l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2738

Sixteenth section school land; leases presumed valid.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 6, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT A LEASE OF SIXTEENTH SECTION LANDS THAT IS DULY EXECUTED BY THE APPLICABLE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS PRESUMED TO BE VALID; TO CLARIFY THAT THE APPROVAL OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE IS NOT NECESSARY BEFORE THE BOARD MAY ENTER INTO ANY SUCH LEASE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SECRETARY MAY OBJECT TO THE VALIDITY OF SUCH A LEASE BY FILING AN ACTION IN THE APPROPRIATE CHANCERY COURT AND DEMONSTRATING THAT THE LEASE IS UNCONSCIONABLE OR OTHERWISE NOT VALID; TO PROVIDE THAT BOARD MEMBERS ACTING IN GOOD FAITH ARE IMMUNE FROM INDIVIDUAL LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH ENTERING INTO THE LEASE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 29-3-63 AND 29-3-69, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 29-3-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF POSSIBLE AMENDMENT; 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

Its course

February 20 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 20 to Mar 6 · stopped15 days

EducationFeb 20 to Mar 6 · 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 Feb 20 – Mar 6

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Education
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published