Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Jerry R. Turner
Sponsored
Became law3
Corrections; require Inmate Fund to be a special fund; require RFPs for canteen; revise contract amount for review by procurement board.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise composition, exemptions, expenditures and method for reviewing single source contracts.
Iran Divestment Act of 2015; create.
Passed the House4
Prison lands; transfer authority to manage agricultural leases from DFA to Secretary of State.
Districts of Innovation; authorize State Board of Education to approve creation of in local school districts.
Department of Corrections; authorize to contract with Lee County and Leflore County for regional correctional facilities.
Single source emergency purchases contracts; place restrictions on.
Out of committee2
Disbursement of earnings order for offenders housed at restitution centers; institute.
Gaming; provide procedure to withhold winnings of parents with child support arrearages.
In committee6
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise composition of and expenditure amount and remove exemption of certain contracts from board review.
City of Baldwin; extend repeal date on tax on hotels, motels, restaurants and convenience stores to promote tourism.
Appropriations; MDOT for completing Economic Development Access Road to U.S. Highway 45 in Baldwyn.
Appropriation; MDOT for installing lighting at intersection of MS Hwy. 145 and U.S. Hwy. 45 in Saltillo.
Sales tax; exempt sales, admissions and parking at events to raise funds for schools and volunteer fire departments.
Lee county; authorize annual contributions to Sanctuary Hospice House.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Forestry Commission.
Appropriation; Foresters, Board of Registration for.
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Passed the House · 4
End-of-course subject area tests; prohibit mandatory passing scores as requirement for graduation.
Vocational education; provide additional funding to school districts demonstrating needed enhancements for.
Transportation; transfer law enforcement duties of MDOT to the Department of Public Safety.
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to the Elvis Presley Birthplace, Museum and Chapel in Tupelo.
Out of committee · 1
MS Department of Public Safety; enact salary scale for sworn officers and provide for experience increases.
In committee · 5
Medical providers; provide health benefit plans must allow participation by and reimbursement to if licensed and within scope of practice.
Accreditation rating and accountability and state assessment requirements; require the SDE to waive for two years.
School curriculum; require voter education as a component of the U.S. government course.
Appropriations; City of Tupelo for constructing Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and improvements at Elvis Presley Birthplace.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and staging of F-105 plane at Tupelo Veterans Plaza.