Bill Text: MS HB191 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi House Bill 191 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Public hearing; require when Governor exercises to grant a pardon for a felony crime.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee [HB191 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2011-HB191-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2011 Regular Session

To: Judiciary A

By: Representative Jones (111th)

House Bill 191

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND SHERIFF OF A COUNTY IN WHICH A FELONY CRIME IS COMMITTED SHALL BE CONTACTED BY THE GOVERNOR OR HIS DESIGNEE WHEN THE GOVERNOR EXERCISES HIS POWER TO GRANT A PARDON FOR A PERSON CONVICTED OF SUCH FELONY CRIME; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. (1) When the Governor exercises his power to grant a pardon for a person convicted of a felony crime, the Governor, or his designee, shall contact the district attorney and sheriff of the county in which the felony crime was committed to schedule a public hearing in that county regarding such pardon.

The public hearing shall occur within the thirty-day period during which an applicant for pardon is required to publish a petition for pardon which sets forth the reasons why such pardon should be granted in the applicant's favor.

(2) Notice of the public hearing shall be published for at least five (5) consecutive days before the date of the public hearing in a newspaper having general circulation in the county in which the felony crime was committed; however, if no newspaper is published in such county, then notice of the public hearing shall be published in a newspaper of an adjoining county.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.