Mississippi Legislature

1998 Regular Session

Subject: AGRICULTURE

As of 04/21/98 at 09:05

Instructions Bill Status Menu






HB  36  Ad valorem tax; create 10% cap on increase in assessed    Ellzey
  $%    value of agricultural property and commercial poultry  
        houses.                                                
           02/25 (H) Died In Committee
HB 471  Agricultural seeds; include genetically engineered        Chaney
 * %    seeds in definition and testing requirements.          
           03/26 Approved by Governor
HB 504  Mississippi Agribusiness Council Act; reenact and         Ford
        extend repealer.                                       
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 531  Harvest permits for vehicles; reenact authority and       Ford
   %    extend repealer.                                       
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 558  Sales tax; tax sales of certain agricultural equipment    Williams
  $%    at three percent (STC).                                
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 610  Boll Weevil Management Act; remove lien requirement on    Smith (39th)
   %    cotton grown.                                          
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 650  Penitentiary lands leased for agricultural purposes;      Ford
        reenact and extend repealer for one year.              
           03/23 Approved by Governor
HB 658  Firearms; require registration with Department of         Green (72nd)
        Public Safety.                                         
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 678  Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau;      Holland
        authorize to investigate all agriculture-related       
        crimes.                                                
           03/17 Approved by Governor
HB 679  Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau;      Holland
        allow purchase of full-sized, passenger vehicles.      
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB 785  Emerging Crops Fund; extend repealer on issuance of       Williams
   %    bonds for fund.                                        
           03/03 (S) Died In Committee
HB1045  Emerging Crops Fund; restrict purposes for use of.        Holland
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB1053  Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau;      McBride
        authorize to investigate all agriculture-related       
        crimes.                                                
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB1280  Cotton and rice dealers; create arbitration board to      Holland
   %    hear complaints of producers.                          
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB1302  Grain dealers law; revise bonding requirements and        Holland
   %    require fee for license.                               
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB1386  Ad valorem taxation; provide that value of agricultural   Martinson
        land will be determined according to its use as of     
        January 1.                                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
HB1397  Mississippi Agribusiness Council; remove repealer.        Scott (80th)
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB1398  Emerging Crops Fund; authorize the Agribusiness Council   Holland
   %    to administer in regard to certain agricultural        
        activities.                                            
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
HB1447  Sales tax; divert a portion of sales tax on cotton        Williams
 *      compresses and cotton warehouses to assist in boll     
        weevil management.                                     
           03/03 (S) Died In Committee
HB1471  Harvest permits; fees collected for issuance deposited    Compretta
 * %    into the State Highway Fund (MDOT).                    
           03/03 (S) Died In Committee
HB1595  Mississippi River Delta Management District; create as    Clark
   %    a governmental entity.                                 
           02/03 (H) Died In Committee
SB2267  Ad valorem taxation; value of agricultural land           Rayborn
        determined according to its use as of January 1.       
           03/23 Approved by Governor
SB2331  Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau;      Thames
        authorize to investigate all agriculture-related crime.
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2431  Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau;      Thames
        allow purchase of full-sized passenger vehicles.       
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2438  Aerial applicators; remove requirement that applicants    Thames
        register with the Department of Transportation.        
           03/03 (H) Died In Committee
SB2489  Sales tax; tax sales of certain agricultural equipment    Bryan
  $%    at three percent (STC).                                
           03/17 (H) Died In Committee
SB2617  MS Agribusiness Council; revise membership and remove     Thames
 *      repealer.                                              
           04/09 Approved by Governor
SB2620  Sixteenth section lands; revise agricultural lease        Furniss
        provisions.                                            
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2707  Sales tax; divert a portion of the sales to fund the      Carlton
 *      Boll Weevil Management Act.                            
           04/20 Approved by Governor
SB2708  Boll Weevil Management Act; revise requirements for       Hawks
 *      passage of subsequent referenda.                       
           03/03 (H) Died In Committee
SB2772  Emerging Crops Fund; extend repealer on issuance of       Bryan
  $%    bonds for fund.                                        
           02/25 (S) Died In Committee
SB2812  Harvest permits; fees collected for issuance deposited    Little
   %    into the State Highway Fund (MDOT).                    
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB2895  Air and water permits; authorize DEQ to exempt            Thames
 *      agricultural and other operations.                     
           04/13 Approved by Governor
SB3070  Harvest permits for vehicles; reenact authority and       Little
 * %    extend repealer.                                       
           04/20 Approved by Governor
SB3115  Wastes; repeal repealer on pesticide disposal act.        Dearing
           03/03 (H) Died In Committee
SB3134  Emerging Crops Fund; utilized to provide interest-free    Horhn
   %    loan to tourism and film enterprises.                  
           02/03 (S) Died In Committee
SB3221  Appropriation; Alcorn State-Agricultural Programs.        Hall
 *         04/13 Approved by Governor



End Of Document

1998/subjects/A286-00.htm