Bills in the 2015 Regular Session, House.
Credell Calhoun
Sponsored
Passed the House1
Special local improvement assessments district; authorize municipalities to create.
Out of committee1
Public schools; require brief moment of quiet reflection at start of school day.
In committee16
Sixteenth Section Development Authority; revise which counties may create and how bonds are issued for.
Minimum wage; authorize a statewide ballot initiative to determine state increase.
Election commissioner; remove requirement to resign one year before qualifying for other office.
Motor vehicles; require insurance sticker indicating valid motor vehicle insurance.
State employees; employers shall pay for 2 years accumulated comp time of upon termination or death of.
Municipal special sales tax; revise composition of commission that will establish master plan for use of revenue.
Trucks; remove the requirement that visibility must be bad from the requirement to reduce speed during inclement weather.
Crimes; revise penalties for attempted capital offenses.
Wireless interactive communication; prohibit use of by a person operating a motor vehicle.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson with repair and rehabilitation of the Woodrow Wilson Avenue Bridge.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist Hinds County in construction of the Byram-Clinton Parkway project.
Bonds; authorize issuance for loans to Hinds County to assist in certain projects.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to the Jackson Zoo and Livingston Park.
Corporate corridor redevelopment zones; authorize designation of and certain tax incentives for qualified businesses.
City of Jackson; authorize to create special local improvement assessments district.
Hinds County; authorize to create the Hinds County Utility Authority.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Junior colleges; repeal provisions requiring instructors to fill out affidavit of membership in organizations.
Mississippi Veterans Monument Commission; extend repealer on.
Industrial Development Authority of Marshall County; authorize to create Spring Economic Development Area.
Passed the House · 1
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements to Jackson Zoo.
In committee · 11
Emerging Crops Fund; require MDA to increase amount provided to the MSFAC at Alcorn to $1,000,000.00.
Holy Bible; designate as State Book of Mississippi.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain lighting improvements to Rose E. Mccoy Auditorium at Jackson State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of building for School of Public Health at Jackson State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance to assist City of Jackson in making improvements to the Woodrow Wilson Avenue Bridge.
Appropriation; Hinds County for renovating and making security improvements to Adult Detention Center.
Appropriation; Hinds County Board of Supervisors for construction of Byram-Clinton Norrell Road Parkway Project.
Appropriations; MS Community College Board to provide support for formal river barge training school at Hinds Comm. College.
Appropriation; City of Jackson for police coverage and traffic control at state-sponsored events.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds for improvements at state parks.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of gas and remove certain exemptions.