Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Jerry R. Turner
Sponsored
Became law3
Counties and municipalities; prohibit from establishing mandatory minimum wage.
Public purchasing; require state agency purchasing offices to have all purchasing officials certified.
Department of ITS; may charge vendors a fee to recover cost of providing procurement services.
Passed the House3
Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.
Nutrition labeling of food; reserve regulation of to the Legislature.
Unemployment benefits; prohibit charging experience rating of employers for payment of employees who leave to accept other work.
Out of committee2
Public records; access not diminished because stored in certain manner and revise civil penalty.
Inmate Welfare Fund; require fund be a special fund in State Treasury and provide certain management of fund.
In committee7
Nutrition labeling of food; reserve regulation of to the Legislature and the Commissioner of Agriculture.
Adverse possession; not allowed if land owner is current on taxes.
Asbestos tort action; define and regulate litigation of.
Community colleges; waive tuition for residents of state and allow colleges to develop out-of-state waiver policy.
State contracts; Office of Purchasing, Travel & Fleet Management shall receive all rebates on certain.
Health Insurance; provide for certain assignment of benefits by insured to health care providers.
Corrections; require Inmate Fund to be a special fund and require RFPs for administration of canteen services.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Appropriation; Wireless Communication Commission; Additional 2013.
DUI; revise use of ignition-interlock device.
MS Public Records Act; exempt weapon permit information.
Mississippi Highway 15; designate certain bridge in Chickasaw County as the "Representative William E. 'Billy' Bowles Memorial Bridge".
Public purchasing; limit exemption from bidding for purchases of prison industry products to purchases by Dept. of Corrections.
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Passed the House · 4
Appropriation: State Government Agencies Budget Contingency Fund and Capital Expense Fund; additional 2013.
Public purchasing; allow consideration that a bidder has a local presence in determining best value.
School administrators; prohibit districts from hiring as consultant if last employed by a failing district.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
In committee · 3
Mississippi Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Law; repeal.
Firearms; declare that are not subject to federal law or regulation if manufactured and contained within Mississippi.
State facilities; provide long-term plan for repair & renovation by using Capital Expense Fund and legislative appropriation.