Bill Text: MS SC654 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Suspend rules for drafting, etc.; amend Constitution to provide for a State University System and local Boards of Trustees.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2015-04-01 - Died In Committee [SC654 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2015-SC654-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2015 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Senator(s) Tollison, Simmons (12th), Longwitz, Parker, Gollott, Gandy, Hill, Stone, Browning, Parks, Younger, Frazier, Horhn, Harkins, Fillingane, Lee, Jackson (15th), Collins, Burton, Watson, Massey, Smith, Jackson (11th), Turner, Tindell, Hale, Jordan, Jolly, Butler (36th), Chassaniol, Norwood, Wilemon, Simmons (13th), Doty, Butler (38th), Hudson, Kirby, Montgomery, Jackson (32nd), Wiggins
Senate Concurrent Resolution 654
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUSPENDING THE DEADLINES FOR THE PURPOSE OF REQUESTING THE DRAFTING, INTRODUCTION, CONSIDERATION AND PASSAGE OF A BILL ENTITLED "A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 213A, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO CLARIFY THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHALL MAKE ADEQUATE PROVISION BY LAW FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE 8 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, TO PROVIDE FOR A STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COMPRISED OF THE 8 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MISSISSIPPI, TO PROVIDE FOR A BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COMPRISED OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PRESENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, TO PRESCRIBE THE GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, TO PROVIDE FOR LOCAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF EACH UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND TO PRESCRIBE THE GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LOCAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES."
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING THEREIN, That the Joint Rules of the Senate and the House are hereby suspended for the purpose of requesting the drafting, introduction, consideration and passage, regardless of any deadlines imposed by said rules, of a bill entitled "A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 213A, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO CLARIFY THAT THE LEGISLATURE SHALL MAKE ADEQUATE PROVISION BY LAW FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE 8 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, TO PROVIDE FOR A STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COMPRISED OF THE 8 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, TO ESTABLISH A SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF MISSISSIPPI, TO PROVIDE FOR A BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COMPRISED OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PRESENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING, TO PRESCRIBE THE GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, TO PROVIDE FOR LOCAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF EACH UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND TO PRESCRIBE THE GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE LOCAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES."
