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MBA prepares to monitor upcoming legislative session.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 20-NOV-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: MBA prepares to monitor upcoming legislative session.(Banking & Finance)

Article Excerpt
JACKSON -- The Mississippi Bankers Association (MBA) looks out for its 104 member banks by offering classes, services and monitoring legislation of interest to banking. This time of year the organization is preparing for the upcoming session of the Legislature, which convenes in January.

Chad Driskell, MBA's senior vice president of government affairs, says the organization currently has no plans to have any legislation introduced but won't rule out the possibility. He and others follow issues of concern to the banking industry closely. He will comb through approximately 3,500 bills that will be filed to figure out which ones affect banking.

"If there's something we're interested in, we'll get a legislative member...

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