Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Hillman Terome Frazier
Sponsored
In committee7
Breast-feeding; promote and support.
CON; authorize psychiatric residential treatment facility beds and mental health center in Hinds County.
Homeowner's Emergency Assistance Loan Program; establish under the Mississippi Home Corporation.
"State Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008"; enact.
Mississippi Telecommunication Conference and Training Center; convey to the Capital City Convention Center.
Home mortgages; prohibit certain mortgage lending practices.
Department of Mental Health; contract with adolescent group home in Hinds County to relocate to Harrison County.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 21
Teacher salary experience increments; authorize up to 35 years.
Memorial highways; designate portion of U.S. Highway 51 in Montgomery County as "Billy Lancaster Memorial Highway."
"Teach For America" grant program; establish to provide a national teacher corps program in the Mississippi Delta.
Home invasion; increase penalty for.
Superintendent of schools; authorize to temporarily employ staff.
MS Telecommunication Conference and Training Center; transfer to the Capital City Convention Center Commission.
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
MS Alternative Housing Program units; authorize disposal in accordance with federal grant guidelines.
Ethics Commission; revise duties and other provisions.
Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act; increase percentage of fines deposited with municipalities.
Appropriation; Alcorn State-Agricultural Programs.
Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Agriculture & Forestry Exp. Station.
Appropriation; IHL - MSU -Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; Forest & Wildlife Research.
Appropriation; College of Veterinary Medicine.
Appropriation; Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - General Support - Subsidiary Programs -Consol.
Appropriation; Univ. Med. Cen. - Consol.
Appropriation; IHL - General Support.
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Admin.
Appropriation; Jr. Colleges - Support.
Passed the Senate · 12
Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
DUI; enhance minimum penalties for a first offense.
Mississippi Performance Review Act of 2008; enact.
Major medical leave; state law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty shall not be required to use.
Legal gaming; limit conduct to counties in which it is already being conducted.
"Mississippi Child Protection Act of 2008"; enact.
City of Jackson; authorize continuation of payments to Keep Jackson Beautiful, Inc.
City of Jackson; extend the repeal date on the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Drug houses; revise municipality authority over.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 84 in Adams County as "Richard Wright Memorial Highway."
Employer-assisted housing program; authorize for public employers; payments under not considered gross income.
Appropriation; Dept. of Insurance, Windstorm Reinsurance; Additional FY 2008.
In committee · 11
Fuel taxes; allocate a portion to the City of Jackson to defray costs incurred as a result of being the seat of state government.
MS Affordable Housing Trust Fund; create to assist in the development, rehabilitation and preservation of affordable housing.
Local privilege tax; raise minimum amount imposed.
Taxation; authorize an income tax credit for installation of energy-efficient products in homes.
Home mortgages; prohibit certain mortgage lending practices.
City of Jackson; require state provide funds to defray ad valorem tax loss & increased costs incurred as seat of state government.
City of Jackson; require payments in lieu of taxes on state-owned property located in the city.
Sales tax; provide diversion to Jackson to defray ad valorem tax loss and increased costs incurred as the seat of state government.
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; add two board members from the City of Jackson.
Cigarette tax; increase and earmark revenue from increase to Medicaid.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.