beach with the Long Beach Harbor Complex Restoration ........ $ 1,000,000.00 (j) To assist the Mississippi State University Research and Technology Corporation with continued development of the Mississippi Cyber Center Project ............................ $ 1,000,000.00 (k) To assist the Ocean Springs Collective with Ocean Springs Collective Projects ........... $ 20,677.00 (l) To assist the Mississippi Export Railroad with Mississippi Export Projects ........ $ 3,500,000.00 SECTION 4. 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.................................................. ............................................... $ 30,965,398.00. 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. Of the funds reappropriated in this section the following sums are provided for projects: (a) To assist the Mississippi State University Research and Technology Corporation with the design and construction of the Mississippi Cyber Center ........................ $ 13,500,000.00 (b) To assist the University of Southern Mississippi Ocean Enterprise .................... $ 4,500,000.00 (c) To assist the Stone County Board of Supervisors with the Piney Wood Pellet Mill road, rail and bypass ........................... $ 2,500,000.00 (d) To assist the Gulfport Redevelopment Commission for Phase I of a planned 3-phase project of downtown redevelopment to be used on a public use project so as to leverage public and private investment .......................... $ 2,500,000.00 (e) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment with downtown revitalization project ............. $ 2,141,376.00 (f) To assist the City of Diamondhead with the Town Center District Commercial District Project .......................................... $ 496,808.00 (g) To assist Stone County School District with the Stone County High School Career and Technical Education Center ........................ $ 614.00 (h) To assist the City of Gulfport with flood control and/or drainage for the Forest Heights Project .......................... $ 1,890,000.00 (i) To assist the City of Moss Point with the Interstate 10 Frontage Roads, North and South .......................................... $ 2,000,000.00 (j) To assist Pearl River Community College PRCC Aviation Aerospace Academy ................. $ 42,231.00 (k) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis With the Court Street Parking facility, expansion And improvements ................................ $ 522,112.00 (l) To assist the Walter Anderson Museum With Phase 3 and Phase 4 ........................ $ 565,650.00 (m) To assist the City of Lucedale with Ventura Drive Improvements ...................... $ 306,607.00 SECTION 5. 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.................................................. ............................................... $ 17,928,124.00. 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. Of the funds reappropriated in this section, the following sums are provided for projects recommended by the department and projects that meet the criteria outlined in Section 57-119-9, Mississippi Code of 1972: (a) To assist Power Dynamics Innovations, LLC with Equipment and Facility Upgrades ......... $ 163,526.00 (b) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis with the Old Town Depot Revitalization District ........................................ $ 361,790.00 (c) To assist the University of Southern Mississippi with the Ocean Enterprise Phase I .... $ 5,439,396.00 (d) To assist the Walter Anderson Museum Creative Complex Phase I and begin Phase II ...... $ 366,298.00 (e) To assist the Gulfport School with a STEM Exploration Lab .......................... $ 10,834.00 Of the funds reappropriated in this section, the following sums are provided for projects that meet the criteria outlined in Section 57-119-9, Mississippi Code of 1972: (a) To assist the Port of Pascagoula with the North Rail Connector ........................ $ 6,600,000.00 (b) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment Authority with the Innovation Center ........... $ 1,000,000.00 (c) To assist the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies with Educational Classrooms and Dorms .......................................... $ 3,000,000.00 (d) To assist the City of Long Beach with development and revitalization .............. $ 454,092.00 (e) To assist the City of Long Beach with the Quarles House .......................... $ 431,247.00 (f) To assist George County with the Mississippi Export Railroad for the Enviva Project ........................................ $ 100,941.00 SECTION 6. 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.................................................. ................................................ $ 4,314,146.00. 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. Of the funds reappropriated in this section the following sums are provided for the following programs: (a) For the Mississippi Development Authority and the Air Service Development Incentive Program ......................................... $ 2,500,000.00 (b) For the Mississippi Development Authority and the Quality of Place Incentives Program ......................................... $ 1,814,146.00 Of these funds, One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) is provided for the development of a South Mississippi defense and space industry strategy for small companies to compete for defense related contracts to include government, industry, and academia. SECTION 7. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers, in the manner provided by law. SECTION 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025, and shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2025.
	1	+	MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE 2025 Regular Session To: Appropriations By: Senator(s) Hopson, Polk, Blackwell, McLendon, Simmons (13th) Senate Bill 3052 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 of money, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, as created in Section 57-119-1 Mississippi Code of 1972, not otherwise appropriated to the Mississippi Development Authority. These funds are provided for projects as outlined in Section 57-119-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, for assistance to local units of government, nongovernmental organizations, institutions of higher learning, community colleges, ports, airports, public-private partnerships, private for-profit entities, private nonprofit entities and local economic development entities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026........... $ 0.00. SECTION 2. 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.................................................. ............................................... $ 41,698,502.00. 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. 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 City of Moss Point with the Moss Point-Point of Connection Road ........... $ 200,000.00 (c) To assist the City of Long Beach with the Long Beach Harbor Complex Restoration ......... $ 3,500,000.00 (d) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment Authority with the Live, Work, Play Pascagoula Riverfront Redevelopment ......................... $ 1,500,000.00 (e) To assist the Pearl River County Board of Supervisors with the Pearl River County Industrial Park Infrastructure and Site Development .......... $ 1,922,800.00 (f) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis with a City Government Safety Complex ............. $ 102,914.00 (g) To assist the Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission with the Technology Park and Site Development at Stennis Airport Phase .............. $ 2,000,000.00 (h) To assist Mississippi State University Research and Technology Corporation with Continued Development of the Mississippi Cyber Center Project ......................................... $ 1,904,558.00 (i) To assist the City of Gulfport with the Daniel Boulevard Extension and Connector Road between Highway 49 and Canal Road ................. $ 4,600,000.00 (j) To assist the City of Lucedale with the Lucedale Municipal Park Stage ................. $ 498,000.00 (k) To assist the City of Moss Point with the Highway 63/Escatawpa Natural Gas Pipeline Installation ..................................... $ 1,750,000.00 (l) To assist the Moss Point Redevelopment Authority with the Moss Point Downtown Revitalization ................................... $ 1,000,000.00 (m) To assist the George County Board of Supervisors with a Grain Elevator/River Road Rehabilitation ................................... $ 1,599,906.00 (n) To assist the George County Board of Supervisors with the Old Highway 63 North Regional Agriculture and Agri-Tourism Accelerator Project ......................................... $ 356,469.00 (o) To assist the Jackson County Economic Development Foundation with the Sunplex Light Industrial Park Site Improvements and Trent Lott Airport ......................................... $ 2,000,000.00 (p) To assist the Pearl River County Board of Supervisors with the Pearl River County Technology Park Phase I and Site Development ...... $ 1,800,000.00 (q) To assist the Jackson County Board of Supervisors with the Vancleave Medical Center...... $ 327,665.00 (r) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis with a Downtown ADA Boardwalk .................... $ 1,400,000.00 (s) To assist the City of Ocean Springs with Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Arts Center Renovations and Signage .......................... $ 700,000.00 (t) To assist the Gulf Hills Resort with the Development of 2,000 feet of Blueway Waterfront with Public Marina Access ........................ $ 156,032.00 (u) To assist the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Arts with Completion of the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum Campus........................................... $ 727,387.00 (v) To assist the University of Southern Mississippi with the USM Visualization and Digital Multimedia Center of Excellence ........... $ 2,452,771.00 (w) To assist Pinchers Seafood with a Working Waterfront ............................... $ 3,600,000.00 (x) To assist the City of Ocean Springs with Public Works Redevelopment and Relocation ......... $ 2,000,000.00 (y) To assist the Harrison County Development Commission with the I-10 and Canal Road Site Development ............................ $ 3,600,000.00 SECTION 3. 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.................................................. ............................................... $ 28,928,709.00. 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, 2024, 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. Of the funds reappropriated in this section the following sums are provided for projects: (a) To assist the Gulfport Redevelopment Commission for the completion of the second and final phase of a mixed-use, downtown redevelopment project, including public use components, so as to leverage public and private investment ........ $ 8,000,000.00 (b) To assist the City of Pass Christian with the Water Front Redevelopment Plan .......... $ 2,898,750.00 (c) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment Authority with the City of Pascagoula Rail Line Development Plan ................................ $ 2,060,684.00 (d) To assist the City of Biloxi with the Popp's Ferry Extension Project .................. $ 3,000,000.00 (e) To assist the City of Waveland with the Waveland Marina Phase I ..................... $ 2,000,000.00 (f) To assist the Ocean Springs Redevelopment Authority or the City of Ocean Springs with Projects ........................... $ 2,000,000.00 (g) To assist the City of Moss Point with Moss Point's Magnificent Mile 2.0 ................ $ 2,000,000.00 (h) To assist the Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission with the Technology Park at Stennis Airport Phase I.......................... $ 1,448,598.00 (i) To assist the City of Long Beach with the Long Beach Harbor Complex Restoration ........ $ 1,000,000.00 (j) To assist the Mississippi State University Research and Technology Corporation with continued development of the Mississippi Cyber Center Project ............................ $ 1,000,000.00 (k) To assist the Ocean Springs Collective with Ocean Springs Collective Projects ........... $ 20,677.00 (l) To assist the Mississippi Export Railroad with Mississippi Export Projects ........ $ 3,500,000.00 SECTION 4. 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.................................................. ............................................... $ 30,965,398.00. 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. Of the funds reappropriated in this section the following sums are provided for projects: (a) To assist the Mississippi State University Research and Technology Corporation with the design and construction of the Mississippi Cyber Center ........................ $ 13,500,000.00 (b) To assist the University of Southern Mississippi Ocean Enterprise .................... $ 4,500,000.00 (c) To assist the Stone County Board of Supervisors with the Piney Wood Pellet Mill road, rail and bypass ........................... $ 2,500,000.00 (d) To assist the Gulfport Redevelopment Commission for Phase I of a planned 3-phase project of downtown redevelopment to be used on a public use project so as to leverage public and private investment .......................... $ 2,500,000.00 (e) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment with downtown revitalization project ............. $ 2,141,376.00 (f) To assist the City of Diamondhead with the Town Center District Commercial District Project .......................................... $ 496,808.00 (g) To assist Stone County School District with the Stone County High School Career and Technical Education Center ........................ $ 614.00 (h) To assist the City of Gulfport with flood control and/or drainage for the Forest Heights Project .......................... $ 1,890,000.00 (i) To assist the City of Moss Point with the Interstate 10 Frontage Roads, North and South .......................................... $ 2,000,000.00 (j) To assist Pearl River Community College PRCC Aviation Aerospace Academy ................. $ 42,231.00 (k) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis With the Court Street Parking facility, expansion And improvements ................................ $ 522,112.00 (l) To assist the Walter Anderson Museum With Phase 3 and Phase 4 ........................ $ 565,650.00 (m) To assist the City of Lucedale with Ventura Drive Improvements ...................... $ 306,607.00 SECTION 5. 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.................................................. ............................................... $ 17,928,124.00. 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. Of the funds reappropriated in this section, the following sums are provided for projects recommended by the department and projects that meet the criteria outlined in Section 57-119-9, Mississippi Code of 1972: (a) To assist Power Dynamics Innovations, LLC with Equipment and Facility Upgrades ......... $ 163,526.00 (b) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis with the Old Town Depot Revitalization District ........................................ $ 361,790.00 (c) To assist the University of Southern Mississippi with the Ocean Enterprise Phase I .... $ 5,439,396.00 (d) To assist the Walter Anderson Museum Creative Complex Phase I and begin Phase II ...... $ 366,298.00 (e) To assist the Gulfport School with a STEM Exploration Lab .......................... $ 10,834.00 Of the funds reappropriated in this section, the following sums are provided for projects that meet the criteria outlined in Section 57-119-9, Mississippi Code of 1972: (a) To assist the Port of Pascagoula with the North Rail Connector ........................ $ 6,600,000.00 (b) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment Authority with the Innovation Center ........... $ 1,000,000.00 (c) To assist the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies with Educational Classrooms and Dorms .......................................... $ 3,000,000.00 (d) To assist the City of Long Beach with development and revitalization .............. $ 454,092.00 (e) To assist the City of Long Beach with the Quarles House .......................... $ 431,247.00 (f) To assist George County with the Mississippi Export Railroad for the Enviva Project ........................................ $ 100,941.00 SECTION 6. 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.................................................. ................................................ $ 4,314,146.00. 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. Of the funds reappropriated in this section the following sums are provided for the following programs: (a) For the Mississippi Development Authority and the Air Service Development Incentive Program ......................................... $ 2,500,000.00 (b) For the Mississippi Development Authority and the Quality of Place Incentives Program ......................................... $ 1,814,146.00 Of these funds, One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) is provided for the development of a South Mississippi defense and space industry strategy for small companies to compete for defense related contracts to include government, industry, and academia. SECTION 7. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers, in the manner provided by law. SECTION 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025, and shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2025.
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3	3		MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
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5	5		2025 Regular Session
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7	7		To: Appropriations
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9	9		By: Senator(s) Hopson, Polk, Blackwell, McLendon, Simmons (13th)
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11	11		# Senate Bill 3052
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15	13		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.
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17	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
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19	17		SECTION 1. The following sum of money, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Gulf Coast Restoration Fund, as created in Section 57-119-1 Mississippi Code of 1972, not otherwise appropriated to the Mississippi Development Authority. These funds are provided for projects as outlined in Section 57-119-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, for assistance to local units of government, nongovernmental organizations, institutions of higher learning, community colleges, ports, airports, public-private partnerships, private for-profit entities, private nonprofit entities and local economic development entities for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026........... $ 0.00.
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21	19		SECTION 2. 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..................................................
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23	21		............................................... $ 41,698,502.00.
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25	23		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.
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27	25		Of the funds reappropriated in this section the following sums are provided for projects:
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29	27		(a) To assist the City of Diamondhead with a
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31	29		Commercial District Transformation Project ........ $ 2,000,000.00
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33	31		(b) To assist the City of Moss Point with
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35	33		the Moss Point-Point of Connection Road ........... $ 200,000.00
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37	35		(c) To assist the City of Long Beach with
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39	37		the Long Beach Harbor Complex Restoration ......... $ 3,500,000.00
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41	39		(d) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment
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43	41		Authority with the Live, Work, Play Pascagoula
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45	43		Riverfront Redevelopment ......................... $ 1,500,000.00
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47	45		(e) To assist the Pearl River County Board of
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49	47		Supervisors with the Pearl River County Industrial
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51	49		Park Infrastructure and Site Development .......... $ 1,922,800.00
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53	51		(f) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis
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55	53		with a City Government Safety Complex ............. $ 102,914.00
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57	55		(g) To assist the Hancock County Port and
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59	57		Harbor Commission with the Technology Park and Site
60	58
61	59		Development at Stennis Airport Phase .............. $ 2,000,000.00
62	60
63	61		(h) To assist Mississippi State University
64	62
65	63		Research and Technology Corporation with Continued
66	64
67	65		Development of the Mississippi Cyber Center
68	66
69	67		Project ......................................... $ 1,904,558.00
70	68
71	69		(i) To assist the City of Gulfport with the
72	70
73	71		Daniel Boulevard Extension and Connector Road
74	72
75	73		between Highway 49 and Canal Road ................. $ 4,600,000.00
76	74
77	75		(j) To assist the City of Lucedale with
78	76
79	77		the Lucedale Municipal Park Stage ................. $ 498,000.00
80	78
81	79		(k) To assist the City of Moss Point with
82	80
83	81		the Highway 63/Escatawpa Natural Gas Pipeline
84	82
85	83		Installation ..................................... $ 1,750,000.00
86	84
87	85		(l) To assist the Moss Point Redevelopment
88	86
89	87		Authority with the Moss Point Downtown
90	88
91	89		Revitalization ................................... $ 1,000,000.00
92	90
93	91		(m) To assist the George County Board of
94	92
95	93		Supervisors with a Grain Elevator/River Road
96	94
97	95		Rehabilitation ................................... $ 1,599,906.00
98	96
99	97		(n) To assist the George County Board of
100	98
101	99		Supervisors with the Old Highway 63 North
102	100
103	101		Regional Agriculture and Agri-Tourism Accelerator
104	102
105	103		Project ......................................... $ 356,469.00
106	104
107	105		(o) To assist the Jackson County Economic
108	106
109	107		Development Foundation with the Sunplex Light
110	108
111	109		Industrial Park Site Improvements and Trent Lott
112	110
113	111		Airport ......................................... $ 2,000,000.00
114	112
115	113		(p) To assist the Pearl River County Board
116	114
117	115		of Supervisors with the Pearl River County
118	116
119	117		Technology Park Phase I and Site Development ...... $ 1,800,000.00
120	118
121	119		(q) To assist the Jackson County Board of
122	120
123	121		Supervisors with the Vancleave Medical Center...... $ 327,665.00
124	122
125	123		(r) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis
126	124
127	125		with a Downtown ADA Boardwalk .................... $ 1,400,000.00
128	126
129	127		(s) To assist the City of Ocean Springs
130	128
131	129		with Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural Arts Center
132	130
133	131		Renovations and Signage .......................... $ 700,000.00
134	132
135	133		(t) To assist the Gulf Hills Resort with the
136	134
137	135		Development of 2,000 feet of Blueway Waterfront
138	136
139	137		with Public Marina Access ........................ $ 156,032.00
140	138
141	139		(u) To assist the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of
142	140
143	141		Arts with Completion of the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum
144	142
145	143		Campus........................................... $ 727,387.00
146	144
147	145		(v) To assist the University of Southern
148	146
149	147		Mississippi with the USM Visualization and
150	148
151	149		Digital Multimedia Center of Excellence ........... $ 2,452,771.00
152	150
153	151		(w) To assist Pinchers Seafood with a
154	152
155	153		Working Waterfront ............................... $ 3,600,000.00
156	154
157	155		(x) To assist the City of Ocean Springs with
158	156
159	157		Public Works Redevelopment and Relocation ......... $ 2,000,000.00
160	158
161	159		(y) To assist the Harrison County
162	160
163	161		Development Commission with the I-10 and Canal
164	162
165	163		Road Site Development ............................ $ 3,600,000.00
166	164
167	165		SECTION 3. 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..................................................
168	166
169	167		............................................... $ 28,928,709.00.
170	168
171	169		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, 2024, 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.
172	170
173	171		Of the funds reappropriated in this section the following sums are provided for projects:
174	172
175	173		(a) To assist the Gulfport Redevelopment
176	174
177	175		Commission for the completion of the second and
178	176
179	177		final phase of a mixed-use, downtown redevelopment
180	178
181	179		project, including public use components, so as
182	180
183	181		to leverage public and private investment ........ $ 8,000,000.00
184	182
185	183		(b) To assist the City of Pass Christian
186	184
187	185		with the Water Front Redevelopment Plan .......... $ 2,898,750.00
188	186
189	187		(c) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment
190	188
191	189		Authority with the City of Pascagoula Rail Line
192	190
193	191		Development Plan ................................ $ 2,060,684.00
194	192
195	193		(d) To assist the City of Biloxi with the
196	194
197	195		Popp's Ferry Extension Project .................. $ 3,000,000.00
198	196
199	197		(e) To assist the City of Waveland with
200	198
201	199		the Waveland Marina Phase I ..................... $ 2,000,000.00
202	200
203	201		(f) To assist the Ocean Springs
204	202
205	203		Redevelopment Authority or the City of Ocean
206	204
207	205		Springs with Projects ........................... $ 2,000,000.00
208	206
209	207		(g) To assist the City of Moss Point with
210	208
211	209		Moss Point's Magnificent Mile 2.0 ................ $ 2,000,000.00
212	210
213	211		(h) To assist the Hancock County Port and
214	212
215	213		Harbor Commission with the Technology Park at
216	214
217	215		Stennis Airport Phase I.......................... $ 1,448,598.00
218	216
219	217		(i) To assist the City of Long Beach with
220	218
221	219		the Long Beach Harbor Complex Restoration ........ $ 1,000,000.00
222	220
223	221		(j) To assist the Mississippi State
224	222
225	223		University Research and Technology Corporation
226	224
227	225		with continued development of the Mississippi
228	226
229	227		Cyber Center Project ............................ $ 1,000,000.00
230	228
231	229		(k) To assist the Ocean Springs Collective
232	230
233	231		with Ocean Springs Collective Projects ........... $ 20,677.00
234	232
235	233		(l) To assist the Mississippi Export
236	234
237	235		Railroad with Mississippi Export Projects ........ $ 3,500,000.00
238	236
239	237		SECTION 4. 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..................................................
240	238
241	239		............................................... $ 30,965,398.00.
242	240
243	241		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.
244	242
245	243		Of the funds reappropriated in this section the following sums are provided for projects:
246	244
247	245		(a) To assist the Mississippi State
248	246
249	247		University Research and Technology Corporation
250	248
251	249		with the design and construction of the
252	250
253	251		Mississippi Cyber Center ........................ $ 13,500,000.00
254	252
255	253		(b) To assist the University of Southern
256	254
257	255		Mississippi Ocean Enterprise .................... $ 4,500,000.00
258	256
259	257		(c) To assist the Stone County Board of
260	258
261	259		Supervisors with the Piney Wood Pellet Mill
262	260
263	261		road, rail and bypass ........................... $ 2,500,000.00
264	262
265	263		(d) To assist the Gulfport Redevelopment
266	264
267	265		Commission for Phase I of a planned 3-phase
268	266
269	267		project of downtown redevelopment to be used on
270	268
271	269		a public use project so as to leverage public
272	270
273	271		and private investment .......................... $ 2,500,000.00
274	272
275	273		(e) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment
276	274
277	275		with downtown revitalization project ............. $ 2,141,376.00
278	276
279	277		(f) To assist the City of Diamondhead with
280	278
281	279		the Town Center District Commercial District
282	280
283	281		Project .......................................... $ 496,808.00
284	282
285	283		(g) To assist Stone County School District
286	284
287	285		with the Stone County High School Career and
288	286
289	287		Technical Education Center ........................ $ 614.00
290	288
291	289		(h) To assist the City of Gulfport with
292	290
293	291		flood control and/or drainage for the
294	292
295	293		Forest Heights Project .......................... $ 1,890,000.00
296	294
297	295		(i) To assist the City of Moss Point with
298	296
299	297		the Interstate 10 Frontage Roads, North and
300	298
301	299		South .......................................... $ 2,000,000.00
302	300
303	301		(j) To assist Pearl River Community College
304	302
305	303		PRCC Aviation Aerospace Academy ................. $ 42,231.00
306	304
307	305		(k) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis
308	306
309	307		With the Court Street Parking facility, expansion
310	308
311	309		And improvements ................................ $ 522,112.00
312	310
313	311		(l) To assist the Walter Anderson Museum
314	312
315	313		With Phase 3 and Phase 4 ........................ $ 565,650.00
316	314
317	315		(m) To assist the City of Lucedale with
318	316
319	317		Ventura Drive Improvements ...................... $ 306,607.00
320	318
321	319		SECTION 5. 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..................................................
322	320
323	321		............................................... $ 17,928,124.00.
324	322
325	323		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.
326	324
327	325		Of the funds reappropriated in this section, the following sums are provided for projects recommended by the department and projects that meet the criteria outlined in Section 57-119-9, Mississippi Code of 1972:
328	326
329	327		(a) To assist Power Dynamics Innovations,
330	328
331	329		LLC with Equipment and Facility Upgrades ......... $ 163,526.00
332	330
333	331		(b) To assist the City of Bay St. Louis
334	332
335	333		with the Old Town Depot Revitalization
336	334
337	335		District ........................................ $ 361,790.00
338	336
339	337		(c) To assist the University of Southern
340	338
341	339		Mississippi with the Ocean Enterprise Phase I .... $ 5,439,396.00
342	340
343	341		(d) To assist the Walter Anderson Museum
344	342
345	343		Creative Complex Phase I and begin Phase II ...... $ 366,298.00
346	344
347	345		(e) To assist the Gulfport School with
348	346
349	347		a STEM Exploration Lab .......................... $ 10,834.00
350	348
351	349		Of the funds reappropriated in this section, the following sums are provided for projects that meet the criteria outlined in Section 57-119-9, Mississippi Code of 1972:
352	350
353	351		(a) To assist the Port of Pascagoula with
354	352
355	353		the North Rail Connector ........................ $ 6,600,000.00
356	354
357	355		(b) To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment
358	356
359	357		Authority with the Innovation Center ........... $ 1,000,000.00
360	358
361	359		(c) To assist the Institute for Marine
362	360
363	361		Mammal Studies with Educational Classrooms and
364	362
365	363		Dorms .......................................... $ 3,000,000.00
366	364
367	365		(d) To assist the City of Long Beach
368	366
369	367		with development and revitalization .............. $ 454,092.00
370	368
371	369		(e) To assist the City of Long Beach
372	370
373	371		with the Quarles House .......................... $ 431,247.00
374	372
375	373		(f) To assist George County with the
376	374
377	375		Mississippi Export Railroad for the Enviva
378	376
379	377		Project ........................................ $ 100,941.00
380	378
381	379		SECTION 6. 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..................................................
382	380
383	381		................................................ $ 4,314,146.00.
384	382
385	383		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.
386	384
387	385		Of the funds reappropriated in this section the following sums are provided for the following programs:
388	386
389	387		(a) For the Mississippi Development Authority
390	388
391	389		and the Air Service Development Incentive
392	390
393	391		Program ......................................... $ 2,500,000.00
394	392
395	393		(b) For the Mississippi Development
396	394
397	395		Authority and the Quality of Place Incentives
398	396
399	397		Program ......................................... $ 1,814,146.00
400	398
401	399		Of these funds, One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) is provided for the development of a South Mississippi defense and space industry strategy for small companies to compete for defense related contracts to include government, industry, and academia.
402	400
403	401		SECTION 7. The money herein appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the proper fund or funds as set forth in this act, upon warrants issued by the State Fiscal Officer; and the State Fiscal Officer shall issue his warrants upon requisitions signed by the proper person, officer or officers, in the manner provided by law.
404	402
405	403		SECTION 8. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2025, and shall stand repealed from and after June 30, 2025.