Bill Text: MS SB2717 | 2014 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Executive Committee; prohibit certain persons from serving on municipal, county and state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-03-27 - Died On Calendar [SB2717 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-SB2717-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) Harkins
Senate Bill 2717
(As Passed the Senate)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-1-115, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY FELONY IN THIS STATE OR IN ANY OTHER STATE FROM SERVING ON ANY MUNICIPAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OR STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE; TO PROHIBIT ANY PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL ELECTION CRIME IN THIS STATE OR IN ANY OTHER STATE FROM SERVING ON ANY MUNICIPAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OR STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 25-1-115, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
25-1-115. (1) No person
shall serve on any temporary municipal executive committee, municipal executive
committee, temporary county executive committee, county executive committee or
state executive committee if the person has been convicted of * * * any criminal violation of the
Mississippi Election Code, has been convicted of an election crime * * * in this state or
any other state, has been convicted of any felony in this state or any
other state, has been convicted of an election crime under federal law, has
been removed from public office pursuant to Section 25-5-1, or who has resigned
from office as part of a plea agreement.
(2) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided in Section 99-19-31 and removed from the committee.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.
