Bill Text: MS SB2625 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Public officers and employees; revise punishment for embezzlement and restrict government hiring of felons.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-24 - Approved by Governor [SB2625 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2013-SB2625-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2013 Regular Session
To: Judiciary, Division B
By: Senator(s) Longwitz, McDaniel, Hill, Watson, Frazier, Horhn, Jackson (11th), Jones, Jordan, Simmons (13th)
Senate Bill 2625
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 25-1-111, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT FUTURE HIRING OF CONVICTED EMBEZZLERS FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The following shall be codified as Section 25-1-111, Mississippi Code of 1972:
25-1-111. From and after July 1, 2013, the state and any county, municipality or any other political subdivision may not employ a person who has been convicted or pled guilty in any court of this state, another state, or in federal court of any felony in which public funds were unlawfully taken, obtained or misappropriated in the abuse or misuse of the person's office or employment or money coming into the person's hands by virtue of the person's office or employment.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2013.
