Mississippi House Bill 621 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)
Status: Failed on February 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 27-33-77, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The State Of Mississippi Shall Reimburse Counties And School Districts The Full Amount Of Homestead Exemption Allowed For Each Applicant; To Amend Section 27-33-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provision; To Require The Legislature To Appropriate Sufficient Funds Each Year To Fully Fund The District Attorneys' Offices And Staff, The Circuit Court Reporters, The Circuit Court Administrators, The Chancery Court Reporters, The Chancery Court Administrators, The Juvenile Drug Courts, The County Offices Of The State Department Of Health And The Department Of Human Services, And The Costs Of Audit Services, So That The State Of Mississippi Is Fully Funding The Expenses Of The State Services Provided By Those Entities And The Counties Are Not Having To Subsidize The Expenses Of Those State Services; To Amend Section 9-17-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; To Bring Forward Section 9-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 9-13-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; To Bring Forward Sections 9-13-21 And 9-13-63, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Sections 7-7-211 And 7-7-213, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

County budget expenses; require state to fully fund state services being subsidized by counties.

Rep. Bill Kinkade [R]	Rep. W Alday [R]	Rep. Manly Barton [R]	Rep. Randy Boyd [R]
Rep. Lataisha Jackson [D]	Rep. Wanda Jennings [R]	Rep. Timmy Ladner [R]	Rep. Steve Massengill [R]
Rep. Pat Nelson [R]	Rep. Randal Rushing [R]	Rep. Tommy Taylor [R]	Rep. Patricia Willis [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2014-01-20	House	Referred To Judiciary A;Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB0621.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0621IN.htm