MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2004 Regular Session

To: Universities and Colleges

By: Representative Clarke, Banks, Buck, Calhoun, Dickson, Franks, Robinson (63rd), Thomas, Ward, Watson

House Bill 1133

AN ACT TO CREATE A NEW SECTION TO BE CODIFIED AS SECTION 37-101-14, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING TO APPROVE AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM IN LIBRARY SCIENCE TO BE OFFERED AT JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  The following shall be codified as Section 37-101-14, Mississippi Code of 1972:

     37-101-14.  The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning shall approve an undergraduate degree program in library science to be offered at Jackson State University.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2004.