Mississippi Legislature
2005 2nd Extraordinary Session

House Bill 14

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Title

Description: Open Lawyer Fees Act; create.

Bill Text: [Introduced]

History of Actions:

1 05/18 (H) Referred To Judiciary A;Appropriations
2 05/28 (H) Died In Committee

Background Information:

Effective datePassage
DispositionDead
DeadlineNone
RevenueNo
Vote type requiredMajority

House Committees:

Principal Author: Denny

Additional Authors: Aldridge, Baker (8th), Barnett, Beckett, Bentz, Bondurant, Capps, Carlton, Chism, Davis, Ellington, Fillingane, Formby, Frierson, Gregory, Guice, Gunn, Hamilton (109th), Howell, Ishee, Lott, Martinson, Masterson, Mayhall, Mims, Moore, Nicholson, Patterson, Reed, Reeves, Robinson (84th), Rogers (61st), Rotenberry, Shows, Simpson, Smith (59th), Snowden, Staples, Stevens, Turner, Upshaw, Wells-Smith

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

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 AND 7-5-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.


Information pertaining to this measure was last updated on 05/28/05 at 16:45.

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