Mississippi Legislature
2006 Regular Session

Daily Action Report for 02/24/06



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Signed By The Governor

SB2663  Highways; remove repealer on authority of MDOT to issue   Hewes
        permit for transporting heavy equipment with           
        nondivisible load.                                     
           02/24 Approved by Governor
SB2830  Traffic violations; delete repealer authorizing           Tollison
        additional surcharge on.                               
           02/24 Approved by Governor
SB2852  Memorial highways; designate certain interchanges in      Nunnelee
        Lee County and Jones County.                           
           02/24 Approved by Governor



House: Introductions

HB1661  Lamar County; authorize to establish zoning and           Fillingane
        building codes for parts of county.                    
           02/24 (H) Referred To Local and Private Legislation
HC  73  Suspend deadlines for introduction; restitution centers   Scott
        and community work centers; authorize in certain       
        counties.                                              
           02/24 (H) Referred To Rules



House: Double Referred Reports

SB2181  Workers' Compensation Law; exempt certain                 Kirby
        owner/operators of motor vehicles.                     
           02/24 (H) DR - TSDPAA: JA To IN
SB2656  Department of Finance and Administration; authorize to    Jackson (32nd)
        enforce laws at ABC warehouse and State Tax Commission 
        main office.                                           
           02/24 (H) DR - TSDP: WM To PP
SB2804  Public purchases; define energy efficient equipment       Moffatt
        services and improvements.                             
           02/24 (H) DR - TSDPAA: WM To CR



House: Committee Reports

SB2656  Department of Finance and Administration; authorize to    Jackson (32nd)
        enforce laws at ABC warehouse and State Tax Commission 
        main office.                                           
           02/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass
SB2804  Public purchases; define energy efficient equipment       Moffatt
        services and improvements.                             
           02/24 (H) Title Suff Do Pass As Amended



House: Floor Actions

HB1492  Bonds; authorize for railroad line improvements in        Lane
        certain counties and certain Department of Wildlife    
        projects.                                              
           02/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1533  Bonds; authorize for improvements to John W. Dixon Hall   Watson
        at Jackson Sate University.                            
           02/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1549  Income tax; allow credit for child adoption expenses.     Gadd
           02/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
HB1615  Agribusinesses; provide for issuance of bonds to          Lane
        provide loans to for damage from 2005 natural disaster.
           02/24 (H) Transmitted To Senate
SB3084  Tobacco and sales tax; increase excise tax on             Little
        cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain food and revise
        certain diversions.                                    
           02/24 (H) Reconsidered
           02/24 (H) Amended
           02/24 (H) Passed As Amended
           02/24 (H) Immediate Release
           02/24 (H) Returned For Concurrence



House: Referred Other House

SB2384  Homestead exemption; dwelling houses destroyed in         Dawkins
        certain counties by Hurricane Katrina are considered   
        homes for two years.                                   
           02/24 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SB3011  Appropriation; Debt Service-Bank Ser. Charge.             Gordon
           02/24 (H) Referred To Appropriations
SB3086  Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation        Little
        Fund; issue bonds and revise appropriation requirement 
        for.                                                   
           02/24 (H) Referred To Ways and Means
SC 585  Commend career in education of Dr. Ivory Phillips, Dean   Harden
        of the College of Education and Human Development,     
        Jackson State University.                              
           02/24 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 587  Commend Dr. J. Edward Hill, President of the American     Chaney
        Medical Association.                                   
           02/24 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 588  Commend the Starkville Academy "Volunteers" Football      Jackson (15th)
        Team and Head Coach Jack French.                       
           02/24 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 589  Commend Ray Brooks High School State Football             Walls
        Championship.                                          
           02/24 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 591  Commend Tupelo High School "Lady Wave" Girls Soccer       Nunnelee
        Team, 2006 State Championship.                         
           02/24 (H) Referred To Rules
SC 592  Commend Colonel Ronald E. Powell, State Surgeon,          Turner
        Mississippi Army National Guard.                       
           02/24 (H) Referred To Rules



Senate: Introductions

SC 593  Express need for a Mississippi Seafood Industrial Park    Gollott
        and Working Waterfront.                                
           02/24 (S) Referred To Rules
SN  82  Adolphus B. (Dolph) Baker, Jackson, Mississippi, Egg      GOVERNOR
        Marketing Board as a member associated with egg        
        industry-related business or discipline, six-year term 
        ending May 15, 2011.                                   
           02/24 (S) Referred To Agriculture
SN  83  Bill F. Cossar, Charleston, Mississippi, State            GOVERNOR
        Personnel Board, five-year term beginning  July 1, 2006
        and ending June 30, 2011, representing Third Supreme   
        Court District.                                        
           02/24 (S) Referred To Fees, Salaries and Administration
SN  84  Major Dianna Gale Mills, Florence, Mississippi,           GOVERNOR
        Polygraph Examiners Board, a qualified examiner in the 
        Department of Public Safety, six-year term ending June 
        1, 2011.                                               
           02/24 (S) Referred To Judiciary, Division B



Senate: Double Referred Reports

HB 638  State officials and employees; remove repealer on         Warren
        elected officials salaries and clarify who may receive 
        education benchmark.                                   
           02/24 (S) DR - TSDPAA: FS To AP
HB1451  Public safety; require MEMA to establish statewide        Weathersby
        planning and mapping system.                           
           02/24 (S) DR - TSDP: VM To AP



Senate: Committee Reports

HB 567  Public Service Commission; extend repealer on (RP).       Warren
           02/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 633  County prosecuting attorney; remove date of repeal for    Warren
        certain.                                               
           02/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 736  Amateur radio antenna structures; require counties and    Masterson
        municipalities to provide reasonable accommodations    
        for.                                                   
           02/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB 961  Mississippi Civil Legal Assistance Fund; provide filing   Blackmon
        fees to fund.                                          
           02/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1274  Public purchases; allow purchasing entity to designate    Read
        method for receiving bids on certain.                  
           02/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
HB1363  Chancery clerk; clarify certain recording fees.           Coleman (29th)
           02/24 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
SR  24  Commend Mayor Betty Fowler, Fannie Lou Hamer Human        Jackson (11th)
        Rights Award.                                          
           02/24 (S) Title Suff Do Be Adopted



Senate: Floor Actions

HC  63  Rosa Louise Parks; commend and celebrate the life of      Clarke
        upon her passing.                                      
           02/24 (S) Adopted
           02/24 (S) Immediate Release
           02/24 (S) Transmitted To House
HC  64  Dr. Katrina Poe; commend upon selection as National       Howell
        "2005 Country Doctor of the Year."                     
           02/24 (S) Adopted
           02/24 (S) Immediate Release
           02/24 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 585  Commend career in education of Dr. Ivory Phillips, Dean   Harden
        of the College of Education and Human Development,     
        Jackson State University.                              
           02/24 (S) Adopted
           02/24 (S) Immediate Release
           02/24 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 587  Commend Dr. J. Edward Hill, President of the American     Chaney
        Medical Association.                                   
           02/24 (S) Adopted
           02/24 (S) Immediate Release
           02/24 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 588  Commend the Starkville Academy "Volunteers" Football      Jackson (15th)
        Team and Head Coach Jack French.                       
           02/24 (S) Adopted
           02/24 (S) Immediate Release
           02/24 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 589  Commend Ray Brooks High School State Football             Walls
        Championship.                                          
           02/24 (S) Adopted
           02/24 (S) Immediate Release
           02/24 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 591  Commend Tupelo High School "Lady Wave" Girls Soccer       Nunnelee
        Team, 2006 State Championship.                         
           02/24 (S) Adopted
           02/24 (S) Immediate Release
           02/24 (S) Transmitted To House
SC 592  Commend Colonel Ronald E. Powell, State Surgeon,          Turner
        Mississippi Army National Guard.                       
           02/24 (S) Adopted
           02/24 (S) Immediate Release
           02/24 (S) Transmitted To House
SR  22  Commend Honorable Margaret Carey-McCray, Fannie Lou       Jackson (11th)
        Hamer Human Rights Award.                              
           02/24 (S) Adopted
           02/24 (S) Immediate Release
SR  23  Commend Councilman Carl McGee, Fannie Lou Hamer Human     Jackson (11th)
        Rights Award.                                          
           02/24 (S) Adopted
           02/24 (S) Immediate Release
SR  24  Commend Mayor Betty Fowler, Fannie Lou Hamer Human        Jackson (11th)
        Rights Award.                                          
           02/24 (S) Adopted
           02/24 (S) Immediate Release
SR  25  Commend Roy Oswalt on being named National League         Jackson (15th)
        Championship Series "Most Valuable Player."            
           02/24 (S) Adopted
           02/24 (S) Immediate Release
SR  26  Commend Pearl High School Boys Soccer Team, Class 4A      Kirby
        State Champions for the second consecutive year.       
           02/24 (S) Adopted
           02/24 (S) Immediate Release
SR  28  Commend Iuka National Guard members of 155th Brigade      Wilemon
        Combat Team for Iraq operations.                       
           02/24 (S) Adopted
           02/24 (S) Immediate Release



Senate: Referred Other House

HB 816  Income tax; increase amount of National Guard and         Rogers (61st)
        Reserve compensation excluded from gross income.       
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1506  Economic Development Highway Act; increase the amount     Watson
        of bonds that may be issued under.                     
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1507  Income tax and franchise tax; extend period of credit     Watson
        for cost of equipment used in deployment of broadband  
        technologies.                                          
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1508  Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for   Watson
        Mississippi Rural Impact Fund.                         
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1509  Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties      Watson
        Fund; authorize issuance of bonds for.                 
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1510  Growth and Prosperity Act; extend period for tax          Watson
        exemptions for businesses that locate in designated    
        counties.                                              
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1526  Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds to    Morris
        counties for certain economic development purposes.    
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1533  Bonds; authorize for improvements to John W. Dixon Hall   Watson
        at Jackson Sate University.                            
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1541  Bonds; authorize for construction, renovation and         Howell
        expansion of Department of Health Facilities.          
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1549  Income tax; allow credit for child adoption expenses.     Gadd
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1615  Agribusinesses; provide for issuance of bonds to          Lane
        provide loans to for damage from 2005 natural disaster.
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1621  Bonds; authorize issuance to assist Town of Pelahatchie   Moore
        in making certain infrastructure improvements.         
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1625  Use taxation; exempt certain jet aircraft engines from.   Compretta
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1630  Income tax; provide a tax credit for expenses incurred    Watson
        in rehabilitating certain historic structures.         
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1633  Mining tax; sales of lignite or coal are exempt when      Watson
        used as fuel to produce electricity for sale.          
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1637  Sales tax; limit amount levied on natural gas sold to     Ellis
        certain businesses.                                    
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1638  Bonds; authorize issuance for a statewide wireless        Ellis
        communications system and a cooperative data system.   
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1639  Volunteer fire fighters; allow tax credit on motor        Reynolds
        vehicle ad valorem taxes.                              
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HB1644  Mississippi Energy Act of 2006; create.                   Franks
           02/24 (S) Referred To Finance
HC  65  Richard Wilson; commend on receiving Mississippi Civil    Weathersby
        Defense-Emergency Management Associations Board of     
        Directors Award.                                       
           02/24 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  66  Jodi Harris; commend and congratulate for being           Janus
        selected as Instructor of the Year.                    
           02/24 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  67  Marie Paslay; commend on being selected as Instructor     Janus
        of the Year at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community        
        College.                                               
           02/24 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  68  Dr. David Knowles; commend upon selection as Instructor   Janus
        of the Year.                                           
           02/24 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  69  Wendell A. Simpson; commend for dedication in managing    Holland
        the completion of the Natchez Trace Parkway.           
           02/24 (S) Referred To Rules
HC  70  Kevin Foster and Andrew Hollingsworth; commend upon       Miles
        selection to attend BSA/SAJ Exchange Program.          
           02/24 (S) Referred To Rules

Information pertaining to this report was last updated on 04/25/06 at 14:18.



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