House Bill 276

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE VAN CLEAVE HOME RUN CLUB; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF FRIENDS OF THE PARK; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF JACKSON ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE BOONEVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF NEW SITE HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THRASHER HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF JUMPERTOWN HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF WHEELER HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE PALMER HOME FOR CHILDREN; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE NEWTON COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF BOGUE CHITTO HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE ENTERPRISE ATTENDANCE CENTER; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF BROOKHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE WEST LINCOLN ATTENDANCE CENTER; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF SOUTH PONTOTOC HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF NORTH PONTOTOC HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF PRENTISS HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF BASSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF CALLOWAY HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE BALDWYN BEARCATS; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS COMMEMORATING THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF NATHAN'S LEGACY FOUNDATION, INC.; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAG TO SUPPORTERS OF THE PEARL RIVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE BROOKHAVEN SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE LONE SURVIVOR FOUNDATION; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAG TO SUPPORTERS OF THE GREENVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO AUTHORIZE A DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAG FOR SUPPORTERS OF WARREN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAG TO SUPPORTERS OF THE COASTAL CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE MARIETTA RAIDERS; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE HILLS CHAPEL PATRIOTS; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE RIENZI EAGLES; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE GREENE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE PERRY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF NORTH PIKE HIGH SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE LOYD STAR SCHOOL; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF TRUE VALUE EXPERIENCE; TO PRESCRIBE AN ADDITIONAL FEE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH LICENSE TAGS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ADDITIONAL FEES COLLECTED; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-56.1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO FIREFIGHTERS, TO PROVIDE THAT A PORTION OF THE ADDITIONAL FEE COLLECTED FROM THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH LICENSE TAGS SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE MISSISSIPPI FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION RATHER THAN DEPOSITED INTO THE MISSISSIPPI BURN CARE FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-56.185, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DISTRIBUTION OF FEES COLLECTED FROM THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE TUPELO ELVIS PRESLEY FAN CLUB TO PROVIDE THAT A PORTION OF THE FEES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO CREATE FOUNDATION, INC., FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TUPELO ELVIS PRESLEY FAN CLUB; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-56.246, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DISTRIBUTION OF FEES COLLECTED FROM THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF PASCAGOULA HIGH SCHOOL, TO PROVIDE THAT A PORTION OF THE FEES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PASCAGOULA ATHLETIC FOUNDATION; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-56.27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAG AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED TO SUPPORTERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI SEAFOOD INDUSTRY WILL BEAR ONE OF TWO EMBLEMS DESIGNED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES; TO AMEND SECTION 49-15-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE SEAFOOD FUND, TO CLARIFY THAT MONIES IN THE FUND MAY BE USED FOR COBIA STOCK ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMS; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-56.318, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-56.15, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS THAT DISPLAY THE EMBLEMS OF UNIVERSITIES LOCATED IN OTHER STATES, TO REVISE THE DISTRIBUTION OF FEES COLLECTED FROM THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE LICENSE TAGS DISPLAYING THE EMBLEM OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-56.22, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT UPON THE REQUEST OF A LOCAL CHAPTER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, THE COLEMAN, ALEXANDER, POSSNER FOUNDATION SHALL DISTRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL CHAPTER THE FEES PAID TO THE FOUNDATION THAT ARE GENERATED BY THE PURCHASE OF THE DISTINCTIVE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA LICENSE TAGS BY MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY AND BY THOSE MEMBERS WHO PURCHASED DISTINCTIVE LICENSE TAGS BY DOCUMENTATION SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY IN WHICH THE COUNTY IS LOCATED; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-56.226, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REAUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAG FOR SUPPORTERS OF SOUTHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-56.200, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REAUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF TISHOMINGO COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL; TO AMEND SECTION 27-19-56.201, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REAUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAGS TO SUPPORTERS OF BELMONT HIGH SCHOOL; TO AMEND SECTION 27-51-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT ONE MOTOR VEHICLE OWNED BY A DISABLED AMERICAN VETERAN WHO IS ENTITLED TO PURCHASE A DISTINCTIVE LICENSE TAG FOR DISABLED VETERANS UNDER SECTION 27-19-53 FROM THE PAYMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLE AD VALOREM TAXES, REGARDLESS OF THE LICENSE TAG ISSUED TO THE DISABLED VETERAN; TO AMEND SECTIONS 27-19-47 AND 27-19-47.2, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON ISSUED A SPECIAL ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE OR PICKUP TRUCK PLATE AND WHO HAS COMPLETED AN ACTIVE DUTY CAREER WITH THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OR IS A RETIRED MEMBER OF THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, AIR NATIONAL GUARD OR THE UNITED STATES RESERVES, AND IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE A DISTINCTIVE LICENSE PLATE OR TAG UNDER SECTION 27-19-51, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, MAY RECEIVE AND AFFIX TO THE ANTIQUE PLATE AN EMBLEM OR DECAL IDENTIFYING THE PERSON WITH SUCH ORGANIZATION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

In the House of Representatives

• Joseph L. Warren

  Sponsor

• Senate committee amendmentPending

• Senate floor amendmentPending

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In the House of Representatives Jan 14 – Feb 6

1. Jan 14Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
2. Feb 5Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
3. Feb 6Committee substitute adopted in the House
4. Passed the House

In the Senate Feb 8 – Mar 7

1. Feb 8Sent to the Senate
2. Feb 12Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
3. Mar 5Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
4. Mar 7Amended in the Senate
5. Passed the Senate as amended

Back in the House of Representatives Mar 8 – Apr 12

1. Mar 8Returned to the House to concur in the Senate's amendments
2. Mar 12Declined in the House to concur, and invited a conference
3. Mar 25Conferees named in the House: Zuber, DeBar and Smith (39th)
4. Mar 27Conferees named in the Senate: Fillingane, Massey and Simmons (12th)
5. Apr 1Conference report filed in the Senate
6. Conference report filed in the House
7. Apr 2Conference report adopted in the House
8. Conference report adopted in the Senate
9. Apr 12Enrolled bill signed in the House

To the Governor Apr 12 – Apr 25

1. Apr 12Enrolled bill signed in the Senate
2. Apr 25Approved by the Governor