Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, Senate.
John Horhn
Sponsored
Became law1
Public property; authorize DFA to sell or lease Jefferson Street properties.
In committee26
Gaming licensees; prefer Mississippi residents in purchasing and hiring.
Taxation; authorize an income tax credit for installation of energy-efficient products in homes.
Public buildings; require art by Mississippi artists in certain state buildings.
Municipal governing bodies; require those elected to serve to receive basic and continuing education.
Mississippi Youth Build Program for court-ordered delinquent juveniles; DHS to establish.
Fuel taxes; allocate a portion to the City of Jackson to defray costs incurred as a result of being the seat of state government.
Office of Utility Consumer Advocate; create.
City of Jackson; require payments in lieu of taxes on state-owned property located in the city.
MS Training and Education Marketing Board and Special Task Force for Economic Development Planning; create.
CON for nursing facility in any underserved minority zip code area in the state; authorize.
MS Affordable Housing Trust Fund; create to assist in the development, rehabilitation and preservation of affordable housing.
Health education in public schools; to include medically and scientifically accurate information.
Federal Workforce Investment Act; Hinds County is separate workforce investment area.
Construction contracts; require a set-aside for small businesses.
Sex education pilot program; SBE and SBH shall establish.
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; add two board members from the City of Jackson.
Municipal cleaning costs; collected as for delinquent municipal taxes when unpaid by property owner.
State Truth Commission; establish.
Gaming; authorize aboard cruise vessels on the Pearl River within a city with a population of 150,000 or more.
Robert E. Lee Building; authorize DFA to sell or lease.
Municipal sales tax; remove provisions that require a commission to approve expenditures.
Department of Finance and Administration; shall place a moratorium on the acquisition of real property within the City of Jackson.
Cooperatives; provide for the incorporation of.
Flood and drainage control districts; revise composition of board of directors of certain.
"Old School for the Blind Property"; authorize DFA and MDA to sell for purposes of redevelopment.
Bonds; increase for loans to develop the Farish Street Historic District.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; name for Dr. Ed Thompson.
Health Insurance Exchange Study Committee; create.
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
Passed the Senate · 4
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Retirement; authorize counties to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.
Department of Information Technology Services; establish a State Data Center and require state agencies to virtualize servers.
Cleaning private property; revise procedure by municipalities.
In committee · 3
Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act; create under authority of Insurance Commissioner.
Appropriation; State Department of Education; national board certification, additional for FY2010.
Appropriation; district attorneys; staff, chancellor and circuit judges; additional for FY2010.