Mississippi House Bill 314 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Made In Mississippi Act; To Require The Mississippi Department Of Agriculture And Commerce To Design A "made In Mississippi" Logo For Goods And Products Grown, Produced, Processed Or Manufactured In Mississippi; To Require The Department To Register The Logo With The United States Patent And Trademark Office As Well As The Secretary Of State Of The State Of Mississippi; To Require The Department To Promote The Logo Through Various Advertising Mediums; To Authorize The Department To Charge A Fee For The Registering Of Products To Bear The Logo; To Permit Growers, Producers And Manufacturers To Register Products With The Department If All Or Virtually All Of The Goods Or Products Were Made In Mississippi; To Provide That It Shall Be A Crime For The Unauthorized Use Of The "made In Mississippi" Or Misrepresentation Of Products As Such; To Bring Forward Section 75-24-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For Purposes Of Possible Amendments; And For Related Purposes.

"Made in Mississippi Act"; create.

Rep. Bryant Clark [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-13		Referred To Agriculture;Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/HB/HB0314.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/HB/0300-0399/HB0314IN.htm