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2017 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2536

Municipal appointments; clarify service limitation period for certain hold-over and interim appointments.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Municipalities Committee on February 28, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 21-15-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THE SERVICE LIMITATION PERIOD FOR MUNICIPAL APPOINTEES SERVING IN AN INTERIM OR HOLD-OVER CAPACITY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SERVICE LIMITATION SHALL APPLY RETROACTIVELY TO SUCH APPOINTEES SERVING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 21-8-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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

2 co-sponsors

Robert L. Jackson, David Jordan

Its course

January 16 to February 28, 2017, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 16 to Feb 116 days

MunicipalitiesJan 16 to Jan 3115 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 1 to Feb 28 · stopped27 days

MunicipalitiesFeb 21 to Feb 28 · stopped7 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 Senate Jan 16 – Feb 1

  1. Jan 16Referred to the Senate committee on Municipalities
  2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 1Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 2 – Feb 28

  1. Feb 2Sent to the House
  2. Feb 21Referred to the House committee on Municipalities
  3. Feb 28Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To MunicipalitiesSenate
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 1Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 1PassedSenate
  5. Feb 2Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 21Referred To MunicipalitiesHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 28Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives