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2010 Regular Session

House Bill 1514

School boards; require members of certain to be elected at time of general elections.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on March 27, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-203, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVING ADDED TERRITORY IN THE SAME MANNER AND AT THE SAME TIME AS THE GENERAL STATE ELECTION; TO ESTABLISH A TERM OF SIX YEARS FOR THE TRUSTEES ELECTED FROM THE ADDED TERRITORY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER OF FILLING A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE ELECTED FROM THE ADDED TERRITORY OF A MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-211, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF TRUSTEE FROM THE ADDED TERRITORY OF A MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO QUALIFY AS A CANDIDATE IN THE SAME MANNER AND AT THE SAME TIME AS MEMBERS OF COUNTY SCHOOL BOARDS; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 37-7-215, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH SETS THE DAY FOR THE ELECTION AND RUNOFF ELECTION OF TRUSTEES, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-217, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO CERTIFY THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION OF THE TRUSTEES FROM THE ADDED TERRITORY OF A MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO AMEND SECTION 37-7-219, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSIONERS TO PREPARE THE LISTS OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS FOR THOSE PRECINCTS IN WHICH TRUSTEES FROM THE ADDED TERRITORY OF A MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT ARE BEING ELECTED; 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

January 18 to March 27, 2010, 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 action17 actions on 14 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 1124 days

EducationJan 18 to Jan 279 days

Apportionment and ElectionsJan 27 to Jan 292 days

EducationJan 29 to Feb 13 days

In the SenateFeb 11 to Mar 1027 days

EducationFeb 17 to Feb 258 days

Back in the House of RepresentativesMar 10 to Mar 27 · stopped17 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentPending

  • Senate floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 10

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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 18 – Feb 11

  1. Referred to the House committees on Education and on Apportionment and Elections
  2. Reported from ED to AE in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Reported as a committee substitute from AE to ED in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  5. Read the third time in the House
  6. Committee substitute adopted in the House
  7. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 16 – Mar 10

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  3. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

Back in the House of Representatives Mar 12 – Mar 27

  1. Returned to the House to concur in the Senate's amendments
  2. Declined in the House to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Conferees named in the House: Brown, Ward and Wooten
  4. Conferees named in the Senate: Carmichael, Turner and McDaniel
  5. Died in conference in the House
All 17 actions, as published