Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
David Blount
Sponsored
Became law4
Blue Alert System; create.
Obstruction of emergency assistance; create offense.
Mississippi Board of Psychology; reenact and make technical amendments.
Alcoholic beverages; prohibit adults from allowing party at private premises if minors obtain and adults know.
In committee21
DUI; authorize constables to administer test.
Radar; authorize sheriffs in counties with a certain population to use.
State emergency duty leave; certain state employees shall receive leave during state of emergency.
Highways; add segments of certain roads within the corporate limits of the City of Jackson to the state highway system.
Professional association dues deduction by teachers; authorize.
Constables; increase fee in criminal cases, revise reimbursement for travel expenses.
Sales taxation; exempt sales to dentist of dental prosthetic appliances made by dental laboratories.
Landlord/tenant; revise time limit for hearing on eviction.
Law enforcement officers and fire fighters; increase death and disability benefits under trust funds.
Retirement; authorize counties to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.
Law Enforcement Officers Disability Benefits Trust Fund; pay benefits to injured officer's employing government entity.
State and local governments; shall strip law enforcement vehicles before selling or disposing of the vehicles.
Law enforcement officers; provide minimum due process rights for municipal.
Kidnapping; expand definition.
Municipally owned waterworks; prohibit from charging higher rates to certain customers in another municipality.
Mississippi Resident Tuition Assistance/Eminent Scholars Grant Programs; student renewal application is automatic.
Dangerous dogs; revise manslaughter when running at large.
Asset forfeiture; constables can participate in drug cases.
Youth court; may order parents to attend parent training.
Wildlife; reduce fee of resident lifetime sportsman license for members of the Mississippi Army or Air National Guard.
Hinds County; authorize to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
Mississippi Country and Western Music Commission; establish.
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of I-59 as "Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway."
Controlled Substances Law; conform to federal schedules and add certain other prescription drugs.
Urban renewal agencies; authorize certain municipal property to be conveyed to.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military Department.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
Mayor-council form of government; council members of certain may have offices in city hall.
Passed the Senate · 9
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Concealed weapons; authorize carrying without permit by all prosecutors and coroners.
Controlled substances; acquiring by theft, fraud and the like.
Task Force to Study Teacher Salaries; establish.
Driving; prohibit texting and revise punishment for no license.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
Congressional districts; bring forward section that provides for.
Ad valorem tax; local governing authorities may grant an exemption of homesteads of certain residents serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
In committee · 3
Chancery clerks; authorize, upon request, the redaction of social security numbers on recorded documents.
Circuit clerks; authorize fee for the docketing and filing of a Notice of Renewal of Judgment.
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum; establish commission to select site and employ director.