Bill Text: MS HB707 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Occupational Licensing Review Commission; revise membership and authority of members of.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2024-03-05 - Died In Committee [HB707 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2024-HB707-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2024 Regular Session
To: Business and Commerce
By: Representative Shanks
House Bill 707
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-47-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING REVIEW COMMISSION TO REMOVE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ADD THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE AND STATE TREASURER; TO PROVIDE THAT A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COMMISSION, AND NOT JUST THE CHAIR, MAY CALL A MEETING; TO PROVIDE THAT AT THE REQUEST OF A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, AND NOT JUST THE CHAIR, ANY DEPARTMENT, DIVISION, BOARD, BUREAU, COMMISSION OR AGENCY OF THE STATE SHALL PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND DATA AS WILL ENABLE THE COMMISSION TO CARRY OUT ITS DUTIES; TO PROVIDE THAT ALL PROPOSED SUBMISSIONS TO THE COMMISSION SHALL BE ACTED ON BY THE COMMISSION WITHIN 150 CALENDAR DAYS OF SUBMISSION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 73-47-9, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-47-9. (1) There is
hereby created the Occupational Licensing Review Commission which shall be
composed of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Secretary of
State, the Commissioner of Insurance and the * * * State Treasurer, or his
or her respective designee. The Governor shall be the Chairman of the commission
and the Secretary of State shall be the Secretary. The commission shall meet quarterly and at such other times as
meetings may be called by * * *the chair majority vote. A majority of the members
shall constitute a quorum at any meeting. Any final action taken by the
commission shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the members.
The Office of the Governor shall provide such
support of the commission necessary to accomplish the purposes of this chapter,
including, but not limited to, research and clerical assistance. Any
department, division, board, bureau, commission or agency of the state shall
provide, at the request of * * * a member of the commission,
such assistance and data as will enable the commission to carry out its duties.
(2) The commission shall be responsible for the active supervision of state executive branch occupational licensing boards controlled by active market participants to ensure compliance with state policy in the adoption of an occupational regulation promulgated by an occupational licensing board, to include existing occupational regulations promulgated by an occupational licensing board. The active supervision required under this chapter shall not extend to individual disciplinary actions taken or imposed by an occupational licensing board as to any active market participant subject to the jurisdiction of the occupational licensing board.
(3) An occupational licensing board must submit any proposed occupational regulation to the commission before the occupational licensing board may file the occupational regulation in the Office of the Secretary of State if the occupational regulation is required to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State by Chapter 43, Title 25, Mississippi Code of 1972, (Mississippi Administrative Procedures Law), or before the occupational regulation becomes effective if filing is not required.
(4) All proposed submissions to the commission shall be acted on by the commission within one hundred fifty (150) calendar days of submission.
( * * *5) The commission shall issue
resolutions necessary to effectuate the provisions of this chapter, including
the process, procedures and timelines that will govern any submission filed in
accordance with the chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to
subject the commission to any of the administrative procedures of Chapter 43,
Title 25, Mississippi Code of 1972, (Mississippi Administrative Procedures
Law).
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2024.
