Mississippi House Concurrent Resolution 51 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on October 2 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-10-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

A Concurrent Resolution Proposing To Amend Section 213-a, Mississippi Constitution Of 1890, To Require The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Establish A Policy To Govern The Process By Which Institutional Executive Officers Are Selected, Through The Use Of An Appointed Seven-member Search Committee, Established Solely For The Purpose Of Recommending Qualified Candidates In Accordance With Board Policy; To Provide That The Delegation Of Such Authority To A Search Committee Shall Not Be Construed To Limit The Power Of The Board To Have The Final Authority To Select The Institutional Executive Officers Of The Various State Institutions Of Higher Learning; To Provide That The Board Shall Not Be Authorized To Appoint An Institutional Executive Officer Until The Search Committee Has Considered And Evaluated The Candidate; And For Related Purposes.

Constitution; amend to revise the authority of IHL Board to choose university presidents.

Rep. John Lamar [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-10-02	Senate	Died In Committee
2020-05-12	Senate	Referred To Universities and Colleges
2020-03-17	House	Transmitted To Senate
2020-03-12	House	Passed
2020-03-12	House	Committee Substitute Adopted
2020-03-03	House	Title Suff Adopted Comm Sub
2020-02-17	House	Referred To Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2020/pdf/history/HC/HC0051.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HC/HC0051IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HC/HC0051CS.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2020/html/HC/HC0051PS.htm