Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Joey Fillingane
Sponsored
Became law4
MS Debt Management Services Act; extend repealer on.
Bonds; revise purposes for which proceeds of bonds for USM/Gulf Coast Campuses may be used.
Sales and ad valorem tax; extend exemption for certain equipment used in the deployment of broadband technologies.
Bonds; issued for various purposes.
Passed the Senate7
Mississippi Department of Mental Health; authorize sale-leaseback of certain facilities.
Sales and income tax; authorize extensions of examination period by agreement between the Commissioner of Revenue and the taxpayer.
MS Industry Incentive Financing Revolving Fund; loan repayments used to pay debt service if balance exceeds $50,000,000.
MS Development Authority Job Training Grant Fund; create to provide job training grants for certain eligible business enterprises.
Strengthening Mississippi Academic Research Through Business Act; create.
Unemployment compensation; place funds under exclusive administrative control of MDES and provide additional funds for WET fund.
Sales tax law; include certain recycling activities in the terms "to manufacture" and "manufacturing."
Out of committee2
Income tax; repeal the provision that requires withholding of a portion of the gain realized on property sold by nonresidents.
MS Prepaid Affordable College Tuition Program; update available investment options.
In committee44
Contractor's tax; increase rate, increase contract amount needed to be eligible for and include certain personal property under.
Income tax; revise provisions regarding net income of nonresidents, revise definition of "doing business".
Tax liens; provide for centralized filing with the Secretary of State.
Alcoholic beverages; impose a handling fee on alcoholic beverages placed in the ABC's liquor distribution warehouse.
Income tax; revise provisions regarding certain business deductions.
Business closure; authorize for failure to file tax returns or pay taxes.
Sales tax law; require annual fee for permit to engage in business issued under; require annual fee for exemption certificate.
Sales taxation; exempt hearing aids when ordered or prescribed by a physician.
Public Employees' Retirement System; update investment options for excess funds of the system.
Mississippi Mineral Rights Reform Act of 2013; create.
Gaming; impose 3% tax on all amounts paid or credited by gaming establishments and specify the use of the revenue.
Statewide monetary assessments; revise.
Products liability; revise.
DUI; increase penalty for 4th and 5th offenses.
Suspended driver's license violations; second-time DUI offender ineligible for driver's license for 5 years.
Evidence relating to amount of economic damages; clarify that recovery of medical expenses is limited to amount actually paid.
Historic property tax credit; authorize the transfer, sale or assignment of the tax credit.
Retirement; earned compensation of member of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals includes all remuneration except mileage.
Income tax; authorize certain employers to pass tax credits through to employees.
State Treasurer; revise the investment options for excess general and special funds.
Employment Security; revise the general experience rate for all employers; persons must be actively seeking work to receive benefits.
Alternative nicotine products; prohibit youth access to.
Veterans Treatment Courts; authorize formation.
Parental Rights Act; create.
Construction contracts; authorize attorney's fees in action to compel production of the contract and bond.
Emergency medical personnel; clarify training and certification.
Sixteenth section land; clarify provisions related to leases of.
State Treasurer; revise the investment options for excess general and special funds.
Landowner trespass bill; enact.
Federal gun laws; nullify certain.
Mississippi Development Bank; State Bond Commission must approve certain bonds issued by.
Bonds; require RFPs for bond counsel and approval of the State Bond Commission for bonds issued by certain entities.
Federal gun restrictions; prohibit enforcement of.
County assessors and tax collectors; increase salaries of.
Sales taxation; exempt sales of power or fuel to certain enterprises for industrial purposes.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs paid by a company in relocating national or regional headquarters to this state.
Corporation franchise tax; phase out for business enterprises classified and manufacturers by the IRS.
Sales tax; reduce rate on sale of power and fuel to a producer of oil and gas for use in oil recovery or sequestration of carbon dioxide.
Mississippi Health Care Industry Zone Act; revise requirements for certification of health care industry zones under.
Bonds; authorize issuance for the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs paid by a business enterprise to expand and relocate employees to this state.
Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment mandated by federal or state law.
Sales taxation; exempt sales of supplies used in the treatment of diabetes and sales to certain diabetes foundations.
Mississippi Infrastructure Company Recovery Act of 2013; create,.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
Memorial highway; designate segment of MS Highway 11 in Lamar County as Tyler R. Kilsby and Leon Sims Memorial Highway.
Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
Professional licenses; certain military-trained applicants and military spouses shall receive by reciprocity when in Mississippi.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; increase the amount of rebates authorized under.
Cottage food operations; exempt from certain licensing requirements.
"Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2013"; enact.
Mississippi Community Oriented Policing Services in Schools (MCOPS) grant program; establish in the State Department of Education.
Volunteer fire department; include within the scope of immunity under the Tort Claims Act.
Income tax; credit for adoption expenses is allowed in the same year that the child is claimed as an exemption.
Passed the Senate · 1
Weapons; clarify definition of "concealed" and revise gun-carry permit.
Out of committee · 1
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to repair, renovate & refurbish Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Center.
In committee · 3
Jury service; revise exemption based on age.
Alienation of affection; abolish tort of.
Driver's licenses; revise reinstatement fees for suspended.