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2019 Regular Session

House Bill 1393

Municipal menaced property that is one acre or less; make certain clarifying revisions regarding.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on March 13, 2019. The 2019 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 21-19-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN NOTICE IS GIVEN FOR THE CLEANING OF CERTAIN MENACED PROPERTY THAT IS LESS THAN ONE ACRE WITHIN A MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS A POPULATION OVER 25,000, THE NOTICE MAY BE MAILED TO THE ADDRESS WHERE THE AD VALOREM TAX NOTICE FOR THE PROPERTY IS SENT IF THE PROPERTY IS VACANT RATHER THAN SENDING NOTICE TO BOTH THE ADDRESS WHERE THE AD VALOREM TAX IS SENT AND TO THE ADDRESS OF THE MENACED PROPERTY; TO PROVIDE THAT A MUNICIPALITY MAY REENTER MENACED PROPERTY FOR ADDITIONAL CLEANING FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS RATHER THAN ONE YEAR; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH REENTRY MAY OCCUR FOLLOWING THE INITIAL DETERMINATION AND NOTIFICATION OF A MENACING CONDITION RATHER THAN AFTER THE INITIAL CLEANING; TO CLARIFY THAT A MUNICIPALITY MAY IMPOSE A CERTAIN PENALTY FOR THE CLEANING OF SUCH MENACED PROPERTY; TO PROVIDE THAT A MUNICIPALITY MAY ASSESS THE SAME ACTUAL COSTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS EACH TIME THE PROPERTY IS SUBSEQUENTLY CLEANED; TO PROVIDE THAT LIENS PERTAINING TO THE COST AND ANY PENALTIES FOR THE CLEANING OF MENACED PROPERTY MAY BE ENROLLED BY A MUNICIPALITY IN THE CHANCERY CLERK OF THE COUNTY RATHER THAN THE CIRCUIT CLERK OF THE COUNTY; 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

1 co-sponsor

Patricia H. Willis

Its course

January 21 to March 13, 2019, 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 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Feb 717 days

MunicipalitiesJan 21 to Feb 515 days

In the SenateFeb 7 to Mar 13 · stopped34 days

FinanceFeb 26 to Mar 57 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentPending

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 House of Representatives Jan 21 – Feb 7

  1. Referred to the House committee on Municipalities
  2. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 8 – Mar 13

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  3. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Died on the calendar in the Senate
All 7 actions, as published