Bill Text: MS HB866 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Counties and municipalities; authorize to sell or transfer equipment to other counties and municipalities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [HB866 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2014-HB866-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2014 Regular Session

To: County Affairs

By: Representatives Kinkade, Mettetal, Taylor

House Bill 866

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 17-5-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO SELL AND TRANSFER TITLE OF COUNTY-OWNED AND MUNICIPALLY-OWNED EQUIPMENT BETWEEN OTHER COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 17-5-15, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     17-5-15.  The governing authorities of any county and the governing authorities of any municipality, are each authorized, in their discretion, upon order duly adopted and entered upon their official minutes, to lend to * * *or, to enter into leases * * *with, to sell or to transfer title between other counties or municipalities for the use of county-owned or municipally-owned equipment and operators of such equipment.  Such equipment and operators may be lent * * *., leased, sold or transferred for such amount and in accordance with such terms and conditions as the governing authorities may prescribe; however, such equipment and operators may be used only in the performance of public projects of a county or municipality.  The * * * lending or lease agreements authorized by this section also may include an equipment operator's fee equal to the average hourly salary that is paid to all operators of such county-owned or municipally-owned equipment by the county or municipality that lends * * *or, leases, sells or transfers the equipment.  Proceeds from the lending * * *or, leasing, selling or transferring of such equipment shall be deposited into the road and bridge fund of the county or the municipal general fund, as the case may be.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.

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