Mississippi Senate Bill 2741 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 3 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-02-03 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Declare Legislative Intent To Prohibit Activities Commonly Referred To As Payday Lending, Deferred Presentment Services, Advance Cash Services And Other Similar Activities; To Provide That It Shall Be Unlawful To Engage In The Business Of Making Certain Small Loans; To Provide Criminal Penalties Therefor; To Provide For Collection Of Civil Penalties In Actions By The State Or By Private Parties On Behalf Of The State; To Declare The Site Or Location Of A Place Of Business Where Payday Lending Takes Place In The State Of Mississippi As A Public Nuisance; To Repeal Sections 75-67-401 Through 75-67-449, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Create The Mississippi Title Pledge Act; To Repeal Sections 75-67-501 Through 75-67-539, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Create The Mississippi Check Cashers Act; And For Related Purposes.

Payday lending; prohibit activities of/declare public nuisance.

Sen. Deborah Dawkins [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-03	Senate	Died In Committee
2015-01-19	Senate	Referred To Business and Financial Institutions

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2015/pdf/history/SB/SB2741.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2015/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2741IN.htm