l9n/ Mississippi

2013 Regular Session

House Bill 620

Municipalities; revise authority to clean menaced property.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on March 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 21-19-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NOTICE TO THE HEIRS OF MENACED PROPERTY SHALL BE DEEMED PROPERLY RECEIVED, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER OF RECORD IS DECEASED, AND THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION IS SENT TO THE ADDRESS WHERE THE AD VALOREM TAX NOTICE FOR SUCH PROPERTY IS SENT; TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY OF A MUNICIPALITY TO ASSESS THE COST AND ANY PENALTY AGAINST MENACED PROPERTY AS A CIVIL DEBT AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNER AND/OR, AT THE OPTION OF THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY, A LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY SHALL BE AN ENCUMBRANCE UPON THE PROPERTY AND SHALL FOLLOW TITLE OF THE PROPERTY; 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 21 to March 5, 2013, 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 action10 actions on 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Feb 1424 days

MunicipalitiesJan 21 to Feb 515 days

In the SenateFeb 14 to Mar 5 · stopped19 days

MunicipalitiesFeb 22 to Feb 286 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 28 to Mar 5 · stopped5 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 14

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 21 – Feb 14

  1. Referred to the House committee on Municipalities
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Read the third time in the House
  4. Committee substitute adopted in the House
  5. Amended in the House
  6. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 20 – Mar 5

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committees on Municipalities and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  3. Reported as amended from MU to AC in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Died in committee in the Senate
All 10 actions, as published