Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
Jeffrey C. Smith
Sponsored
Became law4
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs paid by a company in relocating national or regional headquarters to this state.
Bonds; authorize .
Taxation; authorize alternate method of apportioning for income tax, revise appellate procedure for appeals.
Lowndes County Port Authority; authorize to increase per diem compensation that is paid to board members.
Passed the House28
Courts; prohibit from applying foreign law under certain circumstances.
Qualified equity investment credits; increase amount that may be allocated by MDA in a fiscal year, increase time for issuance.
Income tax; authorize certain employers to pass tax credits through to employees.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs paid by a business enterprise to expand and relocate employees to this state.
Delinquent taxes; make uniform procedures for warrants for collection of and provide a flat fee for issuance of.
Insurance; remove certain restrictions on political subdivisions to qualify as self-insurer.
Sales tax; phase out on retail sales of certain truck-tractors/semitrailers.
Income tax; public and private hospitals may collect certain debts by a setoff against the debtor's refund.
Income tax; repeal the provision that requires withholding of a portion of the gain realized on property sold by nonresidents.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; include employee benefits not subject to state income tax in rebate calculation.
Income tax; revise definition of term "economic development project" for purposes of certain tax credit.
Income tax, job credit; authorize for entities that conduct certain warehousing activities.
Bonds; increase amount that may be issued to provide funds for the Mississippi Railroad Improvements Fund.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for the Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for the Mississippi Community Heritage Preservation Grant Fund.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist in construction of Center for Manufacturing Technology Excellence.
Income tax; provide for method of apportioning income for certain major medical or pharmaceutical suppliers.
Ad valorem tax; exempt certain heavy equipment from.
Jackson State University Stadium Fund; create and impose a tax on activities and events held at the stadium to fund.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain Mississippi Development Authority programs.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Museum of Mississippi History.
Bonds; authorize issuance for IHL capital improvements.
Mississippi Health Care Industry Zone Master Plan Act; create to provide certain incentives for certain health care facilities.
Bonds; authorize for community and junior college capital improvements.
Bonds; authorize issuance for the Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide for improvements at state parks.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for repair and renovation of the MS Coliseum and construction of a new trade mart.
Alternative fuel revolving loan fund; authorize counties to borrow money from.
Out of committee4
Store & forward telemedicine services; health insurance plans must provide coverage to same extent as in-person services.
Unfair Cigarette Sales Law; repeal.
Sales tax; exempt sales of firearms, ammunition and hunting supplies during Second Amendment Weekend holiday.
Ad valorem taxation; exempt pollution control equipment mandated by federal or state law or regulations.
In committee31
Human cloning; prohibit.
Bad check law; include electronic fund transfers.
School board members; revise annual salary of.
Motion picture production companies; create loan guaranty program as incentive for productions in state.
Department of Revenue; bring forward law on appellate review process for matters in which a taxpayer is aggrieved by certain actions of.
Contraband tobacco; modify procedure for confiscation, forfeiture and disposal of.
Statewide rural broadband access plan; implement to allow rural local exchange companies to better serve rural consumers.
Insurance premium tax; revise the calculation of required periodic payments of.
ABC Capital Fund; create to maintain state liquor distribution operation and deposit alcoholic beverage privilege license taxes into.
Sales tax; make it clear that failure to pay taxes and any penalty and interest is unlawful.
Light wine and beer; may be seized and disposed of in the same manner as alcoholic beverages for certain violations of law.
Severance taxes; change date that returns and payments are due for timber, oil and gas; repeal salt severance tax.
Tax liens; provide for centralized filing with the Department of Revenue.
Disaster Assistance Trust Fund; authorize transfers from Cash-Stabilization Reserve Fund for matching funds for FEMA grants.
Administrative Procedures Law of 2014; revise current laws on admin. procedures, public records and open meetings as one act.
Intrastate gas pipelines and intrastate gas gathering systems; require to be open to the public as a common carrier.
Public purchasing laws; remove prohibition on using reverse auctions for certain public contracts.
Sales tax; revise type of information used by Commissioner of Revenue when assessing tax liability in certain cases.
Board of Tax Appeals; revise certain provisions regarding chancery court review on appeals from.
Board of Tax Appeals; provide discretion in determining whether to assess interest/penalty in actions appealed to.
Board of Tax Appeals; revise certain provisions regarding appeal of orders by.
Taxation; revise rate of interest assessed on underpayment or nonpayment of income, withholding, franchise and sales taxes.
Commercial motor vehicle registration; remove repeal and reverter on provisions relating to enforcement of unlawful operation of.
Fuel tax; provide that interest charged for late payment or nonpayment shall be as provided in the International Fuel Tax Agreement.
State Treasurer; allow to collect fees for management of transaction books.
Taxation; require the Department of Revenue to establish a tax amnesty program.
Board of Tax Appeals; expand actions that maybe appealed to.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain projects at Jackson State University.
Sales tax; exempt portion of sales tax on labor parts, etc., for certain truck-tractors & semitrailers used in interstate commerce.
Income tax; exempt a portion of income of certain physicians/nurse practitioners practicing in critical physician shortage areas.
Contractor's tax; exempt portion of the contract performed by a professional engineer who is the prime contractor.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Weapons; clarify state preemption of local ordinances.
Memorial highways; designate segment in Clay County as the "Representative David Gibbs Memorial Highway".
Medicaid; establish Long-term Care Partnership Program within division.
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Fund; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel & increase benefit.
Lowndes County; make various revisions to its reserve and trust fund.
Passed the House · 4
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Income tax; state agencies and political subdivisions may collect debt by a setoff against the debtor's refund.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist Hinds County in construction of the Byram-Clinton Parkway Project.
Bonds; authorize to provide funds for loan to North Central MS Regional Rail Authority to acquire certain rail line.
Out of committee · 1
Mississippi Patient Protection Act of 2014; enact.
In committee · 3
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Elected state and district officials; revise salaries of certain.
Monroe County; extend repealer on authority to contribute to chamber of commerce and revise contribution amount.