l9n/ Mississippi

2020 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2536

Counties; authorize civil debt for cost of cleaning real property.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's County Affairs Committee on June 9, 2020. The 2020 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-5-105, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE COST AND ANY PENALTY AS A RESULT OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CLEANING A PROPERTY MAY BECOME A CIVIL DEBT AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNER; TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO INSTITUTE A SUIT ON OPEN ACCOUNT AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNER FOR THE COST AND ANY PENALTY, AND TO RECOVER COURT COSTS, REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES AND INTEREST FROM THE DATE THAT THE PROPERTY WAS CLEANED; 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

1 co-sponsor

Robert L. Jackson

Its course

February 17 to June 9, 2020, 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 SenateFeb 17 to Mar 517 days

County AffairsFeb 17 to Feb 203 days

Judiciary, Division AFeb 20 to Feb 255 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 5 to Jun 9 · stopped96 days

County AffairsMar 25 to Jun 9 · stopped76 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 Feb 17 – Mar 5

  1. Referred to the Senate committees on County Affairs and on Judiciary, Division A
  2. Reported from CA to JA in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Mar 6 – Jun 9

  1. Sent to the House
  2. Referred to the House committees on County Affairs and on Judiciary A
  3. Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published