Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Education Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
House Bill 1335
School district boundaries; authorize district to call for referendum on question of annexing certain territory.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-109, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ELIMINATE A SCHOOL DISTRICT’S DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY REGARDING THE ANNEXATION OF SPECIFIC TERRITORY FROM THAT DISTRICT BY AN ADJOINING SCHOOL DISTRICT WHENEVER A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS IN THE TERRITORY FILES A PETITION WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUESTING THE ANNEXATION; TO AUTHORIZE A SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE FILING OF A PETITION BY ELECTORS IN A SPECIFICALLY DESCRIBED TERRITORY, TO HOLD A REFERENDUM ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE TERRITORY SHOULD BE ANNEXED FROM ONE DISTRICT TO ANOTHER; TO AUTHORIZE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF TERRITORY THAT IS SUBJECT TO BEING ANNEXED FROM ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ANOTHER TO APPEAL A SCHOOL DISTRICT’S DETERMINATION THAT THE ANNEXATION WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THAT DISTRICT IN THE APPROPRIATE CHANCERY COURT; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-7-103 AND 37-7-115, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-7-105, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES SCHOOL BOARDS TO FOLLOW CERTAIN PROCEDURES WHEN ALTERING SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-7-113, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH REQUIRES THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO APPROVE A SCHOOL BOARD’S ORDER ALTERING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ORDER FOR THE NEW BOUNDARIES TO TAKE EFFECT, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 19 to February 3, 2009, 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 RepresentativesJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
EducationJan 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
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What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.