Bill Text: MS HB357 | 2021 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Bonding requirement for county purchase clerk; increase.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-17 - Approved by Governor [HB357 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2021-HB357-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2021 Regular Session
To: Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
By: Representative Boyd
House Bill 357
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 31-7-124, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE FROM $75,000.00 TO $100,000.00 THE AMOUNT OF BOND THAT IS REQUIRED FOR COUNTY PURCHASE CLERKS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 31-7-124, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
31-7-124. The * * * receiving clerk and inventory
control clerk shall give bond in a penalty equal to Seventy-five Thousand
Dollars ($75,000.00) and the purchase clerk shall give bond in a penalty equal
to One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) with sufficient surety, to be
payable, conditioned and approved as provided by law. All assistant purchasing,
receiving and inventory control clerks shall be bonded in a penalty not less
than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00). Such bond shall be in addition to
any other bond required by law, with sufficient surety, to be payable,
conditioned and approved as provided by law. The premiums of such bonds shall
be paid from any funds available to the board of supervisors for the payment of
such premiums.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2021.
