MS HB403 | 2015 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Failed on March 11 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-03-11 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Summary

An Act To Transfer The Duty To Assist The Mississippi Department Of Corrections In The Management Of Prison Lands Leased For Agricultural Purposes From The Department Of Finance And Administration To The Secretary Of State; To Prescribe The Procedures To Be Used For Leasing And Re-leasing Prison Lands Through The Competitive Bid Process; To Amend Section 47-5-64, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Decrease The Maximum Term For Agricultural Leases; To Amend Section 47-5-66, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Mississippi State Agricultural Registration And The Mississippi Market Bulletin Shall Be Publications For The Advertisement Of Such Leases; To Revise The Advertisement Criteria For The Leasing Of Prison Lands; To Remove Certain Procedures Which Allowed Payment By A Lessee By Promissory Note; To Remove The Requirement That A Certain Percentage Of Funds Derived From Leasing Penitentiary Lands Shall Be Distributed To Certain Schools; To Amend Sections 47-5-351 And 47-5-355, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Confomrity To The Preceding Provisions; To Bring Forward Sections 47-5-353 And 47-5-357, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

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Title

Prison lands; transfer authority to manage agricultural leases from DFA to Secretary of State.

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Roll Calls

2015-02-05 - House - House Passed As Amended (Y: 118 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2015-03-11SenateDied On Calendar
2015-03-03SenateTitle Suff Do Pass As Amended
2015-02-17SenateReferred To Corrections
2015-02-09HouseTransmitted To Senate
2015-02-05HousePassed As Amended
2015-02-05HouseAmended
2015-01-28HouseTitle Suff Do Pass
2015-01-19HouseReferred To Corrections

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