Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Randall Patterson
Sponsored
In committee4
Hunting; allow person 65 and older or handicapped to hunt on four-wheelers in state wildlife management areas.
Include certain annexed municipal territory in a municipal separate school district; provide referendum method to.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art in Biloxi.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for reconstruction and repair of Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum in Biloxi.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Homestead exemption; extend time dwelling houses destroyed in certain counties by Hurricane Katrina are considered homes.
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Biloxi as "Dr. Gilbert R. Mason, Sr., Memorial Highway."
Municipal special assessments, certain; authorize counties to collect for municipalities.
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Employer-assisted housing program; payments received under not considered gross income, authorize public employers to create.
City of Biloxi; authorize to lease certain property for economic and commercial development.
State Port at Gulfport; authorize use of design-build method of contracting for certain purposes.
Vetoed · 1
Deer hunting; extend deer season if baiting not allowed.
Passed the House · 2
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Blood donation; allow 16-year-olds to donate with parental permission.
In committee · 9
School curriculum; require all public school students to study home economics in 7th and 8th grades.
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to supporters of the Coastal Conservation Association of Mississippi.
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; clarify revocation authority and duties.
Pawnshop and recycling businesses; revise record keeping.
Sales tax; authorize exemption for retail sales of certain articles of clothing during the first weekend in August.
MS Windstorm Underwriting Association; increase diversion of insurance premium tax revenue used to assist with reinsurance.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of electrical generating equipment, weather radios and similar items during month of June.
Bonds; increase amount of bonds authorized for a space, science and education center in Hancock County.
Income tax; authorize credit for portion of costs of college textbooks.