Bill Text | History of Actions | Background | Title |
Description: State building codes; revise requirements for adoption in certain counties.
Bill Text: [Introduced]
| 1 | 01/15 (H) Referred To Ways and Means | |
| 2 | 01/30 (H) Died In Committee |
| Effective date | Passage | |
| Disposition | Dead | |
| Deadline | General Bill/Constitutional Amendment | |
| Revenue | No | |
| Vote type required | Majority |
House Committee:
Principal Author: Compretta
Code Sections: A 017-0002-0001, A 017-0002-0003, A 017-0002-0005, A 019-0005-0009
Title: AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 17-2-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE JACKSON, HARRISON, HANCOCK, STONE AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES, AND ALL MUNICIPALITIES THEREIN, TO ENFORCE WIND AND FLOOD MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS OF CERTAIN NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED CODES AND STANDARDS; TO AMEND SECTION 17-2-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE ALL MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING CODES COUNCIL TO BE RESIDENTS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, AND TO PROVIDE THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WITH UNEXCUSED ABSENCES FOR MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS SHALL BE REPLACED; TO AMEND SECTION 17-2-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES THAT ADOPT OR AMEND THEIR EXISTING BUILDING CODES TO ADOPT THE CODES PROMULGATED BY THE MISSISSIPPI BUILDING CODES COUNCIL; TO PROVIDE MANDATORY MINIMUM CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS FOR NEW COMMERCIAL FACILITIES; TO PROVIDE FOR AGREEMENTS BETWEEN MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES FOR ENFORCEMENT OF BUILDING CODES; TO AMEND SECTION 19-5-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
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