Mississippi House Bill 1112 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 21-27-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Municipality To Collect Rates For Services Provided By Its Public Utilities Through Payment Made By Credit Card, And To Provide The Municipality Shall Not Charge A Processing Fee To The Rate Payer As Long As The Payment Does Not Exceed A Certain Amount; To Amend Section 21-23-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Municipal Courts May Accept Payment For Certain Fines, Fees Or Costs Imposed By The Court By Credit Card, And To Provide That The Municipality Shall Not Charge A Processing Fee To The Payer As Long As The Payment Does Not Exceed A Certain Amount; To Amend Section 21-17-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A Municipality To Accept Payment For Any Fines Or Fees Associated With Any Permits Or Licenses Or Other Services Provided By The Municipality By Credit Card, And To Provide The Municipality Shall Not Charge A Processing Fee To The Payer As Long As The Payment Does Not Exceed A Certain Amount; And For Related Purposes.

Municipalities; authorize payers to utilize credit cards when paying for public utility services, municipal court costs and other services.

Rep. Randal Rushing [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-15	House	Referred To Municipalities

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB1112.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1112IN.htm