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MS SB2800
Bill
Status
Passed
3/17/2010
Primary Sponsor
Joey Fillingane
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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 or lease equipment suppliers the same lien rights on buildings, structures, and other construction projects that laborers, materialmen, architects, engineers, surveyors, and contractors already hold under existing law
- Requires that when a contractor fails to pay a rental or lease equipment supplier, that supplier may give written notice to the property owner claiming amounts due, with the same protections already available to subcontractors, laborers, and materialmen
- Extends contractor performance and payment bond obligations to cover persons furnishing rental or lease equipment, allowing such suppliers to intervene in bond actions and have their claims adjudicated
- Effective date of July 1, 2010; sponsored by Senators Burton and Fillingane and sent to the Governor
Legislative Description
Lien laws; include rental and lease equipment dealers.
Last Action
Approved by Governor
3/17/2010
Full Bill Text
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