KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to Mississippi

SB2372 • 2026

Filing fees; amend usage of monies in the Local Government Records Management Fund.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-60-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO ALLOW THE MONIES IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS MANAGEMENT FUND TO BE EXPENDED TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY SERVICES TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES RELATED TO RECORD MANAGEMENT, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND MUSEUM SERVICES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Thompson
Last action
2026-03-03
Official status
Dead
Effective date
July 1, 20

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Changing How Money is Used for Local Record Keeping

This bill changes how money collected through filing fees can be used to support the Department of Archives and History in helping counties and cities manage records, preserve history, and run museums.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes rules about using money from a special fund for local record management.
  • Allows the Department of Archives and History to use this fund to help counties and cities with managing their official documents.
  • Permits the fund to support historic preservation efforts in these areas.
  • Enables the fund to assist counties and cities in running museum services.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Counties and municipalities that collect filing fees
  • The Department of Archives and History

Terms To Know

Local Government Records Management Fund
A fund created to support the management, preservation, and museum services related to local government records.
Department of Archives and History
The state agency responsible for managing historical documents and preserving Mississippi's history.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill did not pass during the session it was introduced.
  • It is unclear how much funding would be available from this change in fund usage.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-03 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System

    03/03 (H) Died In Committee

  2. 2026-02-06 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System

    02/06 (H) Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

  3. 2026-02-05 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System

    02/05 (S) Transmitted To House

  4. 2026-02-04 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System

    02/04 (S) Passed

  5. 2026-01-28 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System

    01/28 (S) Title Suff Do Pass

  6. 2026-01-19 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System

    01/19 (S) Referred To Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency

Official Summary Text

Filing fees; amend usage of monies in the Local Government Records Management Fund.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
S. B. No. 2372 *SS26/R892* ~ OFFICIAL ~ G1/2
26/SS26/R892
PAGE 1 (ab\kr)

To: Accountability,
Efficiency, Transparency
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Senator(s) Thompson

SENATE BILL NO. 2372

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 25-60-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO 1
ALLOW THE MONIES IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS MANAGEMENT FUND 2
TO BE EXPENDED TO SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHIVES AND HISTORY 3
SERVICES TO COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES RELATED TO RECORD 4
MANAGEMENT, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND MUSEUM SERVICES; AND FOR 5
RELATED PURPOSES. 6
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 7
SECTION 1. Section 25-60-5, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 8
amended as follows: 9
25-60-5. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this 10
section, any county or municipal official or employee who accepts 11
documents for filing as public records shall, in addition to any 12
other fee provided elsewhere by law, collect a fee of One Dollar 13
($1.00) for each document so filed. In municipalities and 14
counties that collect Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) or more per 15
month from the filing fee, the official or employee collecting the 16
fee shall, on or before the last day of each month, deposit the 17
avails of Fifty Cents (50¢) of the fee into the general fund of 18
the county or municipality, as appropriate, and remit the 19
remainder to the State Treasurer who shall deposit it to the 20
S. B. No. 2372 *SS26/R892* ~ OFFICIAL ~
26/SS26/R892
PAGE 2 (ab\kr)

credit of a statewide local government records management fund 21
which is hereby created in the State Treasury. In municipalities 22
and counties that collect less than Three Hundred Dollars 23
($300.00) per month from the filing fee, the avails of Fifty Cents 24
(50¢) of the fee shall be remitted to the State Treasurer on a 25
quarterly basis for deposit as provided in the previous sentence. 26
Any monies remaining in the fund at the end of a fiscal year shall 27
not lapse into the General Fund of the State Treasury. Counties 28
and municipalities shall expend monies derived from the fee 29
hereinabove imposed solely to support proper management of their 30
official records in accordance with records management standards 31
established by the Department of Archives and History. Monies in 32
the Local Government Records Management Fund shall be expended by 33
the Department of Archives and History, pursuant to legislative 34
appropriation, to support the * * * Department of Archives and 35
History services to counties and municipalities related to records 36
management, historic preservation and museum services. 37
(2) The fee provided in subsection (1) of this section shall 38
not be collected in any county until the board of supervisors, by 39
resolution spread upon its minutes, determines that it will 40
collect the fee. 41
(3) Each municipality and participating county may collect 42
the filing fee provided for in this section on filings in any 43
court subject to their respective jurisdiction. 44
S. B. No. 2372 *SS26/R892* ~ OFFICIAL ~
26/SS26/R892
PAGE 3 (ab\kr)
ST: Filing fees; amend usage of monies in the
Local Government Records Management Fund.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from 45
and after July 1, 2026. 46