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MS HB763

Bill

Status

Failed

3/10/2010

Primary Sponsor

Brandon Jones

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Origin

House of Representatives

2010 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends five sections of Mississippi's lien laws (Sections 85-7-131, 85-7-135, 85-7-181, 85-7-185, and 85-7-189) to explicitly include rental and lease equipment and their suppliers alongside existing references to labor, materials, and materialmen
  • Grants rental and lease equipment suppliers the same lien rights on buildings, structures, and other property that laborers, materialmen, architects, engineers, surveyors, and contractors already hold under existing law
  • Allows rental or lease equipment suppliers who are unpaid by a contractor or master workman to provide written notice to the property owner and claim the same protections and remedies available to subcontractors, journeymen, laborers, and materialmen
  • Requires that performance and payment bonds entered into by contractors or subcontractors cover prompt payment to persons furnishing rental or lease equipment, in addition to those furnishing labor or materials
  • Effective date of July 1, 2010

Legislative Description

Lien laws; include rental and lease equipment dealers.

Last Action

Died On Calendar

3/10/2010

Full Bill Text

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