l9n/ Mississippi

2010 Regular Session

House Bill 1540

Eminent domain; allow opportunity for removal of house on property acquired by Department of Transportation.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Transportation Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ACQUIRES PROPERTY THROUGH EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS AND A HOUSE OR OTHER RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE IS LOCATED ON THE PROPERTY, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOT DEMOLISH OR DISMANTLE THE HOUSE OR OTHER STRUCTURE WITHIN ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE THE DEPARTMENT ACQUIRED THE PROPERTY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHALL OFFER THE HOUSE OR OTHER STRUCTURE FOR SALE AND ADVERTISE FOR BIDS AND MAY SELL THE HOME OR OTHER STRUCTURE AFTER THE RECEIPT OF SEALED BIDS; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE HOUSE OR OTHER STRUCTURE IS NOT SOLD WITHIN THE ONE HUNDRED-TWENTY-DAY PERIOD, THEN THE DEPARTMENT MAY DEMOLISH OR OTHERWISE REMOVE THE HOUSE OR STRUCTURE; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 65-1-47, 65-1-303, 65-1-305 AND 65-1-317, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATE TO THE USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN BY THE MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FOR THE PURPOSES OF 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.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 18 to February 2, 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

TransportationJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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 Jan 18 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 18Referred to the House committees on Transportation and on Judiciary A
  2. Feb 2Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To Transportation;Judiciary AHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 2Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives