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HB 7077: Gulf Coast Economic Corridor

GENERAL BILL by Select Committee on Triumph Gulf Coast ; Trumbull ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Cortes, B. ; Plakon

Gulf Coast Economic Corridor; Requiring a specified percentage of payments made to the state under a specified settlement of litigation related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill be immediately transferred from the General Revenue Fund to the Triumph Gulf Coast Trust Fund; requiring Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc., to make awards for projects or programs within disproportionately affected counties based on specified minimum allocations; requiring each board of county commissioners for such counties to solicit certain projects and programs from certain elected local governing boards, etc.

Effective Date: 6/2/2017
Last Action: 6/2/2017 - Chapter No. 2017-63, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7079 (Ch. 2017-64)
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/16/2017 House • Filed
• Referred to Calendar -HJ 378
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/22/17
• Introduced -HJ 378
3/22/2017 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 412
• Amendment(s) adopted (330421) -HJ 412
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/23/2017 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 440
• Passed as amended; YEAS 111 NAYS 0 -HJ 440
3/29/2017 Senate • In Messages
4/5/2017 Senate • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Rules -SJ 329
4/6/2017 Senate • Received -SJ 329
5/1/2017 Senate • Withdrawn from Commerce and Tourism; Rules -SJ 581
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 581
• Substituted for CS/CS/SB 364 -SJ 581
• Read 2nd time -SJ 581
• Amendment(s) adopted (930210) -SJ 581
• Read 3rd time -SJ 585
• Passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 0 -SJ 585
5/1/2017 House • In returning messages
5/2/2017 House • Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (930210) -HJ 1069
• Passed as amended; YEAS 119 NAYS 0 -HJ 1073
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1073
5/18/2017 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/2/2017 • Approved by Governor
• Chapter No. 2017-63, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 7079 (Ch. 2017-64)