Bill Text: MS HB390 | 2017 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Municipal budget; increase population threshold that requires municipalities to publish annual budget.

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2017-02-28 - Died In Committee [HB390 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2017-HB390-Engrossed.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2017 Regular Session

To: Municipalities

By: Representatives Wilson, Karriem, Sykes

House Bill 390

(As Passed the House)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 21-35-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE FROM 1,500 TO 2,000 THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT A MUNICIPALITY MUST HAVE BEFORE A MUNICIPALITY IS REQUIRED TO PUBLISH ITS ANNUAL BUDGET; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 21-35-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     21-35-5.  The governing authorities of each municipality of the State of Mississippi shall, not later than September 15 each year, prepare a complete budget of the municipal revenues, expenses and working cash balances estimated for the next fiscal year, and shall prepare a statement showing the aggregate revenues collected during the current year in * * *said the municipality for municipal purposes.  * * * Such The statement shall show every source of revenue along with the amount derived from each source.  * * *Said The budget of any municipality of * * *one two thousand  (2,000) inhabitants or more, according to the * * *last preceding latest federal decennial census, with * * * saidthe statement of revenue and expenses, shall be published at least one (1) time during September of * * * saidthe year in a newspaper published in such municipality or, if no newspaper be published in such municipality, in any newspaper published in the county wherein the municipality is located.  In municipalities of less than * * * onetwo thousand (2,000) inhabitants, according to the last preceding federal census, as many as three (3) prepared statements of * * * saidthe budget shall be posted in three (3) public places in * * * saidthe municipalities.

      * * * Prior toBefore the adoption of a budget pursuant to this section, the governing authority of each municipality shall hold at least one (1) public hearing to provide the general public with an opportunity to comment on the taxing and spending plan incorporated in the proposed budget.  The public hearing shall be held at least one (1) week prior to the adoption of the budget with advance notice and held outside normal working hours.  The advance notice shall include an announcement published or posted in the same manner as required for the final adopted budget.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2017.

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