Bill Text: MS HB918 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Meth lab; require disclosure of existence when selling real property.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [HB918 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2014-HB918-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2014 Regular Session

To: Judiciary A

By: Representative Hood

House Bill 918

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 89-1-509, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE DISCLOSURE OF THE EXISTENCE OF METHAMPHETAMINE LABS ON REAL PROPERTY BEFORE SUCH PROPERTY MAY BE SOLD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Section 89-1-509, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

     89-1-509.  The disclosures required by Sections 89-1-501 through 89-1-523 pertaining to the property proposed to be transferred shall be set forth in, and shall be made on a copy of a disclosure form, the structure and composition of which shall be determined by the Mississippi Real Estate Commission.  The form shall require the disclosure of the existence of any methamphetamine laboratory on any property before such property may be sold.

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

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