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2008 Regular Session

House Bill 740

Uniform Power of Attorney Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary A Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPLICABILITY OF THE ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION, EFFECT, DURATION AND TERMINATION OF A POWER OF ATTORNEY; TO ALLOW CO-AGENTS AND SUCCESSOR AGENTS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DUTIES OF AN AGENT; TO PROVIDE FOR JUDICIAL RELIEF; TO ADDRESS LIABILITY; TO ADDRESS THE APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW; TO PROVIDE FOR THE AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF AN AGENT AND POWER OF ATTORNEY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE CREATION OF A STATUTORY FORM POWER OF ATTORNEY; TO PROVIDE A FORM FOR AN AGENT'S CERTIFICATION; TO PROVIDE FOR UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION AND THE EFFECT ON EXISTING POWERS OF ATTORNEY; TO REPEAL SECTION 87-3-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES THAT DEATH IS NOT AN ABSOLUTE REVOCATION OF AN AGENCY; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 87-3-101 THROUGH 87-3-113, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR THE UNIFORM DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

February 4 to February 19, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days

Judiciary AFeb 4 to Feb 19 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 4 – Feb 19

  1. Feb 4Referred to the House committee on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 19Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 4Referred To Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 19Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives