2007 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 780

File Code: State Debt (Bond Bills) Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 963
NOTE: Bond bills that received funding in fiscal 2008 were amended into the State's Capital budget (HB 51). Individual bond bills were not acted upon by the legislature, instead the General Assembly amended HB 51 to specifically list the projects it selected for funding. Click here for special information pertaining to 2007 Bond Bills.
Sponsored By:
Delegates Taylor, Ali, Anderson, Barve, Benson, Braveboy, Bronrott, Burns, Conaway, Davis, Donoghue, Feldman, Glenn, Gutierrez, Heller, Holmes, Hucker, Kaiser, Kramer, Lawton, Levi, Manno, Oaks, Rice, Simmons, Stukes, Tarrant, F. Turner, Vaughn, and Waldstreicher
Entitled:
Creation of a State Debt - The Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial Project

Synopsis:

Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $2,000,000, the proceeds to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of the Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. for the design and construction of a national memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr.; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; establishing a deadline for the encumbrance or expenditure of the loan proceeds; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

House Action
2/9
First Reading Appropriations
2/28
Hearing 3/10 at 3:00 p.m.
4/9
Unfavorable Report by Appropriations
Senate Action
No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate Herman L. Taylor, Jr., District 14
Delegate Saqib Ali, District 39
Delegate Curt Anderson, District 43
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Aisha N. Braveboy, District 25
Delegate William A. Bronrott, District 16
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Frank M. Conaway, Jr., District 40
Delegate Dereck E. Davis, District 25
Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
Delegate Brian J. Feldman, District 15
Delegate Cheryl Glenn, District 45
Delegate Ana Sol Gutierrez, District 18
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Marvin E. Holmes, Jr., District 23B
Delegate Tom Hucker, District 20
Delegate Anne R. Kaiser, District 14
Delegate Benjamin F. Kramer, District 19
Delegate Jane E. Lawton, District 18
Delegate Gerron Levi, District 23A
Delegate Roger Manno, District 19
Delegate Nathaniel T. Oaks, District 41
Delegate Craig L. Rice, District 15
Delegate Luiz R. S. Simmons, District 17
Delegate Melvin Stukes, District 44
Delegate Shawn Z. Tarrant, District 40
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13
Delegate Michael L. Vaughn, District 24
Delegate Jeff Waldstreicher, District 18

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Art, Music and Cultural Affairs -see also- Museums; Theaters
District of Columbia
Historical Matters
Minorities -see also- Women
State Bonds

Documents:

Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format): First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal and Policy Note (Displayed in PDF Format): Available    Bond Bill Fact Sheet: Available
The information in the Fact Sheet was provided by the potential grantee of the bond proceeds.
Amendments: None offered