Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Robert L. Johnson III
Sponsored
Became law1
Public property; authorize MS Transp. Commission to transfer certain real property in Adams County, MS, to the City of Natchez.
Passed the House2
Toll roads and bridges; increase maximum maturity of bonds for from 30 years to 40 years.
Culverts; make placement of guide or warning posts on a discretionary function.
Out of committee3
Student bullying and harassing behavior; revise provision regarding.
Transportation Network Company Act; create.
Safe Transportation of Railroad Employees by Contract Carriers Act; create.
In committee16
Commercial motor vehicle inspection program; create.
LSBP and State Aid Roads; revise allocation of monies to.
Driver records; authorize DPS to furnish insurance companies updates to reinsurance purposes.
Oil and gas severance tax; reallocate to State Highway Fund.
Fuel taxes; revise diversion of.
Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund; provide funds in excess of $10 million shall be transferred for roads and bridges.
Texting and social networking; prohibit while driving.
Appropriations; Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund for funding bridge program.
Appropriation; MDOT to replace funds transferred from in past years.
Privilege tax; establish for vehicles carrying certain loads at a licensed gross vehicle weight between 80,001 and 84,000 pounds.
Electric vehicles; impose annual tax on.
Motor fuels tax, certain; provide continued collection of when Groundwater Protection Trust Fund reaches $10 million for highways & bridges.
Excise tax on gasoline and diesel; revise rate.
Sales tax; reduce rate on sales of equipment to contractors for use in road construction.
Bonds; authorize issuance to repair, renovate and refurbish Margaret Martin Performing Arts Center.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Natchez with the construction of a river landing dock along riverfront.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of highway as.
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; district attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Appropriation; Medicaid, Division of.
Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.
Appropriation; Environmental Quality, Department of.
Industrial Development Authority of Marshall County; authorize to create Spring Economic Development Area.
Passed the House · 1
Memorial bridge; designate certain bridge in Lowndes County as the "Senator Terry W. Brown Memorial Bridge".
In committee · 12
Emerging Crops Fund; require MDA to increase amount provided to the MSFAC at Alcorn to $1,000,000.00.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University Agriculture Programs for establishing a meat processing facility.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for making modifications to buildings to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University Agricultural Programs to restore funding to FY 2001 level of funding.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for improving campus safety and security.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for expansion of research and production of shiitake mushrooms.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for design and planning of construction of new student union complex.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for renovating the Whitney Health and P.E. Complex or constructing a new academic convocation center.
Appropriation; IHL for Alcorn State University for construction of Rudolph E. Waters Academic Technology Classroom Building.
Appropriations; IHL for Alcorn State University Agricultural Programs for renovation and repair of aquaculture facility.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements at state parks.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of gas and remove certain exemptions.