Bill Text: MS HB1131 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: State agencies; prohibit use of public funds to send greeting cards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [HB1131 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-HB1131-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: S.C. Accountblty,Efficiency,Transparency; Appropriations
By: Representative Brown (66th)
House Bill 1131
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF STATE AGENCIES FROM USING PUBLIC FUNDS TO PURCHASE AND SEND GREETING CARDS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. An elected or appointed officer, executive head or other employee of an agency may not use public funds for the purpose of purchasing or sending, or both, a greeting card or any other similar article of value to any person. Upon learning of a person making a purchase in violation of this section, the Department of Finance and Administration shall require the improper purchasing practice to be ceased immediately. In addition, a person expending public funds in violation of this section may be held individually liable for an amount equal to the improper expenditure, as authorized under Section 31-7-57, and subject to the penalties prescribed under Section 31-7-55.
SECTION 2. Section 1 of this act shall be codified as a new section in Chapter 7, Title 31, Mississippi Code of 1972.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.
