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2010 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2777

Central business, payroll and purchases for all public school districts; SDE Office of Shared Services administers services.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education 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 BEGINNING NOT LATER THAN THE 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL ADMINISTER A CENTRAL BUSINESS OFFICE, ACCOUNTING, PAYROLL AND PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE ALL CHECKS FOR THE SALARIES OF LICENSED AND NONLICENSED SCHOOL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES IN THE STATE; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT BUSINESS AND PAYROLL; TO AMEND SECTION 37-151-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DIRECT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO FILE WITH THE STATE TREASURER AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION NECESSARY DATA AND INFORMATION TO ENABLE THE DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE ALL SCHOOL DISTRICT PAYROLL CHECKS AND DISTRIBUTE SAID PAYMENTS BY ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER TO EACH EMPLOYEE; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE TREASURER AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO ESTABLISH NECESSARY FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS IN THE NAME OF EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE IN ORDER TO VERIFY EACH EMPLOYEE TO WHOM PAYROLL CHECKS ARE DISTRIBUTED; TO PROVIDE THAT EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL TRANSFER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION FROM LOCAL DISTRICT MAINTENANCE FUNDS ANY LOCAL SUPPLEMENTS OR OTHER AMOUNTS TO BE USED FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT SALARIES ON A MONTHLY BASIS; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE FISCAL OFFICER TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS FOR THE UTILIZATION OF ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR SALARY PAYROLL PURPOSES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL BE THE PURCHASING AGENT FOR ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL PURCHASE PERISHABLES, FOOD, COMMODITIES, EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, UTILITIES AND SCHOOL BUSES THROUGH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; TO ESTABLISH AN OFFICE OF SCHOOL PURCHASING OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 31-7-12, 37-39-1, 37-39-5, 37-39-15, 37-39-17, 37-39-21, 37-39-23, 37-39-25, 37-41-101 AND 37-41-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION IS AUTHORIZED TO CONSOLIDATE THIS SHARED SERVICES FUNCTION INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION; 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

Merle Flowers, Eugene S. Clarke

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 SenateJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

EducationJan 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 Senate Jan 18 – Feb 2

  1. Jan 18Referred to the Senate committees on Education and on Appropriations
  2. Feb 2Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 18Referred To Education;AppropriationsSenate
  2. Feb 2Died In CommitteeSenate