Bills in the 2017 Regular Session, House.
Tom Weathersby
Sponsored
Became law3
DFA; clarify and update inventory of state real properties under the authority, general supervision and oversight of.
DFA; require to collect and report data on R and R expenditures for certain state facilities on annual basis.
DFA; authorize to sell certain state-owned real property in Jackson and Hattiesburg.
Passed the House5
DFA; require to study and make report on capital needs by clarifying process of asset preservation and replacement.
MHP Facility; authorize state to enter into lease for redevelopment of old headquarters to finance construction of new.
State buildings rename the MDEQ building on Amite Street as the "Patrick Alan Nunnelee Building."
DFA; revise the definition of "construction" to clarify incidental installation cost of furniture and equipment less than $50,000.00.
Mississippi Public-Private Partnership Act of 2017; create.
In committee13
Radar; authorize sheriff and deputy sheriffs to use on county roads to enforce speed limits.
DFA; clarify and update inventory of state real properties under the authority, general supervision and oversight of.
Unattended vehicles; repeal violation for leaving engine running.
Real and public property; bring forward provisions relating to public audit, inventory and acquisition of, and state construction projects.
University of MS Medical Center; authorize remains in the potter's field on its property to be cremated.
State song; designate "Mississippi Song" as official.
Official State song; designate "Queen of the South" as second official state song.
Public purchasing and bid law requirements; authorize prequalification of contractors on "high complexity construction contracts."
Public purchasing; revise to allow alternative procurement process for certain purchases involving single family or duplex residences or cabins.
Pants, shorts and clothing bottoms; prohibit from being worn to expose underwear.
Bonds; authorize issuance for state acquisition of the former Wright and Ferguson Funeral Home property in Jackson.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of headquarters building for Department of Public Safety.
Sales tax; exempt sales of prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Urban Flood Control and Drainage Law; authorize special assessment on property benefited by projects.
Rankin County; authorize placement of certain specialty street signs within.
In committee · 1
Bonds; authorize issuance for improvements to Old Whitfield Road in Rankin County.