HB1487 Ad valorem taxes; authorize State Tax Commission to Williams
grant extensions for filing schedules/statements by
certain taxpayers (STC).
Due From Governor 03/15/97
HB1725 Sales tax, contracting; exclude certain work performed Williams
by utilities.
Due From Governor 03/15/97
HB1409 Banks; delete from parity provision references to Guice
insurance activities of banks.
Approved by Governor
SB2725 Mining; revise Mississippi Surface Coal Mining and Hamilton
Reclamation Law.
Approved by Governor
SB2071 Land surveyors; entrance on private property not Bean
trespass.
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2094 Service dogs; prohibit harassment. Tollison
Passed
SB2100 Mental health services; Department of Mental Health Thames
approve minimum programs at regional mental health
centers.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2146 Medicaid; continue current capitated managed care pilot Bean
program and establish an additional program.
Tabled Subject To Call
SB2150 Water and sewage utilities; notify customers of Hawks
proposed rate increase in local newspaper and in
customer invoice.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2164 Child support enforcement; comply with mandates of Bean
federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2180 Environmental health inspection fees; prescribe. Bean
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2202 Health professional licensure; extend repealer on State Canon
Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
Returned For Concurrence
SB2214 Victim assistance; provide additional coordinator for Nunnelee
First Circuit.
Passed
SB2220 Food inspection; transfer inspection responsibility to Bean
the State Board of Health.
Passed
SB2226 Dental Practice Act; reenact and revise licensure Canon
provisions.
Returned For Concurrence
SB2228 Agribusiness Council, revise composition; create Thames
advisory committee.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2231 Universities; tuition payments for needy students. Gollott
Transmitted To Senate
SB2247 Extortion; revise to include MDOC employees and Huggins
contractors.
Passed
SB2299 Psychologists; perform competency exams of alleged Ferris
felons.
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2377 Office on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing; create under Bean
SBCJC.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2388 Family and children's services provided by the Bean
Department of Human Services; make technical amendments
to.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2389 Practice of telemedicine; define and require licensure Bean
under certain conditions.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2414 Municipal judge pro tem; serve for elected as well as Dearing
appointed city judge.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2418 Crime Victims Compensation Act; include acts of foreign Frazier
terrorism.
Amended
Passed As Amended
Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2461 Infant Mortality Task Force; reauthorize. Smith
Returned For Concurrence
SB2514 Pharmacist technicians; Pharmacy Board shall regulate. Mettetal
Passed
SB2524 Prepaid legal services plans; clarify types of plans Kirby
offered and referrals to attorneys.
Passed
SB2555 Mississippi Industries for the Blind; create board of Bean
directors/authorize nonprofit MIB corp; provide
legislative study.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2563 Charitable solicitation; revise (SOS). Turner
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2579 Medicaid assistance program; provide for eligibility, Bean
hearings, opposition to issuance of CON.
Returned For Concurrence
SB2596 Public construction; revise requirement mandating Woodfield
supervision by registered professional engineer.
Tabled Subject To Call
SB2649 Public school finance; implement MS Adequate Education Bryan
Funding formula.
Returned For Concurrence
SB2709 Education enhancement funds for classroom supplies; Harden
certain procedures for allocation of.
Returned For Concurrence
SB2710 Wildlife; clarify game status of white-tailed deer; Posey
classify opossum as fur-bearing animal.
Returned For Concurrence
SB2770 Local government records act; amend. Burton
Passed
SB2772 Public Service Commission; entities lawfully exercising Minor
power of eminent domain not required to obtain
information from.
Passed
SB2800 Sex offenders; revise registration of in conformity to Turner
federal law.
Amended
Passed As Amended
Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2812 Marine nets; forfeit nets used in violation if not Hewes
stolen.
Reconsidered
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2814 Oysters; allow CMR to grant special permits to certain Hewes
nonprofit organizations.
Returned For Concurrence
SB2841 State Parole Board; create 5 member. Furniss
Returned For Concurrence
SB2849 Placement of foster care children in permanent homes; Smith
provide time guidelines.
Tabled Subject To Call
SB2861 Trauma Care Task Force; create. Bean
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2874 Workers' compensation; create fraud bureau within AG's Kirby
office and fund with assessments on carriers.
Amended
Passed As Amended
Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2896 Falsifying documents issued by schools; define crime Frazier
of.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2925 Prisons; allow prison industries to work state inmates Huggins
at private facilities.
Returned For Concurrence
SB2934 Harvest permits; extend repeal; authorize certain Lee
tolerances.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB2986 State Crime Stoppers Fund; establish and assess monies Scoper
for.
Amended
Passed As Amended
Motion to Reconsider Entered
SB2997 Railroad laws; change authority from PSC to MS Minor
Transportation Commission and repeal certain others.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB3015 State monetary assessments; revise to fund Leadership Tollison
Council on Aging.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB3019 Justice courts; establish procedure for seizing Farris
mistreated animals.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SB3029 Real estate transfer disclosure requirements law; apply Hewes
only to certain real property.
Passed
HB 385 Ad valorem taxes; delete repealer on authority to Ford
assess based on one year average.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 389 Savings banks; extend date of repealer on regulation Ford
of.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 392 Pulpwood receiving facilities; extend repealer on Ford
licensing of.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 398 Community Service Revolving Fund; extend date of Ford
repeal.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 400 Leasing of penitentiary lands; extend date of repeal. Ford
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 478 State offenders; allow voluntary work for Habitat for Cameron
Humanity.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 520 Domestic insurance companies; require board approval Stevens
before loan or investment of funds.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 538 Motor vehicles; require reduction in speed in highway McElwain
work zone.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 561 Credit unions; extend date of repealer on regulation Guice
of.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 851 Fuel tax; delete repealer on distribution of certain Williams
proceeds derived from.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 856 Game fish; authorize Department of Agriculture to issue Davis (7th)
permits for sale of certain.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 860 Credit union regulatory laws; make various amendments Guice
to.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 894 Corrections; authorize commissioner to house DUI Endt
offenders in CWC's.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 898 Income tax; delete repealer on law providing income tax Williams
credit for ad valorem taxes paid on products, goods and
merchandise held for resale.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 904 County or municipal equipment; counties and cities may Morris
lease to other counties and cities.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 916 Motor Vehicle Sales Finance Law and Small Loan Guice
Regulatory Law; make various amendments to.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 938 Commercial feed; exempt certain feed from inspection Holland *
fee.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 944 Tilapia; revise labeling requirements and authorize Holland *
Commissioner of Agriculture to set penalties.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 996 Frozen desserts; place under regulation of State Board Holland *
of Health.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1123 School district accreditation; require districts to McCoy
comply with standards concerning fixed assets audits.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1128 State Fiscal Officer; authorize to prepare a condensed Capps
version of the Comprehensive Annual Report.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1171 Legal holiday; county or city may substitute any one Manning
day per year.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1193 Ratite industry promotion program; create. Shows
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1201 Small employer health benefit plans; revise definitions Stevens
and provide guaranteed issue.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1260 Agricultural refrigerated trucks; authorize certain Maples
transfer.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1261 Ad valorem taxes; revise date by which board of Williams
supervisors must disallow homestead exemption/correct
supplemental roll. (STC).
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1274 Bond; require one bond for multiple count warrant. Endt
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1370 Oil and Gas Board; authorize to pay certain dues and Bowles
expenses.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1407 Sanitation inspection of retail food stores; authorize Holland *
Commissioner of Agriculture to conduct.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1414 Mississippi Civil War Battlefield Commission; create. Stribling
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1493 Swine Demonstration Unit at Pontotoc Branch Experiment Holland
Station; rename Wiley L. Bean Swine Demonstration Unit.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1494 Abortion; prohibit partial-birth abortions. Peranich
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1511 Insurers Rehabilitation and Liquidation Act; revise Montgomery
certain set off requirements.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1525 Motor vehicles; revise certain administrative Williams
provisions relating to State Tax Commission (STC).
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1647 Seafood; change boundaries for shrimping along Pearl Compretta
River.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1704 Community service; technical revisions to MS Commission Walker
for National and Community Service.
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB 21 AIDS test; require for persons arrested, charged or Green (72nd)
convicted of sexual offenses.
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB 33 Gun permits; allow reciprocity with other states. Frierson
Returned For Concurrence
HB 53 Counties; authorize board of supervisors to employ Martinson
attorney as full-time county employee.
Tabled Subject To Call
HB 137 License tags; authorize personalized and antique tags Bowles
for motorcycles.
Returned For Concurrence
HB 291 County prosecuting attorney; increase salary in certain Perkins
counties.
Recommitted to Committee
HB 305 Death certificates; revise list of officials who Endt
receive.
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB 387 State offenders; extend date of repeal for housing in Ford
county jails.
Passed
HB 431 Wilkinson County Sheriff; authorize Board of Green (96th)
Supervisors to pay annual supplement.
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 584 Rural fire truck acquisition program; revise. Stevens
Returned For Concurrence
HB 621 Public purchases; certain purchases may be made outside Perry
state contract terms.
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB 667 Sheriff; provide annual salary supplement in Greene McInnis
County.
Passed
Motion to Reconsider Entered
HB 690 Psychologist; may make mental exam of alleged felons. Moody
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB 699 State Seed Testing Laboratory; authorize Department of Holland
Agriculture to borrow money to improve building.
Returned For Concurrence
HB 716 State offenders; are to be under the supervision of DOC Malone
when placed in the Medical Release Program.
Returned For Concurrence
HB 899 Mississippi Business Finance Corporation; extend Williams
repealer on authority to issue bonds to finance
economic development projects (DECD).
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB 908 State-owned land; prohibit clearing of timber until Henderson (9th)
after a public hearing.
Returned For Concurrence
HB 913 Birth defects registry; direct Department of Health to Moody
establish.
Returned For Concurrence
HB 918 Leave time; state employees may donate to other ill or Clarke
injured state employees.
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB 929 Securities; uniform transfer-on-death securities Perry
registration (NCCUSL).
Passed
HB 935 Weights and measures; revise and authorize Commissioner Holland *
of Agriculture to determine penalties.
Returned For Concurrence
HB 940 Meat inspection; authorize Commissioner of Agriculture Holland *
to hold hearings and determine penalties.
Returned For Concurrence
HB 953 Geologists; create registered professional geologists Ellington
practice act.
Returned For Concurrence
HB 979 Energy efficiency services and equipment; agencies may Ellzey
contract directly for.
Recommitted to Committee
HB1006 Deputy tax assessors; counties may supplement salaries Weathersby
upon meeting certain appraiser licensing requirements.
Passed
HB1007 Unclaimed Property Act; exempt certain payments by Ford
nonprofit agricultural cooperative marketing
associations.
Passed
HB1031 Museum property; prescribe procedure for conserving and King
disposing of loaned property.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1032 Salaries; increase for certain state and county elected Green (96th)
and appointed officials.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1069 Highway Patrol; add member to PERS Board, and allow Perry
members to receive 13th check in 12 installments.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1110 Bonds; extend repealer on authority to issue for major Howell
energy project development fund.
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB1142 New Home Warranty Act; create. Davis (7th)
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB1162 Agricultural Seed Law; revise penalties and due date Holland *
for permits.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1182 Property; Department of Finance and Administration Compretta
transfer to Department of Transportation (MDOT).
Returned For Concurrence
HB1207 Family and children's services provided by the Moody
Department of Human Services; make technical
amendments.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1219 Public records; court records maintained electronically Ford
to conform to standards of Administrative Office of
Courts.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1229 Water pollution; create hardship grants fund and Ellington
program to be administered by Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ).
Returned For Concurrence
HB1244 Division of Youth Services; increase number of Warren
Adolescent Offender Program sites.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1248 Forest Resource Development Program; Legislature shall Eaton
appropriate certain sums for support of.
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB1258 Municipal court; may be held outside municipal Perry
boundaries for preliminary matters.
Passed
HB1269 Unemployment compensation; define "employment" for Flaggs
purposes of eligibility.
Recommitted to Committee
HB1281 Youth court; establish statewide Juvenile Work Program. Cameron
Returned For Concurrence
HB1313 Business law; Secretary of State authorized to accept Perry
electronic filing (SOS).
Passed
HB1339 Chancery and circuit court documents; state and Compretta
political subdivisions not required to prepay costs for
filing (MDOT).
Passed
HB1342 Easement; Department of Finance and Administration Compretta
grant to Mississippi Department of Transportation
(MDOT).
Returned For Concurrence
HB1376 Handicapped hunters; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries Peranich
and Parks shall provide reasonable access to hunting
areas for.
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB1389 Tobacco; Mississippi Juvenile Tobacco Access and McBride
Prevention Act of 1997.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1406 Justice court; judge must reside in district he seeks Perry
to serve.
Recommitted to Committee
HB1415 Prison industries; authorize to locate at a private Malone
correctional facility or at a regional correctional
facility.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1429 Oil and Gas Board; provide lien to enforce oil and gas Bowles
laws.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1430 Public utilities; revise regulation of excavation near Ellis
underground utility facilities.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1476 School transportation contracts; increase maximum term Johnson
for private contracts.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1480 Seafood; recodify and revise state seafood laws. Ellington
Returned For Concurrence
HB1481 Sales tax and use tax; clarify diversion to the Motor Williams
Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund (STC).
Returned For Concurrence
HB1501 Bonded weighmasters; revise license fees charged by Gadd
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1519 Airport authorities; authorize lease-purchase, Bourdeaux
advertising, etc.
Passed
HB1541 Public property; authorize Mississippi Forestry McBride
Commission to exchange land with Panola County.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1549 Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Fund; Williams
create and provide checkoff on individual tax form to
allow contribution to.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1554 Alcoholic beverages; authorize holders of package Williams
retailer's permits to sell juices, mixers and other
beverages used to mix with.
Returned For Concurrence
HB1612 Crimes; enhance penalties for violations regarding sale Ford
and distribution of beer and light wine.
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB1655 Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District; Ford
authorize to transfer property to Lee County.
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB1669 Garnishment; revise garnishee's obligations. Smith (39th)
Amended
Passed As Amended
HB1739 Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; include certain Morris
projects that produce and transmit electrical power.
Amended
Passed As Amended
SC 545 Computer systems; direct state agencies to evaluate Robertson
year 2000 problems.
Transmitted To House
SN 27 Robert Guinn Waites, Brandon, Mississippi, as Executive GOVERNOR
Director of the Public Utilities Staff, for the six
year term of office ending June 30, 2002
Appointment Confirmed
HB 291 County prosecuting attorney; increase salary in certain Perkins
counties.
Died In Committee
HB 979 Energy efficiency services and equipment; agencies may Ellzey
contract directly for.
Died In Committee
HB1269 Unemployment compensation; define "employment" for Flaggs
purposes of eligibility.
Died In Committee
HB1406 Justice court; judge must reside in district he seeks Perry
to serve.
Died In Committee
HB1487 Ad valorem taxes; authorize State Tax Commission to Williams
grant extensions for filing schedules/statements by
certain taxpayers (STC).
Enrolled Bill Signed
HB1725 Sales tax, contracting; exclude certain work performed Williams
by utilities.
Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2030 Central MS Correctional Facility; name medical building Kirby
after Dr. Robert L. Peede.
Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2412 Mississippi Teacher Center; delete repealer. Ferris
Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2520 New Capitol receptionist; Legislature employ. Gordon
Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2691 Marine resources; remove uniform requirement for law Moffatt
enforcement.
Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2929 Wildlife; authorize commission to set special youth Posey
hunt for deer.
Enrolled Bill Signed
SB2930 Hunting; allow handicapped nonresidents to take doe in Hawks
special hunts on U.S. Corps of Engineers land at
Arkabutla Lake.
Enrolled Bill Signed
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