Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Nolan Mettetal
Sponsored
Passed the Senate3
Wireless Communication Commission; revise membership.
Statewide wireless communications system; require all costs to be satisfied by certain revenue sources.
Highway 315; conduct an environmental impact study on certain segment.
Out of committee1
City of Sardis; extend repeal date on the city's tax on hotels, motels and restaurants.
In committee15
Motor vehicles; authorize the operation of low-speed electric vehicles on certain public roads.
Licensed school employees; allow use of personal leave near holiday if summoned by court.
Noise abatement; revise offense of noise disturbance.
Institutions of higher learning; implement vehicle management system.
Contempt of the PEER Committee; provide criminal penalties.
Highways; add certain segment of MS 4 to immediate needs priority for upgrade.
State personnel system; create Strategic Planning Council.
Children's Health Insurance Program; prescribe process for taking bids.
Agents of State Board of Pharmacy; clarify law enforcement authority.
Unfair Cigarette Sales Law; repeal.
Files and records of the Legislature; clarify privileged status of.
Drug Enforcement Coordinating Committee; establish.
Public Service Commission; extend repealer on.
Economic development loans; delete interest rate requirement.
Mississippi Health Information Network (MS-HIN); clarify responsibilities.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Blue Alert System; create.
"Mississippi Pharmacy Practice Act"; extend repealer on and make technical amendments.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of I-59 as "Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway."
Ad valorem school taxes; exempt publication requirement if no increase in ad valorem tax effort in dollars is proposed.
Feticide; revise killing or injury of an unborn child.
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Mississippi Rating Bureau; shall publish guidelines for the grading of fire trucks.
Passed the Senate · 5
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Concealed weapons; authorize carrying without permit by all prosecutors and coroners.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
In committee · 3
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for construction of a Highway Patrol substation in Leflore County.
Mississippi Check Cashers Act; extend repealer on.
Public contracts related to a federally declared disaster; grant preference to resident contractors.