Mississippi House Bill 1198 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 27-104-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The Public Procurement Review Board To Adopt Regulations Governing Commodity And Equipment Purchases And State Facilities Construction And Maintenance Contracts Of State Agencies In A Manner So That Not Less Than Three Percent Of The Total Expenditures Of All Agencies For Those Purposes Will Be Made To Qualified Disabled Veterans; To Require The Executive Head Of Each Agency To Establish Goals For The Participation By Qualified Disabled Veterans In Purchases, Leases And Contracts Of The Agency In Order To Meet The Three-percent Requirement; To Require The Public Procurement Review Board To Annually Review The Progress Of Agencies In Reaching Their Goals To Meet The Three-percent Requirement, With Input From Statewide Veterans Service Organizations And From The Business Community, And To Make Recommendations To The Legislature Regarding Whether The Three-percent Requirement Should Be Continued, Increased Or Decreased; To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

State agency purchases and contracts; require percentage of total expenditures for to be made with disabled veterans.

Rep. Stephen Holland [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-20		Referred To Military Affairs;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/HB/HB1198.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1198IN.htm