Mississippi Legislature

1998 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 02/23/98



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House: Introductions

HB1808  Harrison County; authorize to create special assessment   Fredericks
        areas and issue bonds and levy ad valorem tax in       
        support of.                                            
           Referred To Local and Private Legislation;Ways and Means
HB1809  Hancock County; revise civil service law to allow         Compretta
        sheriff's department employees to participate in       
        political activity.                                    
           Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HB1810  Ad valorem taxation; authorize counties to levy a tax     King
        for the support of air ambulance service.              
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1811  Sales tax; create industrial exemption for certain        Wells-Smith
        sales of environmental pollution control equipment.    
           Referred To Ways and Means
HC  99  Commend Valley Bank for 100th anniversary celebration.    Perkins
           Referred To Rules



House: Double Referred Reports

HB1697  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for construction    Williams
        of new office facility for Mississippi Employment      
        Security Commission.                                   
           DR - TSDPCS: WM To PB



House: Committee Reports

HB 788  Sales tax; provide an exemption for sales of movie        Williams
        production equipment (DECD).                           
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1783  Bonds; issue to provide funds for MS Watershed Repair     Reynolds
        and Rehabilitation Cost-Share Program, repair of       
        Archusa Water Park Dam.                                
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1807  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for renovation      Williams
        and repair of Addie McBryde Center located at UMC.     
           Title Suff Do Pass



House: Floor Actions

HB1725  Appropriation; Beauvoir Shrine.                           Brown
           Passed
HB1726  Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.       Brown
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1727  Appropriation; Mississippi River Parkway Commission.      Brown
           Passed
HB1735  Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.        Holland
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1736  Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.   Holland
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Point of Order Raised
           Set Aside-Pend Ruling of Chair
HB1737  Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement               Foster
        System-administrative expenses; maintenance and        
        operation of building.                                 
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1738  Appropriation; Mississippi Department of                  Foster
        Transportation.                                        
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1739  Appropriation; Board of Agricultural Aviation.            Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1740  Appropriation; Athletic Commission.                       Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1741  Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.                    Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1742  Appropriation; State Board of Barber Examiners.           Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1743  Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.             Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1744  Appropriation; Board of Examiners for Social Workers      Foster
        and Marriage and Family Therapists.                    
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1745  Appropriation; Veterans Memorial Stadium Commission.      Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1746  Appropriation; Coast Coliseum Commission.                 Foster
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1747  Appropriation; Board of Cosmetology.                      Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1748  Appropriation; State Board of Registration for            Foster
        Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.             
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1749  Appropriation; Mississippi State Port Authority at        Foster
        Gulfport.                                              
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1750  Appropriation; Board of Psychological Examiners.          Foster
           Passed
HB1751  Appropriation; State Board of Medical Licensure.          Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1752  Appropriation; State Board of Nursing Home                Foster
        Administrators.                                        
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1753  Appropriation; Board of Nursing.                          Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1754  Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.                         Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1755  Appropriation; Board of Optometry.                        Foster
           Passed
HB1756  Appropriation; Pat Harrison Waterway District.            Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1757  Appropriation; Pearl River Basin Development District.    Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1758  Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply            Foster
        District.                                              
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1759  Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management    Foster
        District.                                              
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1760  Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port             Foster
        Authority.                                             
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1761  Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.                    Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1762  Appropriation; Mississippi Public Service Commission.     Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1763  Appropriation; Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and        Foster
        Certification Board.                                   
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1764  Appropriation; Real Estate Commission.                    Foster
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1769  Appropriation; Department of Human                        Moody
        Services-Consolidated.                                 
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1770  Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.    Moody
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1771  Appropriation; State Department of Education - General    McCoy
        Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational          
        Education.                                             
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1772  Appropriation; pay interest on Chickasaw School Fund.     McCoy
           Passed
HB1773  Appropriation; Department of Education - Minimum          McCoy
        Program.                                               
           Passed
HB1774  Appropriation; Schools for the Blind and the Deaf.        McCoy
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1775  Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational      McCoy
        Television.                                            
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1776  Appropriation; Library Commission.                        McCoy
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HC  90  Commending The Natchez Opera Festival, Incorporated.      Ketchings
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  91  Commend Delta State University cheerleaders on winning    Capps
        their third straight Division II National Championship.
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  92  John W. Jordan; commend on being named School             Perry
        Superintendent of the Year.                            
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  93  Commend Shelly Evans.                                     Montgomery
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  94  Commend life of Sheriff Harvey Tackett.                   Cameron
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  96  Commend Mary Jones on being named Parent of the Year.     Hamilton
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HC  97  Commend Emily Mathes on receiving 1998 Prudential         Chaney
        Spirit of Community Award.                             
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
HR  16  Commend Erin Sims, 1997 CITGO Female Athlete of the       Young
        Year.                                                  
           Adopted
HR  17  Commend Alex Taylor, 1997 Citgo Male Athlete of the       Young
        Year.                                                  
           Adopted
HR  18  Commend Justice Court Judge Clyde Chapman on being        Bozeman
        elected President of the National Judges Association.  
           Adopted
SC 550  Terry High School Band; commend.                          White (29th)
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 552  Natchez Opera Festival; commend.                          Dearing
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 554  Beechwood Elementary School Project ABC; commend.         Ferris
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 555  Milt Hinton, jazz bassist; commend.                       Ferris
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 566  Ron Polk; commend for outstanding baseball coaching       Hamilton
        career.                                                
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 567  Commend Tregnel Thomas; Charles Conerly Award.            Dearing
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 568  Mississippi Miss Hospitality, Mary Lacy Montgomery;       Bean
        commend.                                               
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 570  Tommy Everett; commend upon retirement from Magee Fire    Smith
        Dept.                                                  
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 571  Marion County Girls' Softball Team; commend.              Stogner
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 572  Mississippi Arts Commission; commend upon 30th            Hall
        Anniversary.                                           
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate
SC 574  Bill Glass Prison Ministries; commend.                    Simmons
           Adopted
           Transmitted To Senate



Senate: Introductions

SB3260  Quitman County; may utilize certain school property for   Furniss
        a senior citizen care unit.                            
           Referred To Local and Private
SN 115  Arch Dalrymple, III, Amory, Mississippi, as a member of   ARCHIVES AND HISTORY BD
        the Board of Trustees of the Department of Archives and
        History, for a six year term from January 1, 1998 to   
        January 1, 2004                                        
           Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SN 116  Gilbert R. Mason, Sr., Biloxi, Mississippi, as a member   ARCHIVES AND HISTORY BD
        of the Board of Directors of the Department of Archives
        and History, for the six year term of office from      
        January 1, 1998 to January 1, 2004                     
           Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SN 117  Mrs. Rosemary Taylor Williams, Corinth, Mississippi, as   ARCHIVES AND HISTORY BD
        a member of the Board of Trustees of the Department of 
        Archives and History, for the six year term of office  
        from January 1, 1998 to January 1, 2004                
           Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration



Senate: Floor Actions

SB2211  Mississippi Home Corporation; increase the amount of      Woodfield
        bonds that the corporation may issue.                  
           Transmitted To House
SB2449  Income tax; conform certain provisions to the Internal    Bryan
        Revenue Code (STC).                                    
           Transmitted To House
SB2485  Sales tax; tax prepaid telephone calling cards as sale    Bryan
        of tangible personal property (STC).                   
           Passed
SB2489  Sales tax; tax sales of certain agricultural equipment    Bryan
        at three percent (STC).                                
           Transmitted To House
SB2805  Bonds; increase amount of bonds that may be issued        Bryan
        under the Small Enterprise Development Finance Act     
        (DECD).                                                
           Transmitted To House
SB3086  Local privilege tax; repeal tax on travel agencies.       Jordan (24th)
           Transmitted To House

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



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