Mississippi House Bill 588 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
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 Law Enforcement Personnel And Law Enforcement Duties Of The Mississippi Department Of Transportation Related To The Motor Carrier Regulatory Law To The Motor Carrier Division Of The Mississippi Highway Safety Patrol Within The Mississippi Department Of Public Safety; To Amend Sections 77-7-16 And 45-3-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 25-13-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exclude Transferred Personnel From The Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System; To Repeal Section 77-1-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provided For The Employment Of Personnel By The Public Service Commission To Enforce The Motor Carrier Regulatory Law; To Repeal Section 77-1-21, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provided For The Transfer Of Law Enforcement Personnel Of Motor Carrier Regulatory Law To The Mississippi Department Of Transportation From The Public Service Commission; To Repeal Section 77-1-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes The Public Service Commission To Provide For The Payment Of Employees Enforcing The Motor Carrier Regulatory Law; And For Related Purposes.

Transportation; transfer law enforcement duties of MDOT to the Department of Public Safety.

Rep. Lester Carpenter [R]	Rep. W Alday [R]	Rep. Chris Brown [R]	Rep. Larry Byrd [R]
Rep. Bill Kinkade [R]	Rep. Bill Pigott [R]	Rep. Gary Staples [R]	Rep. Tommy Taylor [R]
Rep. Jerry Turner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-04	House	Died In Committee
2014-01-20	House	Referred To Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB0588.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/0500-0599/HB0588IN.htm