Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Credell Calhoun
Sponsored
Became law1
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Passed the House1
Veterans' Home Purchase Board; revise lowest interest rate on loans.
Out of committee1
Mississippi Housing Trust Fund; authorize.
In committee8
City of Jackson; authorize to collect additional privilege license tax and increase delinquent tax penalty.
Affordable housing; create trust fund to assist in development, rehabilitation and preservation of.
Sales tax; provide diversion to Jackson to defray ad valorem tax loss and increased costs incurred as seat of state government.
Voter Enfranchisement; create joint study committee.
Election Commissioner; remove requirement to resign 1 year before qualifying for other office.
City of Jackson; require state provide funds to defray ad valorem tax loss & increased costs incurred as seat of state government.
City of Jackson; require state to provide funds to defray ad valorem tax loss due to city being seat of state government.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs of installing certain energy efficient products in homes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
County medical examiner's vehicle; revise type of equipment required for.
Mental health system; create joint legislative study committee to study and make report on.
Jefferson Davis County; authorize to construct county jail anywhere in the county.
Vetoed · 1
Counties; authorize to expend certain levy proceeds for roads and bridges.
Passed the House · 4
Columbia Training School property; authorize lease for ICFMR facility and for public purposes.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
Sales tax; authorize certain municipalities to levy additional tax for specific purposes.
In committee · 18
Gaming license fees; redistribute portion of state's share to local system road and bridge programs.
Housing of state offenders in county jails; revise reimbursement for medical attention.
Medicaid; impose tax on certain nonsettling manufacturers' cigarettes to provide additional funds for.
Mental Health, Department of; reconstitute board revise executive director qualifications, and provide for medical director.
Mineral rights; revert to surface owner after certain period of time.
Low income housing; remove certain provision relating to the manner of appraisal.
Child support; delinquent payments are still property of custodial parent after child is age 21 or emancipated.
Grandparents' visitation rights; expand availability of.
Irreconcilable differences additional ground for divorce.
School curriculum; authorize financial literacy curriculum in high schools.
Graduate degree teacher incentive loans; establish for teachers agreeing to teach in public schools or IHLs.
Drug court; court having jurisdiction has final determination about participation in.
Unemployment benefits; remove one-week waiting period.
Driver's license; allow translation of birth certificate of foreign-born applicant to be translated by college or university.
Governmental authorities; prohibit ordinances authorizing automated recording equipment to enforce certain traffic violations.
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by a small business for employees.
Bonds; authorize issuance of bonds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.
City of Jackson; authorize levying of additional tax for specific purposes.