2023 Regular Session
| Bill Number | Bill Description | Bill Status | ||
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HB 40 Not Rated |
MS Accountability and Transparency Act; revise to include certain counties and municipalities. | Dead | ||
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HB 133 Good Policy |
'Mississippi Joint Municipal Law Enforcement Act'; create. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: The bill allows for municipalities within the same county to join their police forces. This could help save taxpayers money and help smaller towns be able to be better policed. | ||||
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HB 263 Neutral |
Municipalities; extend repealer on authority to create program addressing delinquent customer water bills. | Dead | ||
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HB 336 Good Policy |
MS Accountability and Transparency Act; revise to include certain counties and municipalities. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill requires that certain counties and municipalities publish to their website all of their expenditures and funds to help with accountability and transparency. This protects Mississippians and keeps them informed about their local governments. | ||||
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HB 410 Not Rated |
Alderman and councilmen; increase the maximum amount of surety bond that may be given by. | Dead | ||
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HB 498 Neutral |
Municipalities allowed to establish overdue water/sewer payment programs, certain; extend program repeal date. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill extends the repealer on the law that allows for municipalities to allow overdue customers to go on a payment plan to pay overdue bills. | ||||
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HB 537 Bad Policy |
Municipalities; authorize waiver of liens, under certain circumstances, for costs associated with cleaning menaced property. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill would allow municipalities to spend taxpayer dollars to clean up private properties, increasing the value of the property, for the private landowners. Individuals should not profit from taxpayer dollars. | ||||
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HB 556 Bad Policy |
'Property Clean up Revolving Fund'; establish. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill creates a state loan program for cleaning up properties. It puts taxpayers on one side of the state on the hook for loans taken out by local governments on the other side. | ||||
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HB 646 Not Rated |
Contractors; authorize counties and municipalities to pay utilizing electronic deposits. | Dead | ||
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HB 687 Not Rated |
Municipalities; establish alternative procedure to require property owners to make corrective repairs to property. | Dead | ||
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HB 693 Neutral |
Aldermen and councilmen; increase the maximum amount of surety bond that may be given by. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: The bill increases the maximum amount of surety bond for alderman or councilman from one hundred thousand to one million. | ||||
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HB 700 Neutral |
Flood and drainage control districts; revise the number of directors for certain municipalities. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: The bill allows for 2 additional directors to be added if the municipality is over 100,000 residents. | ||||
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HB 811 Not Rated |
Municipal Veterans Treatment Court; authorize in municipalities that have a municipal drug court. | Dead | ||
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HB 857 Neutral |
Local Government Debt Collection Setoff Act; clarify term of 'claimant local government' under. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: The bill clarifies the definition of claimant local government for purposes of debt collection to include those whose governing boards are government appointed. | ||||
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HB 894 Bad Policy |
Violations of local zoning ordinances; authorize governing authorities to pursue administrative or civil penalties for. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: This bill adds new penalties for local governments to pursue when punishing people for zoning ordinance violations. Zoning ordinances are a violation of property rights. | ||||
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HB 920 Neutral |
Radar; clarify how population is calculated. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: The bill just seeks to clarifies how the 2,000 person minimum for radar equipment is to be counted. | ||||
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HB 927 Not Rated |
Body-worn cameras; require cities and counties to provide to police officers and deputy sheriffs. | Dead | ||
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HB 935 Not Rated |
Counties and municipalities; prohibit ordinances authorizing automated recording equipment to enforce automobile insurance requirements. | Dead | ||
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HB 944 Not Rated |
Water bills; prohibit municipalities from estimating water bills after 120 days. | Dead | ||
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HB 945 Not Rated |
Water bills; prohibit certain municipalities from estimating water bills after 120 days. | Dead | ||
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HB 958 Not Rated |
Land banks; authorize counties and municipalities to create to convert certain property to productive use. | Dead | ||
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HB 1072 Neutral |
Hazardous trees on tax forfeited land; authorize counties/municipalities to remove and Secretary of State to reimburse for the removal of. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: This bill allows for a municipality or county to be reimbursed for removing hazardous trees from state owned property. | ||||
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HB 1075 Not Rated |
Municipal public improvement district board of directors; authorize municipal governing body to perform duties of under certain circumstances. | Dead | ||
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HB 1128 Not Rated |
Violations of local zoning ordinances; authorize governing authorities to pursue administrative or civil penalties for. | Dead | ||
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HB 1143 Not Rated |
Counties and municipalities; delete requirement for permitting as a condition to construction. | Dead | ||
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HB 1159 Neutral |
Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize municipalities to join. | Dead | ||
| Analysis: The bill allows for cities located in a county that left the waterway to join. | ||||
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HB 1165 Not Rated |
Counties and municipalities; authorize to choose not to be subject to requirement for permitting as a condition to construction. | Dead | ||
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HB 1256 Not Rated |
Violations of local zoning ordinances, authorize governing authorities to pursue administrative or civil penalties for. | Dead | ||
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HB 1391 Not Rated |
Minority set-aside contracts; prohibit municipalities from utilizing. | Dead | ||
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HB 1451 Not Rated |
Municipal election commissioners; revise appointments of. | Dead | ||
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HB 1464 Not Rated |
Counties and municipalities; authorize establishment of summer youth work programs. | Dead | ||
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SB 2526 Neutral |
Pat Harrison Waterway District; authorize municipalities to join. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: The bill allows for cities located in a county that left the waterway to join. | ||||
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SB 2839 Bad Policy |
Public Improvement District Act; amend to allow municipality to perform duties and exercise powers in certain circumstances. | Alive | ||
| Analysis: Existing law empowers public improvement districts the power to issue bonds and take property through eminent domain (Section 4, beginning on lines 215 of bill) for the stated purposes of the districts. This bill would also allow cities to reserve those same rights for the same stated purpose of the districts. |
| KEY: | * = Amended | % = 3/5ths Vote Required | V = Vetoed |
| $ = Revenue | @ = Exempted From Deadline | P = Partially Vetoed |