Bill Text: MS SB2937 | 2012 | 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: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2012-05-03 - Died In Committee [SB2937 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2012-SB2937-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2012 Regular Session

To: Local and Private

By: Senator(s) Burton, Jackson (32nd), Carmichael

Senate Bill 2937

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.  (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, of the Lauderdale County Detention Facility and the Hilltop Honor Farm Work Center (collectively referred to as the 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.

     (2)  This section shall be repealed from and after December 31, 2013.

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