Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, House.
Tom Weathersby
Sponsored
Became law4
MS Sports Hall of Fame & Dizzy Dean Museum; authorize DFA to extend lease of for a term not to exceed 20 years.
MSU; authorize to enter into a long term lease for housing and retail purposes.
University of Mississippi Medical Center; authorize to lease property with approval of IHL to the American Cancer Society.
City of Florence; extend repealer on bar and restaurant tax.
Passed the House3
DFA; clarify and update inventory of state real properties under the authority, general supervision and oversight of.
Public Procurement Review Board; provide DFA oversight for review and prior approval of RFPs submitted for agency lease and rental agreements.
Public Procurement Review Board; provide oversight for agency contracts for architects and engineers for preapproved RFPs.
In committee15
DFA; revise the definition of "construction" to clarify the use of state funds for certain projects on private property.
Acupuncturists; allow to treat patients without written referral or prescription from physician subject to certain conditions.
Acupuncturists; may treat patients for chronic or acute pain without physician referral if have analgesic drug Rx.
Unattended vehicles; repeal violation for leaving engine running.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of headquarters building for Department of Public Safety.
Bonds; authorize for renovation of Robert G. Clark building and former Marine Barracks building.
Sales tax; exempt sales of prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses.
Distinctive license tag; reauthorize issuance to supporters of Alzheimer's Association and the MIND Center at UMMC.
Radar; authorize sheriff and deputy sheriffs to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.
MS Prison Industries Corp.; abolish and transfer duties to DOC.
MS Prison Industries; prohibit the sale of goods and services to private entities or other states.
Official State song; designate "Queen of the South" as second official state song.
DFA; clarify and update inventory of all state real properties under the authority, general supervision and oversight of.
School board members; revise annual salary of to $6,000.00.
Bonds; authorize issuance for state acquisition of the former Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home property in Jackson.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
State buildings; rename the PERS building as the "Timothy Alan (Tim) Ford Building."
"Mississippi Church Protection Act"; create.
Memorial highway ; designate segment of Mississippi Highway 182 in the City of Columbus as the "Rep. Esther M. Harrison Memorial Highway."
City of Flowood; authorize to enter in certain long-term agreements for conference center, hotel and ancillary buildings.
Passed the House · 5
Firearms; clarify meaning of courthouse and courtroom for purpose of carrying.
Firearms; restrict regulations by certain public bodies regarding.
Firearms; prohibit enforcement of certain federal law relating to.
Jackson State University property; authorize long-term lease of for student housing.
University of Southern Mississippi property; authorize DFA to sell or lease certain parcel in Forrest County.
In committee · 1
Firearms; prohibit special taxation by cities and counties.