Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Thomas U. Reynolds
Sponsored
Became law7
Run-off election of school board trustee candidates; revise time when occur.
Election ballot; remove names of deceased candidates.
Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds to provide funds for Mississippi Watershed Repair and Rehabilitation Cost-Share Program.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Tallahatchie County; authorize to donate funds to Mid-State Opportunity, Inc.
Lafayette County; authorize imposition of additional court costs in justice courts to fund DARE program in schools.
Tallahatchie County; authorize to donate certain property to Town of Tutwiler.
Vetoed2
Ballot box; revise when examined and when a candidate may appeal results to circuit court.
Run-off elections of county commissioners of election; revise when occur.
Passed the House3
Early Voting Pilot Program; create for Lafayette and Bolivar Counties.
Correctional regional facility; authorize Department of Corrections to contract with certain counties for.
Tallahatchie County; tax collector issue license tags to certain persons delinquent in garbage fee payment.
Out of committee1
Absentee ballots envelope; require certain clarifying language on.
In committee15
Distinctive license tag; authorize issuance to mothers of son or daughter who died in service to U.S. Armed Forces.
Cancer patients; include in the program that provides nonemergency transportation services for dialysis patients.
Election training; require Secretary of State to provide to election commissioners and executive committees.
Curbside voting; authorize procedure for disabled electors.
Poll Managers; require commissioners of election and executive committees to sponsor training.
Justice Court Reform Act of 2008; create.
Absentee ballot application; remove authority of agent.
Municipal vacancies; revise when one may occur.
Retirement; provide method by which certain PERS members denied benefits because of lost records may verify their service.
Circuit clerks; require Secretary of State to conduct computer training for.
Campaign Finance Reform; require ultimate disclosure and limits.
County purchases; increase minimum purchase cost requiring purchase order.
Rainy Day Fund; authorize counties to create.
Supreme Court; authorize to appoint judge to hear election contest.
Election contests court; create.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Program administered by Medicaid to provide nonemergency transportation for certain dialysis patients; extend repealer.
Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
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.
Appropriation; Department of Transportation.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; Department of Human Services-Consolidated.
Appropriation; Rehabilitation Services - Consolidated.
Passed the House · 3
Appropriation; Governor's Office-Division of Medicaid; additional for Fiscal Years 2008 and 2009.
Appropriation; Department of Mental Health; additional for FY08.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Out of committee · 1
Drug courts; establish in all circuit court districts.
In committee · 9
Tobacco tax and sales tax; increase excise tax on cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Cigarettes; increase excise tax on.
Handicap parking; prohibit governmental entity from charging fee for allowing access to disabled persons.
Unemployment benefits; authorize hourly school employees to be paid for months between school years.
Vaccinations; exempt certain children with autism from vaccination requirement to attend school.
Chancery court; create new district comprised of DeSoto County.
Driver's and hunting licenses; require payment of any outstanding justice court fines before issuance.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs of installing certain energy efficient products in homes.
Bonds; authorize issuance for repair and renovation of Tallahatchie County Courthouse.