Bill Text: MS HB212 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prison Industries; extend repealer on prohibition of procurement of certain prison made goods from other states.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2011-02-01 - Died In Committee [HB212 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2011-HB212-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2011 Regular Session
To: Corrections
By: Representative Warren
House Bill 212
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-572, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE DATE OF REPEAL FROM JULY 1, 2011, TO JULY 1, 2014, ON THE PROVISION OF LAW THAT PROHIBITS PRIVATELY OPERATED CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES FROM IMPORTING CERTAIN GOODS MANUFACTURED USING INMATE LABOR FROM ANOTHER STATE INTO THIS STATE TO BE USED BY INMATES HOUSED IN INSTATE FACILITIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 47-5-572, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
47-5-572. (1) A privately operated correctional facility shall not procure goods, to be used by inmates housed in Mississippi facilities, that have been manufactured using inmates in a correctional system of another state if Mississippi Prison Industries is presently manufacturing the same goods using Mississippi inmates, unless the cost of the goods and services can be procured at a price that is at least thirty percent (30%) less than the cost of the same goods and services provided by Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation.
(2) This section shall stand repealed from and after July 1, 2014.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2011.
