Bill Text: MS HB514 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Municipal minutes; revise procedure for making valid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee [HB514 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2018-HB514-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Municipalities
By: Representative Scott
House Bill 514
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 21-15-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE PROCEDURE OF HOW MUNICIPAL MINUTES HAVE THE LEGAL EFFECT OF BEING VALID AFTER A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 21-15-33, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
21-15-33. The minutes of
every municipality must be adopted and * * * signed by a majority of all the
members of the governing body of the municipality at the next regular meeting
or within thirty (30) days of the meeting thereof, whichever occurs first.
Upon * * *
the signing of the minutes by a majority of all members of the governing
body, * * *
such minutes shall have the legal effect of being valid from and after
the date of the meeting. The governing body may by ordinance designate that
the minutes be approved by the mayor.
It shall not be necessary for each ordinance to be signed so long as it appears on the minutes of the municipality, which minutes shall have been signed by the mayor or a majority of the governing body of the municipality and certified by the municipal clerk.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.
