MS HB1488

Prohibits any person found by the Mississippi Ethics Commission or court to have violated the "public's trust" from serving on municipal, county, state, or congressional district executive committees

Defines "violation of the public's trust" as violations of Sections 25-4-101 through 25-4-121 (state ethics laws)

Makes it a felony to serve on an executive committee after violating the public's trust, with penalties up to $5,000 fine and/or 5 years imprisonment, plus court-ordered removal from the committee

Also disqualifies from executive committee service those removed from elected or appointed office for malfeasance, misfeasance, nonfeasance, or who resigned as part of a plea agreement

Requires Attorney General to submit the act to the U.S. Department of Justice under the Voting Rights Act of 1965