Mississippi Legislature
2000 Regular Session

Representative Rufus Straughter

District 51

As of 12/22/00 at 08:33

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HB 522  State hoilday; make July 4 Medgar Wiley Evers' Day.       Evans
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 540  Natchez Trace Parkway; delete certain exemptions from     Martinson
        signs and building restrictions.                       
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 550  Smoking; prohibit in all state buildings.                 Clarke
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 551  Smoking; prohibit in all state buildings except in        Clarke
 *      designated areas.                                      
           05/20 Approved by Governor
HB 556  Voter registration; witness to mail-in application need   Fleming
        not reside in same county as applicant.                
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 563  Victims of Domestic Violence Fund; provide fee from       Fredericks
   %    divorce filings.                                       
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 565  Stalking; revise offense and penalties.                   Fredericks
 *         05/20 Approved by Governor
HB 566  Domestic violence; revise warrantless arrest procedure.   Fredericks
 *         05/20 Approved by Governor
HB 595  Bonds; increase amount authorized for Library             Reynolds
  $%    Commission capital improvements and public libraries   
        grant program.                                         
           03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB 621  Auto liability insurance; make compulsory.                Stevens
 *         02/23 Approved by Governor
HB 649  Health insurance policies; require reimbursement for      Broomfield
        services of a podiatrist.                              
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 650  Elected public officials; must resign if they switch      Broomfield
        parties during their term of office.                   
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 667  Board of supervisors; delete exemption from certain       Green
   %    expenditure prohibitions.                              
           04/18 Approved by Governor
HB 678  Retirement; increase PERS retirement allowance for        Cameron
        years of service as municipal law enforcement officer. 
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 728  Attorney General Investigators; clarify law enforcement   Compretta
        designation and allow retirees to retain sidearm.      
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 729  Physicians; create medical education scholarships at      Frierson
 *      UMMC to practice family medicine in critical needs     
        areas.                                                 
           05/01 Approved by Governor
HB 738  Hospital; CON shall be issued to allow reopening of       Fredericks
        certain closed acute care hospital.                    
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 769  Appropriation; $600,000 per congressional district for    Clarke
        drug courts.                                           
           03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB 770  Drug Court Fund; create special fund for distribution     Clarke
        to drug courts.                                        
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 849  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for construction    Fredericks
  $%    of African-American Art Center at the Ohr-O'Keefe      
        Museum of Art.                                         
           03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB 905  Sales tax and use tax; exempt finance charges from.       Formby
  $%       03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB 911  Peer mediation conflict resolution models; SBE develop    Whittington
        for public schools.                                    
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 961  Appropriation; IHL for funding certain improvements at    Clarke
        the Margaret Walker Alexander Research Center at JSU.  
           03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB 962  Appropriation; IHL for making improvements to library     Clarke
        at Jackson State University.                           
           03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB 963  Bonds; issue bonds for improvements to library at         Clarke
  $%    Jackson State University.                              
           03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB 980  Mississippi Department of Labor; establish and create     Evans
        elected position of Commissioner of Labor.             
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB 998  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for construction    Clarke
  $%    of transitional student housing at Jackson State       
        University.                                            
           03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB 999  Bonds; issue bonds for improvements to the Margaret       Clarke
  $%    Walker Alexander National Research Center at Jackson   
        State University.                                      
           03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB1109  Lemon law; require car dealers to notify buyers of law.   Banks
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1110  Mississippi Civil Rights Monument Commission; create      Banks
        for purpose of constructing civil rights monument.     
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1111  Illegal aliens; prohibit hiring.                          Banks
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1112  Commission on Economic Status of Women; create.           Scott (80th)
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1121  Special assessments in criminal cases; certain counties   Banks
   %    and cities may impose to fund law enforcement.         
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1165  Department of Corrections; shall pay same amount to       Banks
        county jails as it pays to private facilities.         
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1166  Agricultural Aviation Board; prohibit spraying within     Huddleston
        1/4 mile of city or residential area.                  
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1170  State employees raises; require agencies and colleges     Holloway
        to comply strictly with legislative direction.         
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1180  Motor vehicles; unlawful for person under 18 to drive     Banks
        after 1:00 a.m.                                        
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1181  Guns; unlawful for persons under 21 to possess.           Banks
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1182  Chop shops; revise exception.                             Banks
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1183  Marriage licenses; application to advise to have          Banks
        HIV/AIDS test.                                         
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1184  Drug offenders; must appear before judge for bail         Banks
        hearing.                                               
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1185  Ammunition; unlawful to sell or possess armor piercing.   Banks
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1186  Universities; require admittance of students graduating   Banks
   %    in top 10% from Mississippi high schools.              
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1187  Death certificates; attending physicians must sign        Banks
        within ten days after presented.                       
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1188  Sales tax; exempt transfers of motor vehicles into        Banks
  $%    revocable trusts and transfers made as gifts.          
           03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB1189  Divorce; revise grounds.                                  Banks
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1190  Disability; Social Security Administration's finding of   Banks
        disability creates rebuttable presumption of under     
        PERS.                                                  
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1191  Alcoholic beverages; provide that 20% of taxes go to      Banks
   %    counties where generated.                              
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1192  Drugs; enhance penalty for selling near a school bus      Banks
        stop.                                                  
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1193  Death certificates; furnish certain records over 50       Banks
        years old to Department of Archives and History.       
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1199  Voter registration; authorize mail-in applications to     Banks
        be distributed in polling places.                      
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1200  School superintendents; prohibit payments supplemental    Banks
        to salary paid by school district.                     
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1201  Autopsy report; parents of deceased persons shall be      Banks
        provided a copy.                                       
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1202  Business improvement districts; repeal law authorizing.   Banks
   %       03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1203  Special assessment in criminal cases; counties and        Banks
   %    cities may impose to fund crime prevention.            
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1204  Professions; license and regulate private and legal       Banks
   %    investigators.                                         
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1207  Notary public; authorize to notarize documents on any     Banks
        day.                                                   
           04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1208  Legislators; authorize to take oaths.                     Banks
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1209  State property; prohibit gun shows on.                    Banks
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1233  State flag; revise design to comply with the appearance   Banks
        of the magnolia flag.                                  
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1247  Yazoo County; construct a dam or low-water control        Barbour
        structure on Lake George.                              
           05/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1262  Mississippi Affordable College Savings (MACS) Program;    Gadd
   %    create.                                                
           04/04 (S) Died In Committee
HB1275  Open top vehicles hauling certain material; require to    Straughter
        be covered securely.                                   
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1298  Schools; authorize removal of students with conditions    Straughter
   %    such as scabies, mites and the like.                   
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1309  First Grade; authorize enrollment of certain children     Straughter
        before age six.                                        
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1311  Honey Island; MDOT include on official highway map and    Straughter
        erect signs indicating location.                       
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1407  Medicaid; allow at least 15 days of outpatient            Myers
        physician's services annually for all recipients.      
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1410  Highways and streets; MDOT and local governments remove   Straughter
        debris.                                                
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1438  Mississippi Department of Labor; establish and create     Evans
        elected position of Commissioner of Labor.             
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1498  Create Martin Luther King Commission.                     Coleman (65th)
           03/07 (H) Died In Committee
HB1548  Department of Archives and History; name new building.    Ford
           03/29 Approved by Governor
HB1551  Appropriation; Department of Health for HIV/AIDS          Thornton
        education, prevention and treatment programs/services. 
           03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB1554  Humphreys County; authorize contribution to All Girls     Straughter
 *      Softball Team.                                         
           04/04 Approved by Governor
HB1577  Appropriation; State Department of Education for          Scott (80th)
        teachers' salaries.                                    
           03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB1581  Appropriation; Department of Education to expand          Thornton
        programs on prevention of HIV and other STDS.          
           03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB1598  Humphreys County; authorize contribution to the Dixie     Straughter
        Youth Baseball, Inc.                                   
           04/18 Approved by Governor
HB1665  Appropriation; IHL for renovation and refurnishing of     Clarke
        certain buildings at Alcorn State University.          
           03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB1677  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for State           Robinson (84th)
  $%    Forestry Commission equipment purchases.               
           03/29 (H) Died In Committee
HB1682  Bonds; issue bonds to provide funds for certain           McCoy
  $%    programs administered by the Department of Archives and
        History.                                               
           04/27 Approved by Governor
HB1692  Humphreys County; authorize donation to Keystone Lodge    Straughter
        #15.                                                   
           05/20 Approved by Governor
HB1714  Washington County; delete repealer on convention and      Thornton
 * %    visitors committee and additional sales tax, revise    
        membership of committee.                               
           05/20 Approved by Governor
HC  31  Commend Jack E. Harper, Jr., upon his retirement as       Thomas
        Chancery Clerk of Sunflower County.                    
           02/15 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC  50  Commend Mississippi Special Olympics Team.                Martinson
           03/10 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC  55  Commend Steve "Air" McNair upon outstanding football      Clarke
        career.                                                
           03/07 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC 105  Suspend deadlines for further consideration of H.B.       Nettles
        1093; Rails-To-Trails Recreational Districts; rules to 
        be published and violations to constitute misdemeanor. 
           05/07 (H) Died In Committee
HC 117  Commend the life and accomplishments of Representative    Ford
        Dick Livingston.                                       
           04/20 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC 130  Suspend deadlines for further consideration of HB 123;    Thornton
        state flag; revise design to include magnolia.         
           05/07 (H) Died In Committee
HC 139  Commend retirees of Mississippi Valley State              Perkins
        University.                                            
           05/03 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC 143  Commend Takiyah Perkins.                                  Perkins
           05/05 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
HC 145  Request Joint Legislative Budget Committee to recommend   Howell
        appropriations from Health Care Expendable Fund for    
        small publc hospitals.                                 
           05/07 (H) Died In Committee
HR  25  Commend Takiyah Perkins.                                  Perkins
           04/28 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  26  Commend Bobby Rush.                                       Thornton
           05/05 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed

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