Bill Text: MS SB2155 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mississippi Prison Industries; prohibit state agencies from purchasing from business employing inmates of another state.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [SB2155 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2012-SB2155-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2012 Regular Session

To: Corrections; Appropriations

By: Senator(s) Jackson (32nd)

Senate Bill 2155

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT PRIVATE PRISONS AND STATE AGENCIES MAY NOT BUY GOODS FROM AN ENTITY THAT EMPLOYS INMATES FROM A CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM OF ANOTHER STATE UNLESS APPROVED BY THE MISSISSIPPI PRISON INDUSTRIES CORPORATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

     SECTION 1.  Any private prison or governing authority as defined in Section 31-7-1, Mississippi Code of 1972, except the corporation defined in Section 47-5-539, Mississippi Code of 1972, may not procure goods from an entity that employs or uses inmates of a correctional system of another state unless approved by the Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.