Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Nickey Browning
Sponsored
Became law3
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize ninth round for counties and municipalities.
Counties; change the date by which community hospital boards of trustees must file an annual report.
City of Pontotoc; authorize expansion of gas distribution system into certain areas in Pontotoc and Chickasaw Counties.
Out of committee1
2009 First Extraordinary Session · Counties; authorize to expend certain levy proceeds for roads and bridges.
In committee7
Seat belts; clarify maximum fine for failure to wear.
Appropriations; Beaver Control Program, Department of Agriculture.
Corrections; revise medical reimbursement rate for state inmates housed in county jails.
Ad valorem tax; remove provisions that prescribe the manner for determining true value of affordable rental housing.
Counties; increase maximum per diem paid to community hospital board members.
Ad valorem tax; proceeds of levy for general county purposes may be utilized for roads and bridges.
Garbage fees; authorize counties to levy as special assessment.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
Lightweight truss construction identification; require for fire fighter safety.
Mississippi Athletic Trainers Licensure Act; revise licensure provisions.
MS Major Economic Impact Act; revise definition of the term "project" & authorize the issuance of bonds for a project.
Sales tax; revise rate on certain sales of tractors, farm implements, logging/pulpwood equipment, repair parts and labor.
Failing schools and school districts; enact "Children First Act of 2009."
Statewide monetary assessments; clarify and revise.
Vetoed · 1
Job tax credit; authorize for cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Passed the Senate · 6
Auto liability insurance coverage; require before receiving tag.
Ad valorem tax; require millage rate reduction for purposes of calculating proposed increase where assessed value increases.
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; create.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Bonds; auth. g.o. bonds for DFA improvements at State Fire Academy & Local System Bridge Replacement & Rehab. Fund.
Out of committee · 1
Municipal traffic cameras; prohibit.
In committee · 5
Income taxation; exclude wages of certain full-time students from gross income.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Wastewater; delay the effective date of amendments to the Mississippi Individual On Site Wastewater Disposal Law.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain state highway and infrastructure projects.
Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; revise definition of project and authorize the issuance of bonds.