Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Gray Tollison
Sponsored
Became law6
DNA evidence; create task force to study proper preservation of.
Conspiracy and assistance program fraud; revise statute of limitation.
Garbage; authorize the board of supervisors to levy garbage fees as special assessment.
Town of Oakland; authorize to donate certain real property.
Lafayette County; authorize contributions to the Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation.
City of Oxford; authorize contributions to the Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation.
Passed the Senate13
Drivers under age 17; restrict age and number of passengers allowed; restrict cell phone use.
DUI; enhance minimum penalties for a first offense.
Offenses against law enforcement and public officials; require lifetime registration for those convicted of certain.
Major medical leave; state law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty shall not be required to use.
Driver's license and identification card; revise offense of lending or falsely displaying.
Department of Public Safety; apply certain political activity restrictions to all employees.
North MS Fish Hatchery; name hatchery in Enid after former state Senator Charles Ray Nix.
Driver's license; revise suspension due to nonpayment of fine or failure to appear in response to a citation.
Coin-operated machines; revise penalty for theft or attempted theft from.
Accessory after the fact; revise.
Trespass; penalty for damaging fish habitat stream bed/revise penalties for criminal.
Criminal trespass; enhance when trespass is knowing and trespasser is in possession of a firearm.
Lafayette County; authorize the imposition of additional court costs to fund drug abuse education programs.
Out of committee1
Statute of limitations on prosecuting crimes; exclude felony welfare fraud from.
In committee40
Parent allowed to disenroll a child from full-day kindergarten program; delete provision.
Law enforcement officers; provide minimum due process rights for municipal.
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Crimes; revise offense regarding metal theft.
Medicaid; art therapy services shall be reimbursable under.
Sales taxation; exempt sales to American Legion Posts.
Teacher salary annual increment; authorize for up to 30 years of teaching experience.
Justice court judges; revise salary for any county having two judicial districts and two judges.
Public officers; forfeit office upon entry of guilty plea to certain crimes.
Property; Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (NCCUSL).
County purchases; increase threshold amount whereby certain paperwork is not required.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for autism spectrum disorder.
State employee personal or medical leave; authorize donation to spousal employees.
Commissioner of Insurance; require insurers to give reasons for declination, cancellation or nonrenewal if requested.
Controlled substances; add Khat to Schedule I.
Restrict sale of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine to pharmacies only.
Board on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Training; revise membership.
Corrections; authorize MDOC to contract with Yalobusha County for regional prison.
Commercial social networking Web sites; impose standards and penalties for violating standards.
Uniform Management of Institutional Funds Act; enact.
All-terrain vehicles; require competency training and helmets under a certain age.
Tort Claims Act; clarify statute of limitations.
Prosecutors; may inform victims of status of charges.
Commercial social networking Web sites; regulate access and create offense (AG).
False information; revise crime of.
Motorcycle crash helmets; technical correction to entity setting minimum standards for.
Check casher licensees; require annual reporting to Commissioner of Banking.
State employees; must receive pay or retirement credit for unused compensatory leave.
School Employment Procedures Law; include assistant teachers under.
Children with disabilities; provide certain standards to comply with federal IDEA.
School nurses; increase total eligible for salary supplement.
Embezzlement; clarify penalties when committed by public official or certain others.
Capital Defense Counsel Fund; correct name of.
Statute of limitations; revise for debt to public entities.
Judges; create nominating committee for vacancies, appoint appellate.
Charter schools; authorize additional open enrollment charter schools in high at-risk areas of the state.
Submission of health system data to State Department of Health; create State Health Data Advisory Committee to assist in regulations.
County expenditures; shall not exceed a certain percentage of estimated revenue.
Income tax; authorize a deduction for certain college savings plans maintained by other states.
Motor vehicle privilege tax; include in definition of private carriers of property certain persons transporting cotton/cottonseed.
Sales tax; exempt sales of unprepared food for human consumption sold at farmer's markets.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
Passed the Senate · 2
Alcoholic beverages; limit issuance of temporary retailer's permit; criminalize use of false I.D. by minor.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
In committee · 4
County medical examiners and deputies; increase salaries and fees paid to.
Cigarette tax; increase and earmark revenue from increase to Medicaid.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of g.o. bonds for the repair and renovation of the historic Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner, MS.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.