Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Briggs Hopson
Sponsored
Became law6
Depositions and Discovery; enact the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.
Corporate charters; provide for automatic statutory extension.
School district trustees in special municipal school district embracing entire county; change qualifying date requirement.
Hunting rights on sixteenth section school land; local school board may hold an auction on leases for.
Warren County; authorize contributions to various organizations.
Issaquena County; authorize participation in a project to install turbines in the Mississippi River to generate electricity.
Passed the Senate1
Central business functions; payroll and purchases for all state agencies; establish DFA Office of Shared Services.
Out of committee1
City of Vicksburg; may authorize transport of goods with a width in excess of the maximum otherwise authorized by law.
In committee12
Central business, payroll and purchases for all community college districts; SBCJC Office of Shared Services administers services.
Central business, payroll and purchase for all universities; IHL administers shared services.
Central business services and procurement for all public school districts; DFA Office of Shared Services administers on regional basis.
At-risk youth; authorize Community-Based Placement Pilot Program.
Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, create.
Land records; revise instrument recordation minimum standards.
Ad valorem taxes; revise advertising requirements when school district proposes no millage increase.
Smoking in all public places; prohibit.
Arrest warrant; require probable cause hearing before issuance.
Child support; exclude SSI from income to calculate.
Board of supervisors; may assess homeowners based on pro-rata platted lot area after taking ownership of a private street.
Mississippi Health Benefit Exchange Act; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 12
Mississippi Country and Western Music Commission; establish.
Blue Alert System; create.
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of I-59 as "Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway."
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Mississippi Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act; enact.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military Department.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Passed the Senate · 4
Legislative compensation for extraordinary session duties; no extra payment if Legislature is convened in regular session.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
Mississippi Health Benefit Exchange Act; create.
In committee · 3
Salaries of judges; increase/establish funding.
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum; establish commission to select site and employ director.
Public contracts related to a federally declared disaster; grant preference to resident contractors.