Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Municipalities Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2580
Municipalities; authorize to elect five aldermen if population is 10,000 or more and certain conditions are met.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 21-3-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE A MUNICIPALITY WITH A POPULATION OF 10,000 OR MORE, DURING A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD, TO ELECT FIVE ALDERMEN RATHER THAN SEVEN ALDERMEN; TO REQUIRE THAT THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY ADOPT A RESOLUTION DECLARING THEIR INTENTION TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF ALDERMEN AND PUBLISH THE RESOLUTION IN A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE MUNICIPALITY; TO PROVIDE THAT IF 10% OR 1500, WHICHEVER IS LESS, OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE MUNICIPALITY FILE A PETITION PROTESTING THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF ALDERMEN, THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES SHALL CALL AN ELECTION REGARDING SUCH INCREASE; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 15 to January 30, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days
MunicipalitiesJan 15 to Jan 30 · 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 15 – Jan 30
- Jan 15Referred to the Senate committee on Municipalities
- Jan 30Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 15Referred To MunicipalitiesSenate
- Jan 30Died In CommitteeSenate