l9n/ Mississippi

2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2838

Public Service Commission; increase membership of and establish authority over Public Utilities Staff.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 77-1-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1, 2020; TO AMEND SECTION 77-1-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS NECESSARY FOR A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSION; TO AMEND SECTION 77-2-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PUBLIC UTILITIES STAFF SHALL BE UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION; TO AMEND SECTION 77-2-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE PUBLIC UTILITIES STAFF SHALL CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS AND PERFORM CERTAIN OTHER FUNCTIONS AS DIRECTED BY THE COMMISSION; TO AMEND SECTION 77-2-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STAFF SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSION AND SHALL SERVE AT THE WILL AND PLEASURE OF THE COMMISSION; TO AMEND SECTION 77-2-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT TIN ORDER FOR CERTAIN DUTIES TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE COMMISSION MUST PROVIDE ITS ADVICE AND CONSENT; 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 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

Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencyJan 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

  1. Jan 15Referred to the Senate committee on Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency
  2. Jan 30Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, TransparencySenate
  2. Jan 30Died In CommitteeSenate