Mississippi House Bill 1347 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - 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; And For Related Purposes.

Corrections; require Inmate Fund to be a special fund and require RFPs for administration of canteen services.

Rep. Jerry Turner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Corrections;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB1347.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1347IN.htm