Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, House.
Mark Baker
Sponsored
Became law10
Municipal courts; revise amount allowed to charge convicted misdemeanor offenders for jail costs.
UCC; publish Ch. 9 on SOS website.
County courts; revise jurisdiction.
Controlled Substance Law; clarify notice for administrative forfeiture.
Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport; provide venue for trials for offenses committed at.
Agriculture equipment dealers; include all-terrain and off-road utility vehicles in inventory protection.
MS Public Records Act; exempt weapon permit information.
Elevators; enact the Mississippi Conveyance Safety Act.
County court; authorize boards of supervisors to establish.
UCC; provide for refusal and termination of false filings.
Vetoed1
Pearl River Valley Water Supply District; authorize to provide certain services for residents of.
Passed the House9
Tort Claims Act; revise liability for automobile wrecks involving police and firefighters.
Criminal Forfeiture; provide procedure for offenses with no specific procedure.
Sheriff; authorize to charge reasonable expenses for executing service of process.
Controlled Substances Law; provide for emergency scheduling.
Civil cases; revise procedure for certain small claims.
Court reporters; shall receive personal and major medical leave.
Murder; create first and second degree and revise penalty.
Controlled substances; revise Schedules III and V.
UCC; revisions to Articles 2, 4 and 9.
Out of committee8
Hospitals; provide lien for providing burn care.
MS Motor Vehicle Commission Law; provide compensation that manufacturer or distributor must pay dealer upon termination of franchise.
Delinquent garbage and disposal fees; authorize property with to be sold when there is a lien by county.
Public officials; not eligible for nonadjudication or other sentence reduction for embezzlement.
Uniform laws; enact Uniform Emergency Volunteer Healthcare Practitioners Act.
District Attorneys; authorize additional legal assistants in fifteenth, nineteenth and twentieth circuit court district.
Sales tax; authorize a diversion to the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District.
City of Brandon; extend repealer on authority to levy tax upon sales of prepared food and drink at restaurants and bars.
In committee20
Corrections; department shall implement technology solutions to automate claims resolution and enhance cost containment.
Model Business Corporation Act; correct internal references in code.
Budget hearings for counties and municipalities; revise notice requirements.
Ethics Commission; Governor shall appoint executive director of.
Public records; exempt weapon permit holders.
Child endangerment; clarify controlled substances section.
Attorneys; require bond when acting as trustee or fiduciary.
Attorney General; all funds received by him or on behalf of the state shall be deposited into the State Treasury.
Uniform laws; enact Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
Sales tax; exempt sales of water and sewer services by public utility owned/operated by municipality or other governmental entity.
DEQ; prohibit from regulating the burning of leaves by a property owner and authorize local governing body to regulate.
Court reporters; regulate procedures related to the recording of legal proceedings.
MS Consumer Alternative Installment Loan Act; create.
Worker's Compensation Law; restrict commission regarding medical provider reimbursements.
Agency, board and commission attorneys; to be hired by body employing.
Trial judges; prohibit Administrative Director of Courts from transferring any funds appropriated for expenses of.
Citizens for Economic Development Act; create.
Public utilities; clarify that percentage of gross revenue paid to cities shall be based on all customer sales within cities.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to certain portion of Mississippi Highway 25 in City of Flowood.
Bonds; authorize for construction of Mid-Mississipppi Sports Complex and improvements to portion of Mississipppi Highway 25 in Flowood.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
2013 First Extraordinary Session · Economic development; authorize incentives for certain automotive parts manufacturing projects.
Mississippi Highway 15; designate certain bridge in Chickasaw County as the "Representative William E. 'Billy' Bowles Memorial Bridge".
Human Trafficking; revise law.
Passed the House · 4
Professional licenses; certain military-trained applicants and military spouses shell receive by reciprocity when in MS.
Mississippi Main Street Investment Act; create.
Flood and drainage control districts; revise various laws regarding.
Attorneys; allow courts to sanction out-of-state persons handling cases in MS & associated MS counsel.
Out of committee · 1
Firearm Protection Act; enact.
In committee · 2
Firearms; declare that are not subject to federal law or regulation if manufactured and contained within Mississippi.
Bonds; authorize for Phase II of construction of a new headquarters building for the Department of Public Safety.