SB 3071

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2026 Regular Session
To: Appropriations
By: Senator(s) Hopson, DeBar,
Blackwell, McLendon, Parks, Simmons (13th), Wiggins
Senate Bill 3071
(As Sent to Governor)
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 2027.
���� 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, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027......... $��
41,092,000.00.
(a)� To assist the City of Moss Point with
the Highway 63/Escatawpa Natural Gas Pipeline
Installation.................................. $����
2,800,000.00
(b)� To assist the Pearl River County Board
of Supervisors with the Pearl River County
Industrial Park Speculative Building........... $ ����4,000,000.00
(c)� To assist the City of Diamondhead
with the Commercial District Transformation
Phase IV...................................... $����
2,000,000.00
(d)� To assist the City of Ocean Springs
with Public Works Redevelopment and Relocation
Phase I and II................................ $����
1,500,000.00
(e)� To assist the City of Lucedale with
Cowart Street Improvements.................... $����
1,764,000.00
(f)� To assist the George County Board of
Supervisors with the Industrial Park Water
System Expansion Project...................... $����
1,029,000.00
(g)� To assist the LaPointe-Krebs Foundation
with the development of a new LaPointe-Krebs
Interpretive Center........................... $  ����
900,000.00
(h)� To assist the Lucedale-George County
Historical Society with the Lucedale-George
County History Museum......................... $ ���
  150,000.00
(i)� To assist the Mississippi Gulf Coast
Coliseum with the Coliseum Expansion........... $����
5,476,000.00
(j)� To assist Jackson County Economic
Development Foundation for the
Bollinger
Shipyards with Bollinger
Mississippi
Shipbuilding Bulkhead Rehabilitation........... $����
5,000,000.00
(k)� To assist the Memorial Hospital
Foundation with Memorial Multispecialty
Center Construction........................... $����
3,000,000.00
(l)� To assist the Stone County Board
of Supervisors with the Inda Industrial Park
Land/Sewer Project............................ $����
2,548,000.00
(m)� To assist the City of Waveland with
Waterfront Improvements....................... $  ����
750,000.00
(n)� To assist the Harrison County Sheriff's
Department with Law Enforcement Training Academy
Improvements Phase II......................... $����
3,500,000.00
(o)� To assist the Singing River Health
System with Healthcare Academy Expansion
Initiative Phase II........................... $ ���
  675,000.00
(p)� To assist Long Beach Harbor with Long
Beach Harbor Complex Restoration............... $����
1,500,000.00
(q)� To assist Hancock County Port and
Harbor Commission with Stennis International
Airport Site 1 Hangar Development.............. $����
2,000,000.00
(r)� To assist William Carey University with
Tradition Campus Student Housing............... $����
1,500,000.00
(s)� To assist the Mississippi Songwriters
Alliance with the design of Exhibits and
Improvements to the Mississippi Songwriters
Performing Arts Center........................ $����
1,000,000.00
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. 2047, 2025 First
Extraordinary Session, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026,
and ending June 30, 2027........................................
....................................... $���������
30,898,945.00.
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, 2026, 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......... $ 1,479,246.00
(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 City of
Pascagoula Rail Line
Development Plan.................................. $
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........... $ 1,091,552.00
(f)� To assist the Hancock County Port and
Harbor Commission with the
Technology Park and Site
Development at Stennis Airport
Phase............... $ 1,633,756.00
(g)� To assist Mississippi State University
Research and Technology
Corporation with Continued
Development of the Mississippi
Cyber Center
Project.......................................... $��
912,165.00
(h)� To assist the City of Gulfport with the
Daniel Boulevard Extension and
Connector Road
between Highway 49 and Canal Road................. $
4,600,000.00
(i)� To assist the City of Lucedale with
the Lucedale Municipal Park Stage................. $��
191,769.00
(j)� To assist the City of Moss Point with
the Highway 63/Escatawpa Natural
Gas Pipeline
Installation...................................... $
1,750,000.00
(k)� To assist the Moss Point Redevelopment
Authority with the Moss Point
Downtown
Revitalization.................................... $��
930,500.00
(l)� To assist the George County Board of
Supervisors with a Grain
Elevator/River Road
Rehabilitation.................................... $���
27,019.00
(m)� To assist the Jackson County Economic
Development Foundation with the
Sunplex Light
Industrial Park Site Improvements
and Trent Lott
Airport.......................................... $
2,000,000.00
(n)� To assist the Pearl River County Board
of Supervisors with the Pearl
River County
Technology Park Phase I and Site
Development....... $ 1,581,664.00
(o)� To assist the City of Bay St. Louis
with a Downtown ADA Boardwalk..................... $
1,357,438.00
(p)� To assist� the City of Ocean Springs
with Mary C. O'Keefe Cultural
Arts Center
Renovations and Signage........................... $��
700,000.00
(q)� To assist the Gulf Hills Resort with the
Development of 2,000 feet of
Blueway Waterfront
with Public Marina Access......................... $��
156,032.00
(r)� To assist the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of
Arts with Completion of the Ohr-O'Keefe
Museum
Campus........................................... $��
204,002.00
(s)� To assist the University of Southern
Mississippi with the USM
Visualization and
Digital Multimedia Center of
Excellence............ $ 1,483,802.00
(t)� To assist Pinchers Seafood with a
Working Waterfront................................ $
3,600,000.00
(u)� To assist the City of Ocean Springs with
Public Works Redevelopment and
Relocation.......... $ 2,000,000.00
���� 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.
2047, 2025 First Extraordinary Session, for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027........................................
............................................... $
23,552,981.00.
���� 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, 2026, 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............ $ 2,375,293.00
(c)� To assist the Pascagoula Redevelopment
Authority with the City of
Pascagoula Rail Line
Development Plan.................................. $��
617,058.00
(d)� To assist the City of Biloxi with the
Popp's Ferry Extension Project.................... $
2,039,952.00
(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 City of Long Beach with
the Long Beach Harbor Complex
Restoration.......... $ 1,000,000.00
(i)� To assist the Ocean Springs Collective
with Ocean Springs Collective
Projects............. $��� 20,678.00
(j)� 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.
2047, 2025 First Extraordinary Session, for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027........................................
............................................... $
24,656,979.00.
���� 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, 2026, 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......................... $
10,678,017.00
(b)� To assist the University of Southern
Mississippi Ocean Enterprise..................... $�
3,406,543.00
(c)� To assist the Stone County Board of
Supervisors with the Piney Wood
Pellet Mill
road, rail and bypass............................ $�
2,420,723.00
(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.............. $� 1,879,495.00
(f)� To assist the City of Gulfport with
flood control and/or drainage for
the
Forest Heights Project........................... $�
1,092,110.00
(g)� To assist the City of Moss Point with
the Interstate 10 Frontage Roads,
North and
South........................................... $�
1,752,394.00
(h)� To assist Pearl River Community College
PRCC Aviation Aerospace Academy.................. $����
42,232.00
(i)� To assist the City of Bay St. Louis
with the Court Street Parking
facility, expansion
and improvements................................. $����
13,208.00
(j)� To assist the Walter Anderson Museum
with Phase 3 and Phase 4......................... $���
565,650.00
(k)� 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. 2047, 2025 First Extraordinary Session, for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, and ending
June 30, 2027........................................
............................................... $
12,300,072.00.
���� 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, 2026, 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 the University of Southern
Mississippi with the Ocean
Enterprise Phase I..... $� 1,444,556.00
(b)� To assist the Walter Anderson Museum
Creative Complex Phase I and
begin Phase II....... $��� 366,299.00
���� 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 Institute for Marine
Mammal Studies with Educational
Classrooms and
Dorms........................................... $�
2,990,575.00
(c)� To assist the City of Long Beach
with development and
revitalization............... $��� 410,731.00
(d)� To assist the City of Long Beach
with the Quarles House........................... $���
386,969.00
(e)� To assist George County with the
Mississippi Export Railroad for
the Enviva
Project......................................... $���
100,942.00
���� 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.
2047, 2025 First Extraordinary Session, for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027........................................
............................................... $�
3,500,000.00.
���� 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, 2026, 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 for the Gulfport/Biloxi International
Airport......................................... $�
2,500,000.00
(b)� For the Mississippi Development
Authority and the Quality of
Place Incentives
Program......................................... $�
1,000,000.00
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, 2026.