Bill Text: MS HB290 | 2021 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Pre-trial Intervention; prohibit certain amount of public embezzlement for.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2021-03-12 - Died On Calendar [HB290 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2021-HB290-Engrossed.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2021 Regular Session

To: Judiciary B

By: Representative Bain

House Bill 290

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 99-15-107, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS CHARGED WITH PUBLIC EMBEZZLEMENT OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR PRE-TRIAL INTERVENTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 99-15-107, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     99-15-107.  A person shall not be * * *considered eligible for the intervention program provided by Sections 99-15-101 through 99-15-127 if * * *he or she has been the person has been charged with:

          (a)  Any crime of violence pursuant to Section 97-3-2 * * *.  A person shall not be eligible for acceptance into the intervention program provided by Sections 99‑15‑101 through 99‑15‑127 if such person has been charged with an;

          (b)  Any offense pertaining to trafficking in a controlled substance, as provided in Section 41-29-139(f) * * *.; or

          (c)  Public embezzlement amounting to or exceeding Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.

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