House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jeff Smith, R-Columbus, right, answer questions about Senate Bill 2002 or commonly called the BP Bill, a plan to divide up nearly $700 million from an oil spill settlement, from Rep. Willie Perkins, Sr., D-Greenwood, during the Special Session of the Legislature, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. BP PLC is paying Mississippi $750 million through 2033 to make up for lost tax revenue from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The bill is the same as the one passed earlier by the Senate. The bill passed the House later in the day. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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