Mississippi Senate Bill 2057 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 3-3-15 And 37-13-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Governmental Entities That Receive State Funds And Public Colleges And Universities To Display The Official State Flag On Monday Through Friday Of Each Week On Or At Each Building In Which An Office Of The Governmental Entity Is Located And On Each Campus Of Each Public College Or University Or School District; To Require That If A Governmental Entity Or A Public College Or University Or School District Is Not Displaying The Official State Flag As Required By This Section, The Governor Shall Notify The Governmental Entity Or The Public College Or University Or School District Of The Noncompliance, And The State Fiscal Officer Shall Withhold 25% Of The Monthly Salary Of The Administrative Head Of The Governmental Entity Or The Public College Or University Or The Public School District Until Such Time As It Is In Compliance With The Requirements Of This Section; And For Related Purposes.

State flag; require governmental entities, public colleges and universities and school districts to display or be subject to penalty.

Sen. Joseph Seymour [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2017-01-05	Senate	Referred To Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/SB/SB2057.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/SB/2001-2099/SB2057IN.htm