l9n/ Mississippi

2011 Regular Session

House Bill 501

Municipal annexation; require election in territory to be annexed if petition signed.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Municipalities 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 SECTION 21-1-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE CERTAIN NOTIFICATION BE GIVEN TO INDIVIDUALS WHO RESIDE OR HAVE BUSINESSES WITHIN THE PROPOSED MUNICIPAL ANNEXED TERRITORY AFTER THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY MAKE KNOWN THEIR INTENTIONS TO ANNEX SUCH TERRITORY; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS FOR RANGES WITHIN THE PROPOSED ANNEXED TERRITORY; TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTION ON THE QUESTION OF MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION IN THE TERRITORY PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED WHEN THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF A MUNICIPALITY DESIRE TO ENLARGE ITS BOUNDARIES; TO AMEND SECTIONS 21-1-29, 21-1-31, 21-1-33, 21-1-35, 21-1-37 AND 21-1-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE QUESTION OF MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION FROM CHANCERY COURT PROCEEDINGS; 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 10 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 10 to Feb 1 · stopped22 days

MunicipalitiesJan 10 to Feb 1 · stopped22 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 10 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 10Referred to the House committee on Municipalities
  2. Feb 1Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 10Referred To MunicipalitiesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 1Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives