l9n/ Mississippi

2014 Regular Session

House Bill 1066

Agricultural lease of prison lands; transfer management of from DFA to Secretary of State and reduce lease period.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Agriculture Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO TRANSFER THE DUTY TO ASSIST THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PRISON LANDS LEASED FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE; TO PRESCRIBE THE PROCEDURES TO BE USED FOR LEASING AND RE-LEASING PRISON LANDS THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-64, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DECREASE THE MAXIMUM TERM FOR AGRICULTURAL LEASES; TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-66, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE MISSISSIPPI STATE AGRICULTURAL REGISTRATION SHALL BE A PUBLICATION FOR THE ADVERTISEMENT OF SUCH LEASES; TO REVISE THE ADVERTISEMENT CRITERIA FOR THE LEASING OF PRISON LANDS; TO REMOVE CERTAIN PROCEDURES WHICH ALLOWED PAYMENT BY A LESSEE BY PROMISSORY NOTE; TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS DERIVED FROM LEASING PENITENTIARY LANDS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO CERTAIN SCHOOLS; 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

7 co-sponsors

Randy P. Boyd, Lester Carpenter, Bill Pigott, Gary V. Staples, Tommy Taylor, Patricia H. Willis, William Tracy Arnold

Its course

January 20 to February 4, 2014, 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 RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

AgricultureJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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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 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committees on Agriculture and on Corrections
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Agriculture;CorrectionsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives