Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on February 1, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.
2011 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2779
Transportation; transfer law enforcement duties of MDOT to the Department of Public Safety.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO TRANSFER LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO THE MOTOR CARRIER REGULATORY LAW TO THE MOTOR CARRIER DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI HIGHWAY SAFETY PATROL WITHIN THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; TO AMEND SECTIONS 77-7-16 AND 45-3-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; TO REPEAL SECTION 77-1-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDED FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF PERSONNEL BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO ENFORCE THE MOTOR CARRIER REGULATORY LAW; TO REPEAL SECTION 77-1-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDED FOR THE TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL OF MOTOR CARRIER REGULATORY LAW TO THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION; TO REPEAL SECTION 77-1-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZE THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEES ENFORCING THE MOTOR CARRIER REGULATORY LAW; TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL OF THE TRANSFER; 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
Sponsor
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 SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
AppropriationsJan 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 Senate Jan 17 – Feb 1
- Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Appropriations
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To AppropriationsSenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate