Mississippi Legislature

1998 Regular Session

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House: Introductions

HB 777  State employees; repeal provision requiring payment on    Rotenberry
        a delayed basis twice per month.                       
           Referred To Fees and Salaries of Public Officers
HB 778  Health insurance plans; provide an option for insured     Stevens
        to elect coverage for certain child immunizations.     
           Referred To Insurance
HB 779  Community College Training Center; establish in           Watson
        Hattiesburg.                                           
           Referred To Universities and Colleges;Ways and Means
HB 780  Marine resources; prohibit use of gill nets and trammel   Saucier
        nets in marine waters of the state.                    
           Referred To Conservation and Water Resources
HB 781  Resisting arrest; forfeiture of vehicle used to resist    Saucier
        arrest.                                                
           Referred To Judiciary B
HB 782  DECD; authorize to purchase property damage and           Williams
        uninsured motorist insurance on department vehicles    
        (DECD).                                                
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 783  State aircraft; transfer operation of to DECD (DECD).     Williams
           Referred To Ways and Means;Appropriations
HB 784  Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan     Williams
        Program; revise interest rate and repayment period on  
        loans (DECD).                                          
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 785  Emerging Crops Fund; extend repealer on issuance of       Williams
        bonds for fund.                                        
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 786  Income tax; delete repealer on the tax credit for         Williams
        certain port charges and delete limit on maximum amount
        of credit (DECD).                                      
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 787  Use tax; exempt prizes awarded by freshwater fishing      Williams
        tournaments. (DECD).                                   
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 788  Sales tax; provide an exemption for sales of movie        Williams
        production equipment (DECD).                           
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 789  Bonds; increase amount of bonds that may be issued        Williams
        under the Small Enterprise Development Finance Act     
        (DECD).                                                
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 790  Income taxes delinquent; STC may pay out-of-state         Williams
        collection agency's fee from amount collected when paid
        directly to STC (STC).                                 
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 791  Real estate brokers; allow person with lapsed licenses    Williams
        to be reinstated upon meeting certain requirements.    
           Referred To Judiciary B
HB 792  Sales tax; allow public/private community colleges,       Williams
        junior colleges, colleges and universities to retain   
        tax on their sales.                                    
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 793  Homicide; revise capital murder.                          Robinson (84th)
           Referred To Judiciary B
HB 794  Appropriation; Community College Board for operation of   Brown
        EMCC Center for Manufacturing Technology Excellence.   
           Referred To Appropriations
HB 795  State buildings; revise list of buildings under           Brown
        supervision of DFA.                                    
           Referred To Public Buildings, Grounds and Lands
HB 796  Insurance; no recovery for first $10,000 of damage for    Brown
        any owner failing to maintain motor vehicle coverage.  
           Referred To Insurance
HB 797  EMS traffic violation fees; increase to fund state        Fredericks
        trauma care plan.                                      
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Judiciary A
HB 798  Statewide trauma care system; State Department of         Fredericks
        Health shall develop and administer.                   
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
HB 799  Community services; increase fees offenders pay to.       Malone
           Referred To Penitentiary
HB 800  Offenders; to pay costs of filing frivolous lawsuits.     Malone
           Referred To Penitentiary
HB 801  Property; unlawful to possess drugs or alcohol on DOC     Malone
        property.                                              
           Referred To Penitentiary
HB 802  Earned time allowance; modify definition of "final        Malone
        order".                                                
           Referred To Penitentiary
HB 803  Offenders; may be required to submit to chemical          Malone
        analysis test more than once per month.                
           Referred To Penitentiary
HB 804  Private correctional officers; authorized to use force    Malone
        and firearms.                                          
           Referred To Penitentiary
HB 805  Offenders; must serve 85% of sentence for crimes of       Malone
        violence.                                              
           Referred To Penitentiary
HB 806  Interstate Corrections Compact; authorize state to        Malone
        enter into.                                            
           Referred To Penitentiary
HB 807  Schools; incorporate law-related education                Dickson
        instructional approach.                                
           Referred To Education
HB 808  Teacher applicants; authorize certain persons failing     Dickson
        national exam to teach in geographical shortage areas. 
           Referred To Education
HB 809  Bingo; revise Charitable Bingo Law.                       Ryan
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 810  Annexation; require approval by board of supervisors.     Shows
           Referred To Municipalities;County Affairs
HB 811  Driver's license; person under 18; suspend for moving     Saucier
        traffic violations.                                    
           Referred To Transportation;Judiciary A
HB 812  Garbage trucks; require to use tarpaulins.                Saucier
           Referred To Transportation
HB 813  Crimes; create felony for fleeing police officer and      Saucier
        provide for forfeiture of vehicle.                     
           Referred To Judiciary B
HB 814  Mississippi Child Equity Trust Fund; establish.           Saucier
           Referred To Education;Appropriations
HB 815  Lorenzo's Oil; state provide to children with ALD         Saucier
        genetic disorder.                                      
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
HB 816  Ballots; add category of "none of the above" on all       Saucier
        election ballots for candidates.                       
           Referred To Apportionment and Elections
HB 817  Federal mandates; establish procedures for state          Saucier
        implementaton of.                                      
           Referred To Appropriations
HB 818  Ad valorem taxes; require advertisement of land to be     Saucier
        sold for delinquent taxes to list owner names          
        alphabetically.                                        
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 819  Motor vehicle tags; provide for cost reduction of.        Saucier
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 820  Juveniles; try as adult for acts committed with           Howell
        instrument capable of causing serious bodily harm.     
           Referred To Juvenile Justice
HB 821  Computer services and equipment; limit liability of       Brown
        prospective contractors.                               
           Referred To Appropriations
HB 822  Information confidentiality officer; prospective          Brown
        employee may be photographed and fingerprinted.        
           Referred To Appropriations
HB 823  Homicide; include businesses in justifiable homicide.     Maples
           Referred To Judiciary B
HB 824  Sales tax and use tax; increase amount that a taxpayer    Rotenberry
        may retain as compensation for collecting.             
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 825  Vehicles with projecting load; display fluorescent        Rotenberry
        orange flag.                                           
           Referred To Transportation
HB 826  Crossbow hunting license; remove fee for.                 Rotenberry
           Referred To Game and Fish
HB 827  Sales tax; certain gross income from legal services       Saucier
        subject to sales tax law.                              
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 828  Elected school boards; elect members at general state     Eaton
        election.                                              
           Referred To Education;Apportionment and Elections
HB 829  Law enforcement; create funeral expense fund for          Eaton
        officers killed in line of duty.                       
           Referred To Appropriations
HB 830  Cellular telephone companies; require public utilities    Eaton
        staff to study regulation in contiguous states.        
           Referred To Public Utilities
HB 831  Sales tax; exempt sales of certain home medical           Eaton
        equipment and supplies when paid for by Medicare or    
        Medicaid.                                              
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 832  Special Task Force for Economic Development; add two      Eaton
        members.                                               
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 833  Alcoholic beverages; prohibit advertising on              Reeves
        billboards.                                            
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB 834  Teenage pregnancy; create task force and raise sexual     Ellington
        consent age to reduce.                                 
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
HB 835  Search and rescue dog teams; provide for certification    Eaton
        and allow access to public accommodations.             
           Referred To Military Affairs
HC  32  Amend Constitution; limit terms of legislators.           Saucier
           Referred To Constitution
HC  33  Sovereignty claim by Mississippi under 10th amendment     Saucier
        over powers not granted to federal government.         
           Referred To Rules
HC  34  Commend and express sympathy to family of Peter Joseph    Hamilton
        Noto.                                                  
           Referred To Rules
HC  35  Joint session; hear address by the Governor on January    Horne
        14, 1998.                                              
           Referred To Rules



House: Double Referred Reports

HB 667  Southern Dairy Compact Law; create.                       Holland
           DR - TSDP: AG To WM



House: Committee Reports

HC  35  Joint session; hear address by the Governor on January    Horne
        14, 1998.                                              
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate



House: Referred Other House

SC 513  Const.; Victims' rights.                                  Turner
           Referred To Constitution
SC 516  Commend Joe Garagiola.                                    Burton
           Referred To Rules



Senate: Introductions

SB2315  Estate taxation; increase the amount of the standard      Nunnelee
        deduction.                                             
           Referred To Finance
SB2316  Law enforcement officer; not required to use personal     Jackson
        leave for wound or injury in line of duty.             
           Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2317  Youth court; notify school district to which delinquent   Hamilton
        child is transferred.                                  
           Referred To Juvenile Justice
SB2318  Medicaid assistance program; revise eligibility,          Bean
        services, notification prior to issuance of CON.       
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2319  Highways; require MS Department of Transportation to      Tollison
        construct a portion of MS 7 to four lanes.             
           Referred To Highways and Transportation
SB2320  Gaming taxes; distribute a portion of the revenue to      Harden *
        non-gaming counties and cities in such counties.       
           Referred To Finance
SB2321  Pickup trucks; no passengers in truck bed.                Woodfield
           Referred To Highways and Transportation
SB2322  Banks; repeal par clearance statute.                      Woodfield
           Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SB2323  Fondling; create as act of delinquency.                   Dearing
           Referred To Judiciary
SB2324  Geologists; create Registered Professional Geologists     Dearing
        Practice Act.                                          
           Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SB2325  Mississippi Collateral Protection Insurance Act;          Kirby
        create.                                                
           Referred To Insurance;Judiciary
SB2326  Retirement; revise the annual cost of living increase     Dearing
        under the PERS law.                                    
           Referred To Finance
SB2327  Sales tax; provide for local sales tax.                   Carter
           Referred To Finance
SB2328  School attendance officers; transfer employment           Carter
        responsibility to State Department of Education.       
           Referred To Education
SB2329  Highway Safety Patrol Retirement System; revise credit    Mettetal
        for time served in the armed forces.                   
           Referred To Finance
SB2330  Coroners; judge may order not to perform autopsy.         Nunnelee
           Referred To Judiciary
SB2331  Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau;      Thames
        authorize to investigate all agriculture-related crime.
           Referred To Agriculture;Judiciary
SB2332  Mississippi Mutual Insurance Company Conversion and       Kirby
        Reorganization Act; create.                            
           Referred To Insurance
SB2333  Camp Shelby Timber Fund; require audit.                   Lee
           Referred To Forestry
SB2334  Jailers; require to complete basic and continuing         Lee
        education courses.                                     
           Referred To County Affairs
SB2335  Unemployment compensation; define "employment" for        Lee
        purposes of eligibility.                               
           Referred To Labor
SB2336  Elections; enact open primary law; abolish partisan       Woodfield
        primaries.                                             
           Referred To Elections
SB2337  State employee payday; allow employees to be paid once    Ross
        a month.                                               
           Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2338  Health insurance plans to provide option for child        Bean
        immunizations; require.                                
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2339  Appropriation; SDE for additional teacher units in        Smith
        Grades 1-4.                                            
           Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2340  Minimum education program; one teacher unit for every     Smith
        20 pupils in Grades 1-4.                               
           Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2341  Auto insurance; require proof of liability insurance.     Smith
           Referred To Insurance
SB2342  Decisions of nonreemployment under SEPA law; require      Ferris
        good cause for.                                        
           Referred To Education
SB2343  Infant Mortality Task Force to submit an annual budget    Smith
        request; require.                                      
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2344  Animal control officers; require certification.           Smith
           Referred To County Affairs;Municipalities
SB2345  Bureau of Plant Industry Advisory Board; add State Soil   Thames
        Survey leader as a member.                             
           Referred To Agriculture
SB2346  Milk; transfer regulatory responsibility from the         Thames
        Department of Agriculture to the Board of Health.      
           Referred To Agriculture
SB2347  Bonds; limit general obligation bonded indebtedness of    Kirby
        the state to 60% of the tax revenue for certain fiscal 
        years.                                                 
           Referred To Finance
SB2348  Appropriation FY99; to MSU Agricultural and Forestry      Thames
        Experimental Station for fire ant research program.    
           Referred To Appropriations
SB2349  Appropriation FY99; to MSU Cooperative Extension          Thames
        Service for fire ant education program.                
           Referred To Appropriations
SB2350  Bonds; revise use of proceeds for Department of           Thames
        Agriculture metrology lab.                             
           Referred To Finance
SB2351  Minimum program funds; addl allotment for reading         Smith
        instructors in school districts with high percentage of
        at-risk pupils.                                        
           Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2352  Victim Rights; enact specific per Constitutional          Turner
        amendment.                                             
           Referred To Judiciary
SB2353  State Employee Management Training Act; create.           Smith
           Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2354  Lafayette Co; authorize use of radar on College Hill      Tollison
        Road.                                                  
           Referred To Local and Private;Judiciary
SB2355  Health care facilities; authorize CON for Yalobusha       Tollison
        County.                                                
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2356  Proprietary School and College Registration law; make     Ferris
        technical revisions to.                                
           Referred To Education
SB2357  Safe school discipline plans; provide components to be    Hall
        met by local school districts.                         
           Referred To Education
SB2358  License and regulate kinesical therapists; authorize      Simmons
        State Board of Health to.                              
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2359  Minimum program allotments for assistant teachers;        Ferris
        delete restrictions on use for employing certified     
        teachers K-3.                                          
           Referred To Education
SB2360  Contested and uncontested adoptions; provide certain      Smith
        procedures for determination of parental rights.       
           Referred To Judiciary
SB2361  Domestic relations; Pre-Divorce Counseling Act.           Smith
           Referred To Judiciary
SB2362  Sex crimes; revise rape and statutory rape, create        Smith
        crime of unlawful intercourse.                         
           Referred To Judiciary
SB2363  Compulsory school attendance violations; local law        Smith
        enforcement officers have jurisdiction.                
           Referred To Education;Juvenile Justice
SB2364  Approp; SDE for additional Teacher Assistants in school   Smith
        districts with 60% participation in free lunch program.
           Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2365  Radar; use by all law enforcement officers trained by     Smith
        Department of Public Safety.                           
           Referred To Judiciary
SB2366  Transfer payments for convicted felons; disqualify        Smith
        except for dependent children.                         
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Corrections
SB2367  GED; provide ETV program for pregnant teens.              Smith
           Referred To Education;Juvenile Justice
SB2368  MS Department of Children and Family Programs; study      Smith
        feasibility of.                                        
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2369  Mississippi Federal Block Grant Implementation Council;   Smith
        clarify responsibility.                                
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2370  Minimum education program; allot funds for employing      Smith
        high school arts education instructors.                
           Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2371  Medicaid; authorize reimbursement for primary care        Smith
        physicians services for children 0-6.                  
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2372  Food stamp purchases; limit to five basic nutritional     Smith
        or hygiene items under federal waiver.                 
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2373  Students-at-risk; required parenting classes as part of   Smith
        health education curriculum.                           
           Referred To Education
SB2374  Teacher certification; require instruction in all         Smith
        reading methods for K-4.                               
           Referred To Education
SB2375  Circuit clerks; increase certain fees charged.            Burton
           Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2376  Gaming; authorize legal gaming to be discontinued in a    Nunnelee
        county by an election.                                 
           Referred To Finance
SB2377  Health insurance; require policies to give insureds the   Ross
        right to a copy of certain medical records from        
        insured.                                               
           Referred To Insurance
SB2378  Auto insurance; require compulsory liability insurance.   Hall
           Referred To Insurance
SB2379  Graves; require certain depth when burying dead human     Browning
        bodies.                                                
           Referred To Judiciary
SB2380  Gaming; authorize community colleges to offer limited     Ferris
        courses relating to.                                   
           Referred To Universities and Colleges
SB2381  Community/junior college and university admission;        Ferris
        authorize dual enrollment and early admissions program.
           Referred To Universities and Colleges
SB2382  Salaries of sheriffs and justice court judges; based on   Furniss
        1980 federal census.                                   
           Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2383  Drug offender registry; Department of Public Safety to    Smith
        maintain.                                              
           Referred To Judiciary
SB2384  Radar; authorize sheriffs in certain counties to use.     Kirby
           Referred To Judiciary
SB2385  Sheriffs' Retirement System; create.                      Kirby
           Referred To Finance
SB2386  Retired state and school employees health insurance;      Kirby
        revise benefits.                                       
           Referred To Education;Insurance
SB2387  State and school employees' health insurance plans;       Kirby
        combine into one plan.                                 
           Referred To Education;Insurance
SB2388  MS Insurance Rating Bureau; remove repealer on.           Kirby
           Referred To Insurance
SB2389  Ad valorem taxes; exempt egg houses, pullet houses and    Rayborn
        broiler houses.                                        
           Referred To Finance
SB2390  Guards for hospitalized prisoners; hospital               Bean
        administration may require.                            
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;County Affairs
SB2391  Annual license renewal fee for physicians and             Bean
        osteopaths; increase to fund portion of impaired       
        physicians program.                                    
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2392  Fire protection sprinkler contractors; require            Kirby
        licensing of.                                          
           Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SB2393  State emp health ins; allow assessment of penalties on    Kirby
        entities delinquent in submitting emp terminations.    
           Referred To Insurance
SB2394  Homestead exemption; increase reimbursement of tax        Rayborn
        losses to counties.                                    
           Referred To Finance
SB2395  Bridges; remove requirement that they be built with       Rayborn
        banisters.                                             
           Referred To Highways and Transportation
SB2396  MS Rural Hospital Flexibility program; establish.         Bean
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2397  Emergency services under HMO contracts; prohibit prior    Bean
        authorization.                                         
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2398  Fire Personnel Minimum Standards and Certification        White (5th)
        Board; repeal.                                         
           Referred To Insurance
SB2399  Child care; exempt from licensure schools that are        Nunnelee
        members of the Association of Christian Schools.       
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Education
SB2400  CON; authorize nursing facility at a continuing care      Bean
        retirement community in Forrest County.                
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2401  Public purchasing law bid requirements; increase          Bean
        limitations.                                           
           Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2402  Business improvement districts; reduce the amount of      Hall
        the vote necessary to implement.                       
           Referred To Finance
SB2403  Notice; require to surface owner prior to exploration     Dearing
        or drilling for oil or gas.                            
           Referred To Oil, Gas and Other Minerals
SB2404  Manufactured housing; local governments regulate          Burton
        location and standards.                                
           Referred To Municipalities;County Affairs
SB2405  Manufactured housing; local governments regulate          Carter
        location and standards.                                
           Referred To Municipalities;County Affairs
SB2406  School capital improvements; prohibit use of state        Carter
        funds for payment of engineering or architectural      
        costs.                                                 
           Referred To Education;Appropriations
SB2407  Intractable Pain Treatment Act; prohibit certain          Kirby
        restrictions on drug use.                              
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2408  Automobiles authorized for Mississippi Bureau of          Hall
        Narcotics; increase.                                   
           Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration;Appropriations
SB2409  Election; qualified elector may vote absentee for any     Harden
        reason.                                                
           Referred To Elections
SB2410  Retirement; increase retirement allowance for classroom   Harden
        teachers.                                              
           Referred To Finance
SB2411  Mentor teacher program; extend to school administrators   Harden
        and authorize retired teachers/administrators to       
        participate.                                           
           Referred To Education
SB2412  Retired teachers; may draw retirement benefits and be     Harden
        reemployed as teachers.                                
           Referred To Education;Finance
SB2413  Minority Participation Compliance Office, establish;      Harden
        require purchases from minority vendors.               
           Referred To Finance
SB2414  Public transportation systems; Legislature appropriate    Harden
        sums equal to amount of decreased federal funds for.   
           Referred To Highways and Transportation;Appropriations
SB2415  SBE study alternatives to NTE as a prerequisite for       Harden
        teacher certification.                                 
           Referred To Education
SB2416  School superintendents; appoint all superintendents       Harden
        after 1/1/2000.                                        
           Referred To Education
SB2417  Personal leave for state employees; eliminate first day   Furniss
        of illness requirement.                                
           Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2418  Highway; add in Coahoma County and make other changes     Furniss
        in highway system.                                     
           Referred To Highways and Transportation
SB2419  Coahoma County; authorize to extend lease for health      Furniss
        care facilities on county-owned property.              
           Referred To Local and Private
SB2420  Co-Lin Community College Bd of Trustees; provide          Dearing
        additional appointments from Adams County.             
           Referred To Education
SB2421  Health care facilities; authorize CON for non-Medicaid    Bean
        nursing home beds in certain counties.                 
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2422  Mississippi Health Data Commission; establish.            Bean
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2423  Mississippi Child Health Care Plan; authorize             Bean *
        development and implementation.                        
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2424  Appropriation; build stadium for JSU.                     Harden
           Referred To Appropriations
SB2425  Gun shows; prohibit on state-owned property.              Harden
           Referred To Judiciary
SB2426  Possession of hand gun; raise age to 21.                  Harden
           Referred To Judiciary
SB2427  Food handling establishment permits; displayed at         Nunnelee
        visible location.                                      
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2428  Elections; enact municipal open primary law.              Nunnelee
           Referred To Elections
SB2429  Teachers; create duty to inform students of               Nunnelee
        unlawfulness of certain conduct.                       
           Referred To Education
SB2430  Domestic mutual insurance companies; authorize merger     Kirby
        with foreign or other domestic mutual insurance        
        companies.                                             
           Referred To Insurance
SB2431  Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau;      Thames
        allow purchase of full-sized passenger vehicles.       
           Referred To Agriculture;Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2432  Medicaid assistance program; revise eligibility and       Harden
        certification procedure.                               
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2433  Medicaid waiver for coverage of the chronically ill;      Bean
        authorize.                                             
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2434  Medicaid reimbursement for lab and x-ray services;        Bean
        shall be based on Medicare rate.                       
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2435  HMO licensure law; authorize federal solvency             Bean
        requirements for PSO-based Medicare choice plans.      
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2436  Circuit clerks; increase pay for attendance upon court    Burton
        term.                                                  
           Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2437  Unemployment compensation; define "employment" for        Nunnelee
        purposes of eligibility.                               
           Referred To Insurance
SC 517  Const; protect MS Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center      Furniss
        Trust Fund.                                            
           Referred To Constitution
SC 518  Commission on Status of Women; create.                    Harden
           Referred To Rules
SC 519  Amend Constitution; same gender marriages void.           Nunnelee
           Referred To Constitution
SC 520  Const 252, etc; provide for statewide elections to        Nunnelee
        occur in even numbered years.                          
           Referred To Constitution
SN   6  Ms. Donna Smith Whitty, Jackson, Mississippi, as a        LT. GOVERNOR
        member of the Mississippi Industries for the Blind     
        Board, for a two year term commencing July 1, 1997     
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN   7  Mr. Maxie Bruce, Waynesboro, Mississippi, as a member     LT. GOVERNOR
        of the Appeals Board of the Mississippi Transportation 
        Commission, for a term commencing July 1, 1997, and    
        expiring June 30, 2001                                 
           Referred To Highways and Transportation
SN   8  Ms. Mavis L. Parkman James, Jackson, Mississippi, as a    LT. GOVERNOR
        member of the Mississippi Telecommunications Conference
        and Training Center Commission, for a term commencing  
        June 4, 1997 and expiring January, 2000.               
           Referred To Economic Dev, Tourism and Parks
SN   9  Ms. Jane Stroble Miller, Meridian, Mississippi, as a      LT. GOVERNOR
        member of the Mississippi Industries for the Blind     
        Board, for a four year term commencing July 1, 1997    
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  10  Mr. Kenny Bush, Philadelphia, Mississippi, as a member    LT. GOVERNOR
        of the State Board of Education, for a nine year term  
        expiring June 30, 2006.                                
           Referred To Education
SN  11  Mr. Paul Fugate, Jackson, Mississippi, as a member of     TREASURER
        the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Board, for
        a six year term expiring on July 1, 2003               
           Referred To Finance
SN  12  Dr. W. Criss Lott, Jackson, Mississippi, as a member of   GOVERNOR
        the Sex Offender Advisory Board, for the term of office
        that shall be concurrent with that of the Governor     
           Referred To Judiciary
SN  13  Dr. Michael Whelan, Greenwood, Mississippi, as a member   GOVERNOR
        of the Sex Offender Advisory Board, for a term of      
        office that shall be concurrent with that of the       
        Governor                                               
           Referred To Judiciary
SN  14  Dr. Paul Cotten, Ellisville, Mississippi, as a member     GOVERNOR
        of the Sex Offender Advisory Board, for a term of      
        office that shall be concurrent with that of the       
        Governor                                               
           Referred To Judiciary
SN  15  Norman F. Collins, Biloxi, Mississippi, as a member of    GOVERNOR
        the Council for Educational Technology, for the        
        unexpired term of office ending July 1, 1998           
           Referred To Education
SN  16  Jackie Field, Booneville, Mississippi, as a member of     GOVERNOR
        the State Board of Nursing, for the unexpired term of  
        office ending June 30, 2001                            
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  17  David L. Foster, Yazoo City, Mississippi, as a member     GOVERNOR
        of the Board of Examiners for Social Workers and       
        Marriage and Family Therapists, for the term of office 
        commencing July 1, 1997 and ending June 30, 1998       
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  18  David L. Foster, Yazoo City, Mississippi, as a member     GOVERNOR
        of the State Board of Examiners for Social Workers and 
        Marriage and Family Therapists, for the four year term 
        of office commencing June 30, 1998                     
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  19  Ruth Lail Glaze, Jackson, Mississippi, as a member of     GOVERNOR
        the Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage 
        and Family Therapists, for the term of office          
        commencing July 1, 1997 and ending June 30, 2000       
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  20  Joyce S. Pendleton-Dumas, Starkville, Mississippi, as a   GOVERNOR
        member of the Board of Examiners for Social Workers and
        Marriage and Family Therapists, for the term of office 
        commencing July 1, 1997 and ending June 30, 1999       
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  21  Reba M. Causey, Laurel, Mississippi, as a member of the   GOVERNOR
        Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage and 
        Family Therapists, for the term of office commencing   
        July 1, 1997 and ending June 30, 2001                  
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  22  Clayton R. Barnett, Newton, Mississippi, as a member of   GOVERNOR
        the Board of Examiners for Social Workers and Marriage 
        and Family Therapists, for the term of office          
        commencing July 1, 1997 and ending June 30, 2002       
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  23  Virginia House Evans, Gulfport, Mississippi, as a         GOVERNOR
        member of the Board of Examiners for Social Workers and
        Marriage and Family Therapists, for the term of office 
        commencing July 1, 1997 and ending June 30, 2002       
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  24  Danny Q. Jackson, Southaven, Mississippi, as a member     GOVERNOR
        of the State Parole Board, for the term of office      
        commencing July 1, 1997 and ending with the term of the
        Governor                                               
           Referred To Corrections
SN  25  Lydia Chassaniol, Winona, Mississippi, as a member of     GOVERNOR
        the State Parole Board, for the term of office         
        commencing July 1, 1997 and ending with the term of the
        Governor                                               
           Referred To Corrections
SN  26  Walley R. Naylor, Madison, Mississippi, as a member of    GOVERNOR
        the State Parole Board, for the term of office         
        commencing July 1, 1997 and ending with the term of the
        Governor                                               
           Referred To Corrections
SN  27  Ruth Smith Mosley, Jackson, Mississippi, as a member of   GOVERNOR
        the State Parole Board, for the term of office         
        commencing July 1, 1997 and ending with the term of the
        Governor                                               
           Referred To Corrections
SN  28  Chris Bowen, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as a member of     GOVERNOR
        the State Parole Board, for the term of office         
        commencing July 1, 1997 and ending with the term of the
        Governor                                               
           Referred To Corrections
SN  29  Karen E. Brown, Madison, Mississippi, as a member of      GOVERNOR
        the Board of Directors for the Mississippi Industries  
        for the Blind, for the two year term of office         
        commencing July 1, 1997                                
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  30  John L. Parrish, Ed. D., Jackson, Mississippi, as a       GOVERNOR
        member of the Board of Directors for the Mississippi   
        Industries for the Blind, for the three year term of   
        office commencing July 1, 1997                         
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  31  David O. Puckett, III, Tupelo, Mississippi, as a member   GOVERNOR
        of the Board of Directors for the Mississippi          
        Industries for the Blind, as a member of the Board of  
        Directors for the Mississippi Industries for the Blind 
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  32  James V. Anderson, Jackson, Mississippi, as               GOVERNOR
        Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of          
        Corrections, for the term of office commencing         
        September 1, 1997 and serving at the pleasure of the   
        Governor                                               
           Referred To Corrections
SN  33  Ronny G. Parham, Jackson, Mississippi, as Commissioner    GOVERNOR
        of the Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer  
        Finance, for the term of office commencing August 11,  
        1997 and serving at the pleasure of the Governor       
           Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  34  Jacqueline Virginia Carter Sullivan, Natchez,             GOVERNOR
        Mississippi, as a member of the State Board for Barber 
        Examiners, for the unexpired term of office ending July
        1, 2000                                                
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  35  Stephen Charles Davenport, Madison, Mississippi, as a     GOVERNOR
        member of the State Board of Banking Review, for the   
        five year term of office commencing March 24, 1998     
           Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  36  Harold Lewis, Philadelphia, Mississippi, as a member of   GOVERNOR
        the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation, for the  
        six year term of office commencing April 1, 1998       
           Referred To Finance
SN  37  Douglas E. Rushing, Tylertown, Mississippi, as a member   GOVERNOR
        of the Mississippi Business Finance Corporation, for   
        the six year term of office commencing April 1, 1998   
           Referred To Finance
SN  38  John H. DeSutter, Olive Branch, Mississippi, as a         GOVERNOR
        member of the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners,   
        for the five year term of office commencing April 20,  
        1998                                                   
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  39  Charles E. Leonard, DDS, Jackson, Mississippi, as a       GOVERNOR
        member of the State Board of Dental Examiners, for the 
        four year term of office commencing June 30, 1998      
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  40  Aubry L. Hays, Tupelo, Mississippi, as a member of the    GOVERNOR
        State Board of Contractors, for the five year term of  
        office commencing July 1, 1998                         
           Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  41  Billy L. Heard, Vicksburg, Mississippi, as a member of    GOVERNOR
        the State Board of Contractors, for the five year term 
        of office commencing July 1, 1998                      
           Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  42  William S. Ware, Jackson, Mississippi, as a member of     GOVERNOR
        the State Board of Contractors, for the five year term 
        of office commencing July 1, 1998                      
           Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  43  James W. Sandifer, Belzoni, Mississippi, as a member of   GOVERNOR
        the State Oil and Gas Board, for the six year term of  
        office commencing May 7, 1998                          
           Referred To Oil, Gas and Other Minerals
SN  44  Bradley A. Sanders, Madison, Mississippi, as a member     GOVERNOR
        of the State Board of Mental Health, for the seven year
        term of office commencing July 1, 1998                 
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  45  William W. Canale, Oxford, Mississippi, as a member of    GOVERNOR
        the Board of Registration for Foresters, for the five  
        year term of office commencing June 30, 1998           
           Referred To Forestry
SN  46  J. Marvin Taylor, Summit, Mississippi, as a member of     GOVERNOR
        the Board of Registration for Foresters, for the five  
        year term of office commencing June 30, 1998           
           Referred To Forestry
SN  47  C. Lowell Jones, Jr., O.D., Indianola, Mississippi, as    GOVERNOR
        a member of the State Board of Optometry, for the five 
        year term of office commencing June 20, 1998           
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  48  Dr. David C. Newell, Meridian, Mississippi, as a member   GOVERNOR
        of the State Board of Veterinary Medicine, for the five
        year term of office commencing May 22, 1998            
           Referred To Agriculture
SN  49  James C. Holland, Fulton, Mississippi, as a member of     GOVERNOR
        the State Board of Nursing Home Administrators, for the
        four year term of office commencing June 25, 1998      
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  50  Arthur M. Nester, DeKalb, Mississippi, as a member of     GOVERNOR
        the State Board of Nursing Home Administrators, for the
        four year term of office commencing June 25, 1998      
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  51  Joseph W. Stedman, Natchez, Mississippi, as a member of   GOVERNOR
        the Mississippi Real Estate Commission, for the four   
        year term of office commencing May 20, 1998            
           Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  52  C. T. Carley, Starkville, Mississippi, as a member of     GOVERNOR
        the Technical Advisory Committee of Boiler and Pressure
        Vessel Safety, for the four year term of office        
        commencing July 29, 1998                               
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  53  Edward Heller Buelow, Jr., Vicksburg, Mississippi, as     GOVERNOR
        CHAIRMAN of the State Tax Commission, for the six year 
        term of office commencing June 30, 1998                
           Referred To Finance
SN  54  E. L. Reeves, Tylertown, Mississippi, as a member of      GOVERNOR
        the State Veterans Affairs Board, for the unexpired    
        term of office ending May 14, 2001                     
           Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs
SN  55  J. M. "Flick" Ash, Potts Camp, Mississippi, as a member   GOVERNOR
        of the State Veterans' Affairs Board, for the five year
        term of office commencing May 14, 1998                 
           Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs
SN  56  Henrietta McCall, Jackson, Mississippi, as a member of    GOVERNOR
        the State Board of Cosmetology, for the four year term 
        of office commencing August 8, 1998                    
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  57  Gayle Lunsford, Taylorsville, Mississippi, as a member    GOVERNOR
        of the State Board of Cosmetology, for the four year   
        term of office commencing August 8, 1998               
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  58  Dorothy W. Vaughn, Aberdeen, Mississippi, as a member     GOVERNOR
        of the State Board of Cosmetology, for the four year   
        term of office commencing August 8, 1998               
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  59  Henry W. Boardman, Gulfport, Mississippi, as a member     GOVERNOR
        of the Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries   
        and Parks, for the five year term of office commencing 
        July 1, 1998                                           
           Referred To Wildlife and Fisheries
SN  60  Thomas E. Jolly, Jr., Monticello, Mississippi, as a       GOVERNOR
        member of the Mississippi Motor Vehicle Commission, for
        the seven year term of office commencing June 30, 1998 
           Referred To Highways and Transportation
SN  61  Sam Provenza, Greenville, Mississippi, as a member of     GOVERNOR
        the Veterans' Home Purchase Board, for the four year   
        term of office commencing June 30, 1998                
           Referred To Veterans and Military Affairs
SN  62  Beth Leflore, Greenwood, Mississippi, as a member of      GOVERNOR
        the State Board of Pharmacy, for the five year term of 
        office commencing July 1, 1998                         
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  63  Marijo James Denson, Decatur, Mississippi, as a member    GOVERNOR
        of the Board of directors of the Prison Industry       
        Corporation, for the four year term of office          
        commencing May 5, 1998                                 
           Referred To Corrections
SN  64  Money Powell, Jr., Raymond, Mississippi, as a member of   GOVERNOR
        the Board of Directors of the Prison Industry          
        Corporation, for the four year term of office          
        commencing May 5, 1998                                 
           Referred To Corrections
SN  65  Charles N. Brown, Starkville, Mississippi, as a member    GOVERNOR
        of the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council, for the two    
        year term of office commencing July 1, 1998            
           Referred To Judiciary
SN  66  W. L. (Frank) Latham, Jackson, Mississippi, as a member   GOVERNOR
        of the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council, for the        
        unexpired term of office ending July 1, 1998           
           Referred To Judiciary
SN  67  W. L. (Frank) Latham, Jackson, Mississippi, as a member   GOVERNOR
        of the Crime Stoppers Advisory Council, for the two    
        year term of office commencing July 1, 1998            
           Referred To Judiciary
SN  68  Michael K. Garvey, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, as a         GOVERNOR
        member of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi    
        Home Corporation, for the four year term of office     
        commencing September 1, 1998                           
           Referred To Economic Dev, Tourism and Parks
SN  69  Richard Bowen Flowers, Tunica, Mississippi, as a member   GOVERNOR
        of the Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality,
        for the seven year term of office commencing July 1,   
        1998                                                   
           Referred To Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
SN  70  J. Filo Coats, Grenada, Mississippi, as a member of the   GOVERNOR
        Mississippi Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and        
        Certification Board, for the four year term of office  
        commencing January 1, 1998                             
           Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  71  Janice K. Conerly, Columbia, Mississippi, as a member     GOVERNOR
        of the State Board of Health, for the six year term of 
        office commencing July 1, 1998                         
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  72  Carolyn Prestage, Fulton, Mississippi, as a member of     GOVERNOR
        the State Board of Nursing, for the four year term of  
        office commencing July 1, 1998                         
           Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  73  Mikel C. Gusa, Gulfport, Mississippi, as a member of      GOVERNOR
        the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources, for the
        four year term of office commencing July 1, 1998       
           Referred To Ports and Marine Resources
SR   3  Senate Drug Enforcement Task Force; continue.             Smith
           Referred To Rules



Senate: Committee Reports

SB2315  Estate taxation; increase the amount of the standard      Nunnelee
        deduction.                                             
           Title Suff Do Pass
SC 516  Commend Joe Garagiola.                                    Burton
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted



Senate: Floor Actions

SB2115  Elections; persons who register to vote under the         Harden
        "Motor Voter Act" may vote in state elections.         
           Passed
SB2191  Annual salary of Executive Director of DECD; delete       Gordon
        from statutory salary section.                         
           Passed
SC 513  Const.; Victims' rights.                                  Turner
           Motion to Reconsider Tabled
           Transmitted To House
SC 516  Commend Joe Garagiola.                                    Burton
           Adopted
           Transmitted To House



Senate: Referred Other House

HC  35  Joint session; hear address by the Governor on January    Horne
        14, 1998.                                              
           Referred To Rules

Information pertaining to this report was last updated on 04/21/98 at 09:08.



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