Mississippi Legislature

1999 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 02/22/99



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House: Introductions

HB1667  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for capital         Hamilton
        improvements for Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.        
           Referred To Ways and Means;Game and Fish
HB1668  Bonds; issue federal grant anticipation notes or bonds    Wells-Smith
        for the high rise bridge at Pascagoula.                
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1669  Suffrage; restore to Dorothy J. Mabry McGill.             Clark
           Referred To Judiciary B
HB1670  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for water           Ellington
        pollution control emergency loan program.              
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1671  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to construct        Williams
        facilities at Stennis Space Center for USM's           
        hydrographic sciences program.                         
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1672  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for construction    Williams
        of a justice facility.                                 
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1673  Bonds; increase amount of bonds that may be issued for    Williams
        repair and renovation of Addie McBryde Center.         
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1674  Ad valorem taxes; provide that certain exemptions do      Wells-Smith
        not apply to certain local and private tax.            
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1675  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for IHL and         Williams
        community/junior college capital improvements.         
           Referred To Ways and Means
HB1676  Bonds; increase amount of bonds issued for construction   Williams
        of juvenile detention facilities and revise use of     
        proceeds.                                              
           Referred To Ways and Means



House: Double Referred Reports

SB2804  Marine resources; transfer DWFP marine law enforcement    Hewes
        to DMR.                                                
           DR - TSDPAA: GF To CR



House: Committee Reports

HB1004  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for Library         Reynolds
        Commission capital improvements and public libraries   
        grant program.                                         
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1480  Loans; exempt certain loans from privilege tax and        Simpson
        small loan regulation and tax.                         
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1490  Garbage collection and disposal; increase maximum ad      Bozeman
        valorem tax certain counties may levy to defray costs  
        (Hinds).                                               
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1529  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for purpose of      Williams
        making loans to assist in building child care          
        facilities.                                            
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1569  Income tax; authorize a deduction for health insurance    Malone
        costs of self-employed persons.                        
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1581  Mississippi Communications Tax Reform Act of 1999;        Ellis
        create.                                                
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1648  Major Economic Impact Act; increase amount of bonds for   Williams
        certain projects, require additional approval for      
        certain action under (DECD).                           
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1653  Bonds; authorize Mississippi Development Bank to issue    Reynolds
        revenue bonds to provide funds to counties for fire    
        equipment purposes.                                    
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1656  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for Department of   Brown
        Information Technology Services Capital Improvements.  
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1665  Income tax; provide reduction for taxpayers filing        Williams
        individual returns.                                    
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1666  Distinctive license tag; Purple Heart Medal recipient     King
        given credit for ad valorem taxes.                     
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1668  Bonds; issue federal grant anticipation notes or bonds    Wells-Smith
        for the high rise bridge at Pascagoula.                
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1671  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to construct        Williams
        facilities at Stennis Space Center for USM's           
        hydrographic sciences program.                         
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1672  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for construction    Williams
        of a justice facility.                                 
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1673  Bonds; increase amount of bonds that may be issued for    Williams
        repair and renovation of Addie McBryde Center.         
           Title Suff Do Pass
HB1675  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for IHL and         Williams
        community/junior college capital improvements.         
           Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1676  Bonds; increase amount of bonds issued for construction   Williams
        of juvenile detention facilities and revise use of     
        proceeds.                                              
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB2886  Motor vehicle retail installment contracts; require       Woodfield
        disclosure of negative equity.                         
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB2975  State depositories; revise formula for allocating state   Woodfield
        funds among.                                           
           Title Suff Do Pass



House: Floor Actions

HB1330  Appropriation; Reappropriation; DFA - Corrections         Capps
        construction; FY00.                                    
           Passed
HB1331  Appropriation; Reappropriation; DFA - Bureau of           Capps
        Building; FY00.                                        
           Passed
HB1574  Appropriation; Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Program;      Capps
        Addl. FY99.                                            
           Passed
HB1616  Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.        Holland
           Passed
HB1617  Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.   Holland
           Recommitted to Committee
HB1618  Appropriation; State Forestry Commission.                 Henderson (9th)
           Recommitted to Committee
HB1619  Appropriation; State Board of Registration for            Henderson (9th)
        Foresters.                                             
           Passed
HB1623  Appropriation; Attorney General - support.                Watson
           Passed
HB1624  Appropriation; District Attorneys and staff.              Watson
           Passed
HB1625  Appropriation; Insurance Department.                      Watson
           Passed
HB1626  Appropriation; State Fire Academy.                        Watson
           Passed
HB1627  Appropriation; Supreme Court Services.                    Watson
           Passed
HB1628  Appropriation; Department of Archives and History.        Flaggs
           Amended
           Passed As Amended
HB1629  Appropriation; Arts Commission.                           Flaggs
           Passed
HB1630  Appropriation; expenses of Legislature, monthly           Flaggs
        expense, Legislative Budget Office, PEER Committee.    
           Passed
HB1631  Appropriation; benefit payments to retirants under the    Flaggs
        former Teachers' Retirement System.                    
           Passed
HB1632  Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.   Livingston
           Passed
HB1633  Appropriation; Department of Marine Resources.            Livingston
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Passed
HB1634  Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.    Livingston
           Passed
HB1635  Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and      Livingston
        Parks.                                                 
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Passed
HB1636  Appropriation; State Department of Education - General    McCoy
        Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational          
        Education.                                             
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Passed
HB1637  Appropriation; pay interest on Chickasaw School Fund.     McCoy
           Passed
HB1638  Appropriation; Department of Education - Minimum          McCoy
        Program.                                               
           Passed
HB1639  Appropriation; Schools for the Blind and the Deaf.        McCoy
           Passed
HB1640  Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational      McCoy
        Television.                                            
           Passed
HB1641  Appropriation; Library Commission.                        McCoy
           Passed
HB1642  Appropriation; Department of Human                        Moody
        Services-Consolidated.                                 
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Passed
HB1643  Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.    Moody
           Committee Substitute Adopted
           Passed



House: Signed By The Speaker

HR  12  Commend Linda Kay Rowan Clifton for her outstanding       Scott (17th)
        contributions to education in Mississippi.             
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 542  Christopher Moore; commend for excellent essay            White (29th)
        regarding wildlife.                                    
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 543  Miss Hospitality; commend Jeanna Runnels.                 Farris
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 544  Chenise Danielle Lyles; commend.                          Blackmon
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 545  Jasmine Michelle Martin; commend.                         Blackmon
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 549  Principal Will Revies; commend.                           Frazier
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 550  Margaret Walker Alexander; commend life and mourn         Frazier
        passing.                                               
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 551  City of Ridgeland; commend on Centennial Celebration.     Hall
           Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB3208  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for capital         Posey
        improvements for the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries 
        and Parks.                                             
           Referred To Finance
SB3209  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for development     Horhn
        of historic properties.                                
           Referred To Finance
SB3210  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for certain IHL     Harden
        capital improvements.                                  
           Referred To Finance
SB3211  Bonds; issue to the MS Commission for International       Hall
        Cultural Exchange for an exhibit of Spanish art.       
           Referred To Finance
SB3212  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for construction    Dearing
        of a building to house DEQ.                            
           Referred To Finance
SB3213  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for improvements    Cuevas
        for Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission and      
        Stennis Space Center.                                  
           Referred To Finance
SB3214  Bonds; issue to provide loans to counties and             Hewes
        municipalities in which master planned communities are 
        located.                                               
           Referred To Finance
SB3215  Bonds; issue bonds to improve the Walthall School         Farris
        Building in Hattiesburg and to locate a children's     
        discovery center at such facility.                     
           Referred To Finance
SC 597  Suspend rls; draft bill to increase salary for county     Jackson
        patrol officers in certain county.                     
           Referred To Rules
SN  71  Dr. Richard L. Thompson, Jackson, Mississippi, as the     BOARD OF EDUCATION
        State Superintendent of Education, for a term of office
        commencing July 1, 1998, and serving at the Mississippi
        Board of Education's will and pleasure                 
           Referred To Education



Senate: Committee Reports

HC  82  Commend Sheriff Marvin Farrior for completing the         Taylor
        longest tenure in office of any sheriff in Mississippi.
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  83  Commend Amory High School Football Team.                  Markham
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  86  Commend Wayne Academy Football Team.                      Taylor
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  88  Celebrating the music of William Grant Still.             Clark
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  90  Commend life and works of Charles William Dean.           Capps
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
HC  94  Memorialize MDOT to name the Great River Bridge the       Capps
        Charles W. Dean Bridge.                                
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SB3067  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for improvements    Hall
        at Spillway Road at the Ross Barnett Reservoir.        
           Title Suff Do Pass
SB3083  Motor fuel taxes; provide for the taxation of special     Bryan
        fuels.                                                 
           Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
SB3105  Nonprofit oil spill clean up corporation; exempt          Moffatt
        property from ad valorem tax; exempt certain sales to. 
           Title Suff Do Pass
SC 593  1998 Delta State University football team; commend.       Dearing
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 595  Officer Xavier Redmond; commend for prompt and            Walls
        professional actions in coming to the aid of fellow    
        officers during a rescue.                              
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 596  Susp rules; drafting of a bill to designate a portion     Dearing
        of U.S. Hwy 61 in Adams Co. as "Veterans Memorial Hwy".
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SC 597  Suspend rls; draft bill to increase salary for county     Jackson
        patrol officers in certain county.                     
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted
SR  19  Betty Tutor; commend for saving the life of a student.    Browning
           Title Suff Do Be Adopted



Senate: Floor Actions

HB 358  College tuition; classify members of Mississippi          Rogers
        National Guard as residents for in-state tuition.      
           Passed
HB 619  Unemployment benefits; provide waiver for waiting         Broomfield
        period during major disaster.                          
           Passed
HB1010  Mississippi Business Investment Act; revise projects      Williams
        eligible for assistance under.                         
           Transmitted To House
SB2196  Forrest County Industrial Park Commission; remove         Farris
        provision prohibiting use of eminent domain; increase  
        debt limitation.                                       
           Transmitted To House
SB2607  Biloxi; remove limit on retirement benefits under the     Gollott
        General Municipal Employee's Retirement System.        
           Rereferred To Local and Private;Finance
SB2703  Bonds; issue g.o. bonds for a hospitality station in      Furniss
        Coahoma County.                                        
           Transmitted To House
SB3072  Stone County; impose 2% sales tax on hotels, motels and   Lee
        restaurants.                                           
           Transmitted To House
SB3120  Lauderdale County to make road improvements pursuant to   Carter
        petition; authorize.                                   
           Transmitted To House
SB3178  City of Okolona; authorize the imposition of additional   Gordon
        court costs on misdemeanor convictions in municipal    
        court.                                                 
           Transmitted To House
SB3179  Ocean Springs; authorize a contribution to Biloxi for     Gollott
        construction of the O'Keefe addition to the George Ohr 
        Art Museum.                                            
           Transmitted To House
SB3182  Forrest County; contribute to the Boy Scouts and assist   Farris
        in maintaining Camp Tiak.                              
           Transmitted To House
SB3183  Forrest County; contribute to Big Brothers/Big Sisters    Farris
        of Southeast Mississippi.                              
           Transmitted To House
SB3184  Forrest County; contribute to the Hattiesburg Downtown    Farris
        Association, Inc.                                      
           Transmitted To House
SB3185  Forrest County; authorize contribution to Neighborhood    Farris
        Education Enhancement Development Services.            
           Transmitted To House
SB3186  Forrest County; contribute to the Salvation Army Boys     Farris
        and Girls Club.                                        
           Transmitted To House
SB3187  Forrest County; contribute to Gulf Pines Girl Scout       Farris
        Council and assist in maintaining Camp Ita Kana.       
           Transmitted To House
SB3188  Forrest County; contribute annually to Pearl River        Farris
        Valley Opportunity, Inc.                               
           Transmitted To House
SB3189  Gulfport; authorize contribution to the George Ohr Art    Gollott
        Museum.                                                
           Transmitted To House
SB3193  Bonds; issue state g.o. bonds to fund the Annette S.      Gollott
        O'Keefe addition of the George E. Ohr Museum.          
           Transmitted To House
SB3194  Bonds; issue g.o. bonds for grants to provide loans for   Horhn
        development property in the Farish Street Historic     
        District.                                              
           Transmitted To House



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 668  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for construction    Holden
        and development of a golf course at the Hugh White     
        State Park.                                            
           Referred To Finance
HB 937  Stone County; authorize add'l assessment on misdemeanor   Maples
        convictions obtained in justice court to fund new      
        county office building.                                
           Referred To Local and Private
HB1213  Ad valorem taxes; property not eligible for Class I       Broomfield
        treatment if owner fails to comply with road and bridge
        privilege tax laws.                                    
           Referred To Finance
HB1492  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for repair and      Clarke
        renovation of Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium.   
           Referred To Finance
HB1531  George County; authorize to acquire land for a sports     Maples
        complex.                                               
           Referred To Local and Private
HB1539  Chickasaw County; extend repealer on authorizing levy     Bowles
        of certain additional court costs for crime stoppers   
        program.                                               
           Referred To Local and Private
HB1549  Sales tax; exempt sales of certain home medical           Hudson
        equipment and supplies when paid for under Medicare or 
        Medicaid program.                                      
           Referred To Finance
HB1555  City of Okolona; additional court costs to fund crime     Bowles
        stoppers; increase and extend repealer.                
           Referred To Local and Private
HB1563  City of Hattiesburg; authorize annual contribution to     Davis
        the Center for Gifted Studies.                         
           Referred To Local and Private
HB1564  City of Hattiesburg; authorize annual contribution to     Davis
        the Gulf Pines Girl Scout Council.                     
           Referred To Local and Private
HB1582  City of Richland; extend repealer on bar and restaurant   Weathersby
        tax.                                                   
           Referred To Local and Private
HB1583  City of Florence; extend repealer on bar and restaurant   Weathersby
        tax.                                                   
           Referred To Local and Private
HB1584  City of Hattiesburg; annual contribution to Hattiesburg   Davis
        Downtown Association.                                  
           Referred To Local and Private



Senate: Signed By The President

HC  87  Commend University of Southern Mississippi Gifted         Davis
        Studies on 20th anniversary.                           
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HC  91  Commend Shellie Ross on being elected president of        Hamilton
        Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority.                            
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HC  92  Commending the life of Essie Myrtis Easterling.           Watson
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HC  93  Commending the life of Carrol Lee Chambers.               Watson
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HC  95  Commending the life of Sarah Harris Ruffin.               Watson
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HC  97  Commend Mrs. Osie Roberts Lee on the celebration of her   Bourdeaux
        100th birthday.                                        
           Enrolled Bill Signed
HC  98  Commend Patricia Owens Fordice as First Lady of           Howell
        Mississippi.                                           
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2168  Excavations near underground utility facilities; remove   Minor
        repealer on laws regulating.                           
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2263  Appropriation; DFA, Office of Insurance for CHIP.;        Hall
        ADDL. FY99.                                            
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2486  Health care facilities; issue CON for Comprehensive       Bean
        Cancer Center.                                         
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2648  Appropriation; DOC Support & County Reimbursement;        Hall
        Addl. FY99.                                            
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2833  Water district; authorize creation from area served by    Minor
        a rural water association.                             
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 542  Christopher Moore; commend for excellent essay            White (29th)
        regarding wildlife.                                    
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 543  Miss Hospitality; commend Jeanna Runnels.                 Farris
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 544  Chenise Danielle Lyles; commend.                          Blackmon
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 545  Jasmine Michelle Martin; commend.                         Blackmon
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 549  Principal Will Revies; commend.                           Frazier
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 550  Margaret Walker Alexander; commend life and mourn         Frazier
        passing.                                               
           Enrolled Bill Signed
SC 551  City of Ridgeland; commend on Centennial Celebration.     Hall
           Enrolled Bill Signed

Information pertaining to this report was last updated on 04/08/99 at 07:30.



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