Bill Text: MS SB2913 | 2022 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Counties; delete the duty of the clerk of the board of supervisors to report to the grand jury.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-18 - Approved by Governor [SB2913 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2022-SB2913-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2022 Regular Session
To: County Affairs; Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) Wiggins, Carter, DeLano, Jackson (11th), England, Younger, McCaughn, Moran, Tate, Hill
Senate Bill 2913
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-17-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE DUTY OF THE CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO REPORT TO THE GRAND JURY THE RESULTS OF THE AUDIT REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION; TO DELETE THE CRIMINAL PENALTY AGAINST THE CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR FAILING TO REPORT TO THE GRAND JURY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 19-17-17, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
19-17-17. The clerk of the board of supervisors,
as county auditor, is authorized and required to examine the accounts, dockets
and records of clerks, sheriffs and other officers of * * * the clerk's county, to ascertain if
any money payable into the county treasury is properly chargeable to them, and * * * the clerk shall charge them with
such money. * * *
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2022.