Mississippi House Bill 6 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Prescribe Civil And Criminal Penalties Upon Owners For Livestock That Trespass Onto The Property Of Another And Causes Personal Injury Or Property Damage On Said Property As A Result Of The Trespass; To Require The Landowner To Attempt To Contact The Owner Of The Trespassing Livestock Within Forty-eight Hours Of The Trespass; To Permit The Landowner To Contain The Livestock And Recoup The Cost Of Containment From The Owner Of The Livestock; To Require The Sheriff To Take Possession Of The Livestock If Ownership Cannot Be Determined Or The Livestock Is Recovered Within Ten Days Of Notification; To Authorize The Sheriff To Sell The Livestock After Publishing Legal Notice And To Provide For The Disbursement Of The Proceeds Of The Sale; And For Related Purposes.

Estrayed livestock; impose civil and criminal penalties upon owners of for damage caused by trespass onto property of another.

Rep. Stephen Holland [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-02	House	Referred To Agriculture;Judiciary B

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0006.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0006IN.htm