Mississippi House Bill 1287 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 3-3-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require State Agencies, Counties, Municipalities, Public Colleges And Public Universities To Display The Official State Flag On Monday Through Friday Of Each Week On Or At Each Building In Which An Office Of The State, County Or Municipal Government Is Located And On Each Campus Of Each Public College Or University; To Provide That Any State Agency, County, Municipality, Public College Or Public University That Does Not Display The Official State Flag As Required By This Section Shall Be Subject To A Civil Penalty For Each Day Of Intentional Or Willful Noncompliance With This Section; To Require That If A County Or Municipality Is Not Displaying The Official State Flag As Required By This Section, The Attorney General Shall Notify The County Or Municipality Of The Noncompliance, And The State Fiscal Officer Shall Withhold The Payment Of All State Funds To The County Or Municipality Until Such Time As It Is In Compliance With The Requirements Of This Section; And For Related Purposes.

State flag; require state agencies, local governments and public colleges and universities to display on or at public buildings.

Rep. William Shirley [R]

Rep. Stephen Horne [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	House	Referred To Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1287.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1200-1299/HB1287IN.htm