Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Jerry R. Turner
Sponsored
Became law5
Public contracts; require purchasing entities to allow contractors to submit bids electronically.
Requests for proposals; provide standards for state agencies to follow regarding.
Open Meetings Act; revise portion that deals with teleconference and video meetings.
Boards and commission; abolish certain that have become inactive.
Lee county; authorize to construct or acquire a county jail anywhere in the county.
Passed the House4
Personal Service Contract Review Board; revise timeline to review contracts.
Ethics Commission; clarify authority to operate unmarked vehicles.
Open Meetings Act; revise to require that minutes kept shall be posted on public body's website within certain time after the meeting.
Department of Corrections and Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks; revise certain provisions regarding the leasing of land by.
Out of committee5
Public records act; revise provisions that relate to protective orders.
Advertisements for competitive bids; require to be posted on the procurement portal website.
Agency Accountability Review Act of 2017; enact.
Taxing entities; require to file annual report on tax revenues with Department of Revenue instead of State Auditor.
Department of Archives & History; board members shall be appointed by the Governor.
In committee7
Private correctional facilities; make subject to purchasing laws and Personal Service Contract Review Board.
Mississippi Department of Transportation; provide that Legislature shall not appropriate state funds for new construction projects for a period of 10 years.
State aircraft; exempt DFA from bidding requirements when procuring.
Public purchasing law; reinsert definitions mistakenly deleted in 2016.
Nonprofit water associations; require to file annual financial report with Department of Health instead of State Auditor.
State Auditor; remove requirement to submit annual report on the expenditure of classroom supply funds by school districts.
Ad valorem tax; revise provisions regarding projects eligible fee-in-lieu of ad valorem taxes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 42
2017 First Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
County garbage collection or disposal; authorize certain assessment on balance of delinquent monthly fees for.
Appropriation; Athletic Commission.
Appropriation; Auctioneers Commission.
Appropriation; Barber Examiners, Board of.
Appropriation; Cosmetology, Board of.
Appropriation; Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of Registration for Professional.
Appropriation; Medical Licensure, Board of.
Appropriation; Nursing Home Administrators, Board of.
Appropriation; Nursing, Board of.
Appropriation; Oil and Gas Board.
Appropriation; Optometry, Board of.
Appropriation; Physical Therapy Board.
Appropriation; Psychology, Board of.
Appropriation; Public Employees' Retirement System.
Appropriation: Real Estate Commission and Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.
Appropriation; Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists, Board of Examiners for.
Appropriation; Veterans' Home Purchase Board.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Appropriation; Educational Television, Authority for.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Appropriation; Arts Commission.
Appropriation; Archives and History, Department of.
Appropriation; Port Authority, State.
Appropriation; Yellow Creek State Inland Port Authority.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Health, Department of.
Appropriation; Human Services, Department of.
Appropriation;Child Protective Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Forestry Commission.
Appropriation; Soil and Water Conservation Commission.
Appropriation; Foresters, Board of Registration for.
Appropriation; Marine Resources, Department of.
Appropriation; Tombigbee River Valley Water Management District.
Appropriation; Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.
Appropriation; Pearl River Basin Development District.
Appropriation; Pat Harrison Waterway District.
Appropriation; Environmental Quality, Department of.
Appropriation; Grand Gulf Military Monument Commission.
Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.
Vetoed · 1
Appropriation; Education, Department of.
Passed the House · 5
Campaign contributions; prohibit personal use of and revise to require detailed reporting of.
Vocational education; provide additional funding to school districts demonstrating needed enhancements for.
State buildings rename the MDEQ building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
Bonds; purposes for which proceeds of bonds authorized for City of Terry and City of Saltillo may be used.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Out of committee · 1
State funded advertising; prohibit elected state officials from visibly or audibly participating in the making of.
In committee · 3
Sales tax; provide additional diversion to certain municipalities, use revenue for street/road improvements.
Welfare Policy Institute within the IHL board; repeal.
Equal pay for equal work; require for employees of opposite sex in the same work establishment.