Mississippi Senate Bill 2421 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 2 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-02 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority Act; To Define Certain Terms Used In The Act; To Establish The Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority As An Entity Within The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency; To Provide For The Authority's Powers And Duties; To Provide For The Distribution Of The Service Charges; To Provide For Confidentiality Of Information Submitted To The Authority; To Authorize The Levy Of A Service Charge; To Bring Forward Sections 33-15-7 And 33-15-14, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; To Repeal Section 19-5-313, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Emergency Telephone Services Charges; To Repeal Section 19-5-331, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Defines Certain Terms As Used In The Provisions Providing For Enhanced Wireless Emergency Telephone Service; To Repeal Section 19-5-333, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Commercial Mobile Radio Service (cmrs) Board And Provides For Its Powers And Duties; To Repeal Section 19-5-335, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Collection Of Service Charges By The Commercial Mobile Radio Service Board And Requires Registration Of Cmrs Providers; To Repeal Section 19-5-337, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Confidentiality Of Proprietary Information Submitted To The Commercial Mobile Radio Service Board; To Repeal Section 19-5-339, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Requirement To Provide Enhanced 911 Service; To Repeal Section 19-5-341, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Makes It An Offense And Provides Criminal Penalties For Using Wireless Emergency Telephone Service For Personal Use; To Repeal Section 19-5-343, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Collection And Remittance Of Prepaid Wireless E911 Charges; And For Related Purposes.

Mississippi Emergency Communications Act; create.

Sen. Scott DeLano [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-02	Senate	Died In Committee
2021-01-18	Senate	Referred To Technology;Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	5	313	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	331	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	333	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	335	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	337	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	339	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	341	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
19	5	343	Repealed Code	See Bill Text
33	15	14	New Code	See Bill Text
33	15	7	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/history/SB/SB2421.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/SB/2400-2499/SB2421IN.htm