History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: Inmates; require to pay for lawsuits if has funds in inmate account or if frivolous.
| 1 | 01/15/98 | (S) | Referred To Corrections | |
| 2 | 02/03/98 | (S) | Died In Committee |
| Effective date | Passage | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| 3/5ths vote required | No |
Senate Committee:
Principal Author: Huggins
Code Section: A 047-0005-0076
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-76, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY CERTAIN COURT COSTS OF A PAUPER INMATE IF THE INMATE HAS FILED THREE OR MORE FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS; TO LIMIT THE APPEAL OF SUCH LAWSUITS; TO REQUIRE AN INMATE TO PAY PART OF THE COURT COSTS IF INMATE HAD FUNDS IN HIS INMATE ACCOUNT WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE FILING OF THE LAWSUIT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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