Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Albert Butler
Sponsored
Passed the Senate1
Election commissioners; provide that the office shall be nonpartisan.
In committee2
Elections; allow mileage to receiving and returning managers.
Managers of election; require to attend training courses annually.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 24
MS Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund; revise use of certain funds.
Blue Alert System; create.
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of I-59 as "Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway."
Ad valorem school taxes; exempt publication requirement if no increase in ad valorem tax effort in dollars is proposed.
Mississippi Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act; enact.
Municipal special sales tax; provide that revenue must be used for road repairs and water, sewer and drainage projects.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Administrative expenses.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
Appropriation; Debt service and bank service charges.
Vetoed · 1
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
Passed the Senate · 9
"Mississippi Legislature United States Constitution Study Committee"; create to identify unconstitutional state laws.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Homeschooled students; to be tested for grade assignment prior to transfer into public school district.
Task Force to Study Teacher Salaries; establish.
Divorce; create bona fide separation as the 13th ground.
Emerging Crops Fund; loan program for agribusinesses engaged in poultry production is separate from other loan programs in the fund.
Driving; prohibit texting and revise punishment for no license.
Corrections; revise conditions for medical release of inmates.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
In committee · 3
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum; establish commission to select site and employ director.
Bonds; authorize issuance for establishment of the Mississippi Civil Rights Trail.
Hinds County; authorize to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.