l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

House Bill 1192

City council and board of aldermen; shall be held personally liable for excess compensation paid to part-time law enforcement under certain circumstances.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Municipalities Committee on February 27, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF A MUNICIPALITY HIRES A PART-TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, THEN SUCH OFFICER SHALL ONLY RECEIVE THE COMPENSATION PRESCRIBED BY STATE LAW; TO REQUIRE THE MAYOR, CITY CLERK AND POLICE CHIEF TO PROVIDE CERTAIN NOTICE TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OR CITY COUNCIL, AS THE CASE MAY BE, WHEN A PART-TIME OFFICER HAS REACHED THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION ALLOWED BY STATE LAW; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A BOARD OF ALDERMEN OR CITY COUNCIL VOTES TO PAY A PART-TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN EXCESS OF WHAT STATE LAW REQUIRES, THEN THE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF A BOARD OF ALDERMEN OR CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE HELD PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR ANY AMOUNTS PAID IN EXCESS OF WHAT A PART-TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER RECEIVES; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 21-8-21 AND 21-9-65, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PERTAIN THE MAYOR-COUNCIL-MANAGER PLAN FORMS OF GOVERNMENT, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; 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

5 co-sponsors

John G. Faulkner, Orlando Paden, John W. Hines, Sr., Carl Mickens, Deborah Butler Dixon

Its course

January 15 to February 27, 2018, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 15 to Feb 723 days

MunicipalitiesJan 15 to Jan 3015 days

In the SenateFeb 7 to Feb 27 · stopped20 days

MunicipalitiesFeb 16 to Feb 27 · stopped11 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 15 – Feb 7

  1. Jan 15Referred to the House committee on Municipalities
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 7Committee substitute adopted in the House
  4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 12 – Feb 27

  1. Feb 12Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 16Referred to the Senate committees on Municipalities and on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  3. Feb 27Died in committee in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To MunicipalitiesHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 7Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 7PassedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 12Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 16Referred To Municipalities;Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  7. Feb 27Died In CommitteeSenate