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2014 Regular Session

House Bill 1154

Municipalities; revise authority to clean menaced property.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on March 4, 2014. The 2014 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 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; TO ADD "ABANDONED" BUILDINGS TO THE LIST OF PROPERTY THAT CAN BE CLEANED BY A MUNICIPALITY; TO REMOVE THE COST LIMITATION FOR REMOVAL OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES FROM PROPERTY DETERMINED BY THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY TO BE A "MENACE"; 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

31 co-sponsors

Willie Bailey, Earle S. Banks, Cecil Brown, Kimberly L. Campbell, Clara Burnett, Credell Calhoun, Bryant W. Clark, Angela Cockerham, Linda F. Coleman, Mary H. Coleman, Reecy L. Dickson, Deborah Butler Dixon, Tyrone Ellis, James Evans, Bob Evans, Karl Gibbs, Esther Harrison, John W. Hines, Sr., Kevin Horan, Robert E. Huddleston, Lataisha Jackson, America Chuck Middleton, Sherra Hillman Lane, Omeria Scott, Ferr Smith, Johnny W. Stringer, Sara R. Thomas, Percy W. Watson, Sonya Williams-Barnes, Oscar Denton, John G. Faulkner

Its course

January 20 to March 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 action8 actions on 6 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 1122 days

MunicipalitiesJan 20 to Feb 415 days

In the SenateFeb 11 to Mar 4 · stopped21 days

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyFeb 17 to Mar 4 · stopped15 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentPending

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 20 – Feb 11

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Municipalities
  2. Feb 4Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 11Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Amended in the House
  5. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 13 – Mar 4

  1. Feb 13Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 17Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  3. Mar 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To MunicipalitiesHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 4Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 11Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 11AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 11Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 13Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 17Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  8. Mar 4Died In CommitteeSenate