Bills in the 2018 Regular Session, Senate.
Chris Massey
Sponsored
Became law1
Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; any municipality or may establish leisure and recreation districts if alcohol is legal.
Passed the Senate2
Residential builders/remodelers; revise licensing law.
Certificate of title; require all-terrain vehicles sold by a dealer after July 1, 2018, to be titled.
In committee12
Law enforcement; provide for local accreditation.
E-citation; authorize surcharge to fund statewide usage of system.
Public purchases; exempt certain purchases by local governing authorities from reverse auction requirement.
Waste management fees; exempt certain county-owned nonhazardous solid waste management facilities from.
Minimum Standards Board; revise membership.
Homeowners associations; regulate the formation and legal administration of.
State Department of Education central reporting system to be used by school districts; require.
MS Highway Safety Patrol; increase salaries of sworn officers by $5,000.00.
"Financial Transparency in Education Act"; school districts provide expenditure data online.
Law Enforcement Officer Bulletproof Vest Grant Fund; create and issue bonds to fund.
City of Horn Lake; extend the repeal date on the tax on hotel and motel room rentals.
Bonds; authorize for construction of the Unknown Child Holocaust Memorial and related facilities.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Surplus county road department equipment; authorize transfer to other county departments.
Community colleges; county taxes collected for shall be transmitted directly to instead of to chancery clerk.
Passed the Senate · 3
State parks; exempt veterans who have been adjudged to have a total 100% service-connected disability from entry fees.
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
Elections; prohibit incumbent candidates from appearing in publicly funded ads during statewide general election years.
In committee · 6
Emergency management; local emergency may be declared by public official authorized by the governing body of a county.
Homestead exemption; require annual application for and full reimbursement to local governments for tax loss.
Drug court; clarify eligibility for.
Landlord-tenant law; revise certain provisions related to the nonpayment of rent.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of state general obligation bonds for a workforce center in Horn Lake, Mississippi.
DeSoto County; extend the repeal date on the authority to donate to the DeSoto County Economic Development Council, Inc.