Mississippi House Bill 659 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Require Registered Foresters To Provide Scale Tickets That Contain Certain Information Before The Close Of The Following Business Day To Landowners And/or Timber Owners For Each Load Of Timber; To Provide That A Forester Who Fails To Provide Scale Tickets To Landowners And/or Timber Owners For Each Load Of Timber Is Liable For The Cost Of The Timber If A Logger Fails To Remit Payment For The Timber To The Forester; To Bring Forward Section 75-27-113, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To Timber Weights And Measures, For Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Foresters; liable for cost of timber on failure to provide scale tickets to landowners if logger fails to pay forester.

Rep. Joey Hood [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-31	House	Died In Committee
2023-01-16	House	Referred To Forestry

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
75	27	113	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/history/HB/HB0659.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0659IN.htm