Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2465
Certificates of title; provide for certain actions to be taken if there is a lien on a vehicle sold for scrap.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 63-21-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE LICENSED USED MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS DEALERS OR SCRAP METAL PROCESSORS WHO PURCHASE A MOTOR VEHICLE TO SCRAP OR DISMANTLE TO OBTAIN A LEGIBLE COPY OF THE VALID MISSISSIPPI DRIVER'S LICENSE OR DRIVER'S LICENSE ISSUED BY ANOTHER STATE OF THE OWNER OR THE AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE OWNER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND A FINGERPRINT OF THE OWNER OR AGENT; TO PROVIDE THAT A LICENSED USED MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER SHALL NOT DISMANTLE OR DESTROY A MOTOR VEHICLE UNTIL IT RECEIVES NOTIFICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT THERE ARE NO LIENS ON THE MOTOR VEHICLE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE USED MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS DEALER OR SCRAP METAL PROCESSOR SHALL SECURE THE MOTOR VEHICLE FOR THREE FULL BUSINESS DAYS IF THE DEPARTMENT'S RECORDS INDICATE THAT THERE IS NO ACTIVE LIEN BEFORE DESTROYING OR DISMANTLING THE MOTOR VEHICLE; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THERE IS AN ACTIVE LIEN, THE USED MOTOR VEHICLE PARTS DEALER OR SCRAP METAL PROCESSOR SHALL SECURE THE MOTOR VEHICLE FOR TEN DAYS AND THE DEPARTMENT SHALL NOTIFY THE LIENHOLDER; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY REMOVE THE LIEN FROM ITS RECORDS IF A WRITTEN STATEMENT PROTESTING REMOVAL OF THE LIEN IS NOT RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT FROM THE LIENHOLDER WITHIN THE TEN-DAY PERIOD; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IF A WRITTEN PROTEST FROM THE LIENHOLDER IS RECEIVED; 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
February 17 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 SenateFeb 17 to Mar 6 · stopped18 days
FinanceFeb 17 to Mar 6 · stopped18 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.