Mississippi House Bill 119 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on February 12 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-12 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 47-5-158, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require That The Inmate Welfare Fund Be A Special Fund In The State Treasury; To Provide For The Management Of The Fund; To Require That The Inmate Welfare Fund Committee Adopt Rules And Regulations And Conduct Needs Assessments For Future Purchases From The Fund; To Establish A Process For The Selection Of A Third Party To Administer Inmate Canteen Services For The Department Of Corrections; To Require The Department To Submit A Request For Proposals For Such Administration; To Provide Evaluation Of Such Services By The Performance Evaluation And Expenditure Review (peer) Under Certain Circumstances; To Amend Section 47-5-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Contract Amount That The Department Of Corrections Must Receive Approval From The Public Procurement Review Board Before A Contract May Be Awarded By The Department; And For Related Purposes.

Corrections; require Inmate Fund to be special fund, require RFP's for canteen services and revise contract amount to be reviewed by Procurement Review Board.

Rep. Jerry Turner [R]

Rep. Tommy Taylor [R]

Rep. Linda Whittington [D]

Rep. Alyce Clarke [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-12	House	Died In Committee
2014-02-12	House	Recommitted to Committee
2014-01-14	House	Title Suff Do Pass
2014-01-07	House	Referred To S.C. Accountblty,Efficiency,Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB0119.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0119IN.htm