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MS HB620
Bill
Status
3/4/2014
Primary Sponsor
Richard Bennett
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AI Summary
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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.
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Permits local governing authorities to declare Mardi Gras Day and one other day during the year as legal holidays by official order.
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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.
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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.
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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