Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Charles Jim Beckett
Sponsored
Became law2
Public Service Commission; may establish multi-year rate recovery plan for certain new electric generating facilities.
Mississippi Public Utility Rate Mitigation and Reduction Act; create.
Passed the House1
Public Service Commission; remove ability to regulate rates of certain utilities and cooperatives that operate within municipalities.
In committee5
Regulation of excavations near underground utility facilities; revise.
Public Schools; prohibit athletic and academic teams from participating in certain unaudited associations.
Vehicle-charge providers; allow in any certificated electric utility service area under certain conditions.
Temporary license tag; authorize motor vehicle dealers to issue when vehicle is purchased.
Motor carriers; conform code sections to reflect prior transfer of duties of the PSC to the MS Transportation Commission.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 11
Mississippi Highway 15; designate certain bridge in Chickasaw County as the "Representative William E. 'Billy' Bowles Memorial Bridge".
Appropriation; Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and trial judges services.
Appropriation; District attorneys and staff.
Appropriation; Capital Post-Conviction Counsel, Office of.
Appropriation; State Public Defender, Office of.
Appropriation; Transportation, Department of.
Appropriation; Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, Department of.
Appropriation; Environmental Quality, Department of.
Appropriation; Public Service Commission.
Appropriation; Public Utilities Staff.
Grenada County; authorize sale of Grenada Lake Medical Center to the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Passed the House · 1
Appropriation: State Government Agencies Budget Contingency Fund and Capital Expense Fund; additional 2013.
Out of committee · 1
Medicaid; extend repealers on various provisions in Medicaid program.
In committee · 2
Firearms; declare that are not subject to federal law or regulation if manufactured and contained within Mississippi.
Sales and ad valorem tax; extend exemption for certain equipment used in the deployment of broadband technologies.