l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 1266

Bail bonds; impose a 1% increase on fee charged to be deposited in the State Treasury for Department of Mental Health.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 83-39-25 AND 83-39-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE FEE PERCENTAGE CHARGED AND COLLECTED FOR BONDS POSTED BY PROFESSIONAL BAIL AGENTS AND REQUIRED BY THE CLERK OF THE COURT UPON A DEFENDANT'S APPEARANCE BY ONE PERCENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ADDITIONAL ONE PERCENT COLLECTED SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO A SPECIAL FUND CREATED IN THE STATE TREASURY FOR THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH; TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH BONDS SUSTAINABILITY FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CAPITAL FOR THE OPERATING COSTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH; 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

1 co-sponsor

Frances Fredericks

Its course

January 17 to February 1, 2011, 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 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Judiciary BJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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 17 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the House committees on Judiciary B and on Appropriations
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published