Mississippi Legislature
2003 Regular Session

House Bill 1159

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Background

Title

Description: Public contracts; one percent price preference given to resident bidder in contracts of $25,000.00 or more.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 01/20 (H) Referred To Appropriations
2 02/04 (H) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective dateJuly 1, 2003
DispositionDead
DeadlineGeneral Bill/Constitutional Amendment
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority

House Committee:

Principal Author: Rushing

Code Sections: A 019-0013-0111, A 031-0007-0015, A 031-0007-0047

Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 19-13-111, 31-7-15 AND 31-7-47, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE LETTING OF PUBLIC CONTRACTS OF TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE, IF THE BIDS ARE IN ALL RESPECTS EQUAL BETWEEN RESIDENT AND NONRESIDENT BIDDERS, EXCEPT AS TO PRICE, PREFERENCE SHALL BE GIVEN TO RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE IF THE PRICE BID BY A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE DOES NOT EXCEED BY MORE THAN ONE PERCENT THE PRICE BID BY A NONRESIDENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 02/04/03 at 17:51.

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