Bill Text: MS HB1650 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: City of Madison; establish alternate procedure for municipal code enforcement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-04-02 - Died In Committee [HB1650 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-HB1650-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Local and Private Legislation
By: Representative Martinson
House Bill 1650
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF MADISON, MISSISSIPPI, TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM BY WHICH CITY UNIFORMED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AND OTHER MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES MAY BY ISSUANCE OF CITATION, SUMMON AN ALLEGED VIOLATOR OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL CODES TO APPEAR IN MUNICIPAL COURT; TO PROVIDE FOR A PROCEDURE IF AN ALLEGED VIOLATOR DOES NOT APPEAR IN RESPONSE TO SUCH SUMMONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) The governing authorities of the City of Madison, Mississippi, are hereby authorized and empowered, by ordinance duly adopted and entered upon its minutes, to provide that a citation for the violation of any ordinance relating to a zoning violation, building or safety code, housing or rental ordinance, sign ordinance or a property maintenance code may be issued by a uniformed law enforcement officer, uniformed law enforcement employee or by a uniformed municipal employee.
(2) The owner of record of the property, according to the Madison County tax rolls, that is cited shall, as a matter of law, be presumed to be the person causing such violation and may be charged with a violation as prescribed under this section. No arrest shall be made for failure of the owner to appear in response to the citation, prescribed in subsection (1) of this section, except on affidavit and issuance of an arrest warrant. Except in cases where an arrest warrant is issued, it shall not be necessary to enter such cases on the municipal court docket nor to enter final judgment thereon in the minute book of the court.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
