Bill Text: MS HB1400 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Mississippi Ethics Commission; revise who is subject to a penalty for violating confidentiality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - Died In Committee [HB1400 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2022-HB1400-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Boyd
House Bill 1400
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-4-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE WHO IS SUBJECT TO PENALTIES FOR BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY FOR PROCEEDINGS OF THE MISSISSIPPI ETHICS COMMISSION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-4-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-4-31. (1) Any person who violates the confidentiality of a commission proceeding pursuant to this chapter, including anyone who requests an advisory opinion pursuant to Section 25-4-17(i)(i) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned not more than one (1) year, or be both fined and imprisoned.
(2) Any person who willfully and knowingly files a false complaint with the commission or who willfully affirms, reports or swears falsely in regard to any material matter before a commission proceeding is guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or committed to the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than five (5) years, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(3) Any person who, having been served with written notice of delinquency, shall fail to file a disclosure statement as required by this chapter within one (1) year of the date the statement is due, or who shall, although filing such statement, knowingly fail to disclose information required by this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.
