Mississippi House Bill 698 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Codify New Section 5-8-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit State Agencies And Community And Junior Colleges From Expending Public Funds To Pay Contract Lobbyists; To Amend Section 5-8-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define Additional Terms Used Under The Lobbying Law Reform Act Of 1994; To Bring Forward Section 5-8-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prohibits Lobbyists And Lobbyists' Clients From Participating In Certain Acts, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 25-9-120, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete Contracts For Legislative Advocacy Services From The Various Types Of Personal Service Contracts Subject To Oversight By The Personal Service Contract Review Board; To Bring Forward Section 37-101-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prohibits Employees Or Agents Representing The Separate State Institutions Of Higher Learning From Appearing Before The Legislature Except Upon Order Of The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning Or Upon The Request Of The Legislature, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Lobbying; prohibit state agencies, universities and colleges from expending public funds to hire lobbyists.

Rep. John Moore [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-02		Died In Committee
2010-01-13		Referred To Judiciary A;Universities and Colleges

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB0698.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0698IN.htm