Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
John Horhn
Sponsored
Became law3
Municipal special sales tax; provide that revenue must be used for road repairs and water, sewer and drainage projects.
Urban renewal agencies; authorize certain municipal property to be conveyed to.
Mayor-council form of government; council members of certain may have offices in city hall.
Passed the Senate4
Cooperatives; provide for the incorporation of.
Self-Employment Assistance Program (SEAP); establish under Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
Burn Center Lodge for families of victims treated at Rankin County burn unit; authorize county millage for.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for construction of Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Museum of Mississippi History.
In committee23
Cooperatives; provide for the incorporation of.
Bonds; increase for loans to develop the Farish Street Historic District.
Fuel taxes; allocate a portion to the City of Jackson to defray costs incurred as a result of being the seat of state government.
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.
Federal Workforce Investment Act; Hinds County is separate workforce investment area.
Sex education pilot program; SBE and SBH shall 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.
Department of Finance and Administration; shall place a moratorium on the acquisition of real property within the City of Jackson.
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.
State Truth Commission; establish.
City of Jackson; require payments in lieu of taxes on state-owned property located in the city.
Health education in public schools; to include medically and scientifically accurate information.
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; add two board members from the City of Jackson.
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum; establish commission to select site and employ director.
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum; establish and issue bonds to construct.
Socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns; establish program to encourage participation in state contracts by.
Licensed hospitals; SDH adopt regulations to allow off-campus emergency departments.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Blue Alert System; create.
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of I-59 as "Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway."
Passed the Senate · 3
Divorce; create bona fide separation as the 13th ground.
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 · 8
"Eyebrow threading"; define for regulatory purposes and require registration.
Corrections; require all offenders on conditional medical release to be responsible for medical costs.
Public contracts related to a federally declared disaster; grant preference to resident contractors.
Bonds; authorize issuance for establishment of the Mississippi Civil Rights Trail.
City of Jackson; remove the repeal date on the Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for a children's museum in Hinds County.
City of Ridgeland; authorize the city to levy an additional sales tax for certain purposes.
Hinds County; authorize to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.