Mississippi House Bill 843 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 28 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-02-28 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 89-7-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require A Tenant To Be Removed From The Premises When The Tenant Holds Over Without The Landlord's Permission Or Defaults On His Or Her Rent Payment; To Allow Notice To A Holdover Or Defaulting Tenant Via E-mail Or Text Message; To Amend Section 89-7-29, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Removal Of A Tenant For Nonpayment Of Rent And Any Late Fees; To Bring Forward Section 89-7-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 89-7-39, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Prohibit Adjournments During Hearings For Eviction Due To The Nonpayment Of Rent For Allowing The Hearing To Extend Beyond A Period Of More Than 30 Days; To Amend Section 89-7-45, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Any Late Fees Accrued Under The Rental Agreement To Also Be Paid Before The Issuance Of A Warrant Will Be Stayed; To Remove The Ability Of A Tenant To Give Satisfactory Security Instead Of Paying The Rent Due; To Amend Section 89-7-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Discretion Of The Justice Court Judge To Put The Landlord In Possession Of The Premises When A Tenant Fails To Pay Rent; To Amend Section 89-8-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Expand The Definition Of "rent" To Include Any Late Fees That A Defaulting Tenant Is Required To Pay Under The Rental Agreement; To Amend Section 89-8-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Notice Required To Be Given When A Rental Agreement Is Breached From Thirty Days To Fourteen Days; To Bring Forward Sections 89-7-7, 89-7-23, 89-7-25, 89-7-33, 89-7-35, 89-7-37, 89-7-41, 89-7-43, 89-7-47, 89-8-11, 89-8-17, 11-25-11, 11-25-19, 11-25-21, 11-25-23, 11-25-109, 11-25-111 And 11-25-113, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

Landlord-tenant law; revise certain provisions related to the nonpayment of rent.

Sen. Chris Johnson [R]

2017-02-09 - House - House Passed (Y: 95 N: 24 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-28	Senate	Died In Committee
2017-02-20	Senate	Referred To Judiciary, Division A
2017-02-13	House	Transmitted To Senate
2017-02-09	House	Passed
2017-02-09	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2017-02-08	House	Read the Third Time
2017-01-24	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2017-01-13	House	Referred To Judiciary A

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB0843.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0843IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0843CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0843PS.htm
Roll Call	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/votes/house/0380019.pdf