Bill Text: MS HB1545 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Lauderdale County; authorize to fund Chaplaincy Program of the detention facility from revenue of inmate phone service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2018-03-28 - Died In Committee [HB1545 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2018-HB1545-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2018 Regular Session

To: Local and Private Legislation

By: Representative Snowden

House Bill 1545

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, TO FUND THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY'S GOOD NEWS JAIL AND PRISON MINISTRY CHAPLAIN AND CHAPLAINCY PROGRAM FROM NONTAX REVENUE GENERATED BY THE INMATE TELEPHONE SERVICE; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  The Board of Supervisors of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, may, in its discretion, expend fifty percent (50%), which shall not exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) annually during calendar years 2018 and 2019, of the Lauderdale County Detention Facility and the Hilltop Honor Farm Work Center (LCDF) nontax inmate telephone service revenue directly from the LCDF inmate telephone service provider to the Good News Jail and Prison Ministry to fund the LCDF Chaplain and for the administration and further development of the LCDF Chaplaincy Program.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.