Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, Senate.
Joey Fillingane
Sponsored
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Municipalities; certain small municipalities may advertise budget hearings by posting notices rather than by publication.
Voyeurism; prohibit lewd surreptitious viewing and photography.
Light wine and beer; may be seized and disposed of in the same manner as alcoholic beverages for certain violations of law.
Growth and Prosperity Act; remove application deadline and extend cut-off date for tax exemptions under.
Local Governments Capital Improvements Revolving Loan Fund; extend repeal date on MDA's authority to use for certain expenses.
Compact for a Balanced Budget; enact.
Sale of property by nonresident; require seller to withhold for income taxes rather than the buyer.
Mississippi History Trust Fund; create.
Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act of 2015; create.
Sales tax; include costs of completing oil and gas wells in the reduced rate levied for drilling oil and gas wells.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for IHL, Community Colleges and certain MDA programs.
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False report of child abuse or neglect; provide criminal penalties and civil liability.
Bonds; clarify use of bond proceeds for a multipurpose building for the Department of Mental Health in Kemper County.
Public works; increase to $100,000.00 the amount exempt from supervision by engineers and architects.
Employment Security Law; create the Mississippi Works Fund to fund strategic workforce training needs.
Taxpayer Pay Raise Act of 2015; phase out income taxation on first $5,000.00 of taxable income; phase out franchise tax.
Out of committee3
Contraband tobacco; modify procedure for confiscation, forfeiture and disposal of.
Tim Tebow Act; authorize interscholastic extracurricular activity participation of students enrolled in homeschools.
Tax increment financing bonds; authorize counties and municipalities to pay a portion of the debt service from their general fund under certain circumstances.
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Pre-Screening Eligibility Tool website; direct DHS to develop and implement.
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize the issuance of g.o. bonds for in the amount of $10,000,000,.00.
Sixteenth section land; clarify provisions related to leases of.
DUI; increase penalty for 4th and 5th offenses.
Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment mandated by federal or state law or regulations.
Parental Rights Act; create.
K-4 school assistant teachers and prekindergarten programs; earmark funding from gaming winnings tax.
Courts; prohibit applying foreign law.
Motor vehicles; define and regulate autocycles.
Sales taxation; exempt hearing aids when ordered or prescribed by a licensed physician, audiologist or hearing aid specialist.
Divorce; revise property settlement and child custody when on ground of irreconcilable difference.
Income tax; public and private hospitals may collect certain debts by a set off against the debtor's refund.
Corporation franchise tax; phase out for business enterprises classified as manufacturers by the IRS.
Infants; to be adjudicated a neglected child if birth mother tests positive for drug use.
Income tax; authorize counties and municipalities to collect certain debts by setoff against the debtor's income tax refund.
Public construction contracts; revise requirement for performance or payment bond.
Government Employees' Deferred Compensation Plan Law; clarify investment options.
Income tax; authorize a credit for employers who pay the cost of a qualified wellness program.
Income tax; authorize an adjustment to gross income for portion of self-employment taxes paid by self-employed individuals.
Public Employees' Retirement System; revise certain provisions regarding the administration of the system.
Retirement; all members of PERS vest after 4 years of membership regardless of the date they became members.
Optional retirement program; authorize participants to join PERS under certain circumstances.
Retirement; COLA shall be paid to members of PERS and MHPRS who retire on or after July 1, 2018, in 12 equal monthly installments.
Surplus school buildings; establish a tax credit program for development and rehabilitation of.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs paid by a business enterprise to expand and relocate employees to this state.
Income tax; authorize certain employers to pass tax credits through to employees.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bond for various economic development programs.
Sales tax; reduce the rate on motorcycles from 7% to 5%.
Tax Credit Scholarship Act; enact.
Taxes; exempt public property or facilities financed by New Market Tax Credit transaction from certain taxes.
Local improvement assessment districts; authorize and levy tax on property within.
Income and franchise tax; allow refundable credit for costs of purchasing/installing solar energy system or energy efficiency services.
Mississippi Small Business Investment Act; increase the amount of investment tax credits that may be allocated under.
Working Families Tax Credit Act; create to authorize an income tax credit in an amount equal to a portion of the earned income tax credit.
Surplus school buildings and certain other property of political subdivisions; establish a tax credit for development & rehabilitation of.
Bonds; authorize issuance for Pat Harrison Waterway District improvement.
Co-sponsored
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Memorial bridge; designate a certain bridge in Lowndes County as the Terry W. Brown Memorial Bridge.
Concealed weapons law; decrease certain fees for licensees.
Memorial highways; designate a certain segment of U.S. Highway 45 Alternate as the Senator Bennie L. Turner Memorial Highway.
Mississippi Business Finance Corporation; extend repeal date on authority to issue bonds to finance economic development projects.
In committee · 6
Official State Book; Holy Bible shall be.
Civil liability; prohibit damages for wrongful birth or wrongful life.
Mississippi Mineral Rights Reform Act of 2013; create.
Common Core National Education Standards and P.A.R.C.C.; prohibit State Board of Education from implementing.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for an aquarium located in the City of Gulfport.
Bonds; issue general obligation bonds for improvements at the state-owned shipyard located in Jackson County.