Mississippi legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Mississippi HB1079: Department of Corrections; authorize to enter into contract with Forrest County for the housing of state inmates.
Status: Failed, March 12, 2025
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-931, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS OF FORREST COUNTY AND WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, FOR THE HOUSING OF STATE INMATES IN ITS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
What the bill says
An act to amend section 47-5-931, mississippi code of 1972, to authorize the department of corrections to enter into a contract with the board s of supervisors of forrest county and wayne county , mississippi, for the housing of state inmates in its correctional facility; and for related purposes.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-931, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE BOARD S OF SUPERVISORS OF FORREST COUNTY AND WAYNE COUNTY , MISSISSIPPI, FOR THE HOUSING OF STATE INMATES IN ITS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: SECTION 1. Section 47-5-931, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows: 47-5-931. (1) (a) The Department of Corrections, in its discretion, may contract with the board of supervisors of one or more counties or with a regional facility operated by one or more counties, to provide for housing, care and control of offenders who are in the custody of the State of Mississippi. Any facility owned or leased by a county or counties for this purpose shall be designed, constructed, operated and maintained in accordance with American Correctional Association standards, and shall comply with all constitutional standards of the United States and the State of Mississippi, and with all court orders that may now or hereinafter be applicable to the facility. If the Department of Corrections contracts with more than one (1) county to house state offenders in county correctional facilities, excluding a regional facility, then the first of such facilities shall be constructed in Sharkey County and the …
Sponsors
- Byrd, Larry (R, 104) · primary sponsor
- Watson, Percy W. (D, 103)
- Tubb, Joseph (R, 87)
Latest actions
- : Died On Calendar
- : Title Suff Do Pass
- : Referred To Corrections
- : Transmitted To Senate
- : Passed As Amended
- : Amended
- : Committee Substitute Adopted
- : Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
- : Referred To Corrections
Votes
- Passed As Amended (February 11, 2025): 105 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Department of Corrections
Common questions
- What is HB1079?
- HB1079 is a bill in the Mississippi Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Department of Corrections; authorize to enter into contract with Forrest County for the housing of state inmates.
- What does HB1079 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend section 47-5-931, mississippi code of 1972, to authorize the department of corrections to enter into a contract with the board s of supervisors of forrest county and wayne county , mississippi, for the housing of state inmates in its correctional facility; and for related purposes.
- What is the status of HB1079?
- Failed as of March 12, 2025. Latest action: Died On Calendar (March 12, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1079?
- Byrd, Larry (R, 104), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1079?
- On the Mississippi Legislature website: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1079.xml
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