Mississippi Senate Bill 2196 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 11 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-11 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 7-1-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Governor To Make Appointments To Fill Vacant Offices Within 90 Days From The Date Of The Vacancy; To Provide That If Such Appointment Is Not Made Within Ninety Days Of The Date Of The Vacancy, The Power To Appoint Shall Transfer; To Create New Section 7-1-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Lieutenant Governor To Make Appointments To Fill Vacant Offices Within 90 Days From The Date Of The Vacancy; And For Related Purposes.

Appointment of officers; require Governor and Lt. Governor to make appointments to fill vacant offices within a certain period of time.

Sen. David Parker [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-11	Senate	Died On Calendar
2021-02-02	Senate	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2021-01-08	Senate	Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
7	1	35	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/SB/SB2196.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2196IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2196CS.htm