Mississippi Legislature
2002 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 01/30/02



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House: Introductions

HB1701  Appropriation; rehabilitation services for telephonic     Clarke
        reading services program for blind and disabled.       
           01/30 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB1702  Appropriation; Department of Health for HIV/AIDS          Bailey
        education, prevention and treatment programs/services. 
           01/30 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB1703  Appropriation; MDITS for communications towers growth     Robinson (63rd)
        plan for Hinds County.                                 
           01/30 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB1704  Appropriation; IHL for e-Commerce Center at Jackson       Clarke
        State University.                                      
           01/30 (H) Referred To Appropriations
HB1705  Hinds County; authorize to impose special sales tax for   Robinson (63rd)
        infrastructure and recreation projects.                
           01/30 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation;Ways and Means
HB1706  Bonds; issue bonds for repair and renovation at JSU       Clarke
        necessary for compliance with the Americans with       
        Disabilities Act.                                      
           01/30 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB1707  Mobile and manufactured homes; grant homestead            Eaton
        exemption when classified as personal property; revise 
        collection of ad valorem taxes.                        
           01/30 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB1708  Bonds; issue for Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund   Green
        and Local Governments and Rural Water Systems          
        Improvements Revolving Loan Fund.                      
           01/30 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HB1709  Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for construction    Clarke
        of transitional student housing at Jackson State       
        University.                                            
           01/30 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
HC  78  Commend Clarksdale High School Wildcats Football team     Mayo
        on winning State 4-A championship.                     
           01/30 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  13  Commend the 2001 Pine Grove High School FFA teams on      Ward
        winning state championship.                            
           01/30 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  14  Commend Wanda McAlister on selection as 2001 BellSouth    Snowden
        State Games Female Sportsman of the Year.              
           01/30 (H) Referred To Rules
HR  15  Commend Anthony Thomas on selection as 2001 BellSouth     Snowden
        State Games Sportsman of the Year.                     
           01/30 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Double Referred Reports

HB 105  Universities and colleges; authorize awarding of public   Davis
        construction contracts to single entity for parking    
        garages.                                               
           01/30 (H) DR - TSDPCS: UC To AP
HB 241  Universities and community colleges; authorize            Clark
        gaming-related courses.                                
           01/30 (H) DR - TSDP: UC To WM
HB 337  Eminent Scholars Program; authorize initial               Brown
        applications for up to three years after graduation.   
           01/30 (H) DR - TSDP: UC To AP
HB 643  School attendance officers; require fingerprinting and    Warren
        background checks for new hires.                       
           01/30 (H) DR - TSDP: ED To AP
HB 940  State universities and community or junior colleges;      Bailey
        authorize to offer certain courses.                    
           01/30 (H) DR - TSDP: UC To WM
HB1175  Scholarships; establish program at state colleges and     Espy
        universities for orphans.                              
           01/30 (H) DR - TSDPAA: UC To AP
HB1200  Medicaid; reduce reimbursements and transfer funds from   Moody
        Health Care Trust Fund.                                
           01/30 (H) DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
HB1341  MS Land, Water and Timber Resources Board; provide        McCoy
        funds to public/private entities through loans, grants,
        contracts and otherwise.                               
           01/30 (H) DR - TSDP: WM To AG
HB1409  Statewide Centralized Voter System; establish to assist   Reynolds
        commissioners of election in maintaining accurate voter
        rolls.                                                 
           01/30 (H) DR - TSDPCS: AE To AP
HB1605  Physical activity coordinator; require SDE to employ      Lott
        and conduct study on physical activity.                
           01/30 (H) DR - TSDPCS: ED To AP



House: Committee Reports

HB  57  Universities and colleges; establish tuition for          Ishee
        nonresidents.                                          
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 125  IHL construction contracts; require liquidated damages    Young
        for untimely performance and warranties.               
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 364  Health insurance; require plans to provide uniform        Chism
        prescription identification.                           
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 488  Public Service Commission; extend repealer (RP).          Ford
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 500  Motorcycles; crash helmets required only for persons      Nicholson
        under age 18.                                          
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 593  Public utilities; authorize (not require) furnishing of   Ellis
        mobile homeowner information to county tax collectors. 
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 642  State Superintendent; authority to appoint designee to    Warren
        serve on boards.                                       
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 644  School guidance counselors; define comprehensive          Warren
        services to be provided in schools (version 2).        
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB 669  Comprehensive Health Insurance Risk Pool Association;     Stevens
        increase assessment on member insurers.                
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 798  Alcohol; require applicant for license to submit          McCoy
        fingerprints to State Tax Commission for criminal      
        record check by Department of Public Safety/FBI (STC). 
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 833  Elections; establish standards to be used when            Reynolds
        examining ballots that have been rejected by automatic 
        vote counting devices.                                 
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 930  Joint Underwriting Association for Medical Malpractice    Stevens
        Insurance; establish.                                  
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 944  Mississippi Customer Energy Assistance Program (CEAP)     Ellis *
        Fund; create.                                          
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 997  Municipal utilities; clarify authority to operate in      Ellis
        areas certificated to other utilities.                 
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB 998  Paid educational leave for state health care              Young
        professionals; revise various provisions.              
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1030  School enrollment; clarify that district may require      Weathersby
        parent, guardian or custodian to accompany child.      
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
HB1069  Classroom supply funds; require school district audits    Brown
        to test for compliance with legal requirements.        
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1074  Income tax; reduce income tax credit for suppliers of     Morris
        certain projects under Major Economic Impact Act.      
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1080  Rail car tax; Tax Commission shall retain 3% of           McCoy
        collections to defray collection costs; revise time    
        assessment remains open (STC).                         
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1125  Highway Patrol; lengthen training period for recruits.    Stringer
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1136  Out-of-state tuition, waive for nonresident military      Mayo
        veterans born in Mississippi.                          
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1171  Brewpubs; allow to provide complimentary beverages to     Simpson
        certain persons, increase percent of alcohol allowed in
        beer/wine from 4% to 5%.                               
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1183  Income tax and sales tax; authorize Tax Commission to     McCoy
        provide additional advertising for certain sales of    
        personal property nonpayment.                          
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1341  MS Land, Water and Timber Resources Board; provide        McCoy
        funds to public/private entities through loans, grants,
        contracts and otherwise.                               
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1417  Income tax; provide for discretionary rather than         McCoy
        mandatory interest/penalty in case of underpayment or  
        failure to pay tax (STC).                              
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1418  Corporation franchise tax; authorize administrative       McCoy
        dissolution or revocation of certificate for failure to
        pay (STC).                                             
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1435  Minority businesses, certification list; delete           Morris
        prohibition against considering size of business or    
        length of time in business (MDA).                      
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1501  Public utilities; establish duty of care relating to      Ellis
        placement of facilities near roadways.                 
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1551  Cell phones; prohibit local ordinances restricting use    Ellis
        while driving.                                         
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1559  Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan     Morris
        Program; revise interest rates for loans made under    
        (MDA).                                                 
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
HB1560  Joint Underwriting Association for Medical Malpractice    Stevens
        Insurance; establish.                                  
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1604  Sales Tax Incentive Fund; revise indebtedness eligible    Morris
        for incentive payments.                                
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1612  Community College Board; establish study on funding of    Brown
        community colleges.                                    
           01/30 (H) Title Suff Do Pass



House: Floor Actions

HB 417  MS Business Investment Act; extend repealer on MDA        Ford
        authority to use bond proceeds to make loans for low to
        moderate income housing (RP).                          
           01/30 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 432  State Veterans Affairs Board; extend repealer on          Ford
        law-making board responsible for operation of veterans 
        home in Collins (RP).                                  
           01/30 (H) Passed
HB 436  Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; extend          Ford
        repealer (RP).                                         
           01/30 (H) Passed
HB 484  Community development block grants; extend repealer on    Ford
        prohibition against grants for public water systems    
        unless viable (RP).                                    
           01/30 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB 590  Prison Overcrowding Emergency Powers Act; extend          Ford
        repealer (RP).                                         
           01/30 (H) Passed
HB 591  Agricultural leases of prison lands to private            Ford
        entities; extend repealer.                             
           01/30 (H) Passed
HB 592  Payments by certain offenders to Department of            Ford
        Corrections for Community Service Revolving Fund;      
        extend repealer (RP).                                  
           01/30 (H) Amended
           01/30 (H) Passed As Amended
HB 777  State veterans homes; Veterans Affairs Board shall be     Rogers
        solely responsible for operation of all the homes.     
           01/30 (H) Passed
HB1121  Corrections; rename the Division of Community Services    Malone
        of the Department of Corrections.                      
           01/30 (H) Passed
HB1341  MS Land, Water and Timber Resources Board; provide        McCoy
        funds to public/private entities through loans, grants,
        contracts and otherwise.                               
           01/30 (H) Passed
HB1380  State Parole Board; pay members for 1 trip per month to   Malone
        nearest correctional facility.                         
           01/30 (H) Tabled Subject To Call
HB1382  Corrections; require offenders to allow home and auto     Malone
        searches for post-release supervision.                 
           01/30 (H) Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB1449  Correctional field officers; authorize to retain          Malone
        service weapon upon retirement.                        
           01/30 (H) Transmitted To Senate



House: Signed By The Speaker

HR  10  Commend motivational speaker Les Brown.                   Scott (80th)
           01/30 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
HR  11  Commend John Darwin "Tiger" Maples upon receiving Eagle   Maples
        Scout award.                                           
           01/30 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed



Senate: Introductions

SB3094  Appropriation; PEER - Feasibility Study to privatize      Smith
        State Penitentiary at Parchman; FY2003.                
           01/30 (S) Referred To Appropriations
SB3095  Income tax credit; allow for certain charges paid by      Hewes
        taxpayers importing and exporting products at ports and
        airports.                                              
           01/30 (S) Referred To Finance



Senate: Double Referred Reports

SB2073  Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries/Parks; enter into            Dearing
        interlocal agreements with any municipality to operate 
        a satellite golf facility.                             
           01/30 (S) DR - TSDP: WI To AP
SB2116  Federal highway funds; provide for allocation of TEA-21   Dickerson
        funds.                                                 
           01/30 (S) DR - TSDPCS: HI To CA
SB2198  Highway Patrol; revise maximum number troopers, license   Turner
        examiners (MDPS).                                      
           01/30 (S) DR - TSDP: JU To AP
SB2326  Board of Barber Examiners; extend repealer and revise     Thames
        laws regulating barber profession.                     
           01/30 (S) DR - TSDPCS: PH To AP
SB2366  Statewide Centralized Voter System; establish to assist   Bryan
        commissioners of election in maintaining accurate voter
        rolls.                                                 
           01/30 (S) DR - TSDP: EL To AP
SB2367  Meat labeling; require country of origin label on meat    Stogner
        sold in Mississippi.                                   
           01/30 (S) DR - TSDP: AG To PH
SB2465  Marine Resources; provide authority and procedure for     Hewes
        forfeiture of property seized in marine violations.    
           01/30 (S) DR - TSDP: PI To JU
SB2552  Marine Resources; authorize Department of Marine          Hewes
        Resources to sell licenses by electronic means.        
           01/30 (S) DR - TSDPCS: PI To WI
SB2576  Individual On-Site Wastewater Disposal System Law;        Huggins
        reenact and extend repealer on.                        
           01/30 (S) DR - TSDPCS: PH To EP
SB2689  Transportation Commission; auth to purchase employment    Kirby
        practices liability ins and workers' compensation      
        excess coverage.                                       
           01/30 (S) DR - TSDP: HI To IN
SB2745  Criminal investigators; revise number allowed.            Johnson (38th)
           01/30 (S) DR - TSDP: JU To AP
SB2925  Municipal Crime Prevention Fund; extend repealer.         Jordan
           01/30 (S) DR - TSDP: MU To AP



Senate: Committee Reports

SB2017  Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists; extend     Huggins
        repealer on licensure law.                             
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2018  Mississippi Dietetics Practice Act; delete repealer.      Huggins
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2100  Personal injury; immunity for fan celebrations.           Michel
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2129  Mississippi Pharmacy Act; reenact and extend repealer.    Huggins
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2183  Relocation of utilities located on rights-of-way of       Dearing
        state highways; certain water systems are not required 
        to bear the cost of.                                   
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2196  Cotton factors, cotton brokers and rice dealers;          Stogner
        require to obtain annual license.                      
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2204  Mississippi Dental Practice Act; delete repealer and      Huggins
        make technical amendments.                             
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2297  Telephone harassment; include Internet and cable.         Chamberlin
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2322  Expunction; motion filed in court of conviction.          Frazier
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2380  Commissioners of election; report residual votes and      Bryan
        revise statement of votes cast at election.            
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2382  Elections; declare all candidates elected if only one     Bryan
        person qualifies as a candidate for each office.       
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2383  Elections; create the crime of multiple voting &          Bryan
        prohibit municipalities from imposing additional       
        requirements on elected officials.                     
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2410  Highway width restrictions; exempt farm equipment         Carlton
        dealers delivering farm equipment from.                
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2413  Child abuse; require multidisciplinary review teams.      Carlton
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2418  Chiropractic or adjustments/manipulation to human         Huggins
        spine; illegal to perform without chiropractic license.
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2419  Public funds; mandate minimum imprisonment for theft      Ross
        of.                                                    
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2481  Crime stoppers; authorize surcharge to fund, expand       Hamilton
        authority to form, revise confidentiality.             
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2487  Professional art therapist regulatory law; bring          Huggins
        forward and delete repealer.                           
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2535  Derelict marine vessels; authorize immediate removal if   Hewes
        hazard to navigation or environmental hazard.          
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2553  Female crabs; revise regulation governing possession of   Hewes
        and regulate abandoned crab traps.                     
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2556  Commission on Marine Resources; remove requirement of     Hewes
        public hearing in every coast county on live bait regs.
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2558  Kosciusko; allow payment from court costs or fines to     Johnson (19th)
        fund drug education program.                           
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2582  Oyster shell fee; require commercial harvester not        Hewes
        selling to MS dealer to pay shell retention fee.       
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2591  Marine Resources; increase penalty for commercial         Hewes
        harvesting of seafood in estuaries and bays.           
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2632  Law enforcement; create offense of fleeing or eluding.    Johnson (38th)
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2675  Mississippi railroad corporations; authorize to merge     Turner
        with other railroad corporations.                      
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2676  Agricultural seed; remove repealer on duties of           Stogner
        Department of Agriculture under ag seed law.           
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2677  Scenic streams; designate Magee's Creek in Walthall       Stogner
        County as a state scenic stream.                       
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2684  Highway system; add segment of highway in Coahoma,        Furniss
        DeSoto, Carroll, Kemper and Panola Counties.           
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2750  Adoption; clarify termination of parental rights.         Williamson
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2781  Wildlife; authorize department to donate game to local    Posey
        law enforcement agencies for food for prisoners.       
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2784  Wildlife; require primitive weapon license for special    Posey
        hunts established by commission.                       
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2791  Wildlife; revise use of commercial fishing gear and       Posey
        revise penalties for violations.                       
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2833  Dairy shows; authorize at Tylertown in Walthall County.   Stogner
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2834  Public trust tidelands; require local entity to expend    Hewes
        own funds before receiving tidelands funds.            
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2873  Vet Lab; transfer management of Veterinary Lab to MSU     Stogner
        College of Veterinary Medicine.                        
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2891  Wildlife; conform penalties for violation of state        Posey
        endangered species law.                                
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2898  Wildlife; clarify duties of wildlife department and       Posey
        Department of Agriculture related to permits for       
        cultivated game fish.                                  
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2921  Municipal liens for cleaning; may be waived for           Jordan
        blighted property.                                     
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2922  Forestry; create Forestry Inventory and Strategic         Little
        Planning Act of 2002.                                  
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB2966  Marine Reserve officers; authorize Director of            Hewes
        Department of Marine Resources to supervise and allow  
        to keep side arm upon retirement.                      
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB3004  MS Highway 304 Spur in Tunica County; designate as the    Furniss
        "Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Highway".           
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
SB3087  Lafayette County; may contribute to the Lafayette         Tollison
        County Youth Baseball Association.                     
           01/30 (S) Title Suff Do Pass



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 417  MS Business Investment Act; extend repealer on MDA        Ford
        authority to use bond proceeds to make loans for low to
        moderate income housing (RP).                          
           01/30 (S) Referred To Finance
HB 480  Yellow Creek Regional Project Board; extend repealer      Ford
        (RP).                                                  
           01/30 (S) Referred To Finance
HB 484  Community development block grants; extend repealer on    Ford
        prohibition against grants for public water systems    
        unless viable (RP).                                    
           01/30 (S) Referred To Finance



Senate: Signed By The President

HB 866  Agricultural Aviation Licensing Law; revise.              Holland
           01/30 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed

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