Mississippi Legislature
2005 2nd Extraordinary Session

Senate Bill 2007

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Background

Title

Description: "Mississippi Open Lawyer Fees Act of 2005"; enact.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 05/19 (S) Referred To Appropriations
2 05/28 (S) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective datePassage
DispositionDead
DeadlineNone
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority

Senate Committee:

Principal Author: Ross

Additional Authors: Kirby, Flowers, Brown, Nunnelee, Moffatt, Davis, Doxey, Chaney, Michel, Albritton, Hewes

Code Sections: A 007-0005-0001, A 007-0005-0007, A 007-0001-0033

Title: AN ACT TO BE ENTITLED THE "MISSISSIPPI OPEN LAWYER FEES ACT OF 2005"; TO PROVIDE THAT NO STATE AGENCY SHALL ENTER INTO A CONTRACT FOR LEGAL SERVICES WITH PRIVATE ATTORNEYS EXCEEDING ONE MILLION DOLLARS WITHOUT A HEARING ON THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT CONDUCTED BY THE LEGISLATURE; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS; TO ESTABLISH A JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON STATE AGENCY LEGAL CONTRACTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING SUCH HEARINGS; TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF SUCH PROPOSED CONTRACTS FOR COMMENT BY THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 7-5-1, 7-5-7 AND 7-1-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 05/28/05 at 16:48.

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