House Concurrent Resolution 28

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 100, MISSISSIPPI CONSTITUTION OF 1890, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN MUNICIPAL FINES AND FEES MAY BE DISCHARGED, RELEASED OR FORGIVEN WHEN AUTHORIZED BY GENERAL LAW; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That the following amendment to the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 is proposed to the qualified electors of the state:

Amend Section 100, Mississippi Constitution of 1890, to read as follows:

"Section 100. Except for municipal fines and fees that a municipality is authorized by general law to discharge, release or forgive, no obligation or liability of any person, association, or corporation held or owned by this state, or levee board, or any county, city, or town thereof, shall ever be remitted, released or postponed, or in any way diminished by the Legislature, nor shall such liability or obligation be extinguished except by payment thereof into the proper treasury; nor shall such liability or obligation be exchanged or transferred except upon payment of its face value; but this shall not be construed to prevent the Legislature from providing by general law for the compromise of doubtful claims."

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this proposed amendment shall be submitted by the Secretary of State to the qualified electors at an election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November 2007, as provided by Section 273 of the Constitution and by general law.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the explanation of this proposed amendment for the ballot shall read as follows: "This proposed constitutional amendment allows municipalities, when authorized by general law, to discharge, release or forgive certain municipal fines and fees."