Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Percy W. Watson
Sponsored
Became law13
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Bonds; authorize issuance of state general obligation bonds for the ACE Fund.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of certain clothing during the last weekend in July.
Estates; increase max. value of decedent's estate for purpose of debt payment upon presentation of successor's affidavit.
Cigarettes; increase excise tax on.
Alcoholic beverages; allow removal of wine from restaurants and authorize special purpose permits to serve.
Franchise tax; assessments for underpayment may be made by regular mail.
Sales tax; reduce rate on sale of anthropogenic carbon dioxide used as injectant in enhanced oil recovery project or for sequestration.
Growth and Prosperity Act; revise conditions under which tax exemptions may not be granted to additional business enterprises.
Sales tax; apply to certain electronically transferred digital products.
Qualified equity investment tax credit; allow to be taken against insurance premium retaliatory tax.
Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; revise definition of project and authorize the issuance of bonds.
Ad valorem taxes; exempt a portion of the assessed value of certain electric generating facilities.
Bonds; authorize for various purposes.
Passed the House8
Sickle Cell Disease; create task force to study growing incidence and available treatment options.
Commercial motor vehicles; authorize denial or revocation of registration if operated by certain persons.
Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act; define successor and provide successor's obligations.
Mississippi Minority Business Enterprise Act; revise definition "minority business enterprise supplier" to increase net worth limit.
Sales tax; exempt certain organizations operating long-term care facilities for adults with mental retardation.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of certain state facilities.
Bonds; authorize to provide loans to Hinds County for the Old Capitol Green Project.
Suffrage; restore to Pamela Davis of Forrest County.
Out of committee2
State Tax Commission; reorganize into a department of revenue and an independent board of tax appeals.
Income tax; extend repeal date on tax credit for certain port charges when using certain port facilities to export cargo.
In committee50
District attorneys; provide additional assistant for the Twelfth Circuit Court District.
Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment mandated by federal or state law.
Community hospitals; increase maximum compensation authorized for boards of trustees of certain.
Civil Rights Division; establish in the Office of Attorney General.
Medical malpractice actions; revise certificate of consultation.
Tobacco and sales tax; increase excise tax on cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Tort Claims Act; clarify statute of limitations.
Salaries of certain judges; increase.
Workers' compensation; require emergency hearing upon request of either party.
Motor vehicle liability insurance policy; require to include medical payment coverage.
Uninsured motorist coverage; provide that limits will be equal to liability coverage unless insured selects otherwise.
Twelfth Circuit Court Community Corrections Act of 2009; create.
Workers' compensation; prohibit discharge of employee filing claim in good faith.
Uninsured motorist coverage; provide that coverage is mandatory in every automobile liability insurance policy.
Workers' compensation; provide for appeal of commission decisions directly to Court of Appeals.
Workers' compensation; increase benefits for serious facial or head disfigurement.
Uninsured motorist coverage; policyholder must reject knowingly in writing in order to decline coverage.
Mississippi Major Economic Impact; revise definition of the term "project" and authorize the issuance of bonds for a project.
Mississippi Children's Financial Security Act; create.
"Austin James Watkins" Out-of-Home Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit in the Department of Human Services; establish.
Unmarked vehicles; authorize one vehicle for district attorney's offices.
Alcoholic beverages; impose a surcharge on permittees to maintain the liquor distribution center and administer ABC laws.
Alcoholic beverages; criminalize presentations of false documentation regarding age to purchase.
Light wine and beer; clarify law regarding sale of from hospitality carts and make certain technical changes to law.
Cigarettes; impose fee on certain nonsettling manufacturers.
Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; extend the period of time that bonds may be issued for certain projects.
Motor vehicle tag law; require at least one vehicle to be registered at the homestead of the applicant.
Insurance premium tax; change the date companies must file an annual reconciliation statement of taxes.
Sales tax; make failure to pay a crime.
Motor vehicle titles; increase fees for, to be used by Tax Commission to update agency systems.
Income tax; provide a credit for taxpayers allowed to claim federal earned income tax credit.
Sales tax; exempt sale of anthropogenic carbon dioxide used as injectant in enhanced oil recovery project or for sequestration.
Bonds; revise use of certain bond proceeds authorized for the Department of Agriculture and Commerce.
Mississippi Motor Vehicle and Manufactured Housing Title Law; increase title fees and revise distribution of fees collected.
Fuel tax law; clarify with regard to biodiesel and biofuel.
Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for Mississippi Rural Impact Fund.
Bonds; increase the amount of bonds authorized for the Emerging Crops Fund for minority economic development.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for CAP loan program, abolish Local Governments Brownfields Redevelopment Grant Fund.
Economic Development Highway Act; revise definition of "high economic benefit project" and "private company," increase bonds authorized.
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize issuance of bonds for.
Income tax; include certain dividend income in the definition of gross income.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to Edwards Street Fellowship Center.
Sales tax; revise definition of "business" to exclude sales of meals/food at colleges when paid by students with certain cards/accounts.
Economic development; provide certain additional incentives for existing industries.
Income tax; authorize job tax credit for cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Tobacco tax; revise definition of "cigarette" for purposes of.
Bonds; increase amount that may be issued to provide funds for the Building Fund for the Arts.
Bonds; increase amount authorized to be issued for the Mississippi Museum of Art.
Sales taxation; exempt certain sales of carbon dioxide.
Bonds; establish an energy infrastructure revolving loan program to be administered by the MDA.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
City of Hattiesburg; increase maximum amount of additional annual payments to fire/police retirees.
Passed the House · 2
Columbia Training School property; authorize lease for ICFMR facility and for public purposes.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
In committee · 11
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for reconstruction and repair of Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum in Biloxi.
M.T.A.G. and Eminent Scholars Grant Programs; increase tuition amounts available under.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi.
IHL Endowment Partnership Trust Fund; create for endowing facility positions.
Mississippi Community and Junior College Transfer Grant Program; create.
Judges; provide additional judge for the Twelfth Circuit Court District.
School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
Graduate degree teacher incentive loans; establish for teachers agreeing to teach in public schools or IHLs.
Drug court; court having jurisdiction has final determination about participation in.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.