Mississippi House Bill 1066 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Failed on February 4 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Transfer The Duty To Assist The Mississippi Department Of Corrections In The Management Of Prison Lands Leased For Agricultural Purposes From The Department Of Finance And Administration To The Secretary Of State; To Prescribe The Procedures To Be Used For Leasing And Re-leasing Prison Lands Through The Competitive Bid Process; To Amend Section 47-5-64, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Decrease The Maximum Term For Agricultural Leases; To Amend Section 47-5-66, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Mississippi State Agricultural Registration Shall Be A Publication For The Advertisement Of Such Leases; To Revise The Advertisement Criteria For The Leasing Of Prison Lands; To Remove Certain Procedures Which Allowed Payment By A Lessee By Promissory Note; To Remove The Requirement That A Certain Percentage Of Funds Derived From Leasing Penitentiary Lands Shall Be Distributed To Certain Schools; And For Related Purposes.

Agricultural lease of prison lands; transfer management of from DFA to Secretary of State and reduce lease period.

Rep. Jerry Turner [R]	Rep. Randy Boyd [R]	Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]	Rep. Bill Pigott [R]
Rep. Gary Staples [R]	Rep. Tommy Taylor [R]	Rep. Patricia Willis [R]	Rep. William Arnold [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2014-01-20	House	Referred To Agriculture;Corrections

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB1066.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1066IN.htm