Governor Tate Reeves issued the following statement.
Governor Tate Reeves today announced he vetoed multiple pieces of legislation including Senate Bill 2612 and Senate Bill 2054. He also issued a line-item veto on 15 appropriations totaling $23.15 million in House Bills 603 and 1089.
“For the sake of full transparency, I wanted to share with the public these vetoes and the reasoning behind why I felt each was necessary,” said Governor Tate Reeves. “I look forward to continuing to work with the legislature, and I’m thankful for everything we accomplished together this session.”
For a full explanation of the Governor’s vetoes, his veto messages are attached at the end of this release.
Senate Bill 2612 sought to revoke some permitting requirements for home construction that were adopted by the Mississippi Legislature less than one year ago.
Governor Reeves’s veto message highlights that the requirement had been in effect for less than a year and deemed it too soon to evaluate the benefit or potential detriment of these permitting requirements intended to protect the health, safety, and financial welfare of homeowners. He also noted that if the permitting requirements ultimately prove to be unnecessary, it may be appropriate to reconsider them in the future.
Senate Bill 2054 sought to provide an additional method for removing from office appointed public officials who serve on various boards and commissions across the state.
Governor Reeves noted in his veto message that Mississippi law already provides a clear mechanism to remove all public officials – appointed or elected – from office upon a conviction of a felony, misappropriation of public funds or willful neglect of duty. The proposed additional method was inconsistent with existing state law and the governor noted that amending enabling statutes on a case-by-case basis would be a cleaner route.
Governor Reeves also chose to veto 15 appropriations in House Bills 603 and 1089 totaling $23.15 million.
“Even in times of plenty, I believe we’re charged with the critical responsibility of properly stewarding taxpayer dollars,” said Governor Tate Reeves. “This funding includes proposals I vetoed last year, projects that are not within the proper role of state government, and projects that I believe are not in the taxpayers’ best interest. I will continue to be a watchdog on behalf of the taxpayers when it comes to their money.”
The Governor vetoed nominal reappropriations from House Bill 1089 including:
• $1,000,000 appropriation to the City of Jackson to pay costs associated with construction of a parking lot and related facilities at the Jackson Convention Center.
• $50,000 appropriation to Arise and Shine, Inc. to provide programing and services in Copiah County.
• $1,000,000 appropriation to the Scenic Rivers Development Alliance for various facility improvements including golf cart path repairs and course equipment upgrades at Quail Hollow Golf Course.
• $250,000 appropriation to the Briarwood Pool to pay costs associated with facility improvements.
• $1,000,000 appropriation to the City of Pascagoula to pay costs associated with renovations of city offices.
• $2,000,000 appropriation to the City of Jackson to pay costs associated with the Jackson Planetarium.
• $200,000 appropriation to the Summit Community Development Foundation to pay costs associated with the Stand Pipe project.
• $500,000 appropriation to the City of Greenville to pay costs associated with the construction and development of a downtown green space.
• $13,250,000 appropriation to the Department of Finance and Administration to pay costs associated with the development of the LeFleur’s Bluff Otter Creek Golf Park and Connector Trail Project.
The Governor vetoed appropriations from House Bill 603 including:
• Two appropriations totaling $2,000,000 to the City of Jackson to pay costs associated with the Jackson Planetarium.
• $500,000 appropriation to the City of Greenville to pay costs associated with repairs and renovations to Frisby Park, Greenville Municipal, Maude Bryan Park and Rounds Park.
• $500,000 appropriation to the Mississippi Development Authority for the purpose of providing funding to WISPR Systems in Batesville for research and development to expand its current small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) manufacturing capabilities in Mississippi.
• $300,000 appropriation to the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration to pay costs associated with the program established under Section 3 of House Bill No. 419, 2023 Regular Session.
• $600,000 appropriation to Greene County to assist in paying costs associated with the rehabilitation and repair of the Greene County Rural Events Center.
The line-item veto message for House Bill 603 can be read in full here.
The line-item veto message for House Bill 1089 can be read in full here.
The veto message for Senate Bill 2612 can be read in full here.
The veto message for Senate Bill 2054 can be read in full here.
43 comments:
Take that Chowke!
Race flag in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
You can tell the Gov. that he just secured my vote for reelection. All of that B.S. money for Jackson which clearly should come from the citizens of Jackson not the state residents. I’ll bet the Jackson city council members are squirming. I am sure this will cost him some votes from Jackson ex cons who should not be able to vote in the first place. How much money has the city spent on attorneys to kick the garbage contract down the road?
Tater also invited anyone with standing to challenge the whole damn appropriations bill as unconstitutional. Must be confident.
This is an excellent opportunity for Jackson to raise property taxes. Of course the slum lords will pass those costs on to the tenants.
Why should the state pay for a local park? I can understand if it's the children's museum, wildlife and agriculture museum that people from the whole state use.
"I can understand if it's the children's museum, wildlife and agriculture museum that people from the whole state use."
Something like a planetarium?
9:09 Because Lefleur's Bluff is a state park operated by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Kingfish Note would be important context here considering the Lefleurs Bluff money was passed via a different bill
Tate just raised his stature in my eyes. This state shouldn't send a red penny to Jackson until they commit to working with the state to provide a safe and clean environment that ALL of our state residents feel comfortable utilizing.
PORK ON STEROIDS-
Go tate!
This makes me smile.
Money was tossed out like crazy to multiple agencies and cities that he did not veto. The bad thing is Mississippi went another year without funding it's State Search and Rescue program. I guess the storms in Rolling Fork and other cities were not a good enough reminder. 19 years without funding, but the State calls every time a cloud is in the sky.
Add another Vote for
Tate!!!
Jackson is just the capitol of the state and home of the governor. Tate must be very proud, as are so many here.
Damn look at Jackson begging for millions ha. They know they should be paying for their own shit but what the heck if they put enough hooks in the water they might get a bite. What was the home construction law passed last year? Can builders still take inspectors hunting and gift them gift cards?
@10:38
OK You tell me why the taxpayers of Mississippi should spend money in a town that they don't feel safe visiting because it refuses to protect even it's own citizens from outrageous and out-of-control crime and lawlessness.
Im sure y’all would be shocked at the amount of state money that regularly gets thrown at Madison and Rankin, not that y’all wouldn’t stick your collective heads in the sand if that information were presented to you. Your comments regarding Jackson reek of hypocrisy.
This Governor is bad for Jackson (and this statement is divorced from race and the CCID issues). The sooner he goes, the better.
A planetarium in a city that destroys its own libraries. That veto makes sense.
Keep it real Tater, don’t invest in quality of life facilities and keep Mississippi at the bottom . Don’t worry they are going to keep voting for your ilk. More reasons for people to leave, which is fine too.
@11:26
The projects the state has spent money on in Madison and Rankin county are safe to use by all Mississippi tax payers. That's why both counties are full of Hinds county vehicles everyday of the week. Jackson has turned into a lawless, scary place to even drive through....EVEN TO IT"S OWN CITIZENS.
@11:46
Jackson destroyed their own "quality of life". Why should the state try to restore it if the voters of Jackson continually vote against it ?
Call the governor a racist dozens of times and you don't get any pork. Chowke is a little slow. Right?
This Governor is bad for Jackson ...
Don't matter because Jackson can't move the needle on statewide votes. Jackson is de-populating right at this very moment as you read this.
Presley won't campaign anywhere outside of Jackson asking voters to spend more state money in Jackson.
Is there still anybody around who even knows how to cut the lights on at “the planetarium”?
11:26AM, the rest of Mississippi thinks the same about the mayor of Jackson.
I would be fine with the federal government treating the state of Mississippi the exact same as the State of Mississippi treats Jackson.
Then, we can talk about whether the sort of childish antagonism the “Governor” aims at Jackson is a good thing.
Good job Governor.
@1:08
If the feds cut off welfare in Mississippi the state would shrink by a million non taxpayers in a couple of months. I'll take it .
There's not been a movie theater in this city for decades. People don't drive into Jackson after sundown, much less go to a venue where the lights are turned off. Including a planetarium. If you been there in the past fifteen years, raise your hand.
Okay, 2:40, good luck living in this state without hospitals. With comments like that, please don’t feel free to belittle the intelligence of other voters, including but not limited to people who live in Jackson. You have no room to talk.
Why is everyone acting like this just happened? All of those Jackson funding vetos were done a year ago. The most recent vetos were just "belt and suspenders" vetoes of bills that simply corrected some names of non-vetoed projects from last year's bills. Did Lumumba hold a press conference to complain about the vetoes last year? (He very well might have, I just don't remember.) Or is he just making an excuse to grandstand in light of the NAACP suit?
Thank you, Governor.
The antagonism between the mayor and the governor is reciprocal. Which came first - the governor's disdain for the mayor; or the mayor's disdain for the governor. While I have no horse in the race, human nature being what it is,insulting the person who has the authority to provide needed funding and favor when you are in dire need (and on national t.v. no less), is not wise or prudent. It advances a narrative, but ultimately does not breed good will or cooperation. To Governor Reeves credit, he stepped up during the water crises and got things going in the right direction it was the right thing to do. Yet, it was still met with negativity by the mayor. No love lost on either side...for reasons each can justify.
5:10, care to comment on the State of Mississippi acting the same way towards the Biden admin? Wouldn’t the same logic apply?
Jackson shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. If the State is giving away tax dollars to a city where a majority of residents don’t pay income tax, the help needs to take the form the State desires. I was a 40 year resident of Jackson and moved out to Madison county recently. Was happy to pay the cost.
@5:10. Absolutely, the same logic imo would apply if the Governor/state of Mississippi and its GOP led legislature was begging for assistance from the Biden administration, their requests were not being granted, and the governor was publicly attacking them citing opposing ideological views as the reason. Admittedly, the state is the beneficiary of the current administration's (and past administrations)largess in federal funding (and the "begging" is implicit), without which Mississippi would be worse off than it is. The GOP's public disagreements and criticism of Biden tend to be based on ideological differences vs failure to fund requested projects. After the recent tornados in Mississippi, Gov. Reeves appropriately requested federal assistance from President Biden on behalf of Mississippians in crises, and the president responded accordingly regardless of their differences. That's what leaders should do in a public forum.
Second year in a row that the Briarwood pool has been vetoed. Whoever is pushing that is using up a lot of political capital for something that will is sure to get shot down at the governor's desk.
If any y’all could actually read you’d see the 84 page bill has plenty for Jackson.
You don't get to call me racist and then expect me to give you my tax dollars. Nobody outside of Jackson wants to give those people money so they can waste it, steal it, or build something that will just become another bum urinal.
With great vengeance.
We will learn our lesson for denying Tater and Harkin the Dogowood Expressway in Flowood.
@2:41
LOL I'll wager no more than 10% of our "legislators" have read the whole 84 page bill....and if they did they didn't understand what it said.
Any chance there is a clear list of the pork/favors that were funded?
11:26 am. Do you voice similar disdain for the city leaders that actively ruined Jackson?
Or are you just a fan of misplaced anger when the big bad governor won't give the leaders more funds to waste?
Its so odd how few protests I see demanding Chuck's resignation.
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