Mississippi Legislature
2002 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 01/09/02



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Senate: Introductions

SB2100  Personal injury; immunity for fan celebrations.           Michel
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2101  Student and Family Privacy Protection Act; enact.         Nunnelee
           01/09 (S) Referred To Education
SB2102  Election; prohibit convicted felons from voting.          Nunnelee
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2103  Taxation; income tax credit incentives for certain        Nunnelee
        activities at brownfield sites.                        
           01/09 (S) Referred To Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res;Finance
SB2104  Bonds; issue for the Water Pollution Control Revolving    Nunnelee
        Fund & the Local Governments & Rural Water Systems     
        Improvements Revolving Loan Fund.                      
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2105  Insurers; may appoint director with relationship to its   Kirby
        managing general agent.                                
           01/09 (S) Referred To Insurance
SB2106  Nursing facility; allow 15 Medicaid beds at existing      Chaney
        facility in Vicksburg.                                 
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2107  Commissioner of Insurance as attorney for all insurance   Kirby
        companies; require for service of process.             
           01/09 (S) Referred To Insurance
SB2108  Income tax; revise certain provisions regarding gains     Nunnelee
        and losses and business deductions.                    
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2109  Insurance Producer Licensing Law; revise.                 Kirby
           01/09 (S) Referred To Insurance
SB2110  Domestic insurance companies; prohibit contracts in       Kirby
        other jurisdictions unless authorized to do business by
        such jurisdictions.                                    
           01/09 (S) Referred To Insurance
SB2111  Classification of insurance companies; revise and         Kirby
        include larger fraternal societies.                    
           01/09 (S) Referred To Insurance
SB2112  Surplus lines insurance agents; remove bond requirement   Kirby
        for licensing of.                                      
           01/09 (S) Referred To Insurance
SB2113  Foreign insurance companies; require filing of articles   Kirby
        of incorporation or by-laws.                           
           01/09 (S) Referred To Insurance
SB2114  Auto insurance; prohibit use of aftermarket crash parts   Kirby
        without obtaining written consent.                     
           01/09 (S) Referred To Insurance
SB2115  Auto insurers; pay prevailing market rate as determined   Kirby
        by survey of repair shops.                             
           01/09 (S) Referred To Insurance
SB2116  Federal highway funds; provide for allocation of TEA-21   Dickerson
        funds.                                                 
           01/09 (S) Referred To County Affairs;Highways and Transportation
SB2117  Insurance companies; penalty for failing to file annual   Kirby
        statement deposited in special fund.                   
           01/09 (S) Referred To Insurance;Appropriations
SB2118  Health insurance policies; require provisions for the     Kirby
        prompt payment of clean claims.                        
           01/09 (S) Referred To Insurance
SB2119  Free port warehouse; authorize partial exemptions for     Nunnelee
        property in.                                           
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2120  State Employees Health Insurance Plan; require coverage   Carmichael
        for hyperbaric oxygen therapy for cerebral palsy       
        children.                                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration;Appropriations
SB2121  Health insurance; require coverage for cognitive          Carmichael
        rehabilitation therapy.                                
           01/09 (S) Referred To Insurance;Appropriations
SB2122  Liability; limitation for persons injured by criminal     Ross
        acts of third party.                                   
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2123  Manslaughter; mother's use of illegal drugs while         Furniss
        pregnant.                                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2124  Radar; boards of supervisors authorized to direct         Ross
        sheriffs to utilize.                                   
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2125  School bond limitation based on assessed valuation;       Tollison
        revise.                                                
           01/09 (S) Referred To Education;Finance
SB2126  Elections; require voters to present I.D. prior to        Ross
        voting.                                                
           01/09 (S) Referred To Elections
SB2127  Elections; require voter to present I.D. prior to         Hewes
        voting.                                                
           01/09 (S) Referred To Elections
SB2128  Adult foster care family homes and group homes; provide   Burton
        for licensure and regulation of.                       
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2129  Mississippi Pharmacy Act; reenact and extend repealer.    Huggins
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2130  Riding bailiffs; increase authorized compensation for.    Furniss
           01/09 (S) Referred To County Affairs;Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2131  Certified Public Manager Program; require state           Blackmon
        supervisory personnel to participate.                  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration;Appropriations
SB2132  Retirement; include judges in legislative retirement      Furniss
        plan.                                                  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2133  Mississippi Department of Transportation Equipment        Dearing
        Purchase Fund; create (MDOT).                          
           01/09 (S) Referred To Highways and Transportation;Appropriations
SB2134  Recovery of Medicaid payments from homestead of           Robertson
        deceased recipient; waived if there are heirs at law.  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SB2135  District attorneys; revise number of criminal             Lee
        investigators.                                         
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary;Appropriations
SB2136  Bonds; issue for the repair and renovation of the         Smith
        Farmers' Market in Jackson.                            
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2137  Sheriff of Franklin County; authorize annual salary       Dearing
        supplement for.                                        
           01/09 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2138  Parole Board; remove mandate that Parole Board review     Smith
        all cases denying parole; require central registry.    
           01/09 (S) Referred To Corrections
SB2139  Mississippi Highway 993; designate as the Jerry St. Pe'   Moffatt
        Highway.                                               
           01/09 (S) Referred To Highways and Transportation
SB2140  DHS; provide for board, and terms for executive           Smith
        director and office directors.                         
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2141  University off-campus instructional programs; repeal      Hewes
        approval authority of State Board for Community and    
        Junior Colleges.                                       
           01/09 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges
SB2142  Confederate historic structures; unlawful to destroy or   White (29th)
        remove.                                                
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2143  Sheriff; authorize Coahoma County to supplement salary.   Furniss
           01/09 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2144  Constables; authorize appointment of deputies.            Burton
           01/09 (S) Referred To County Affairs
SB2145  Official state song; adopt "Mississippi Song".            Nunnelee
           01/09 (S) Referred To Rules
SB2146  DOC inmates; authorize appearance of inmates and other    Smith
        defendants by closed circuit television, internet.     
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2147  Income tax; provide credit for contributions to school    Nunnelee
        tuition organizations or public schools.               
           01/09 (S) Referred To Education;Finance
SB2148  Ten Commandments; authorize display on public property.   White (29th)
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2149  Mississippi Department of Children's Affairs;             Smith
        establish.                                             
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare;Appropriations
SB2150  Appointments to executive agency boards and               Dawkins
        commissions; to be made from new MS congressional      
        districts.                                             
           01/09 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SB2151  Transportation Commission; authorize short term           Dearing
        borrowing to fund cash flow deficiencies.              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Highways and Transportation;Appropriations
SB2152  Sales tax exemption; Habitat for Humanity.                Nunnelee
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2153  School-related fund-raising activities; provide certain   Nunnelee
        restrictions.                                          
           01/09 (S) Referred To Education
SB2154  Post conviction bail; clarify for child abuser.           Nunnelee
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2155  Lobbying law; include public employees engaging in        Nunnelee
        lobbying activities.                                   
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2156  Sales tax; exempt sales to the American Family            Nunnelee
        Association.                                           
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2157  Eviction; by district attorney for drug violations.       Nunnelee
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SB2158  Income tax; allow credit for child adoption expenses.     Nunnelee
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2159  Local government-CAP loans; include construction,         Nunnelee
        repair or renovation of recreation and athletic        
        complexes.                                             
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2160  School term; revise first day and last day for all        Nunnelee
        schools.                                               
           01/09 (S) Referred To Education
SB2161  MS Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Law; repeal.           Nunnelee
           01/09 (S) Referred To Highways and Transportation
SB2162  Gaming fees; extend reverter to 2023 on certain           Hewes
        diversions of.                                         
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SB2163  Crabs; repeal duplicate section prohibiting taking of     Hewes
        egg-bearing crabs.                                     
           01/09 (S) Referred To Ports and Marine Resources
SC 516  Const. 241; no person convicted of a felony may vote.     Nunnelee
           01/09 (S) Referred To Constitution
SC 517  Const. 252, etc; provide for statewide elections to       Nunnelee
        occur in even numbered years.                          
           01/09 (S) Referred To Constitution
SC 518  Joint resolution; create joint committee to study         Dickerson
        criminal code reform.                                  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Rules
SC 519  Constitution; establish flag and Great Seal of the        White (29th)
        State of Mississippi.                                  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Constitution
SC 520  Const. Section 213-A; appointments to IHL; from new       Hewes
        Mississippi congressional districts and revise terms.  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges;Constitution
SC 521  Const. Section 213-A; appointments to IHL; one member     King
        from each congressional district and each state        
        university.                                            
           01/09 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges;Constitution
SC 522  Appointments to IHL to be from new Mississippi            Little
        congressional districts; amend Constitution to provide 
        for.                                                   
           01/09 (S) Referred To Universities and Colleges;Constitution
SC 523  Joint Rules; require code amendments to show deleted      Hewes
        language.                                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Rules
SN   1  Mr. Maxie Bruce, Waynesboro, Mississippi, Weight          LT. GOVERNOR
        Enforcement Appeals Board of the MS Transportation     
        Commission, for a four-year term ending June 30, 2005. 
           01/09 (S) Referred To Highways and Transportation
SN   2  Dr. David S. Hargrove, Oxford, Mississippi, the MS        GOVERNOR
        State Board of Mental Health, commencing on July 1,    
        2001, for seven-year term ending June 30, 2008,        
        representing a licensed clinical psychologist with a   
        Ph.D. degree.                                          
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN   3  Brad Stevens, Smithville, Mississippi, as a member of     GOVERNOR
        the Forestry Commission, the unexpired term of office  
        ending June 30, 2006, representing the 1st             
        Congressional District.                                
           01/09 (S) Referred To Forestry
SN   4  Allen Jones, Jr., Lorman, Mississippi, as a member of     GOVERNOR
        the Forestry Commission, for the six-year term of      
        office commencing July 19, 2001 and ending June 30,    
        2007, representing the 2nd Congressional District.     
           01/09 (S) Referred To Forestry
SN   5  James Wilson Pittman, Waynesboro, Mississippi, as a       GOVERNOR
        member of the Forestry Commission, for the unexpired   
        term of office ending June 30, 2006, representing the  
        At-Large position.                                     
           01/09 (S) Referred To Forestry
SN   6  A. D. Buffington, Jackson, Mississippi, as a member of    GOVERNOR
        the MS State Board of Nursing Home Administrators,     
        commencing June 6, 2001, for a four-year term ending   
        June 5, 2005, representing the 1st Supreme Court       
        District.                                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN   7  Yevonne S. Prewitt, West Point, Mississippi, the MS       GOVERNOR
        Commission on the Status of  Women, for a four-year    
        term commencing July 1, 2001, ending June 30, 2005.    
           01/09 (S) Referred To Rules
SN   8  Patricia A. Phillips, Clinton, Mississippi, as a member   GOVERNOR
        of the MS State Board of Registered Professional       
        Geologists, for a four-year term commencing August 22, 
        2001 and ending June 30, 2005, representing the        
        governmental sector position.                          
           01/09 (S) Referred To Oil, Gas and Other Minerals
SN   9  Bill Cossar, Charleston, Mississippi, the Ms State        GOVERNOR
        Personnel Board, for a five-year term of office        
        commencing July 1, 2001 and ending June 30, 2006,      
        representing the Third Supreme Court District.         
           01/09 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SN  10  Dr. Betty Ward Fletcher, Jackson, Mississippi, the MS     LT. GOVERNOR
        Commission on the Status of Women, term of office      
        expiring June 30, 2005, representing a current or      
        former college educator with expertise in women's      
        issues.                                                
           01/09 (S) Referred To Rules
SN  11  Julie Ferguson, Brandon, Mississippi, the MS Commission   LT. GOVERNOR
        on the Status of Women, term of office expiring June   
        30, 2003.                                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Rules
SN  12  Gayle Parker, Gulfport, Mississippi, the MS Commission    LT. GOVERNOR
        on the Status of Women, term of office expiring June   
        30, 2004.                                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Rules
SN  13  Andre Louis De Gruy, Jackson, Mississippi, Mississippi    GOVERNOR
        Office of Capital Defense Counsel, serving as director,
        the unexpired term of office commencing July 6, 2001   
        and ending June 30, 2004.                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SN  14  Donald C. Simmons, Starkville, Mississippi, as a member   GOVERNOR
        of the Forestry Commission, for the six-year term of   
        office commencing July 1, 2001 and ending June 30,     
        2007, representing the At-Large position.              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Forestry
SN  15  Robert R. Sullivan, Kosciusko, Mississippi, the Ms        GOVERNOR
        State Board of Pharmacy, for a five-year term of office
        commencing July 1, 2001 and ending June 30, 2006,      
        representing the Third Congressional District.         
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  16  Michael Sullivan, Nettleton, Mississippi, the MS Board    GOVERNOR
        of Rehabilitation Services, for a five-year term       
        commencing July 1, 2001 and ending June 30, 2006,      
        representing an individual who is a client of          
        vocational rehabilitation services.                    
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  17  S. W. Gilbert, Forest, Mississippi, the MS Egg            GOVERNOR
        Marketing Board, for a six-year term ending May 19,    
        2007, representing an egg producer position.           
           01/09 (S) Referred To Agriculture
SN  18  David P. Bethea, Jackson, Mississippi, the Polygraph      GOVERNOR
        Examiners Board, for the six-year term commencing June 
        30, 2001 and ending June 30, 2007.                     
           01/09 (S) Referred To Judiciary
SN  19  Patricia Burton, Greenville, Mississippi, the MS Real     GOVERNOR
        Estate Commission, for the four-year term of office    
        commencing May 20, 2001 and ending May 20, 2005,       
        representing the Second Congressional District.        
           01/09 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  20  Tom W. Elliott, Oxford, Mississippi, the State Board of   GOVERNOR
        Registration of Professional Engineers and Land        
        Surveyors, for the unexpired term of office ending     
        April 8, 2004, representing the At-Large position.     
           01/09 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  21  Roy Noble Lee, Jr., Forest, Mississippi, MS Wildlife      GOVERNOR
        Fisheries and Parks Commission, for a five-year term of
        office commencing July 1, 2001 and ending June 30,     
        2006, representing the Third Congressional District.   
           01/09 (S) Referred To Wildlife and Fisheries
SN  22  Manda Griffin, Bruce, Mississippi, MS State Board of      GOVERNOR
        Mental Health, for a seven-year term commencing on June
        30, 2001 and ending June 30, 2008, representing a      
        social worker with experience in the mental health     
        field.                                                 
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  23  Martha Dalrymple, Amory, Mississippi, as a member of      GOVERNOR
        the MS Commission on Environmental Quality, for a term 
        of office commencing July 1, 2001 and ending June 30,  
        2008, representing the Second Congressional District.  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Environment Prot, Cons and Water Res
SN  24  Lynn Cox, Madison, Mississippi, MS State Board of         GOVERNOR
        Massage Therapy, for a four-year term of office        
        commencing August 24, 2001 and ending June 30, 2002,   
        representing the American Massage Therapy Association. 
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  25  Dr. Doug Rouse, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the Hospital    GOVERNOR
        Equipment and Facilities Authority, for an unexpired   
        term commencing September 17, 200l and ending June 30, 
        2004, representing the Second Supreme Court District.  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SN  26  Edna K. Boone, Ocean Springs, Mississippi, as a member    GOVERNOR
        of the MS Commission Marine Resources, for an unexpired
        term commencing August 20, 2001 and ending June 30,    
        2002, representing the non-seafood industry position,  
        vice William H. Mitchell.                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Ports and Marine Resources
SN  27  Butch Williamson, Biloxi, Mississippi, MS Home            GOVERNOR
        Inspector Regulatory Board, for a term commencing on   
        October 15, 2001 and serving at the pleasure of the    
        Governor, representing the Fifth Congressional         
        District.                                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  28  Ray Millwood, Greenville, Mississippi, MS Home            GOVERNOR
        Inspector Regulatory Board, for a term commencing      
        October 15, 2001 and serving at the pleasure of the    
        Governor, representing the Second Congressional        
        District.                                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  29  Karen Holliday, Belden, Mississippi, Ms State Board of    GOVERNOR
        Banking Review, for a five-year term commencing August 
        24, 2001 and ending March 23, 2006, representing the   
        Third Supreme Court District position.                 
           01/09 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  30  Mark A. Wall, Madison, Mississippi, Hospital Equipment    GOVERNOR
        Facilities Authority, for a four-year term commencing  
        September 17, 2001 and ending June 30, 2005,           
        representing an experienced hospital management and    
        finance representative.                                
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SN  31  Deborah Fowler Giles, Jackson, Mississippi, State         GOVERNOR
        Public Employees Retirement System, for a four-year    
        term commencing August 28, 2001 and ending June 30,    
        2005.                                                  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SN  32  Scott Patterson, Ridgeland, Mississippi, MS Home          GOVERNOR
        Inspector Regulatory Board, for a term commencing on   
        October 15, 2001 and serving at the pleasure of the    
        Governor, representing the Third Congressional         
        District.                                              
           01/09 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  33  Robert J. Rohrlack, Jr., Jackson, Mississippi,            GOVERNOR
        Executive Director of the MS Development Authority, for
        the term commencing December 1, 2001, and serving at   
        the pleasure of the Governor.                          
           01/09 (S) Referred To Finance
SN  34  Randolph T. Millard, Brandon, Mississippi, MS             GOVERNOR
        Industries for the Blind, for the unexpired term of    
        office ending November 9, 2003, representing a         
        manufacturing or a related field representative, vice  
        Charles M. Thomas.                                     
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SN  35  Chris Rogers, Tupelo, Mississippi, MS Real Estate         GOVERNOR
        Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board, for the   
        unexpired term ending January 1, 2005, representing the
        First Congressional District.                          
           01/09 (S) Referred To Business and Financial Institutions
SN  36  Stephen A. Adamec, Jr., Vicksburg, Mississippi,           GOVERNOR
        Mississippi Department of Information Technology       
        Services, for a five-year term commencing October 22,  
        2001 and ending June 30, 2006.                         
           01/09 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SN  37  Patricia A. Terry, Jackson, Mississippi, Board of         GOVERNOR
        Examiners Social Workers & Marriage & Family Therapist,
        for the unexpired term ending June 30, 2005,           
        representing a Licensed Social Worker, vice Tamala L.  
        Branch.                                                
           01/09 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
SR   3  Resolution; express support for private scholarship tax   Michel
        credits.                                               
           01/09 (S) Referred To Rules
SR   4  Colonel Ray T. Garza; commend for his dedicated and       Gollott
        exemplary service to the citizens of the U.S. and the  
        State of Mississippi.                                  
           01/09 (S) Referred To Rules

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