Bill Text: MS SB2523 | 2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Mississippi Industries for the Blind; authorize to establish a nonprofit foundation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2010-03-03 - Approved by Governor [SB2523 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-SB2523-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Public Health and Welfare
By: Senator(s) Brown, Blount, King, Kirby
Senate Bill 2523
(As Passed the Senate)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 43-3-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE MISSISSIPPI INDUSTRIES FOR THE BLIND TO ESTABLISH A NONPROFIT FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT ITS OPERATIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 43-3-101, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
43-3-101. There is hereby created and established an agency of the State of Mississippi known as the Mississippi Industries for the Blind, hereinafter referred to as the "MIB." The MIB shall be a body politic and corporate, may acquire and hold real and personal property, may receive, hold and disperse monies appropriated to it by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi received from the federal government, received from the sale of products which it produces, and received from any other sources whatsoever, and may sue and be sued in its name. The MIB is authorized and empowered to establish nonprofit entities for the purpose of defraying costs incurred in the performance of the MIB's purpose and responsibilities.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
