Mississippi House Bill 1221 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The "mississippi Stop Corruption Act"; To Amend Section 31-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Exception For Single Source Contracts By State Agencies From The Bidding Requirements; To Require Any Agency Local Governing Authorities With Current Single Source Contracts To File A Report Detailing The Contract; To Prohibit Agencies Local Governing Authorities From Entering Into Single Source Contracts After A Certain Date, Except In Emergency Situations; To Amend Sections 25-53-3 And 49-27-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; To Bring Forward Sections 21-27-17, 21-27-23, 25-11-15, 25-53-5, 25-53-21, 25-53-119, 31-7-12, 31-7-14, 31-7-18, 31-7-38, 31-7-49, 31-7-105, 31-7-115, 31-7-119, 33-15-17, 37-11-7, 37-39-15, 37-39-17, 47-5-357, 51-13-111, 55-3-33, 57-1-221, 57-75-9, 65-1-85, 65-7-107, 65-43-3, 77-3-16, 77-3-17, 77-5-735, 77-6-27 And 83-34-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Government contracts; create the "Mississippi Stop Corruption Act" to revise requirements for single source contracts.

Rep. Bobby Moak [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	House	Referred To Judiciary A;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB1221.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1221IN.htm