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2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2708

Contractor's liens; revise stop notice law.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division A Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR CONTRACTOR LIENS AND THE ENFORCEMENT AND NOTICE OF CONTRACTOR LIENS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-301, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DEFINE CERTAIN TERMS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-303, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR LIENS FOR LABOR, SERVICES OR MATERIALS FURNISHED; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-305, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE HOW THE LIENS ARE CREATED AND RECORDED; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-307, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE CONTRACTORS TO LIST ALL SUBCONTRACTORS, MATERIALMEN, LABORERS AND EMPLOYEES; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-309, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO LIMIT THE RECOVERY OF SUBCONTRACTORS AGAINST A RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNER UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-311, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ATTACHMENT OF LIENS TO BUILDINGS OR IMPROVEMENTS ON LEASED LAND; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-313, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISSOLVING OF LIENS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-315, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISCHARGE OF A LIEN BY FILING BOND; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-317, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE RIGHTS OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONALS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-319, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE WAIVER AND RELEASE OF LIEN AND BOND RIGHTS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-321, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR EXTINGUISHMENT OF LIENS IF NO NOTICE OF COMMENCEMENT IS FILED; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-323, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE A TIME LIMITATION ON COMMENCING LIEN ACTIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR NOTICE OF CONTEST OF A LIEN; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-325, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPUTATION OF TIME; TO CREATE NEW SECTIONS 85-7-327 AND 85-7-329, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ADDRESS THE PRIORITY OF LIENS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-331, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-333, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR FILING A FALSE LIEN; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 85-7-335, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW FOR NOTICE TO AN OWNER BEFORE SUPPLYING MATERIALS TO OBTAIN A FULL-PRICE LIEN; TO AMEND SECTION 85-7-131, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 85-7-133, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 11-15-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 85-7-105 AND 85-7-107, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 85-7-181, 85-7-183, 85-7-185, 85-7-197, 85-7-199, 85-7-201, 85-5-137 AND 85-7-139, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDE FOR LIENS ON AMOUNTS DUE A CONTRACTOR AND THE RECORDING THEREOF; 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

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 SenateJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days

Judiciary, Division AJan 20 to Feb 4 · 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 Jan 20 – Feb 4

  1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To Judiciary, Division ASenate
  2. Feb 4Died In CommitteeSenate