Mississippi House Bill 491 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Mississippi False Claims Act; To Define Certain Terms; To Provide Treble Damages For Certain Acts; To Provide For The Assessment Of Costs And Civil Penalties; To Require The Attorney General To Investigate Violations Under This Act; To Authorize The Attorney General To Bring Civil Actions Under This Act; To Provide For Civil Actions By Individuals As Qui Tam Plaintiffs; To Provide For Jurisdiction Under This Act; To Provide For Limitations Of Actions; To Provide That Remedies Under This Act Are In Addition To Other Remedies; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi False Claims Act; create.

Rep. Sherra Hillman Lane [D]

Rep. David Baria [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	House	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/HB/HB0491.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/HB/0400-0499/HB0491IN.htm