Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, Senate.
Rita Potts Parks
Sponsored
Became law9
Town of Walnut; authorize expansion of natural gas system.
Small loan licensee; revise the prohibition on giving a premium to prospective borrower as inducement to make a loan.
Small loan licensees; may solicit and collect insurance premiums on noncredit insurance if certain conditions are met.
Mississippi Credit Availability Act; create.
Articles of incorporation; revise.
Mississippi S.A.F.E. Mortgage Act; extend repealer and revise certain provisions.
Commissioner of Banking; may join an examination with the Federal Reserve Bank of certain bank holding companies.
Real estate brokers/salespersons; require background investigations for licensure.
Alcorn County; authorize contracts with the United States and other states to house medium or minimum security offenders at regional jail.
Passed the Senate2
MS Debt Management Services Act; extend repealer.
Writs of garnishment; limit liability of garnishee if garnishee is a financial institution.
In committee6
Enhanced eligibility verification system; direct Division of Medicaid to establish.
Retirement; persons convicted of certain felonies shall forfeit benefits from PERS, SLRP and MHSPRS.
Manufactured housing; create statutory procedure for converting title of a manufactured home from personal property to real property.
State highway system; designate a portion of roadway in Tippah County as part of.
Commissioner of Banking; authorize to regulate and examine service providers to Mississippi financial institutions.
City of Corinth; authorize the city to levy a special sales tax to fund certain infrastructure improvements.
Co-sponsored
Passed the Senate · 1
Sale tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
In committee · 1
Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah and Tishomingo Counties; authorize contributions to NE Mississippi Community Services, Inc.