l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 157

Failure to obey mandatory evacuation orders and tampering of certain warning signs; create certain policies and penalties regarding.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Judiciary B Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COMPEL AN INDIVIDUAL LOCATED IN AN AREA STRICKEN OR THREATENED BY A DISASTER TO LEAVE THE AREA WHEN A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY USE REASONABLE FORCE TO REMOVE THE INDIVIDUAL FROM SUCH AREA; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE CIVILLY LIABLE TO A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT CONDUCTS A RESCUE ON BEHALF OF THE INDIVIDUAL WHO FAILS TO HEED A MANDATORY EVACUATION ORDER; TO PROHIBIT THE TAMPERING OF CERTAIN WARNING SIGNS AND TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PENALTIES FOR SUCH TAMPERING; TO PROVIDE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL COMMITS AN OFFENSE IF AN INDIVIDUAL DISOBEYS CERTAIN WARNING SIGNS AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR SUCH OFFENSE; TO PROVIDE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL SHALL BE CIVILLY LIABLE FOR THE COST OF A RESCUE IF HE OR SHE CAUSES AN INDIVIDUAL TO BE RESCUED DUE TO THE TAMPERING OF SUCH SIGNS BY THE INDIVIDUAL; TO AMEND SECTION 33-15-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY OR THE GOVERNOR TO COMPEL AN INDIVIDUAL TO LEAVE AN EVACUATED AREA ONCE AN EVACUATION ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED; 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

2 co-sponsors

Hank Lott, Bill Pigott

Its course

February 7 to March 6, 2012, 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 RepresentativesFeb 7 to Mar 6 · stopped28 days

Judiciary BFeb 7 to Mar 6 · stopped28 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 Feb 7 – Mar 6

  1. Feb 7Referred to the House committee on Judiciary B
  2. Mar 6Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 7Referred To Judiciary BHouse of Representatives
  2. Mar 6Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives