Mississippi House Bill 292 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 41-29-181, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Proceeds From Criminal Forfeitures That Are Deposited And Credited To The Participating Law Enforcement Agency Shall Be Used To Increase The Existing Budget Of The Participating Law Enforcement Agency And Used To Increase Law Enforcement Resources For The Participating Law Enforcement Agency; To Provide That Such Proceeds Shall Not Be Used To Reduce The Existing Budget Of The Participating Law Enforcement Agency; And For Related Purposes.

Asset forfeiture proceeds; clarify use is for increase in law enforcement budget.

Rep. Nick Bain [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	House	Died In Committee
2021-01-18	House	Referred To Judiciary B

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
41	29	181	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/HB/HB0292.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0292IN.htm