Bill Text: MS HB1791 | 2023 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Union County; authorize assessments on misdemeanor convictions and nonadjudications for capital improvements.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2023-04-01 - Died In Committee [HB1791 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2023-HB1791-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2023 Regular Session
To: Local and Private Legislation
By: Representatives Creekmore IV, Stamps
House Bill 1791
(As Passed the House)
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF UNION COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO LEVY AN ASSESSMENT, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER ASSESSMENTS AND COURT COSTS, FOR CIVIL CASES FILED AND MISDEMEANOR CONVICTIONS AND/OR NONADJUDICATIONS OBTAINED IN ITS JUSTICE COURT, TO BE PLACED IN A SPECIAL COUNTY FUND DESIGNATED THE "UNION COUNTY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND" AND USED TO FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The Board of Supervisors of Union County, Mississippi, in its discretion, is authorized, by resolution duly adopted, to levy an assessment, in addition to any other assessments and court costs in the Justice Court of Union County, as follows:
(a) An amount not to exceed Fifty Dollars ($50.00) on each conviction or nonadjudication under the Mississippi Implied Consent Law; and
(b) An amount not to exceed Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) on each misdemeanor conviction or nonadjudication other than those specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection, and on each civil case filed.
(2) The avails of the additional assessment imposed under subsection (1) of this section shall be placed in a special fund of Union County designated the "Union County Capital Improvements Fund" and shall be expended by the Board of Supervisors to fund capital improvements in the county.
(3) This section shall be repealed from and after July 1, 2027.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
