Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Lydia Graves Chassaniol
Sponsored
Passed the Senate4
Jurors; may be drawn from entire circuit court district for trials conducted in circuit court.
"Hill Fire" folk life play in Montgomery County; MDA to promote and provide grants for financing of statewide advertising program.
Mississippi Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission; establish.
City of Kosciusko; authorize issuance of bonds to acquire and maintain certain property and facilities.
In committee6
Radar; revise operation by municipal law enforcement.
Alcoholic beverages; authorize special purpose permits to serve and sell alcoholic beverages.
Mississippi "Country Music Trail" program and historical markers; MDA Division of Tourism to establish.
Garbage; remove nonresident property owner requirement for county to levy garbage fees as special assessment in lieu of a lien.
Alcoholic beverages; allow removal of wine from restaurants & authorize issuance of various special permits.
Entertainment districts; authorize creation by counties and cities, confer tax benefits to businesses in, authorize levy of tax for.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and Reimb. Local Confinement.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Corrections; remove the cap on meritorious earned time.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Military Dept.- Support.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.
Mississippi "Country Music Trail" program and historical markers; MDA Division of Tourism to establish.
Freedom to Farm Act; include honeybee production under definition of agricultural operations.
Failing schools and school districts; enact "Children First Act of 2009."
Intensive supervision; remove 1-year limitation on placement and the restriction on placing certain drug offenders in the program.
Vetoed · 3
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Dept. Public Safety - Consol.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority.
Passed the Senate · 14
Highways; designate portion of U.S. Highway 49-W in the City of Drew as "Manning Boulevard."
Transparency in Lawsuits Protection Act; create.
Ad valorem tax; require millage rate reduction for purposes of calculating proposed increase where assessed value increases.
Charter schools; authorize additional open-enrollment public charter schools with certain requirements.
Corrections; allow offenders convicted of small quantity drug violations to be eligible for trusty time allowance.
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; create.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Appropriation; Dept. of Corrections - Support and Reimb. Local Confinement.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military Dept.- Support.
Appropriation; Dept. Public Safety - Consol.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Bd.
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Mississippi Development Authority.
In committee · 6
2009 First Extraordinary Session · Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Random nicotine testing; require for Medicaid recipients.
Pseudoephedrine; conform to federal law.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize ninth round for counties and municipalities.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain state highway and infrastructure projects.