Mississippi Legislature

1997 Regular Session

Subject: LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE - REVENUE OFFICER

As of 12/08/97 at 11:58

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HB   1  Municipalities; revise law regarding investment of        Janus
        surplus funds.                                         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB   4  Supplemental Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Program;        Manning
        create.                                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB  12  Sales tax; exempt finance charges from.                   Short
  $%       02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB  14  Schools; increase salaries of teachers, assistant         Frierson
 *      teachers and other school employees.                   
           04/10 Approved by Governor
HB  25  Compulsory school attendance enforcement, department      Clark
 *      of; establish under Office of State Auditor.           
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB  59  Gaming license fee; provide temporary increase and        Smith (27th)
   %    distribute to nongaming counties.                      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB  60  Slot amusement machines; revise meaning and regulation    Clark
        of.                                                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB  65  Sales tax; reduce tax on retail sales of motorcycles.     Davis (102nd)
  $%       02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB  74  Income tax;  allow credit for child adoption expenses.    Green (72nd)
  $%       02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB  78  Sales tax; exempt finance charges from.                   Green (72nd)
  $%       02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB  79  Sales tax; exempt food sold to senior citizens and        Green (72nd)
  $%    totally disabled persons.                              
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB  95  Sales tax; exempt hearing aids, prosthetic devices, and   Endt
  $%    dentures from.                                         
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB  96  Homestead exemption; increase.                            Endt
  $%       02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB  98  Gaming establishments; prohibit cash producing or         Endt
        credit producing machines on premises of.              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB  99  State appropriations and employees; limit annual growth   Capps
        of.                                                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 101  Retirement allowance; state officials and employees       Walker
        with 40 years service may receive if waive salary.     
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 102  Retirement allowances; state officials and employees      Walker
        may receive if waive salary.                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 121  Schools, elementary; minimum program allotment for        Holden
        employing counselors in.                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 128  Gaming; revise locations where gaming vessels may be      Flaggs
        located in Mississippi River counties.                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 138  State aid roads; provide supplemental funds in support    Bowles
        of.                                                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 142  Public defenders; create state system.                    Reeves
   %       02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 145  Retirement; certain unused personal leave shall           Taylor
        increase average compensation for.                     
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 158  Sales tax; reduce rate imposed on retail sales of         Manning
  $%    previously titled private carriers of passengers and   
        light carriers of property.                            
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 162  Sales tax; exempt sales to certain community and          Perkins
  $%    recreational centers.                                  
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 163  Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property     Denny
  $%    or services to Daughters of the American Revolution.   
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 177  Sales tax; exempt sale or transfer of motor vehicle       Moak
  $%    between siblings.                                      
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 178  Strategic planning; create structure for recommending     Taylor
        state goals (AUDITOR).                                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 183  Schools; increase teachers' salaries to the               Moak
        southeastern average.                                  
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 186  Income tax; provide credit for legal child adoption.      Ryan
  $%       02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 188  Sales tax; exempt sales to or by Signature Works, Inc.,   Barnett (92nd)
  $%    formerly known as Royal Maid Association for the Blind.
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 198  Sales tax; increase diversion to municpalities from       Young
        18.5% to 20.5%.                                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 204  State and Public School Health Insurance Plans; same      Frierson
        rate charged for all dependents.                       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 219  School Attendance officers; place under supervision of    Clarke
        State Superintendent of Education.                     
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 223  Textbooks; increase allocation by One Million Dollars     Moak
        for one year to purchase.                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 231  Circuit Court; additional judge for Eighth District.      Manning
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 233  Sales tax; pay county percentage of sales tax generated   Nettles
        from business activities outside city.                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 237  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to provide grants   Bozeman
  $%    for parks and recreational centers.                    
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 240  Excise tax; exempt fuel used in fire department trucks.   Frierson
  $%       02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 242  Income tax; provide credit for ad valorem taxes paid on   Frierson
  $%    equipment used in processing or packaging blueberries. 
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 250  Motor vehicle tags; provide for cost reduction of.        Saucier
  $%       02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 260  Homestead exemption; increase for persons sixty-five      Guice
  $%    years of age or older or disabled.                     
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 286  Income tax; provide credit for taxpayer paying home       Denny
  $%    security expenses for primary residence.               
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 290  Public facilities contracts; local governments subject    Reeves
   %    to public purchase laws.                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 301  State employees' life insurance; revise date of           Endt
        adjustment.                                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 302  State buildings; create fund for repairs and              Endt
        renovation.                                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 315  Residential housing improvement; issue bonds and          Reeves
  $%    authorize partial ad valorem tax exemption.            
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 331  Juvenile detention; create centers between alternative    Short
        school and state training school.                      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 334  Mississippi Information Network; create.                  Short
   %       02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 348  State employees; increase salaries of.                    Moak
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 349  Community and junior colleges; increase salaries of       Moak
        academic faculty.                                      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 367  Office of Court Administrator; establish for circuit,     Reeves
        chancery and county courts.                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 370  Gaming license fee; increase and distribute portion to    Smith (27th)
  $%    nongaming counties.                                    
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 377  Sales and ad valorem taxes; increase sales tax            Young
   %    diversion to cities and cap city ad valorem tax.       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 378  Homestead exemption; reimburse cities of 5,000 and        Young
        below for entire loss from exemption.                  
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 388  Mississippi Business Finance Corporation; extend          Ford
   %    repealer on authority to issue bonds to finance        
        economic development projects.                         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 401  Fuel tax; extend repealer on distribution of certain      Ford
        proceeds derived from.                                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 402  State/school employees health insurance medical savings   Ford
 *      accounts; extend repealer.                             
           02/13 (H) Died On Calendar
HB 404  DECD; notify legislators of programs and projects.        Horne
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 432  Charter Schools; exempt from State Board of Education     Cameron
        regulations.                                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 448  Income tax; setoff delinquent criminal fines and          Endt
        penalties from any income tax refund due a taxpayer.   
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 485  Teachers; increase salaries during next three school      Chaney
        years.                                                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 494  Teachers; establish world class teachers program.         Cameron
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 497  Sales tax; exempt certain humane societies.               King
  $%       02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 511  Sales tax; exempt sales of prescription eyeglasses and    Warren
  $%    hearing aids.                                          
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 537  Mississippi Eminent Scholars Fund award; revise           Guice
        qualifications for.                                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 545  Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property     Moore
  $%    or services to certain churches.                       
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 573  Sales tax; include glider kits within the meaning of      Warren
  $%    truck-tractors for purposes of tax rate.               
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 574  Taxation; provide sales tax exemption for county rescue   Cummings
  $%    squads not affiliated with a fire department.          
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 576  Income tax; provide credit for employers hiring           King
  $%    students as part of certain cooperative or             
        school-to-work education programs.                     
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 580  Sales tax; reduce that levied upon certain rental         Davis (102nd)
  $%    vehicles.                                              
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 584  Rural fire truck acquisition program; revise.             Stevens
 *         04/22 Approved by Governor
HB 586  License tag; increase tag series to 10 years.             Denny
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 599  Appropriation; State Department of Education for          Chaney
        teacher salary increases.                              
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 609  School Attendance Officers; place under Office of         Frierson
        Educational Accountability.                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 619  Controlled substances; establish tax on.                  McCoy
  $%       02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 621  Public purchases; certain purchases may be made outside   Perry
 *      state contract terms.                                  
           04/22 Approved by Governor
HB 624  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for public school   McCoy
  $%    capital improvements.                                  
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 637  State Soil and Water Conservation Commission; receive     Holland
        one additional set of the Mississippi Code.            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 641  Teachers; establish performance pay plan.                 Cameron
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 645  Church arson; reporting revisions, sales tax exemption    Blackmon
   %    for alarms and accountability of funds.                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 649  State employees; increase salaries three percent during   Green (96th)
        each of next three years.                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 650  Highway Safety Patrol; increase civilian employees'       Green (96th)
        salaries.                                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 652  State Education Technology Bonds; clarify authority to    McCoy
   %    use for Tech-Prep Fund.                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 660  Public defenders; create Mississippi statewide public     Blackmon
   %    defender system.                                       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 665  Use tax; revise method of calculating interest and        Davis (7th)
        damages for failure to pay in certain cases.           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 671  State employees health insurance; authorize sheriffs to   Green (96th)
        participate in after leaving office.                   
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 674  Salaries; increase for certain state and county elected   Livingston
   %    and appointed officials.                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 675  Textbooks, school; allocate share of Education            Ketchings
 *      Enhancement Fund for certain nonpublic schools.        
           04/24 Approved by Governor
HB 676  School districts; mandate countywide consolidation in     Guice
   %    certain larger counties.                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 684  Bonds; increase amount of state general obligation        Morris
 *$%    bonds issued for the Mississippi Affordable Housing    
        Development Fund.                                      
           03/18 (S) Died In Committee
HB 693  Medicaid; create Mississippi Health Care authority to     Evans
   %    administer and expand eligibility.                     
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 702  Sales tax; exempt sales of certain medications for        Holland
  $%    production of fish, poultry and livestock.             
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 703  Sales tax; exempt Friends of Mississippi Libraries        Holland
  $%    from.                                                  
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 713  Judges; add additional circuit court judge in 16th        Smith (39th)
        Circuit Court District.                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 733  Universal health insurance; provide access through plan   Evans
        of Mississippi Health Finance Authority Board.         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 735  Bonds, school districts; prohibit attorneys fees from     Martinson
        being based on a percentage of bonds issued.           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 737  Income tax; exclude certain military compensation         Martinson
  $%    relating to imminent danger pay.                       
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 739  Income tax; allow certain deductions for self-employed    Rotenberry
  $%    individuals.                                           
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 740  Income tax; authorize deductions from for completing      Moak
  $%    certain education levels.                              
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 741  Income tax; revise method of determining net business     Cameron
  $%    income of certain foreign manufacturers.               
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 742  Sales tax; exempt finance charges from.                   Formby
  $%       02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 743  Sales tax; certain gross income from legal services       Saucier
  $%    subject to sales tax law.                              
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 747  Division I-A universitites; require to play each other    McInnis
        in all sports every year.                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 749  Income tax refunds; federal retirees receiving refund     Dedeaux
        under 1995 law shall be paid interest thereon.         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 750  Veterans Memorial Stadium; require all institutions of    Rotenberry
        higher learning to play in Jackson when playing each   
        other in football.                                     
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 761  Mississippi corps; establish state service programs.      Green (72nd)
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 764  Medicaid; continue current capitated managed care pilot   Moody
        program and establish an additional program.           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 766  Welfare reform; establish Mississippi Temporary           Moody
 * %    Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.          
           03/12 Approved by Governor
HB 767  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for additional      McCoy
  $%    funding of Tech-Prep Fund.                             
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 768  Income tax;  increase standard deduction and exemption    Warren
  $%    for married individuals.                               
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 769  Taxation; increase income tax standard deduction and      Moak
  $%    personal exemption for married individuals; exempt     
        certain retail sales of food from sales tax.           
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 770  Taxation; increase income tax standard deduction and      Formby
  $%    exemption for married individuals, reduce sales tax on 
        certain food items.                                    
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 771  Taxation; revise various income tax provisions for        Reeves
  $%    married persons, reduce sales tax on certain food      
        items.                                                 
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 772  Income tax; provide a job tax credit for certain          Reeves
  $%    businesses in empowerment zones and enterprise         
        communities.                                           
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 773  Sales tax; exempt sales of food that otherwise would      Bowles
  $%    qualify under food stamps program.                     
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 776  Income tax; allow deductions for completing certain       Moak
  $%    educational levels and bring forward various tax       
        sections.                                              
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 784  Child support; judgments based upon child support may     Moore
   %    be collected from retirement benefits.                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 801  State agencies; cannot increase existing employees        Taylor
        salaries with funds for additional positions not       
        filled.                                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 804  Omnibus pay section; include all appointive state         Guice
        officials.                                             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 807  Income tax; provide credit for taxpayer making child      Green (72nd)
  $%    support payments required by court order.              
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 825  County road bonds;  state aid funds may be  pledged       Comans
        for.                                                   
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 829  Sales tax; exempt retail sales of travel trailers to      Robinson (84th)
  $%    nonresidents from.                                     
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 836  Income tax; provide credit for taxpayers expending        Stribling
  $%    funds for construction, acquisition or rehab of        
        low-income housing projects.                           
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 839  State and Public School Employees Health Insurance;       Horne
 *      create a management board.                             
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 845  Bonds; issue additional to fully fund State Public        Manning
  $%    School Building Fund.                                  
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 846  Judges;  additional judge for 8th Circuit Court           Blackmon
        District.                                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 851  Fuel tax; delete repealer on distribution of certain      Williams
        proceeds derived from.                                 
           03/18 Approved by Governor
HB 852  Sales tax; exclude bad check service charge from.         Williams
  $%       02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 853  Income tax, corporation franchise tax; revise how         Williams
  $%    certain businesses determine, exempt certain equipment 
        sales from sales tax.                                  
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 854  Sales tax; exempt sales of certain medications for        Williams
  $%    production of fish, poultry and livestock.             
           03/18 (S) Died In Committee
HB 857  Retirement plans; create Mississippi Employee             Guice
   %    Retirement Income Security Act to supervise.           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 873  Supplemental rural fire truck acquisition assistance      Bozeman
        program; create.                                       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 877  Income tax; dependent child care credit when child care   McBride
  $%    provided at home.                                      
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 881  Public Employees' Retirement System; provide certain      McBride
        death benefits for active and retired employees.       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 883  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for Agriculture     Shows
  $%    Department needs and create sinking fund.              
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 885  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for Department of   Shows
  $%    Agriculture needs.                                     
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 886  Agriculture license fees; revise and deposit in           Shows
   %    Department of Agriculture Special Fund.                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 887  Ports; revise composition of Biloxi Port Commission.      Fredericks
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 897  Major Economic Impact Act; extend repealer on authority   Williams
 * %    to issue bonds for certain projects, revise requirement
        for certain bonds.                                     
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB 898  Income tax; delete repealer on law providing income tax   Williams
   %    credit for ad valorem taxes paid on products, goods and
        merchandise held for resale.                           
           03/18 Approved by Governor
HB 899  Mississippi Business Finance Corporation; extend          Williams
 * %    repealer on authority to issue bonds to finance        
        economic development projects (DECD).                  
           04/24 Approved by Governor
HB 901  Solid waste; increase ad valorem tax cities may levy      Ryan
  $%    and permit general funds to be used to defray expenses.
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 903  Mississippi Business Incubator Assistance Act; create     Morris
  $%    and fund program with bond issue.                      
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 912  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for State           Moody
  $%    Department of Mental Health capital improvements.      
           03/27 Approved by Governor
HB 918  Leave time; state employees may donate to other ill or    Clarke
 *      injured state employees.                               
           04/10 Approved by Governor
HB 919  Teacher incentive loan program; create.                   Blackmon
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 934  Income tax, state; exclude active duty military           Holland
  $%    compensation from.                                     
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 957  State service employees; increase annual compensation     Manning
        $2,400.00.                                             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 966  Income tax, refund; setoff for sales tax due on certain   Dedeaux
        unpaid debts.                                          
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 967  Income tax; provide credit for taxpayers utilizing        Dedeaux
  $%    short-line railroads.                                  
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 968  State Fiscal Officer; approve or disapprove certain IHL   Bowles
    *   withdrawals from State Treasury (PEER).                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 970  State Fire Academy; transfer certain funds for capital    Montgomery
 * %    improvements.                                          
           04/22 Approved by Governor
HB 978  Emerging crop loan program; establish program of loans    Ellzey
        for post-production on agricultural businesses.        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 984  Agency rules; create joint legislative committee to       Bowles
        review.                                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB 986  Income tax; increase standard deduction and exemption     Denny
  $%    for married individuals.                               
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB 987  Retirement; PERS member may designate child as            Denny
        beneficiary of death benefits.                         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1003  Sales tax; exempt sales of electricity to any business    Weathersby
  $%    establishment in the state.                            
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1014  Civil Rights Division; establish in the office of the     Watson
        Attorney General.                                      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1018  Reports; state agencies not send to legislators or        Davis (7th)
        state officials except upon request.                   
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1026  Casino Infrastructure Program; require bonds to be        Barnett (116th)
   %    issued and restrict use of monies in debt service fund.
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1029  State Education Technology Bonds; clarify authority to    Chaney
   %    use for Tech-Prep Fund.                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1032  Salaries; increase for certain state and county elected   Green (96th)
 *  @   and appointed officials.                               
           04/24 Approved by Governor
HB1035  Teachers; revise salary scale.                            King
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1040  Circuit court; additional judge for the Eighteenth        Scott (80th)
        Circuit Court District.                                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1041  Income tax; give credit for income taxes paid by state    Davis (7th)
  $%    citizens to political subdivisions outside Mississippi.
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1042  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for public school   Scott (80th)
  $%    capital improvements.                                  
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1043  Assistant teachers; fund under minimum program for        Moss
        kindergarten classes.                                  
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1045  Income tax; check off for senior citizens nutrition       Moss
        program.                                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1049  Sales tax; delete insurance payment on totaled vehicle    Davis (7th)
  $%    from gross proceeds of sale of replacement vehicle.    
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1050  Taxation; certain mobile home owners exempt from ad       Dedeaux
  $%    valorem tax; certain income exempt from income tax.    
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1051  Ad valorem tax; exempt certain energy saving systems,     Dedeaux
  $%    equipment, devices and mechanisms.                     
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1052  Sales tax; exempt sales of certain energy saving          Dedeaux
   %    systems and equipment.                                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1066  Unemployment compensation; provide for employment         Flaggs
   %    service contributions by employers.                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1067  Unemployment compensation; provide for employment         Clark
   %    service contributions by employers.                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1068  Income tax; increase standard deduction and exemption     Formby
  $%    for married individuals.                               
           03/18 (S) Died In Committee
HB1069  Highway Patrol; add member to PERS Board, and allow       Perry
 *      members to receive 13th check in 12 installments.      
           04/22 Approved by Governor
HB1072  Judges; set daily expense allowance for supreme and       Perry
        appeals court at federal expense allowance rate.       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1077  State Auditor; authorize purchase of passenger motor      Williams
        vehicles.                                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1078  State property; authorize state agencies to transfer      Williams
 *      obsolete property to local governing authorities.      
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1080  Department of Audit; transfer FY97 appropriation funds    Williams
        from one category to another.                          
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1081  Income tax; revise method of determining net business     Williams
  $%    income of certain manufacturers.                       
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1082  Corporation franchise tax; revise method by which         Williams
        certain multistate corporations determine gross        
        receipts.                                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1083  Sales tax; create industrial exemption for certain        Williams
  $%    sales of environmental pollution control systems.      
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1084  Conservation officers; establish separate retirement      Dedeaux
   %    system for.                                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1087  Circuit court; additional judge for 15th Circuit Court    Blackmon
        District.                                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1099  Income tax; credit for college tuition.                   Reynolds
  $%       02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1102  Video coin machines; authorize and provide for            Clark
        licensing and regulation of.                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1105  Gasoline excise tax; eliminate evaporation deduction      Endt
        allowed distributors of gasoline.                      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1106  Retirement; allow purchase of PERS credit for work by     Endt
        students at public junior colleges or IHLs.            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1110  Bonds; extend repealer on authority to issue for major    Howell
 * %    energy project development fund.                       
           03/27 Approved by Governor
HB1111  Mississippi Home Corporation; make subject to state       Bowles
   %    administrative regulations.                            
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1115  Omnibus pay section; include Department of Corrections    Malone
        Deputy Commissioners and Wardens.                      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1128  State Fiscal Officer; authorize to prepare a condensed    Capps
        version of the Comprehensive Annual Report.            
           03/17 Approved by Governor
HB1130  State Aid Road Fund; increase sales tax revenues          Huskey
        distributed to.                                        
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1131  Bonita Lakes area; establish as a state park.             Young
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1132  Counties; create sales tax diversion to and cap ad        Young
   %    valorem tax millage rate.                              
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1133  Sales tax increase diversion to cities, create            Young
   %    diversion to counties, use diversions to reduce ad     
        valorem taxes.                                         
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1134  Sales and ad valorem taxes; increase tax diversion to     Young
   %    cities, create diversion to counties; cap city and     
        county ad valorem tax.                                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1143  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to provide          Eaton
  $%    additional funding Forest Resource Development Fund.   
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1145  State and public school employees health insurance        Livingston
        plans for retirees; pay equal premiums.                
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1146  Education Enhancement Fund; earmark percentage of         Livingston
        ending cash balance funds for teacher salary increases.
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1148  Public transportation systems; Legislature appropriate    Fredericks
        sums equal to amount of decreased federal funds for.   
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1152  School Attendance Officers; place under supervision of    Weathersby
        school superintendent.                                 
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1153  Ad valorem taxes; require counties reduce millage rate    Weathersby
  $%    in certain instance, delete school board authority to  
        increase without referendum.                           
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1160  Homestead exemption; increase.                            Hamilton
  $%       02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1164  Welfare reform; establish Mississippi Temporary           Blackmon
   %    Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.          
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1177  Ad valorem tax; exempt environmental pollution control    Compretta
  $%    equipment.                                             
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1184  School districts; reduce teacher-student ratio in K-4     Moss
        to 1:20.                                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1188  Mississippi Child Equity Trust Fund; establish.           Saucier
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1196  Public purchasing; increase amount that may be made by    Moody
 * %    public hospitals without advertising for bids.         
           03/11 (S) Failed
HB1213  State property; authorize bar codes to be attached to.    Williams
 *         03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1215  Sales tax; clarify on tangible property/construction on   Williams
   %    certain floating structures in lieu certain other sales
        taxes.                                                 
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1216  Corporation franchise tax; clarify meaning of the term    Williams
        "corporation" for the purposes of (STC).               
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1222  Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; allow    Compretta
        fire protection district to participate.               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1229  Water pollution; create hardship grants fund and          Ellington
 *      program to be administered by Department of            
        Environmental Quality (DEQ).                           
           03/24 Approved by Governor
HB1244  Division of Youth Services; increase number of            Warren
 *      Adolescent Offender Program sites.                     
           04/10 Approved by Governor
HB1245  Bonds; revise use of proceeds for certain juvenile        Warren
 * %    facilities, extend time to issue certain bonds and     
        extend repealer on Juvenile Detention Fund.            
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1252  Whitfield, State Hosptial at; expand number of beds       Robinson (63rd)
        (HINDS).                                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1256  Gaming; pay revenue generated from certain local fees     Robinson (63rd)
        to counties of the state based on proportion to which  
        generated.                                             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1299  Sales tax; create diversion to counties to defray cost    Ellis
   %    of garbage collection and disposal.                    
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1307  Minimum Education Program; include percentage of local    Perkins
        gaming revenue earmarked for education in "other local 
        revenue sources".                                      
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1314  School Attendance Officers; place under Attorney          Frierson
        General.                                               
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1320  Contractors' tax, deposit portion to State Highway        Compretta
        Fund.                                                  
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1353  Alcoholic beverages; 20% of taxes goes to counties        Banks
   %    where generated.                                       
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1381  Schools; increase teachers' salaries to the               Bourdeaux
        southeastern average.                                  
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1392  Income and franchise tax; provide credit for taxpayers    Stevens
  $%    providing funds for certain railroad capital           
        improvement projects.                                  
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1393  Gaming counties infrastructure program; continue          Barnett (116th)
        diversion of revenues to fund.                         
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1394  Municipal Crime Prevention Fund; create.                  Watson
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1404  Court of Appeals; appoint judges.                         Ross
   %       02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1410  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for Greenville      Cameron
 *$%    Higher Education Center.                               
           03/18 (S) Died In Committee
HB1419  Physician assistants/nurse practitioners; income tax      Scott (80th)
  $%    credit for certain practices.                          
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1468  Minority set-aside; require for all state purchases.      Scott (80th)
   %       02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1471  State Tax Commission; authorize use of administrative     Williams
   %    sales tax provisions in collection of certain taxes and
        fees (STC).                                            
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1475  Timber severance tax; increase the amount of tax          Williams
 *      liability under which quarterly returns may be filed   
        (STC).                                                 
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1481  Sales tax and use tax; clarify diversion to the Motor     Williams
 *      Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund (STC).           
           04/23 Approved by Governor
HB1482  Commission on Privatization; create.                      Janus
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1484  Leave time;  state employees may transfer to a pool for   McBride
        other ill employees.                                   
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1516  Income tax credits; limit to the income tax liabilities   Williams
        derived from the business income which generates the   
        credit. (STC).                                         
           02/17 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1540  Income taxation; clarify that certain corporations may    Williams
        be required to file consolidated returns. (STC).       
           03/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1610  Gaming Counties Infrastructure Program;  revise source    Compretta
   %    and authority for funding.                             
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1616  Ayers Endowment Fund; create to provide certain funding   Ford
 *      for JSU, ASU and MVSU.                                 
           04/24 Approved by Governor
HB1633  Mississippi Development Bank; authorize to issue state    Ford
   %    general obligation bonds for limited purpose.          
           02/24 Approved by Governor
HB1643  Old Capitol Museum; create trust fund.                    Stevens
           03/17 Approved by Governor
HB1654  Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan     Robinson (84th)
        Program; expand meaning of "capital improvements" for  
        purposes of.                                           
           02/04 (H) Died In Committee
HB1710  Sales tax; exempt sales to certain religious              Williams
  $%    institutions.                                          
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1712  Mississippi Business Incubator Assistance Act; create     Martinson
  $%    and fund program with bond issue.                      
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1714  Bonds; increase amount that may be issued under Local     Williams
 *$%    Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan        
        Program. (DECD).                                       
           04/10 Approved by Governor
HB1716  Sales tax; revise the rate imposed on the sale of         Williams
  $%    certain truck-tractors and semitrailers.               
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1717  Sales tax; delete that imposed on the ginning of cotton   Williams
  $%    (STC).                                                 
           03/27 Approved by Governor
HB1718  Counties, fire protection districts; authorize certain    Henderson (9th)
  $%    counties to increase tax and levy on real and personal 
        property.                                              
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1719  Sales tax; tax sales of certain agricultural equipment    Williams
 *$%    at three percent (STC).                                
           03/18 (S) Died In Committee
HB1720  Insurance premium tax; reduce rate imposed on certain     Williams
  $%    types of insurance.                                    
           02/26 (H) Died In Committee
HB1721  Bonds; increase amount that may be issued under           Williams
  $%    Economic Development Highway Act (DECD).               
           03/18 (S) Died In Committee
SB2002  Mental patients; reimburse counties for housing.          Simmons
 *         02/13 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2015  Salaries; revise statutory salaries of state and local    Dearing
        public officials.                                      
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2018  Sales tax exemption; Habitat for Humanity.                Nunnelee
  $%       02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2022  Appropriations; enact one appropriation bill for all      Hall
        general fund agencies.                                 
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2023  Motor vehicle taxes; exempt vehicles owned by Purple      Johnson (19th)
  $%    Heart Medal recipient from ad valorem taxation.        
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2031  Bonds; limit general obligation bonded indebtedness of    Kirby
        the state to 60% of the tax revenue for certain fiscal 
        years.                                                 
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2034  Oil overcharge fund; create and restrict use.             Hall
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2037  State budget; revise the manner in which the Working      Kirby
        Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund is funded.             
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2059  Equity funding for school districts; not reduced by       Bean
        sixteenth section timber or mineral sales under certain
        conditions.                                            
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2062  Retirement; revise the annual cost of living increase     Dearing
        under the PERS law.                                    
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2068  Sales tax; exempt sales to or by Signature Works, Inc.,   Posey
  $%    formerly known as Royal Maid Association for the Blind.
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2072  Sales tax; exclude Christmas trees from definition of     Bean
  $%    oranmental shrubbery for exemption purposes.           
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2081  Minimum Education Program; one teacher unit for every     Smith
        20 pupils in Grades 1-4.                               
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2082  Appropriation; SDE for additional teacher units in        Smith
        Grades 1-4.                                            
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2083  Minimum program funds; addl allotment for reading         Smith
        instructors in school districts with high percentage of
        at-risk pupils.                                        
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2084  Approp; SDE for additional Teacher Assistants in school   Smith
        districts with 60% participation in free lunch program.
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2091  Income tax setoff; unpaid fines owed cities and           Hamilton
        counties.                                              
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2095  Reduce general sales tax; from 7% to 6%.                  Kirby
  $%       02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2097  Income taxation; adjust income tax rates for inflation.   Kirby
  $%       02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2109  Sales tax exemption; Ducks Unlimited fund-raising         Dearing
  $%    purchases.                                             
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2121  Tax credits; income and franchise tax credits for         Carter
  $%    research and development expenses.                     
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2135  Equity funding for school district; not reduced by 16th   Burton
        section income.                                        
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2138  Sales tax; materials for chicken house construction       Burton
  $%    taxed at 3-1/2%.                                       
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2144  Federal funds; expend only for programs authorized by     Burton
        Legislature.                                           
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2148  Rural fire truck acquisition assistance; authorize        Dearing
        lease-purchase.                                        
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2151  MS Business Incubator Assistance Act; create and          Hall
  $%*   establish.                                             
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2165  Income taxation; increase the amount of the optional      Bryan
 *$%    standard deduction and exemption for married           
        individuals.                                           
           03/03 Approved by Governor
SB2172  Sales tax; exempt finance charges from sales tax.         Hewes
  $%       02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2176  Salaries of appointed state officials; increase.          Gordon
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2185  State Aid Road Fund; increase motor fuel tax diversion    Gordon
        into.                                                  
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2193  Public purchases; clarify state agency purchases          Hall
        outside of state contract price.                       
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2199  Income taxation; increase the optional standard           Nunnelee
  $%    deduction for married individuals and heads of         
        households.                                            
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2212  Income tax; dependent exempt for child born to married    Canon
  $%    individ first 3 mos of yr after yr for which taxes are 
        paid.                                                  
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2218  Salaries of statewide and district elected officials;     Gordon
 *  @   increase.                                              
           04/05 (S) Died In Conference
SB2221  Juvenile delinquents; require juvenile detention          Burton
   %*   facilities funded through state bond issue; create     
        Department of Youth Development.                       
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2223  Motor vehicle privilege tax; exempt one vehicle owned     Hawks
  $%    by each active duty member of the National Guard.      
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2225  Bonds; issue g.o. bonds for a hospitality station in      Furniss
  $%    Coahoma County.                                        
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2235  Homestead exemption tax loss reimbursements; increase.    Rayborn
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2236  Gaming fees; increase and dedicate for state and county   Rayborn
  $%    highway maintenance.                                   
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2237  Bonds; increase amount funding livestock facility         Rayborn
  $%    grants.                                                
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2256  Gaming; increase gaming license fee and deposit           Canon
  $%    increase into State Highway Fund.                      
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2257  Justice court judges; increase pay.                       Lee
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2262  Bonds; issue GO bonds for Agriculture Department needs    Thames
  $%    and create sinking fund.                               
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2266  Income taxation; adjust income tax rates for inflation.   Kirby
  $%       02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2274  Minimum education program; allot funds for employing      Ferris
        high school arts education instructors.                
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2275  Mississippi Adequate Education Program; clarify funding   Ferris
        components.                                            
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2278  State centralized automated payroll system; DFA           Hewes
        establish.                                             
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2284  MS Business Finance Corporation; extend repealer on       Hewes
   %    authority to issue bonds to finance economic           
        development.                                           
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2285  Taxation; provide for a local sales tax to support        Hall
  $%    county economic development authorities.               
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2287  PERS; give preference to Mississippi brokers in PERS      Hewes
        investment transactions.                               
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2289  Emerging crop loan program; establish program of loans    Thames
    *   for post-production on agricultural businesses.        
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2292  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for Dept. of        Thames
  $%    Agriculture needs.                                     
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2294  Minimum education program; allot funds for employing      Smith
        high school arts education instructors.                
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2297  Income tax; exclude armed forces pay while in hazardous   Hall
  $%    duty area from gross income.                           
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2298  Appropriation FY97; to Dept of Archives and History to    Hall
        purchase property adjacent to Manship House Museum.    
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2305  Leave of absence; delete requirement that state           Harden
        employee use personal leave for first day of illness.  
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2306  PERS; retiree receiving reduced allowance may change      Harden
        option to receive maximum allowance.                   
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2307  Sales tax; exempt retail sales of unprepared foods.       Harden
  $%       02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2310  School bonds; majority vote required on school bond       Harden
        issues.                                                
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2317  Agriculture license fees; revise and deposit in           Thames
 * %    Department of Agriculture Special Fund.                
           02/14 (S) Died In Committee
SB2319  County court; establish uniform system and youth court.   Smith
 *  *      04/04 (S) Died In Conference
SB2342  Department of Finance and Administration; authorize to    Hall
        purchase property adjacent to Manship House.           
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2344  Annual state financial report; authorize condensed        Hall
        version.                                               
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2345  Budget; transfer from the General Fund an amount equal    Gordon
        to a certain portion of sales tax growth to counties.  
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2346  Funds shortage certification for general/special fund     Gordon
        agencies; clarify.                                     
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2361  Rural Fire Acquisition Program; provide additional        Rayborn
        funds.                                                 
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2364  Standard criminal assessment fee; increase general fund   Burton
        amount, repeal bond fee.                               
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2371  County work program to pay fines; withhold homestead      Rayborn
        exemp. payments for failure to implement.              
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2377  Office on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; create under      Bean
 *      SBCJC.                                                 
           04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2380  Rural fire truck acquisition assistance; authorize        Dearing
        lease-purchase.                                        
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2383  Department of Agriculture; repeal provisions exempting    Gordon
        personnel from state service.                          
           03/12 (H) Died On Calendar
SB2384  Taxation, sales; increase the sales tax on the casual     Little
  $%    sales of motor vehicles.                               
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2386  Sales tax; divert a certain amount of sales tax to        Little
        Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund.           
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2387  Teachers; increase minimum program salary scale.          Bean
 *         03/31 (S) Died In Conference
SB2392  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for Dept. Mental    Bean
  $%    Health capital improvements.                           
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2393  Nursing facility; authorize CON for new construction of   Dearing
        in Amite County.                                       
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2415  PERS; increase the minimum retirement benefit.            Frazier
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2416  Health insurance; state pay portion of premium for        Frazier
        retired state employee.                                
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2427  Appropriation; Reappropriation; DFA - Bureau of           Hall
        Building; FY98.                                        
           03/25 Approved by Governor
SB2428  Appropriation; Dept. of Educ., Miss. Writing/Thinking     Hall
        Inst.; Addl.  FY97.                                    
           03/25 Approved by Governor
SB2439  School district employee teacher-scholar incentive        Harden
        grant program; create.                                 
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2452  Municipal Crime Prevention Fund; establish (MA).          Jordan (24th)
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2454  Repair and Renovation Funds; create for IHL, community    Jackson
 *      colleges and state agencies.                           
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2457  Bonds; issue g.o. bonds for purchase of MS College Law    Smith
  $%    School.                                                
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2464  Homestead exemption; reimburse cities for entire tax      Jordan (24th)
        loss (MA).                                             
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2469  Retirement; include judges in legislative retirement      Furniss
        plan.                                                  
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2476  Bingo; revise Charitable Bingo Law, require certain       Rayborn
        amounts to go to charity.                              
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2499  Solid waste; create Local Governments solid waste         Dearing
 * %    assistance fund.                                       
           04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2501  Corporate franchise tax; certain multistate               Robertson
   %    corporations may determine gross receipts by direct or 
        separate accounting.                                   
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2503  Health care facilities; authorize CON for Newton          Burton
        County.                                                
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2505  Contractors' tax; deposit portion to State Highway        Minor
        Fund.                                                  
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2516  State qualified health centers; issue bonds for grants.   Horhn
   %       02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2525  Appropriation; match revenue taxes in the Forest          Harvey
        Resource Development Program.                          
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2528  Medicaid reimbursement for obstetrical services and       Smith
        mother's inpatient care; financial responsibility of   
        recipient.                                             
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2532  Public employees; provide cost of living increase for     Rayborn
        state employees and teachers.                          
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2534  State Department of Education School Classroom Video      Hall
        Project; establish.                                    
           02/13 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2540  Sales tax; authorize county and municipal sales tax       Jordan (24th)
  $%    (MA).                                                  
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2541  Public officials; allow PERS retiree serving as a local   Furniss
        elected or appointed official to receive retirement    
        allowance.                                             
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2543  Retirement; include payments to legislators for mileage   Furniss
        in earned compensation.                                
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2546  Prisoners; authorize DOC to contract with private         Jackson
        facility in Kemper County to house.                    
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2558  Appropriation; Archives & History, addl. FY97, to         Gollott
        evaluate historic site.                                
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2559  Teachers; authorize Three-for-Three Teacher Relocation    Simmons
        Program.                                               
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2572  Teacher salary scale; increase over 3-year period.        Harden
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2577  Bar codes; attach to all state and county equipment for   Kirby
        inventory.                                             
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2585  Corrections; authorize DOC to construct prison on state   Furniss
        land in Quitman County.                                
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2588  Department of Economic and Community Development;         Hall
        provide interest free loan for purchase of a sound     
        stage.                                                 
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2593  Appropriation; Vet. Memorial Stadium Commission;          Hall
        Additional, FY97.                                      
           02/10 Approved by Governor
SB2594  Appropriation; Board of Animal Health; Additional,        Hall
        FY97.                                                  
           03/25 Approved by Governor
SB2609  Gaming; clarify the waters upon which gaming aboard a     Hewes
        cruise vessel is allowed.                              
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2625  Public transit; DOT to provide any available funds to     Gollott
        public transportation systems in the state.            
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2626  Bonds; issue bonds to renovate old National Guard         Hall
  $%    Armory for children's museum.                          
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2629  Bonds; remove unnecessary language regarding interest     Bryan
        rates on certain bond issues.                          
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2646  Public officials; allow PERS retiree who is elected to    Jordan (24th)
        a local office to receive retirement allowance.        
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2647  Gaming taxes; distribute portion to non-gaming            Jordan (24th)
        counties.                                              
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2648  Retirement; allow PERS retiree serving as elected         Jordan (24th)
        official to receive retirement allowance.              
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2649  Public school finance; implement MS Adequate Education    Bryan
 * %@V  Funding formula.                                       
           04/23 (H) Veto Overridden
SB2657  Sales tax; exempt sales of certain medications for        Hamilton
  $%    production of fish, poultry and livestock.             
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2687  Juvenile Detention Fund; use to fund operation of         Hall
        juvenile facilities.                                   
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2692  Contributions to Mississippi Volunteer Service Fund on    Bean
        income tax returns; authorize.                         
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2693  Appropriation for Gulf Coast Research Lab-Cedar Point     Gollott
        Campus FY 97; delete.                                  
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2694  Taxation; tax pay-per-view and closed circuit             Gollott
        telecasts.                                             
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2695  PERS; Local elected official credit for service paid by   Woodfield
        per diem.                                              
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2696  Income tax refund check-off; burn center.                 Furniss
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2700  Spinal cord and traumatic brain injury treatment          Thames
 *      program, technical amendments to; create Registry.     
           03/27 Approved by Governor
SB2702  Health care facilities; autorize CON for additional       Canon
        nursing beds in Lowndes County.                        
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2706  Funds appropriated to ASU Small Farm Development Center   Jackson
 *      FY97; clarify.                                         
           03/25 Approved by Governor
SB2707  Education Enhancement Funds for classroom supplies;       Farris
        clarify expenditure of.                                
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2709  Education enhancement funds for classroom supplies;       Harden
 *      certain procedures for allocation of.                  
           03/31 (S) Died In Conference
SB2714  Medicaid; capture available Medicaid funds for special    Gollott
        education programs.                                    
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2717  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for Greenville      Carlton
  $%    Higher Education Center.                               
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2721  Sales tax; pay county percentage of sales tax generated   Johnson (19th)
        from business activities outside city.                 
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2724  Public Employees' Retirement System; provide Continued    Little
        Employment-Early Retirement option.                    
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2728  Income taxation; clarify how certain gains are treated.   Bryan
 *         03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2729  Timber severance taxation; increase the amount of tax     Bryan
 *      liability under which quarterly returns may be filed.  
           03/18 Approved by Governor
SB2730  Income taxation; clarify that corporations may be         Bryan
        required to file consolidated returns.                 
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2731  Bonds; create General Obligation Bond Proceeds            Bryan
        Anticipation Fund (DFA).                               
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2732  Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund; use          Bryan
 * %    surplus to reimburse local government for certain tax  
        losses.                                                
           02/13 (S) Failed
SB2737  Homestead exemption; increase the amount of               Bryan
        reimbursement for county tax losses.                   
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2764  State employee managers; establish the Statewide          Smith
        Personnel Development Center.                          
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2767  Bonds; revise use of proceeds for cert juv facilities     Smith
   %    incl diag cntr, ext time to issue cert bonds, ext      
        repealer on Juv Detention Fund.                        
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2780  Bonds; extend the time for issuance of certain bonds      Bryan
   %    under the Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act.       
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2791  Salary increase for all state employees who did not       Harden
        receive raise due to realignment; Legislature shall    
        appropriate.                                           
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2792  Salary increases for MIB, State Port Authority and IHL;   Harden
        Legislature shall appropriate.                         
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2794  Across the board salary increase for all state            Harden
        employees; Legislature shall appropriate FY 98.        
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2795  Sales tax; exempt finance charges from sales tax.         White (5th)
  $%       02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2796  Water pollution; create hardship grants fund and          Dearing
        program to be administered by Department of            
        Environmental Quality (DEQ).                           
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2817  Gaming; establish state lottery.                          Jackson
   %       02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2821  Homestead exemption; increase reimbursement of tax        Rayborn
        losses to counties.                                    
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2825  Income tax; provide credit for taxpayers utilizing        Johnson (19th)
  $%    short-line railroads (DECD).                           
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2830  Public defender; establish statewide system.              Turner
 *         03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2834  Gaming; req in-state financial interests incl minority    Horhn
        participation & purchases of in-state goods & serv by  
        gaming licensees.                                      
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2835  Gasoline tax; eliminate 2% shrinkage offset allowed       Jordan (18th)
        distributors against taxes owed.                       
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2845  MS Business Finance Corporation; extend repealer on       Bryan
   %    authority to issue bonds to finance economic           
        development.                                           
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2861  Trauma Care Task Force; create.                           Bean
 *         04/24 Approved by Governor
SB2869  MS Business Investment Act; provide loans and grants      Horhn
        for Farish Street Entertainment District.              
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2870  Sales tax; exempt bad check service charges.              Horhn
 *$%       03/27 Approved by Governor
SB2875  FY97 funds for Educable Child and School District         Hall
 *      Student Level Database Programs; transfer from minimum 
        program.                                               
           03/25 Approved by Governor
SB2876  Museum Trust Fund; establish.                             Hall
 *         03/27 (S) Died On Calendar
SB2879  Corrections; Direct DOC to contract for regional          Stogner
 *      facilities in certain counties.                        
           03/25 Approved by Governor
SB2892  Gaming tax; remove repealer on diversion to Gaming        Little
        Counties Bond Sinking Fund.                            
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2897  Repair and Renovation Fund; provide source of funding.    Jackson
 *         03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2918  Homestead exemption; increase reimbursement of tax        Johnson (19th)
        losses to counties.                                    
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2923  Corrections; Direct DOC to contract for regional          Huggins
        facilities in certain counties.                        
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2924  Corrections; DOC may build facility for low risk,         Huggins
        property and DUI offenders.                            
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2932  Bonds; extend authority to issue bonds for the Major      Hamilton
   %    Energy Project Development Fund.                       
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2939  Taxes; sales tax exemption for pollution control          Dearing
  $%    equipment.                                             
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB2956  Compensatory time, overtime pay, personal and medical     Gordon
        leave for state employees; clarify.                    
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB2963  Sales taxation; clarify diversion to the Motor Vehicle    Bryan
        Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund.                         
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2964  Franchise tax; treat certain organizations as             Bryan
 *      corporations.                                          
           03/31 Approved by Governor
SB2966  Income tax credits; limit to the income tax liabilities   Bryan
        derived from the business income which generates the   
        credit.                                                
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2968  State Tax Commission; authorize the use of sales tax      Bryan
   %    provisions in collection of certain taxes and fees.    
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB2978  State and public school employees health insurance        Bean
        plans for retirees; pay equal premiums.                
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB3000  Charter schools; provide for establishment, financing     Farris
        and supervision.                                       
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB3001  State and public school employees health insurance        Farris
        plans for retirees; pay equal premiums.                
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB3011  Magnolia Venture Capital Act; repeal on July 1, 1998,     Horhn
 *      and prohibit the use of funds to finance certain       
        businesses.                                            
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB3012  Telecommunication conference facility; authorize          Horhn
 * %    portion of room tax and bond interest for start-up and 
        operating costs.                                       
           03/04 (H) Died In Committee
SB3044  Sales taxation; exempt certain pollution control          Robertson
  $%    equipment.                                             
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3045  Franchise tax; revise determination of gross receipts     Robertson
   %    for multistate corporations.                           
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SB3046  Income tax; revise method of determining net business     Robertson
  $%    income of certain foreign manufacturers.               
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3065  Bonds; increase amount of bonds issued under Economic     Bryan
  $%    Development Highway Act.                               
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3066  Bonds; increase bond amount for local governments         Bryan
  $%    capital improvements revolving loan program.           
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3067  Income tax; exempt certain amounts paid from Soil and     Posey
  $%    Water Cost-Share Program from "gross income".          
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3068  Sales tax; reduce that levied upon certain rental         Farris
  $%    vehicles.                                              
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3069  Privilege taxes; reduce levy on travel agents and         Farris
  $%    travel agencies.                                       
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3070  Taxation; exempt sales to certain 501(c)(3)               Frazier
  $%    organizations from sales taxation.                     
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3071  Income taxation; increase optional standard deduction     White (29th)
  $%    for married individuals.                               
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3072  Additional appropriation - State Dept. of Health;         Bean
        federal match for Breast and Cervical Cancer Grant.    
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3081  Bonds; G.O. bonds for State Department of Mental Health   Burton
  $%    capital improvements.                                  
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3082  Sales taxation; tax sales of certain agricultural         Bryan
  $%    equipment at 3%.                                       
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3092  Sales tax; delete that imposed on the ginning of cotton   Bryan
  $%    (STC).                                                 
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3093  Sales tax; clarify on tangible property\construction on   Bryan
  $%    certain floating structures in lieu certain other sales
        taxes.                                                 
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3094  Income taxation; exempt certain insurance companies.      Bryan
  $%       02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SB3095  Bonds; increase amount funding livestock facility         Rayborn
  $%    grants.                                                
           02/26 (S) Died In Committee
SC 511  Taxation; joint committee to study state tax system.      Harden
           04/05 (S) Died In Committee
SC 525  Const:  Provide for a cabinet form of government in the   Smith
        executive branch.                                      
           02/04 (S) Died In Committee
SN   9  Sue Lee Bush, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as a member of    GOVERNOR
        the Mississippi Hospital Equipment and Facilities      
        Authority, for the four year term of office commencing 
        July 1, 1996                                           
           04/04 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN  25  Douglas E. Rushing, Tylertown, Mississippi, as a member   GOVERNOR
        of the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation, for   
        the unexpired term of office ending April 1, 1998      
           04/04 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN  36  William Walton Gresham, Jr., Indianola, Mississippi, as   GOVERNOR
        Chairman of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, for the 
        four year term of office commencing October 1, 1997    
           04/04 (S) Appointment Confirmed
SN  71  L. C. Carlton, Clinton, Mississippi, as a member of the   GOVERNOR
        Veterans' Home Purchase Board, for the four year term  
        of office commencing June 30, 1997                     
           04/02 (S) Appointment Confirmed



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