Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Judiciary, Division B Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.
2022 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2539
Mississippi Scrap Metal Act; create.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REVISE EXISTING SCRAP METAL LAW BY RELOCATING THE EXISTING PROVISIONS TO A NEW CHAPTER 18 OF TITLE 97, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, AND REVISING THE SAME; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI SCRAP METAL ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ENACT DEFINITIONS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE SCRAP METAL DEALERS TO MAINTAIN CERTAIN RECORDS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THAT DEALERS PHOTOGRAPH METAL PROPERTY; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT RECORDS AND PROPERTY WILL BE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN INSPECTIONS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT HOLD NOTICES; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT THE MAKING OF FALSE STATEMENTS TO DEALERS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN CASH TRANSACTIONS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN FAILURES TO COMPLY CONSTITUTE PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE OF VIOLATION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-19, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN SALES OF BEER KEGS AND SYRUP TANKS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN SALES OF CEMETERY BRONZE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-23, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN SALES OF MANHOLE AND OTHER COVERS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-25, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN SALES OF AIR CONDITIONING PARTS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN SALES OF CATALYTIC CONVERTERS NOT ATTACHED TO A VEHICLE; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT PURCHASES FROM CERTAIN MINORS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE PUNISHMENT FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR CONFLICT OF LAW; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-35, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR STATEWIDE APPLICATION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-37, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR PREEMPTION OF CERTAIN LOCAL ORDINANCES; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE REGISTRATION; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN ENFORCING THIS ACT; TO CREATE NEW SECTION 97-18-105, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN JUDICIAL REVIEW PROCESSES; TO REPEAL SECTIONS 97-17-71, 97-17-71.1 AND 97-17-71.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH CONSTITUTE THE SCRAP METAL DEALER LAW THAT IS SUBSUMED BY THE SUBSTANCE OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 17 to February 1, 2022, 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 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days
Judiciary, Division BJan 17 to Feb 1 · 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 17 – Feb 1
- Jan 17Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
- Feb 1Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 17Referred To Judiciary, Division BSenate
- Feb 1Died In CommitteeSenate