Mississippi Legislature

1997 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 03/11/97



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Pending Governor's Signature

HB 359  Pharmacy services; health plan may not charge higher      Robinson (84th)
        copay for not using certain pharmacies.                
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB 392  Pulpwood receiving facilities; extend repealer on         Ford
        licensing of.                                          
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB 453  Deputy circuit clerks; authorize additional to certify    Peranich
        initiative petitions.                                  
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB 510  Insurance companies; revise certain fees paid to          Stevens
        Commissioner of Insurance.                             
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB 520  Domestic insurance companies; require board approval      Stevens
        before loan or investment of funds.                    
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB 538  Motor vehicles; require reduction in speed in highway     McElwain
        work zone.                                             
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB 587  Pharmacy Board; may add license renewal fee surcharge     Howell
        to fund impaired pharmacist program.                   
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB 689  Mental Health Department; certification of therapists     Moody
        by shall be valid only in state mental health system.  
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB 752  Digital signatures; authorize use of to facilitate        Chaney
        economic development.                                  
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB 860  Credit union regulatory laws; make various amendments     Guice
        to.                                                    
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB 904  County or municipal equipment; counties and cities may    Morris
        lease to other counties and cities.                    
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB 916  Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Law and Small Loan            Guice
        Regulatory Law; make various amendments to.            
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB 948  County inmates; sheriff may contract for commissary       Holland
        services.                                              
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB 996  Frozen desserts; place under regulation of State Board    Holland *
        of Health.                                             
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1021  Bail; revise special bail and revise surrender            Rogers
        procedures.                                            
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1123  School district accreditation; require districts to       McCoy
        comply with standards concerning fixed assets audits.  
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1128  State Fiscal Officer; authorize to prepare a condensed    Capps
        version of the Comprehensive Annual Report.            
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1151  Podiatry; revise definition of the practice of.           Broomfield
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1171  Legal holiday; county or city may substitute any one      Manning
        day per year.                                          
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1198  Health and accident insurance; reduce preexisting         Stevens
        conditions time to six months.                         
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1201  Small employer health benefit plans; revise definitions   Stevens
        and provide guaranteed issue.                          
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1223  Judgment Roll; list social security or tax                Compretta
        identification of defendant (MDOT).                    
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1230  Pearl River Basin Development District; allow Madison     Ellington
        County to become a member of the district.             
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1260  Agricultural refrigerated trucks; authorize certain       Maples
        transfer.                                              
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1261  Ad valorem taxes; revise date by which board of           Williams
        supervisors must disallow homestead exemption/correct  
        supplemental roll. (STC).                              
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1274  Bond; require one bond for multiple count warrant.        Endt
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1370  Oil and Gas Board; authorize to pay certain dues and      Bowles
        expenses.                                              
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1407  Sanitation inspection of retail food stores; authorize    Holland *
        Commissioner of Agriculture to conduct.                
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1414  Mississippi Civil War Battlefield Commission; create.     Stribling
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1494  Abortion; prohibit partial-birth abortions.               Peranich
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1511  Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidation Act; revise       Montgomery
        certain set off requirements.                          
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1643  Old Capitol Museum; create trust fund.                    Stevens
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1647  Seafood; change boundaries for shrimping along Pearl      Compretta
        River.                                                 
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1657  Medical Licensure Board; clarify authority regarding      Foster
        employment of executive officer.                       
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
HB1704  Community service; technical revisions to MS Commission   Walker
        for National and Community Service.                    
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
SB2030  Central MS Correctional Facility; name medical building   Kirby
        after Dr. Robert L. Peede.                             
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
SB2412  Mississippi Teacher Center; delete repealer.              Ferris
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
SB2520  New Capitol receptionist; Legislature employ.             Gordon
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
SB2691  Marine resources; remove uniform requirement for law      Moffatt
        enforcement.                                           
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
SB2929  Wildlife; authorize commission to set special youth       Posey
        hunt for deer.                                         
           Due From Governor 03/17/97
SB2930  Hunting; allow handicapped nonresidents to take doe in    Hawks
        special hunts on U.S. Corps of Engineers land at       
        Arkabutla Lake.                                        
           Due From Governor 03/17/97



Signed By The Governor

SB2066  Hospital and medical service associations; repeal         Kirby
        regulation of by Commissioner of Insurance.            
           Approved by Governor
SB2290  MS Boll Weevil Management Act; include other pests.       Thames
           Approved by Governor
SB2355  Soil and Water Conservation District; authorize to        Posey
        purchase insurance on equipment.                       
           Approved by Governor
SB2357  Soil and water conservation districts; revise audit       Posey
        requirements.                                          
           Approved by Governor
SB2480  Comprehensive Health Insurance Risk Pool Association      Kirby
        Act; reenact and revise.                               
           Approved by Governor
SB2620  Imported meats and public contracts for purchase of       Thames
        meat; repeal laws.                                     
           Approved by Governor
SB2624  Hazardous waste; clarify demonstration of need for        Canon
        previously permitted commercial hazardous waste        
        management facility.                                   
           Approved by Governor
SB2673  Levee damage commissioners; increase per diem and         Carlton
        expense allowance to standard rates.                   
           Approved by Governor
SB2698  Elections; allow extended office hours for registrars     Tollison
        to register voters.                                    
           Approved by Governor
SB2793  Elections; clarify that 17 year olds may vote at          Harden
        primaries if they are 18 at general election.          
           Approved by Governor
SB3055  Hattiesburg; donate to Pine Belt Boys and Girls Club.     Farris
           Approved by Governor
SB3057  Hattiesburg; donate funds to USM Center for Gifted        Farris
        Studies, Leadership Studies Program.                   
           Approved by Governor
SB3058  Hattiesburg; donate funds to Big Brothers/Big Sisters     Farris
        of Southeast Mississippi.                              
           Approved by Governor
SB3099  Pascagoula fire and police retirement; limit add'l        Moffatt
        annual payment amount.                                 
           Approved by Governor
SB3103  Forrest County; contribute to Hattiesburg Downtown        Farris
        Association.                                           
           Approved by Governor
SB3114  Forrest County; contribute to Neighborhood Education      Farris
        Enhancement Development Services (N.E.E.D.S.).         
           Approved by Governor
SB3121  Harrison County; contribute to Multiple Sclerosis         Gollott
        Society.                                               
           Approved by Governor



House: Introductions

HB1878  Hattiesburg Tourism Commission; extend repealer.          Davis (102nd)
           Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB1879  Town of Rienzi; authorize to expend gas transmission      McCoy
        and distribution system beyond corporate limits.       
           Referred To Local and Private Legislation;Ways and Means
HB1880  Hinds County and City of Jackson; refund ad valorem       Clarke
        taxes to Central Mississippi Civic Improvement         
        Association, Inc.                                      
           Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB1881  Lauderdale County; authorize additional assessment on     Robinson (84th)
        misdemeanor convictions in justice court to fund crime 
        stoppers program.                                      
           Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB1882  Pontotoc County; garbage collection fees may be           Foster
        enforced by sale of property furnished services.       
           Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB1883  Belzoni; authorize to contribute to industrial            Straughter
        development entities.                                  
           Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB1884  Humphreys County; authorize to contribution to            Straughter
        Belzoni-Humphreys Development Foundation.              
           Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB1885  Lauderdale County; authorize additional assessment in     Horne
        all courts to fund drug education.                     
           Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HC 105  Commend Officers Randall Webster and James Griffin and    Stevens
        Town of West on receiving MMA's Making Mississippi Move
        Award.                                                 
           Referred To Rules
HC 106  Suspend deadlines for introduction; county with NASA      Compretta
        facility may construct certain utilities.              
           Referred To Rules
HR  23  Recognizing Jimmie Rodgers for his contributions to the   Robinson (84th)
        cultural enjoyment of Mississippians and the entire    
        world.                                                 
           Referred To Rules



House: Floor Actions

SB2071  Land surveyors; entrance on private property not          Bean
        trespass.                                              
           Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2094  Service dogs; prohibit harassment.                        Tollison
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2100  Mental health services; Department of Mental Health       Thames
        approve minimum programs at regional mental health     
        centers.                                               
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2146  Medicaid; continue current capitated managed care pilot   Bean
        program and establish an additional program.           
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
           Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2180  Environmental health inspection fees; prescribe.          Bean
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2214  Victim assistance; provide additional coordinator for     Nunnelee
        First Circuit.                                         
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2220  Food inspection; transfer inspection responsibility to    Bean
        the State Board of Health.                             
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2228  Agribusiness Council, revise composition; create          Thames
        advisory committee.                                    
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2247  Extortion; revise to include MDOC employees and           Huggins
        contractors.                                           
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2263  County court reporters in certain counties; receive       Blackmon
        same salary as circuit court reporters.                
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2288  Agricultural Aviation Board; revise hearing procedures,   Thames
        extend repealer.                                       
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2299  Psychologists; perform competency exams of alleged        Ferris
        felons.                                                
           Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2320  Excess weight permits; authorize issuance by Department   Smith
        of Transportation on annual basis.                     
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2343  Purchase, sale, transfer or trade by agreement between    Hall
        state agencies; clarify procedure for.                 
           Reconsidered
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
SB2366  Agriculture districts; provide for petition procedure     Posey
        to create.                                             
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2377  Office on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; create under      Bean
        SBCJC.                                                 
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2388  Family and children's services provided by the            Bean
        Department of Human Services; make technical amendments
        to.                                                    
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2389  Practice of telemedicine; define and require licensure    Bean
        under certain conditions.                              
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2414  Municipal judge pro tem; serve for elected as well as     Dearing
        appointed city judge.                                  
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2512  Schoolteacher and administrator licensure; revise         Ferris
        requirements for standard and special license.         
           Motion to Reconsider Tabled
SB2514  Pharmacist technicians; Pharmacy Board shall regulate.    Mettetal
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2524  Prepaid legal services plans; clarify types of plans      Kirby
        offered and referrals to attorneys.                    
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2527  Commission on Volunteer Service; technical amendments     Ferris
        relating thereto.                                      
           Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2555  Mississippi Industries for the Blind; create board of     Bean
        directors/authorize nonprofit MIB corp; provide        
        legislative study.                                     
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2563  Charitable solicitation; revise (SOS).                    Turner
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2589  Certain health insurance policies; prohibit exclusion     Jordan (18th)
        of certain drug coverage.                              
           Passed
SB2595  Counties; maintain private roads used as Head Start       Jackson
        turnarounds.                                           
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2596  Public construction; revise requirement mandating         Woodfield
        supervision by registered professional engineer.       
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
           Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2599  Traffic regulations; passing near bridge o.k. on 4-lane   Little
        road.                                                  
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2622  MS Fertilizer Law; change frequency and method of         Thames
        reporting fertilizer tonnage sold.                     
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2637  Pesticide; revise procedures and penalties involving      Thames
        pesticide law violations.                              
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2644  MS Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau; expand        Thames
        duties of.                                             
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2661  Marine Resources; DMR may pay cost of removal of          Hewes
        derelict vessels.                                      
           Reconsidered
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
SB2770  Local government records act; amend.                      Burton
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2772  Public Service Commission; entities lawfully exercising   Minor
        power of eminent domain not required to obtain         
        information from.                                      
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2800  Sex offenders; revise registration of in conformity to    Turner
        federal law.                                           
           Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2811  Drug-Free Workplace Workers' Compensation Premium         Kirby
        Reduction Act; create.                                 
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2812  Marine nets; forfeit nets used in violation if not        Hewes
        stolen.                                                
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2849  Placement of foster care children in permanent homes;     Smith
        provide time guidelines.                               
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
SB2861  Trauma Care Task Force; create.                           Bean
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2895  Motor vehicle certificates of title; lending              Bryan
        institutions may accept applications for.              
           Transmitted To Senate
SB2896  Falsifying documents issued by schools; define crime      Frazier
        of.                                                    
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2899  Subdivisions; certain boards of supervisors require       Hawks
        deposit of money for infrastructure.                   
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2933  Traffic signals; clarify DOT, cities responsibilities.    Lee
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2958  State Personnel Board's powers and duties; clarify and    Gordon
        extend repealer.                                       
           Reconsidered
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
SB2986  State Crime Stoppers Fund; establish and assess monies    Scoper
        for.                                                   
           Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           Returned For Concurrence
SB2997  Railroad laws; change authority from PSC to MS            Minor
        Transportation Commission and repeal certain others.   
           Returned For Concurrence
SB3015  State monetary assessments; revise to fund Leadership     Tollison
        Council on Aging.                                      
           Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB3019  Justice courts; establish procedure for seizing           Farris
        mistreated animals.                                    
           Returned For Concurrence
SB3029  Real estate transfer disclosure requirements law; apply   Hewes
        only to certain real property.                         
           Transmitted To Senate
SB3041  Assessed value; include value of gas produced in a        Thames
        county to determine certain compensation.              
           Returned For Concurrence



House: Referred Other House

SC 545  Computer systems; direct state agencies to evaluate       Robertson
        year 2000 problems.                                    
           Referred To Rules



House: Signed By The Speaker

SB2030  Central MS Correctional Facility; name medical building   Kirby
        after Dr. Robert L. Peede.                             
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2412  Mississippi Teacher Center; delete repealer.              Ferris
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2520  New Capitol receptionist; Legislature employ.             Gordon
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2691  Marine resources; remove uniform requirement for law      Moffatt
        enforcement.                                           
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2929  Wildlife; authorize commission to set special youth       Posey
        hunt for deer.                                         
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2930  Hunting; allow handicapped nonresidents to take doe in    Hawks
        special hunts on U.S. Corps of Engineers land at       
        Arkabutla Lake.                                        
           Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB3217  Natchez; contribute funds for downtown revitalization.    Dearing
           Referred To Local and Private
SB3218  Natchez; contract for city golf course management.        Dearing
           Referred To Local and Private
SB3219  Corinth Tourism Promotion Council; eliminate repealer.    Little
           Referred To Local and Private
SB3220  Alcorn County; impose court costs for Crimestoppers.      Little
           Referred To Local and Private
SB3221  Coahoma County; in road abandonment not required to       Furniss
        find lack of maintenance.                              
           Referred To Local and Private
SB3222  Calhoun County; liens to enforce collection of solid      Tollison
        waste disposal fees.                                   
           Referred To Local and Private
SB3223  Lafayette County; liens to enforce collection of solid    Tollison
        waste disposal fees.                                   
           Referred To Local and Private
SC 578  Bassfield High School boys basketball team; commend.      Harvey
           Referred To Rules
SC 579  Suspend Rules; reconsid SB 2289; emerging crop loan       Thames
        program; estab program of loans for post-production on 
        agricultural businesses.                               
           Referred To Rules
SC 580  Suspend rules; further consideration SB 3190; create MS   Thames
        Agribusiness Commercialization Fund.                   
           Referred To Rules
SC 581  LeRoy Braxton "Roy" Cochran; commend.                     Hall
           Referred To Rules
SC 582  Michael D. "Mike" Taylor; commend.                        Hall
           Referred To Rules
SR  15  Sam Haskell; commend for receiving The Alliance for       Bryan
        Children's Rights Award.                               
           Referred To Rules



Senate: Double Referred Reports

SB3192  Hollandale; authorize special needs correctional          Carlton
        facility.                                              
           DR - TSDPCS: LP To CR



Senate: Committee Reports

HB1757  Appropriation; Beauvoir Shrine.                           Brown
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1758  Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.       Brown
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1759  Appropriation; Mississippi River Parkway Commission.      Brown
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1760  Appropriation; State Board of Registration for            Henderson (9th)
        Foresters.                                             
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1761  Appropriation; State Forestry Commission.                 Henderson (9th)
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1763  Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.   Holland
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1764  Appropriation; Department of Human                        Moody
        Services-Consolidated.                                 
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1792  Appropriation; Department of Archives and History.        Simmons (37th)
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1793  Appropriation; Arts Commission.                           Simmons (37th)
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1794  Appropriation; expenses of Legislature, monthly           Simmons (37th)
        expense, Legislative Budget Office, PEER Committee.    
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1795  Appropriation; benefit payments to retirants under the    Simmons (37th)
        former Teachers' Retirement System.                    
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1796  Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.   Livingston
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1798  Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.    Livingston
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1799  Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and      Livingston
        Parks.                                                 
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1800  Appropriation; Attorney General - support.                Watson
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1801  Appropriation; District Attorneys and staff; expenses     Watson
        of school attendance officers.                         
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1802  Appropriation; Insurance Department.                      Watson
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1803  Appropriation; State Fire Academy.                        Watson
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1804  Appropriation; Supreme Court Services.                    Watson
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1805  Appropriation; State Department of Education - General    McCoy
        Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational          
        Education.                                             
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1806  Appropriation; pay interest on Chickasaw School Fund.     McCoy
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1807  Appropriation; Department of Education - Minimum          McCoy
        Program.                                               
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1808  Appropriation; Schools for the Blind and the Deaf.        McCoy
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1809  Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational      McCoy
        Television.                                            
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1810  Appropriation; Library Commission.                        McCoy
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1836  Issaquena County; authorize to accept property from the   Cameron
        Mississippi Forestry Commission.                       
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB3052  Florence; issue special improvement bonds for             Smith
        infrastructure purposes.                               
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB3214  Lauderdale County; assess fee in all courts to fund       Burton
        drug education.                                        
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB3215  Lauderdale County; impose court costs for                 Burton
        crimestoppers.                                         
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB3216  Warren County; sell Mississippi River bridge.             Ferris
           Title Suff Do Pass



Senate: Floor Actions

HB 100  Trespass; specify inclusion of public housing authority   Smith (39th)
        property.                                              
           Motion to Reconsider Tabled
HB 261  Joint Underwriting Association for Medical Malpractice    Ford
        Insurance; reenact and extend repealer.                
           Passed
HB 351  Dyslexia pilot programs in schools; extend SDE            Broomfield
        reporting date and repealer.                           
           Passed
HB 387  State offenders; extend date of repeal for housing in     Ford
        county jails.                                          
           Transmitted To House
HB 482  Pawnshops; revise provision for recovering stolen         Broomfield
        items.                                                 
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
           Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 519  Employee Leasing Act; create and place under authority    Stevens
        of Insurance Commissioner.                             
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB 585  Insurance laws; make various technical amendments.        Stevens
           Passed
HB 929  Securities; uniform transfer-on-death securities          Perry
        registration (NCCUSL).                                 
           Transmitted To House
HB 937  Watershed repair; create cost-share program under Soil    Holland
        and Water Conservation Commission.                     
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1006  Deputy tax assessors; counties may supplement salaries    Weathersby
        upon meeting certain appraiser licensing requirements. 
           Transmitted To House
HB1007  Unclaimed Property Act; exempt certain payments by        Ford
        nonprofit agricultural cooperative marketing           
        associations.                                          
           Transmitted To House
HB1196  Public purchasing; increase amount that may be made by    Moody
        public hospitals without advertising for bids.         
           Amended
           Failed
HB1205  Crime Stoppers Advisory Council; revise designation of    Ford
        director.                                              
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1258  Municipal court; may be held outside municipal            Perry
        boundaries for preliminary matters.                    
           Transmitted To House
HB1313  Business law; Secretary of State authorized to accept     Perry
        electronic filing (SOS).                               
           Transmitted To House
HB1339  Chancery and circuit court documents; state and           Compretta
        political subdivisions not required to prepay costs for
        filing (MDOT).                                         
           Transmitted To House
HB1470  Voter registration; require statewide record of voters    Denny
        to be maintained by the Secretary of State.            
           Passed
           Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1519  Airport authorities; authorize lease-purchase,            Bourdeaux
        advertising, etc.                                      
           Transmitted To House
HB1580  Marine resources; classify cobia as game fish.            Barnett (116th)
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
SB2498  Solid waste; revise waste tire program and fee, and       Dearing
        household hazardous waste program.                     
           Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
SB2499  Solid waste; create Local Governments solid waste         Dearing
        assistance fund.                                       
           Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
SB2649  Public school finance; implement MS Adequate Education    Bryan
        Funding formula.                                       
           Decline to Concur/Invite Conf



Senate: Signed By The President

HB 359  Pharmacy services; health plan may not charge higher      Robinson (84th)
        copay for not using certain pharmacies.                
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 392  Pulpwood receiving facilities; extend repealer on         Ford
        licensing of.                                          
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 453  Deputy circuit clerks; authorize additional to certify    Peranich
        initiative petitions.                                  
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 510  Insurance companies; revise certain fees paid to          Stevens
        Commissioner of Insurance.                             
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 520  Domestic insurance companies; require board approval      Stevens
        before loan or investment of funds.                    
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 538  Motor vehicles; require reduction in speed in highway     McElwain
        work zone.                                             
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 587  Pharmacy Board; may add license renewal fee surcharge     Howell
        to fund impaired pharmacist program.                   
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 689  Mental Health Department; certification of therapists     Moody
        by shall be valid only in state mental health system.  
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 752  Digital signatures; authorize use of to facilitate        Chaney
        economic development.                                  
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 860  Credit union regulatory laws; make various amendments     Guice
        to.                                                    
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 904  County or municipal equipment; counties and cities may    Morris
        lease to other counties and cities.                    
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 916  Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Law and Small Loan            Guice
        Regulatory Law; make various amendments to.            
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 948  County inmates; sheriff may contract for commissary       Holland
        services.                                              
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 996  Frozen desserts; place under regulation of State Board    Holland *
        of Health.                                             
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1021  Bail; revise special bail and revise surrender            Rogers
        procedures.                                            
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1123  School district accreditation; require districts to       McCoy
        comply with standards concerning fixed assets audits.  
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1128  State Fiscal Officer; authorize to prepare a condensed    Capps
        version of the Comprehensive Annual Report.            
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1151  Podiatry; revise definition of the practice of.           Broomfield
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1171  Legal holiday; county or city may substitute any one      Manning
        day per year.                                          
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1198  Health and accident insurance; reduce preexisting         Stevens
        conditions time to six months.                         
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1201  Small employer health benefit plans; revise definitions   Stevens
        and provide guaranteed issue.                          
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1223  Judgment Roll; list social security or tax                Compretta
        identification of defendant (MDOT).                    
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1230  Pearl River Basin Development District; allow Madison     Ellington
        County to become a member of the district.             
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1260  Agricultural refrigerated trucks; authorize certain       Maples
        transfer.                                              
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1261  Ad valorem taxes; revise date by which board of           Williams
        supervisors must disallow homestead exemption/correct  
        supplemental roll. (STC).                              
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1274  Bond; require one bond for multiple count warrant.        Endt
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1370  Oil and Gas Board; authorize to pay certain dues and      Bowles
        expenses.                                              
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1407  Sanitation inspection of retail food stores; authorize    Holland *
        Commissioner of Agriculture to conduct.                
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1414  Mississippi Civil War Battlefield Commission; create.     Stribling
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1494  Abortion; prohibit partial-birth abortions.               Peranich
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1511  Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidation Act; revise       Montgomery
        certain set off requirements.                          
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1643  Old Capitol Museum; create trust fund.                    Stevens
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1647  Seafood; change boundaries for shrimping along Pearl      Compretta
        River.                                                 
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1657  Medical Licensure Board; clarify authority regarding      Foster
        employment of executive officer.                       
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1704  Community service; technical revisions to MS Commission   Walker
        for National and Community Service.                    
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2046  Circuit judges; revise number in 8th District.            Jordan (18th)
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2115  Penalties; conform for commercial marine violations;      Moffatt
        prohibit gill nets within certain area.                
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2213  Medicaid home- and community-based services program;      Burton
        expand statewide.                                      
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2231  Universities; tuition payments for needy students.        Gollott
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2243  Mississippi Board of Optometry; reenact.                  Bean
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2244  Prisoners; allow county and city to work prisoner to      Huggins
        aid charity providing food to needy.                   
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2276  Certificates and licenses issued by Department of         Ferris
        Mental Health; clarify use of.                         
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2376  State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; receive     Posey
        one additional set of the Mississippi Code.            
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2460  School districts; prescribe powers and duties of school   Ferris
        district financial advisors appointed by State Bd of   
        Education.                                             
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2466  Corrections; make medical release conditional.            Huggins
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2493  Water pollution control; authorize permit board to        Dearing
        require applicants for permits to post financial       
        security.                                              
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2494  Water; revise Mississippi Safe Drinking Water Law.        Dearing
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2496  Lead; Lead-based Paint Activity Accreditation and         Dearing
        Certification Act.                                     
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2511  School depository selection; State Treasurer selects if   Ferris
        conflict of interest on school board.                  
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2597  Water systems, community public; require governing        Dearing
        board members to have management training.             
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2611  Boating; require certificate of title for boats.          Hewes
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2629  Bonds; remove unnecessary language regarding interest     Bryan
        rates on certain bond issues.                          
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2662  Marine Resources; clarify duties of CMR related to        Hewes
        seafood sanitation programs.                           
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2728  Income taxation; clarify how certain gains are treated.   Bryan
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2729  Timber severance taxation; increase the amount of tax     Bryan
        liability under which quarterly returns may be filed.  
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2763  Department of Agriculture; clarify grain crop             Furniss
        inspection duties.                                     
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2777  Oysters; authorize CMR to designate areas reserved for    Cuevas
        tonging.                                               
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2778  Corrections; require drug testing of employees.           Johnson (19th)
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2785  State Port Authority; establish trade development         Hewes
        account and revise purchasing requirements.            
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2788  Sixteenth section school principal fund; clarify          Ferris
        investment of.                                         
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2937  Water; repeal authorization for certain river basin and   Dearing
        flood control districts and commissions.               
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2999  Commission on Judicial Performance; lay members receive   Farris
        per diem.                                              
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB3018  Energy efficiency services and equipment; agencies may    Scoper
        contract directly for.                                 
           Enrolled Bill Signed

Information pertaining to this report was last updated on 12/08/97 at 11:42.



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