Mississippi House Bill 556 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 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 Provide That Drug Task Forces Shall Regularly Collect Prescription Pills And Drugs Brought From Residential Sources And Transport The Pills And Drugs To The Incinerator Maintained By The Mississippi Bureau Of Narcotics For Disposal; To Create The Prescription Pill And Drug Disposal Fund As A Special Fund In The State Treasury; To Provide That The Fund Will Consist Of Monies Received From A State Assessment Imposed On Persons Convicted Of Violations Of The Controlled Substances Law; To Provide That Monies In The Fund Shall Be Used By The Bureau Of Narcotics For Making Grants To Drug Task Forces To Help Defray The Costs Of Collection, Secure Storage And Transportation For Disposal Of Prescription Pills And Drugs Brought From Residential Sources; To Amend Section 99-19-73, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Impose A State Assessment On Persons Convicted Of Violations Of The Controlled Substances Law For Deposit Into The Prescription Pill And Drug Disposal Fund; To Amend Section 25-7-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

Prescription drugs; drug task forces shall collect from residential sources for disposal by Narcotics Bureau.

Rep. Sam Mims [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-06		Died In Committee
2012-02-14		Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2012/pdf/history/HB/HB0556.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0556IN.htm