Mississippi House Bill 70 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 47-5-1211 And 47-4-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That All Contracts For Services For Private Correctional Facilities Shall Be Subject To The Purchasing Laws; To Amend Section 31-7-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "agency" To Include The Correctional Facilities Under The Public Purchasing Laws; To Amend Sections 25-9-120, 25-1-100, 25-61-9 And 27-104-155, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Such Correctional Facilities Shall Be Considered An Agency For Purposes Of Being Subject To Review By The Personal Service Contract Review Board; To Amend Section 5-3-72, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Certain Performance Evaluation And Expenditure Review (peer) Evaluation Shall Include Such Facilities During Its Biennial Review Pertaining To Procurement Processes; And For Related Purposes.

Private correctional facilities; make subject to purchasing laws and Personal Service Contract Review Board.

Rep. Jerry Turner [R]

Rep. Patricia Willis [R]

Rep. Randall Patterson [R]

Rep. Greg Haney [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-03	House	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0070.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0070IN.htm