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MS HB620

Bill

Status

Failed

3/4/2014

Primary Sponsor

Richard Bennett

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Origin

House of Representatives

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Mississippi Code Section 3-3-7 to allow municipalities and counties to designate two legal holidays in lieu of certain state legal holidays, rather than the previous allowance of one holiday.

  • Permits local governing authorities to declare Mardi Gras Day and one other day during the year as legal holidays by official order.

  • Prohibits substitution of the third Monday in January (Robert E. Lee's and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday) and November 11 (Armistice or Veterans' Day) with local designations.

  • Establishes August 16 as Elvis Aaron Presley Day and May 8 as Hernando de Soto Day as days of recognition and observation, but not legal holidays.

  • Takes effect July 1, 2014.

Legislative Description

Legal holidays; revise authority of cities and counties to designate.

Last Action

Died In Committee

3/4/2014

Committee Referrals

Rules2/14/2014
Judiciary A1/20/2014

Full Bill Text

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