Bill Text: MS HB40 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

Mississippi House Bill 40 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: County roads and bridges; revise definition of "meeting" to exclude inspection of.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Failed) 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee [HB40 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2015-HB40-Introduced.html

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2015 Regular Session

To: Transportation

By: Representative Snowden

House Bill 40

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-41-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "MEETING," UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF LAW REGULATING OPEN MEETINGS, TO EXCLUDE THE INSPECTION BY COUNTY BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS OF ROADS AND BRIDGES AS REQUIRED BY LAW, AS WELL AS ANY TRAVEL RELATED TO SUCH INSPECTION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 25-41-3, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

25-41-3. For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meaning ascribed herein, to wit:

(a) "Public body" means any executive or administrative board, commission, authority, council, department, agency, bureau or any other policymaking entity, or committee thereof, of the State of Mississippi, or any political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state, whether such entity be created by statute or executive order, which is supported wholly or in part by public funds or expends public funds, and any standing, interim or special committee of the Mississippi Legislature. The term "public body" includes the governing board of a charter school authorized by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board. There shall be exempted from the provisions of this chapter:

(i) The judiciary, including all jury deliberations;

(ii) Public and private hospital staffs, public and private hospital boards and committees thereof;

(iii) Law enforcement officials;

(iv) The military;

(v) The State Probation and Parole Board;

(vi) The Workers' Compensation Commission;

(vii) Legislative subcommittees and legislative conference committees;

(viii) The arbitration council established in Section 69-3-19;

(ix) License revocation, suspension and disciplinary proceedings held by the Mississippi State Board of Dental Examiners; and

(x) Hearings and meetings of the Board of Tax Appeals and of the hearing officers and the board of review of the Department of Revenue as provided in Section 27-77-15.

(b) "Meeting" means an assemblage of members of a public body at which official acts may be taken upon a matter over which the public body has supervision, control, jurisdiction or advisory power; "meeting" also means any such assemblage through the use of video or teleconference devices. The term "meeting" shall not mean when more than one (1) member of a county board of supervisors inspect roads and bridges as required by Section 65-7-117, as well as any travel related to such inspection.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2015.