Mississippi House Bill 199 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require Any Cemetery That Provides Burial Lots For Compensation To Make Certain Filings With The Secretary Of State; To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Develop And Implement A Burial Lot Filing System; To Require The System To Include The Submission Of A Map Of Burial Lots With Designations Indicating Those Lots That Contain Human Remains; To Require The County Boards Of Supervisors And Chancery Clerks To Assist The Secretary Of State In Locating Cemeteries That Sell Burial Lots In Their Respective Counties; To Provide Penalties For Violation Of This Section; To Amend Section 97-29-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide A Criminal Penalty For The Digging Up The Remains Of Any Human Being For The Purpose Of Reselling The Burial Lot In Which The Remains Are Located; And For Related Purposes.

Burial lots; require cemeteries providing for compensation to make filing of with Secretary of State.

Rep. Alyce Clarke [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-05		Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB0199.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/HB/0100-0199/HB0199IN.htm