Mississippi House Bill 1060 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 15 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-15 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 31-7-15 And 31-7-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Mississippi-based Businesses Shall Be Given Preference Over Non-mississippi Businesses In Public Purchases And Contracting If The Prices In Bids Received From The Mississippi-based Businesses Are Not More Than Five Percent Greater Than The Prices In Bids Received From Non-mississippi Businesses And All Other Things Stated In The Received Bids Are Substantially Equal With Respect To Quality And Service; To Provide That In Public Purchases For Commodities, Preference Shall Be Given To Bids Relating To Commodities Grown, Processed Or Manufactured In Mississippi If The Prices In Received Bids That Relate To The Mississippi Commodities Are Not More Than Five Percent Greater Than The Lowest And Best Bidder And All Other Things Stated In The Received Bids Are Substantially Equal With Respect To Quality And Service; To Provide That The Mississippi Development Authority And The Department Of Finance And Administration Jointly Shall Promote The Policy Of "buy Mississippi First" By Making Presentations And Providing Informational Materials To Businesses Throughout The State That Outline The Public Purchasing Procedures Of The State, And Explain How They Can Build Their Businesses By Selling Their Products To State And Local Governments; And For Related Purposes.

Public purchasing; preference shall be given to Mississippi-based businesses.

Rep. Robert Johnson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-15		Died On Calendar
2012-03-06		Title Suff Do Pass
2012-02-20		Referred To Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/HB/HB1060.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1060IN.htm