Bill Text: MS HB706 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Election campaigns; repeal prohibition against DHS personnel participating in.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [HB706 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-HB706-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Apportionment and Elections
By: Representative Holland
House Bill 706
AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION 43-1-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROHIBITS MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES PERSONNEL FROM TAKING AN ACTIVE PART IN ELECTION CAMPAIGNS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 43-1-13, Mississippi Code of 1972, which prohibits Mississippi Department of Human Services personnel from taking an active part in election campaigns, is repealed.
SECTION 2. The Attorney General of the State of Mississippi shall submit this act, immediately upon approval by the Governor, or upon approval by the Legislature subsequent to a veto, to the Attorney General of the United States or to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after the date it is effectuated under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended and extended.
