l9n/ Mississippi

2009 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2146

Real estate transactions; require disclosure if meth production occurred on the property.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Business and Financial Institutions Committee on February 3, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE A SELLER OR TRANSFEROR OF REAL PROPERTY TO DISCLOSE IN WRITING IF, TO HIS KNOWLEDGE, METHAMPHETAMINE PRODUCTION HAS OCCURRED ON HABITABLE PROPERTY; TO DECLARE LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND PURPOSE OF THE ACT; TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO ESTABLISH A DECONTAMINATION STANDARD FOR METHAMPHETAMINE INSIDE HABITABLE PROPERTY UNLESS A DIFFERENT STANDARD IS ADOPTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TO ESTABLISH BY RULE THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION OF CONTRACTORS WHO PERFORM REMEDIATION OF THE PROPERTY; TO REQUIRE STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY WHENEVER HABITABLE PROPERTY HAS BEEN CONTAMINATED BY ITS USE AS A CLANDESTINE METHAMPHETAMINE DRUG LAB; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TO MAINTAIN A LIST OF HABITABLE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS CONTAMINATED; TO AMEND SECTION 89-1-527, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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 Senate

2 co-sponsors

Chris McDaniel, Lee Yancey

Its course

January 6 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 SenateJan 6 to Feb 3 · stopped28 days

Business and Financial InstitutionsJan 6 to Feb 3 · stopped28 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 Senate Jan 6 – Feb 3

  1. Jan 6Referred to the Senate committee on Business and Financial Institutions
  2. Feb 3Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 6Referred To Business and Financial InstitutionsSenate
  2. Feb 3Died In CommitteeSenate