Mississippi House Bill 931 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on February 1 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Dissolve The Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation; To Create A Division Of Reentry And Prison Industry Within The Department Of Corrections; To Require The Department Of Corrections To Hire An Executive Director Who Shall Be The Chief Administrative Officer For The Division; To Reconstitute The Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation Board Of Directors As An Advisory Board To The Division; To Amend Section 47-5-541, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That From And After July 1, 2022, The Board Shall Have No Authority To Enter Into Any Contracts For The Sale Of Goods Or Services And The Board Shall Incur No Debt As Of That Date; To Provide That By October 1, 2022, Certain Contracts Shall Be Satisfied By The Board; To Provide That Assets Of The Corporation Shall Be Transferred To The Mississippi Department Of Corrections On December 31, 2022, For Use In The Department's Reentry Programs; To Repeal Sections 47-5-531 Through 47-5-539 And Sections 47-5-543 Through 47-5-575, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Pertain To The Mississippi Prison Industries Act Of 1990; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation; dissolve and create Division of Reentry and Prison Industry within MDOC.

Rep. Becky Currie [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-01	House	Died In Committee
2022-01-17	House	Referred To Corrections

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
47	5	541	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2022/pdf/history/HB/HB0931.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2022/html/HB/0900-0999/HB0931IN.htm