Senate Bill 2561

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE PUBLICATION ON THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE WEBSITE OF THE FISCAL NOTE, IF PREPARED, FOR CERTAIN BILLS OR CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1. For any bill or concurrent resolution, the purpose or effect of which is to expend state funds or enable the spending of state funds, or to increase or decrease the revenue of the state, either directly or indirectly, that passes out of a committee for which a fiscal note was drafted, the fiscal note shall be published in electronic form on the Mississippi Legislature website on the web page that provides the bill text, description, background information, history of actions, amendments, and additional information for the bill within twenty-four (24) hours of passing out of committee. If a fiscal note was not drafted for any such bill or concurrent resolution, the statement "No fiscal note conducted" shall be included on the web page.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.