MS HB1339 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
An Act To Consolidate The Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, The Mississippi Public Records Act Of 1983 And The Open Meetings Law Into A Single New Act To Be Known As The "mississippi Administrative Procedures Law Of 2015"; To Define Certain Terms; To Require Certain Information To Be Published By State Agencies With The Secretary Of State And Made Available To The Public; To Authorize The Charging Of Fees For Information Provided To The Public; To Provide Procedures For Obtaining Records; To Require Agencies To Promulgate Rules And Regulations And To Prescribe The Procedure To Be Followed In The Promulgation Of Rules And Regulations; To Require Reporting Of Proposed Rules To The Legislature; To Prescribe The Manner In Which Agencies Are To Maintain A System Of Records; To Require The Disclosure Of And Access To Public Records; To Exempt Certain Agency Records From Public Disclosure; To Require Detailed Annual Reports To The Legislature From Agencies Providing Information On Requests For Records And Appeals Made When Record Requests Have Been Denied; To Require Publication Regarding Rules And Regulations Promulgated Under This Act; To Provide Civil Remedies; To Provide Criminal Penalties For Violations Of This Act; To Provide Rules For Conducting Agency Business; To Prohibit Members Of Agencies From Conducting Meetings That Are Not Open To The Public; To Prescribe The Manner In Which Agencies May Close Meetings Or Portions Of A Meeting To The Public Under Prescribed Circumstances; To Provide Jurisdiction For Actions And Proceedings Under This Act; To Require Agencies To Make Certain Annual Reports To The Legislature; To Allow Interested Persons An Opportunity To Participate In Rulemaking; To Provide For Agency Hearings; To Compel Attendance; To Provide For The Taking Of Evidence; To Provide For The Powers And Duties Of Judges At Hearings; To Authorize A Cause Of Action For Aggrieved Parties; To Provide For Judicial Review; To Provide The Duties And Powers Of Reviewing Courts; To Require The Legislature To Accept Or Disapprove Of Rules And To Prescribe The Rules To Be Followed In The House And Senate In The Consideration Of Joint Resolutions Proposing Agency Rules And Rule Changes; To Bring Forward Sections 25-43-1.101 Through 25-43-3.114, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are The Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Sections 25-61-1 Through 25-61-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are The Mississippi Public Records Act Of 1983, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Sections 25-41-1 Through 25-41-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Require Public Business To Be Conducted In Open Meetings, Subject To Prescribed Exceptions, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
Title
Administrative Procedures Law of 2015; consolidate administrative procedures, public records and open meetings laws into single act.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-02-03 | House | Died In Committee |
2015-01-19 | House | Referred To Judiciary A |
Mississippi State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB1339.xml |
Text | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1339IN.htm |