Mississippi Legislature

1998 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 01/28/98



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House: Introductions

HB1684  Appropriation; Reappropriation; DFA - Bureau of           Capps
        Building; FY99.                                        
           Referred To Appropriations
HB1685  Appropriation; Reappropriation; DFA - Bureau of           Capps
        Building; FY98.                                        
           Referred To Appropriations
HB1686  Appropriation; MS Tuition Assistance Grant Program;       Perry
        additional for FY 1998.                                
           Referred To Appropriations
HB1687  Appropriation; Archives and History for renovation of     Mitchell
        Union County Heritage Museum.                          
           Referred To Appropriations
HB1688  Income tax; provide a credit for a portion of ad          Flaggs
        valorem taxes paid on certain historic structures.     
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1689  Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; increase the       Williams
        amount of bonds that may be issued for certain projects
        (DECD).                                                
           Referred To Ways and Means
HC  77  Zero-based budgeting; state budget shall be developed     Flaggs
        pursuant to.                                           
           Referred To Rules
HC  78  Commend Myra Barginear, Miss Mississippi 1997.            Holden
           Referred To Rules
HC  79  Urging Mississippi Department of Transportation to        Horne
        maintain Old Highway 45.                               
           Referred To Rules
HR  11  Smoking; create House Rule to prohibit in House           Wells-Smith
        chamber, gallery and committee rooms.                  
           Referred To Rules



House: Double Referred Reports

HB 469  State Public School Building Fund; extend final           Chaney
        maturity date of bonds.                                
           DR - TSDPCS: ED To WM
HB 653  Youth Challenge Program; authorize National Guard to      Capps
        award adult high school diploma to certain graduates.  
           DR - TSDPCS: ED To JJ
HB 661  Mississippi Eminent Scholars program; revise              King
        eligibility requirements.                              
           DR - TSDP: UC To AP
HB 771  Unemployment compensation; increase maximum weekly        Flaggs
        benefit amount for individuals.                        
           DR - TSDP: WM To LA
HB 949  Local system bridge program; increase sufficiency         Green (34th)
        rating for bridges that qualify (MAS).                 
           DR - TSDP: TR To AP
HB1082  Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact; revise      Woods
        authority and authorize bond issuance.                 
           DR - TSDPCS: WM To IC
HB1233  Office of State Aid Road Construction; increase maximum   Green (34th)
        number of vehicles.                                    
           DR - TSDP: TR To AP
HB1239  Juvenile correctional facility; MDOC contract for         Malone
        private facility in Walnut Grove.                      
           DR - TSDPCS: JJ To PE
HB1442  Youth Court; provide support staff.                       Warren
           DR - TSDPCS: JJ To AP
HB1443  School attendance officers; place under supervision of    Warren
        State Department of Education.                         
           DR - TSDPCS: ED To AP
HB1444  County court; allow certain counties option to create     Warren
        and enact state funding support of youth court division
        (council proposal).                                    
           DR - TSDPCS: JJ To AP
HB1452  Mississippi Tuition Assistance and Eminent Scholars       Bourdeaux
        Program; amend eligibility requirements.               
           DR - TSDP: UC To AP
HB1467  Highway weight violations; fines and penalties            Compretta *
        deposited into State Highway Fund (MDOT).              
           DR - TSDP: TR To CA
HB1473  Department of Transportation; revise annual program       Compretta *
        budget requirements (MDOT).                            
           DR - TSDP: TR To AP
HB1570  Flood control; authorize Pearl River Basin Development    Ellington
        District to create flood control districts.            
           DR - TSDPCS: WM To CR
HB1599  Youth Challenge Program; establish at Camp Shelby and     Holden
        Camp McCain.                                           
           DR - TSDPCS: JJ To AP
HB1605  Judges; revise office expenses of trial judges.           Smith (39th)
           DR - TSDP: JA To AP
HB1609  Campaign finance; revise laws governing.                  Reeves
           DR - TSDPCS: JA To AE
HB1649  Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; bring    Stevens
        forward for purposes of amendment.                     
           DR - TSDPCS: IN To AP



House: Committee Reports

HB 221  Water heaters; decrease temperature requirements for      Young
        certain hot water supply storage tanks and heaters.    
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 412  Living wills; provide for reciprocity.                    Dedeaux
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 428  Insurance Integrity Enforcement Bureau; create.           Stevens
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 474  Health insurance plans and policies; require to offer     Williams
        coverage for diabetes treatments.                      
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 545  Arbitration; Uniform Arbitration Act (NCCUSL).            Perry
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 556  Alcoholic beverage transactions; authorize Tax            Williams
        Commission to prescribe time period for filing         
        verification of certain transactions (STC).            
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 557  Alcoholic beverages; remove repealer on Alcoholic         Williams
        Beverage Control Division's authority to enforce light 
        wine and beer laws (STC).                              
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 577  Taxation; Board of Levee Commissioners for the            Foster
        Yazoo-Mississippi Delta shall prepare privilege        
        licenses.                                              
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 596  Child passenger restraints law; revise.                   Martinson
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 603  Date rape drugs; clarify criminality, include in          Green (72nd)
        Schedule I and revise age of consent.                  
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 653  Youth Challenge Program; authorize National Guard to      Capps
        award adult high school diploma to certain graduates.  
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 741  Legislation; clarify duties of Joint Committee on         Perry
        Compilation, Revision and Publication of Legislation.  
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 742  Protective orders; give full faith and credit to orders   Perry
        from other states.                                     
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 743  Judicial Advisory Study Committee; reenact and revise.    Perry
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 753  State Tax Commission; authorize use of administrative     Williams
        sales tax provisions in collection of certain taxes and
        fees (STC).                                            
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 754  Homestead exemption; provide that a surviving spouse      Williams
        shall not be required to file a new application for    
        (STC).                                                 
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 757  Tobacco tax; revise expiration date for certain           Williams
        retailer permits and prorate privilege tax for permits 
        issued for less than one year (STC).                   
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 762  Ethics Commission; reenact laws establishing.             Ford
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 771  Unemployment compensation; increase maximum weekly        Flaggs
        benefit amount for individuals.                        
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 778  Health insurance plans; provide an option for insured     Stevens
        to elect coverage for certain child immunizations.     
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 782  DECD; authorize to purchase property damage and           Williams
        uninsured motorist insurance on department vehicles    
        (DECD).                                                
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 784  Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan     Williams
        Program; revise interest rate and repayment period on  
        loans (DECD).                                          
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 856  Mammography; insurance policies shall offer coverage      Clarke
        for annual screenings.                                 
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 909  Transportation Commission; authorize to enter into        Woods
        contracts with contiguous states to enforce laws       
        (MDOT).                                                
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 921  Nepotism; revise prohibition.                             Johnson
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 945  Pat Harrison Waterway District; allow to use certain      Endt
        monies for repair/maintenance of certain public parks  
        and recreation facilities.                             
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB 969  DUI test; clarify persons authorized to administer.       Martinson
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1082  Chickasaw Trail Economic Development Compact; revise      Woods
        authority and authorize bond issuance.                 
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1097  Mississippi Business Finance Corporation; revise          Williams
        definition of "manufacturing" for purposes of projects 
        eligible for bonds.                                    
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1102  Election contest; clarify legislative jurisdiction and    Perry
        procedure in case of legislative seat.                 
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1180  State Treasurer; authorize IHL board and junior college   Straughter
        districts to designate as custodian of endowment funds.
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1212  State parks; revise amounts Board of Supervisors may      Livingston
        contribute to.                                         
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1242  Parking lots; authorize transportation department to      Compretta *
        maintain parking lots of certain agencies (MDOT).      
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1316  Motor vehicle license tag; authorize purchase by use of   Stribling
        credit card.                                           
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1321  Employment security commission; conform state law         Flaggs
        provisions to federal law regarding distribution of    
        certain funds.                                         
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1330  Ad valorem tax receipts; allow to be furnished by         Martinson
        electronic means.                                      
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1382  Employee leasing firms; provide for unemployment          Flaggs
        compensation rates and reporting.                      
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1386  Ad valorem taxation; provide that value of agricultural   Martinson
        land will be determined according to its use as of     
        January 1.                                             
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1387  Property tax assessments; changes in assessments do not   Martinson
        have to be approved by State Tax Commission.           
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1402  Death penalty; revise method of execution.                Perry
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1445  Cable television; residential landlords and condominium   Barnett (116th)
        associations may not prohibit services.                
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1446  Community development block grants; prohibit for public   Ellington
        water systems unless viable.                           
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1447  Sales tax; divert a portion of sales tax on cotton        Williams
        compresses and cotton warehouses to assist in boll     
        weevil management.                                     
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1547  Water; revise membership of local governments and rural   Ellington
        water systems improvements board.                      
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1570  Flood control; authorize Pearl River Basin Development    Ellington
        District to create flood control districts.            
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1633  Health care profession educational leave procedure;       Barnett (92nd)
        amend for persons violating educational leave conduct  
        provisions.                                            
           Title Suff Do Pass
HC  24  Amend Constitution; establish state boundaries.           Endt
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  51  Amend Constitution; revise type of offenses that          Rotenberry
        disqualify a person as an elector.                     
           Title Suff Adopted Comm Sub
HC  61  Amend Constitution; only qualified elector may            Capps
        circulate initiative petitions.                        
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  72  Amend Constitution; require justice court judge to        Perry
        reside within district he seeks to serve.              
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted



House: Floor Actions

HB  51  Public records; exempt personal accounts of municipal     Johnson
        public utilities.                                      
           Recommitted to Committee
HB  65  Attempted murder; create offense.                         Dedeaux
           Passed
HB 222  Juries; revise minimum age requirement.                   Miles
           Passed
HB 351  Hunting and fishing guide services regulation; reenact    Ford
        and extend repealer for one year.                      
           Transmitted To Senate
HB 464  Boat registration citation; presentment for dismissal     Stevens
        may be done without registrant or counsel present.     
           Transmitted To Senate
HB 594  Domestic violence; add stalking to offenses for which     Davis
        arrest can be made without a warrant.                  
           Passed
HB 604  Crimes; duty to report crime and render aid to victim.    Green (72nd)
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Recommitted to Committee
HB 654  Game fish; extend repealer on issuing permits for sale    Ford
        of in pilot program.                                   
           Transmitted To Senate
HB 676  Aerial applicators; remove requirement that applicants    Holland
        register with the Department of Transportation.        
           Transmitted To Senate
HB 678  Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau;      Holland
        authorize to investigate all agriculture-related       
        crimes.                                                
           Transmitted To Senate
HB 823  Homicide; include businesses in justifiable homicide.     Maples
           Passed
HB 887  Crimes; assault against public health personnel.          Moody
           Passed
HB1151  Bad checks; permit prosecution for closing account        Cummings
        before check clears.                                   
           Passed
HB1158  Misdemeanors; prohibit disclosure of persons arrested     McInnis
        but not charged.                                       
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Passed
HB1211  Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; amend land   Livingston
        lease powers and duties of.                            
           Transmitted To Senate
HB1459  Levees; increase penalties for certain crimes related     Cameron
        to.                                                    
           Passed



Senate: Introductions

SB3164  Tunica Co.; remove restriction on gaming revenue          Furniss
        expenditures by City of Tunica.                        
           Referred To Local and Private;Finance
SB3165  Appropriation; Department of Transportation construct     Furniss
        hospitality station in Coahoma County.                 
           Referred To Appropriations
SB3166  Sales tax; exempt trailers, boats and all-terrain         Little
        cycles.                                                
           Referred To Finance
SB3167  Income taxation; provide deduction in gross income for    White (29th)
        volunteer firefighters and volunteer law enforcement   
        officers.                                              
           Referred To Finance



Senate: Double Referred Reports

SB2077  Mississippi H.E.L.P. College Tuition Program; include     Moffatt
        private colleges under.                                
           DR - TSDP: UC To AP
SB2135  Individual and Family Support Joint Study Committee;      Bean
        establish.                                             
           DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
SB2180  Justice court; impose fee for dropping charges.           Rayborn
           DR - TSDPCS: JU To CA
SB2196  Inmates in correctional facilities; shall be tested for   Bean
        TB and HIV pursuant to regulations of the State Board  
        of Health.                                             
           DR - TSDPCS: PH To CR
SB2206  Public lands and funds; may be donated by city to         Ferris
        school district.                                       
           DR - TSDPCS: PP To ED
SB2239  Public defender; establish statewide system.              Turner
           DR - TSDP: JU To AP
SB2318  Medicaid assistance program; revise eligibility,          Bean
        services, notification prior to issuance of CON.       
           DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
SB2390  Guards for hospitalized prisoners; hospital               Bean
        administration may require.                            
           DR - TSDP: PH To CA
SB2536  Part-time Student Tuition Assistance Grant program;       Hall
        establish.                                             
           DR - TSDP: UC To AP
SB2555  Municipal judges; revise number allowed.                  Hall
           DR - TSDP: JU To MU
SB2578  Judges; set daily expense allowance for Supreme &         Turner
        Appeals Courts at federal expense allowance rate.      
           DR - TSDPCS: JU To AP
SB2631  Courts; revise office expense allowed to circuit and      Turner
        chancery judges.                                       
           DR - TSDPCS: JU To AP
SB2693  Shaifer House and accompanying property; authorize        Hall
        purchase of.                                           
           DR - TSDP: PP To AP
SB2781  MS Transportation Commission; clarify how purchases of    Little *
        equipment and supplies are made.                       
           DR - TSDP: HI To FS
SB2783  Controlled substance seizures; clarify authority of       Little *
        MDOT enforcement officers.   (MDOT).                   
           DR - TSDP: HI To JU
SB2799  Ms. Bd. of Nursing Home Administrators; required to       White (5th)
        deposit monies received into State Treasury.           
           DR - TSDP: PH To AP
SB3056  MS Business Investment Act; provide loans and grants      Horhn
        for Farish Street Entertainment District.              
           DR - TSDPCS: EC To FI



Senate: Committee Reports

HB1291  Public Service Commission; extend repealer on.            Ellis
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2013  Commercial contractors fee; double to fund education      Bean
        programs in colleges and universities.                 
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2090  State Board of Barber Examiners; increase certain fees.   Canon
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2198  Telecommunications; require PSC reports and create        Scoper
        advisory committee.                                    
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2261  Permit fees for milk and frozen dessert processing;       Bean
        increase.                                              
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2262  Notice of infectious disease; add bystanding caregiver    Bean
        to requirement.                                        
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2264  State Department of Health registry for persons with      Bean
        impaired hearing or vision; repeal.                    
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2292  State Board of Cosmetology; revise manicurist license     Canon
        qualifications and authorize biennial license renewal. 
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2293  MS Pharmacy Practice Act; extend repealer on.             Canon
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2306  Public property; authorize sale of university forest      Tollison
        land to U.S. Forestry Service.                         
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2333  Camp Shelby Timber Fund; require audit.                   Lee
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2391  Annual license renewal fee for physicians and             Bean
        osteopaths; increase to fund portion of impaired       
        physicians program.                                    
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2395  Bridges; remove requirement that they be built with       Rayborn
        banisters.                                             
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2418  Highway; add in Coahoma County and make other changes     Furniss
        in highway system.                                     
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2445  Nursing facility; no CON required if agree not to         Ross
        participate in Medicaid.                               
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2497  Hospitality stations; transportation commission work      Hewes
        with MSU for beautification.                           
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2552  Driver's license; renew prior to going overseas.          Gollott
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2555  Municipal judges; revise number allowed.                  Hall
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2579  Funeral processions; yield right-of-way to; prescribe     Gollott
        penalty for failure to yield.                          
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2588  State Highway System; delete section of highway in City   Ferris
        of Vicksburg (MDOT).                                   
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2624  Municipalities; authorized to settle certain claims.      Moffatt
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2681  Saltwater fishing; provide for free fishing day.          Hewes
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2692  Ethics Commission; delete repealer and authorize          Little *
        preliminary investigations.                            
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2698  Driver's license; persons using bioptic telescopic        Mettetal
        lenses may receive.                                    
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2763  Licensing of psychologists; make technical amendments     Ferris
        to licensure law.                                      
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2767  Ruth Volunteer Fire Department; authorize DFA to sell     Rayborn
        certain property.                                      
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2779  MS Transportation Commission; exempt carriers from the    Little *
        requirement to stop at highway inspection stations if  
        preapproved.                                           
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2797  Parking lots; authorize transportation department to      Little *
        maintain parking lots of certain agencies (MDOT).      
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2808  Sex offenders; revise registration.                       Turner
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2884  Four-lane highway program; substitute segment in          Posey
        Copiah, Hinds and Warren Counties.                     
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2888  Major General William "Bud" Miley Highway; designate.     Hamilton
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2940  Repair and Renovation Funds; create for IHL, community    Jackson
        colleges and state agencies.                           
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2942  Vehicle weight limit; make exception for cert. logging    Jackson
        vehicles transporting equipment.                       
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2951  Port commission; provide for reconstituted commission     Dearing
        for certain ports.                                     
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2995  County road system; require counties to adopt an          Little
        official map and a county road system register.        
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB3025  Child passenger restraints law; revise.                   Blackmon
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB3059  Biloxi Port Commission; reconstitute membership.          Gollott
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB3112  Community development block grants; prohibit for public   Dearing
        water systems unless viable.                           
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB3126  Medicaid fraud; investigators to be law enforcement       Turner
        officers.                                              
           Title Suff Do Pass
SC 505  Const. 100; authorize compromising of income tax          Kirby
        liability.                                             
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 517  Const; protect MS Fire Fighters Memorial Burn Center      Furniss
        Trust Fund.                                            
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 527  Coastal water resources; create joint study committee     Hewes
        to study and make recommendations regarding.           
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 546  Const. 213-A; reconstitute membership of State College    Walls
        Board.                                                 
           Title Suff Adopted Comm Sub



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 770  Mississippi Employment Security Law; delete obsolete      Flaggs
        provisions.                                            
           Referred To Labor;Finance

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