Mississippi House Bill 627 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 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 Create The Municipal Government Responsibility Act; To Provide That The Purpose Of This Act Is To Protect The Credit Of The State And Its Municipal Political Subdivisions And That It Is A Valid Public Purpose For The State To Take Action And To Assist A Municipality That Has Failed To Provide Services To The Citizens Of This State; To Authorize The Governor To Appoint A Review Team To Assess The Financial Condition And Ability Of A Municipality Or Municipally Owned Utility; To Define The Powers And Duties Of The Review Team; To Require The Review Team To Create A Report About The Financial Conditions And Service Provisions Of The Municipality; To Authorize The Governor To Appoint An Emergency Manager To Manage A Municipality Or Municipally Owned Utility Under Certain Conditions; To Provide The Powers And Duties Of The Emergency Manager; And For Related Purposes.

"Municipalities Government Responsibility Act"; create.

Rep. Andy Gipson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2014-01-20	House	Referred To Municipalities;Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB0627.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0627IN.htm