Mississippi Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Subject: PUBLIC EMPLOYEES

As of 06/01/04 at 15:56

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HB  19  Major medical leave; allow state employees to be paid     Fleming
        for no more than 30 days at termination of employment. 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB  21  Major medical leave; remove requirement that state        Fleming
        employee must use one day of personal leave before     
        using.                                                 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB  23  State employees; create Organ Donor Leave Act.            Fleming
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB  73  State employees' life insurance; revise the amount of     Smith (27th)
        coverage available to employees and certain retirees.  
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB  86  Whistleblower Law; provide for damages.                   Moak
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 262  Retirement; PERS and Highway Patrol members may retire    Fleming
        regardless of age with 20 years of service.            
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 264  Retirement; PERS members with 10 years service may        Fleming
        receive one-time distribution from their contributions 
        for certain purposes.                                  
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 266  Salaries of state employees; increase annually above      Fleming
        United States Health and Human Services poverty        
        guidelines.                                            
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 268  State disability retirement; revise requirements for      Moak
        refiling claims.                                       
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 273  Retirement; PERS members may increase employee's          Fleming
        contribution rate and receive higher benefits.         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 275  Retirement; provide credit in Public Employees'           Fleming
        Retirement System for service in United States Peace   
        Corps.                                                 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 326  Retirement; state elected officials in PERS may           Moak
        purchase additional years of creditable service.       
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 328  State employees; increase salaries of.                    Moak
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 363  Retirement; school bus drivers shall be eligible to be    Robinson (84th)
        members of PERS.                                       
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 366  State health insurance; provide full cost of coverage     Guice
        for retirees who are reemployed by the state.          
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 370  Public employees; prohibit from recommending or           Taylor
        endorsing purchases.                                   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 393  State employees salaries; may not be increased with       Taylor
        funds allocated for additional positions not filled.   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 396  Salaries; allow state, county and municipal employees     Robinson (84th)
        to receive compensatory time for work on holidays.     
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 420  State employees' leave; prohibit agencies from charging   Pierce
        personal leave to respond to call as volunteer fire    
        fighter.                                               
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 428  Time-limited state employees; include in state service.   Taylor
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 459  School bus drivers; state will pay health insurance       Guice
   %    cost for PERS retirees employed as.                    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 467  Law enforcement officers; establish separate retirement   Janus
   %    system for.                                            
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 486  State employee salaries; may not be increased with        Clark
        funds allocated for positions not filled or vacant.    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 560  Administrative leave with pay; authorize for certified    Moss
        Red Cross relief volunteers requested for service in   
        U.S.                                                   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 646  Retirement benefits; allow PERS retirees to elect to      Eaton
        receive by mail instead of by direct deposit.          
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 651  Salaries; authorize state agency executive head to        Evans
        deduct association or organization dues from an        
        employee's salary.                                     
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 658  State employees; increase salaries by five percent.       Pierce
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 701  State and School Employees Health Insurance; state pay    Smith (27th)
        full cost for employees drawing PERS disability        
        retirement.                                            
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 703  Retirement; merge Highway Patrol Retirement System into   Guice
   %    the Public Employees' Retirement System.               
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 718  Municipal employees; authorize governing authorities to   Evans
        deduct organization or association dues with employee  
        approval.                                              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 800  Retirement; revise calculation of average compensation    Evans
        under PERS that is based on last 48 months of          
        compensation.                                          
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 879  Retirement; retired PERS members get credit for active    McCoy
        duty military service occurring after retirement.      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB 962  Retirement; remove remarriage penalty for surviving       Masterson
        spouses of deceased members of fire/police systems.    
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1043  Retirement; provide credit in PERS for any service in     McBride
        U.S. Public Health Service.                            
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1093  PERS; authorize certain community hospitals to withdraw   Barnett
        from under certain circumstances.                      
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1104  Retiree health insurance plan designed by PERS; shall     Rogers (61st)
        take effect on January 1, 2005.                        
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1109  Per diem; increase uniform amount for state officers      Compretta
        and employees.                                         
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1149  PERS; make certain technical revisions to the laws        Brown
   %    governing the retirement system.                       
           04/14 (S) Died In Committee
HB1179  PERS; allow deductions from benefits for group life or    Brown
   %    health insurance and certain dues.                     
           04/14 (S) Died In Committee
HB1180  Deferred compensation plan; state and political           Brown
   %    subdivision may make contributions on behalf of        
        members.                                               
           03/18 (H) Died On Calendar
HB1181  PERS; revise types of investments that may be made of     Brown
        the board of trustees.                                 
           04/14 (S) Died In Committee
HB1307  Nonstate service employees; all employees of agencies     Janus
        for which Governor appoints director shall be for one  
        year.                                                  
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1362  Public employees; require any paycheck stub or document   Formby
        evidencing salary to include amounts paid by state for 
        employee.                                              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1376  Disability; authorize payment of temporary benefit to     Stringer
        PERS members who have applied for.                     
           04/28 Approved by Governor
HB1409  Salaries of public employees and other state-funded       Horne
        salaries; limit.                                       
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1416  Retirement; provide for creditable service in PERS for    Snowden
        service in Mississippi National Guard.                 
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1470  Retirement; require counties to pay PERS employer         Gadd
        contributions for constables.                          
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1504  State employee travel; revise approval procedure for      Brown
        overseas travel for university employees.              
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1519  Disability; certifications of under PERS made by          Cummings
   %    hearing officer instead of by medical board.           
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1567  State agencies and governing authorities; allow to        Whittington
        deduct from employee's salary certain contributions.   
           03/09 (H) Died In Committee
HB1670  Sales tax; increase on certain rentals of vehicles and    Broomfield
  $%    earmark revenue from increase for State and School     
        Employees Insurance Fund.                              
           03/31 (H) Died In Committee
HB1716  Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement               Read
 *      System-administrative expenses; maintenance and        
        operation of building.                                 
           05/12 Approved by Governor
HB1727  Appropriation; benefit payments to retirants under the    Flaggs
        former Teachers' Retirement System.                    
           04/28 Approved by Governor
SB2027  Retirement; establish the Correctional Officers'          Simmons
        Retirement System of Mississippi.                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2058  Public Employees Life Insurance Plan; increase            Dearing
        insurance limits for retirees.                         
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2074  Cellular telephones; prohibit personal calls or           Hewes
        reimbursement for personal phones.                     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2077  State employees; eliminate requirement to use personal    Simmons
        leave for first day of illness.                        
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2090  State and local law enforcement/fire fighters; not        Jackson (32nd)
        required to use personal leave for injury in line of   
        duty.                                                  
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2104  State law enforcement officer; not required to use        Jackson (32nd)
        personal leave for wound or injury in line of duty.    
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2106  State Employees Health Insurance Plan; require coverage   Carmichael
        for hyperbaric oxygen therapy for cerebral palsy       
        children.                                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2120  Retirement system; authorize creditable service for       Jackson (32nd)
        certain part-time employment as a school bus driver.   
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2160  Accumulated personal leave; authorize transfer between    Harden
        state and county agencies.                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2176  Retirement; retirees may be reemployed for 195 days per   Harden
        fiscal year.                                           
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2177  Retirement; certain employees of the Department of        Harden
        Corrections many retire after 20 years of service.     
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2184  State and School Employees Health Insurance Plan;         Harden
        remove deductible amounts and allow certain copayments 
        under.                                                 
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2258  State Employees Health Insurance; pay for certain exams   Tollison
        from Tobacco Trust Fund.                               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2277  Public Employees' Retirement System; authorize member     Tollison
        of the Mississippi National Guard to be included as a  
        coverage group.                                        
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2280  Public school board members; include in State and         Doxey
        School Employees Health Insurance Plan.                
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2293  Retiree health insurance; plan designed by PERS shall     Chaney
        take effect January 1, 2005.                           
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2328  PERS; members who served as full-time MS National Guard   Tollison
        technicians shall be entitled to a certain amount of   
        credit for such service.                               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2332  Mississippi Whistleblower Protection Act; create.         Williamson
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2352  PERS; increase amount of unused leave that may be used    Tollison
        to compute the retirement allowance of firemen and     
        policemen.                                             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2365  Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP); create.        Harden
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2392  PERS; provide that elected officials who retire after     Ross
        the first of the month due to expiration of term will  
        not be penalized.                                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2477  State Employee's Health Insurance Plan; premium cost      Browning
        increases to be funded from Tobacco Litigation         
        Expendable Fund.                                       
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2495  State employee travel; revise approval procedure for      Tollison
 *      overseas travel for university employees.              
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2561  Municipal employees; authorize deduction of union dues    Dawkins
        from salary upon written request.                      
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2588  State/school employees health insurance; authorize        Kirby
        levels of coverage (Governor's proposal).              
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2596  State employee; authorize deduction of union dues from    Dawkins
        gross wages.                                           
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2639  "Mississippi Living Organ Donor Leave Act" for state      Bryan
        employees; enact.                                      
           04/13 Approved by Governor
SB2659  PERS; make certain technical revisions to the laws        Thames
 *      governing the retirement system.                       
           05/14 Approved by Governor
SB2660  State employees; delete repealer on law authorizing       Thames
        donation of leave.                                     
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2673  PERS; allow deductions from benefits for group life or    Thames
 * %    health insurance and certain dues.                     
           05/12 Approved by Governor
SB2677  Deferred compensation plan; state and political           Thames
        subdivision may make contributions on behalf of        
        members.                                               
           04/06 (H) Died In Committee
SB2691  PERS; make payment of benefits by direct deposit          Thames
        optional.                                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2708  PERS; revise types of investments that may be made by     Thames
 *      the board of trustees.                                 
           04/20 Approved by Governor
SB2914  Municipalities and counties; may pay active duty          Nunnelee
        military employees difference in salaries.             
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2960  Appropriation; General and Budget Contingency Funds       Little
        deposited to State & School Employees Insurance Fund;  
        FY2005.                                                
           04/20 (H) Died In Committee
SB2988  State and municipal employees; authorize salary           Tollison
        deductions for charities.                              
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB2993  Retirement; state elected officials in PERS may           Thames
        purchase additional years of creditable service.       
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB3020  State and local employees; increase maximum amount        Carmichael
        under health flexible spending accounts.               
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee
SB3041  Retirement system; social security finding of total       Jackson (32nd)
        disability shall be accepted for disability retirement.
           03/09 (S) Died In Committee

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