Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, Senate.
Terry C. Burton
Sponsored
Became law6
Circuit clerks; increase filing fees and compensation for election duties.
UMC Center of Excellence for abused and neglected children; delete repealer.
Justice courts; reform.
Schools of nursing in Mississippi; IHL conduct study for utilization of clinical simulation laboratories for schools.
Voter registration; delay date municipalities must comply with the requirements of the Statewide Elections Management System.
Election laws; create task force to study application of, make various revisions to.
Passed the Senate4
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
Elections; require voter to present I.D. prior to voting.
Absentee ballots; revise the manner in which absentee ballots are counted.
Public records act; clarify law enforcement exemptions.
Out of committee1
Social workers employed by the State of Mississippi; provide for salary realignment for.
In committee23
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize issuance of bonds for.
Performance-based budgeting; create task force to implement.
Attorney General; agency head must first approve certain legal representation.
Elections; enact open primary and abolish partisan primaries.
Motor vehicle ad valorem tax credit; include motorcycles as vehicle eligible to receive.
Failure to stop or yield right-of-way; prescribe penalties whenever injury or death results.
Distinctive motorcycle license tag; provide for issuance to fire fighters and retired fire fighters.
Mode of transportation; ensure equal access to public accommodations.
Helmets; required for operators and passengers on motorcycles and ATVs under certain age.
Motorcycle Operator Safety Program; establish.
Health insurers; require coverage for injuries from participation in certain legal activities.
CON; issue for construction of PRTF and psychiatric acute care beds in Rankin, Winston and Lauderdale Counties.
Mississippi Authority for Educational Television; clarify contracting authority.
Elections; provide for nonpartisan election of circuit clerks.
Office of Nursing Workforce; portion of license fee shall be used to support.
Mississippi Development Authority; require use of an earned value management system to evaluate projects.
State Veterans Memorial Cemetery; delete residency requirement for veteran to be eligible for interment.
Healthcare Coordinating Council; shall report on specific health goals for the state.
Improper installation of on-site wastewater disposal system; increase administrative fine for.
Vulnerable Adults Act of 1986; create exemption for financial institutions.
Elections; make various revisions to the state election law.
Bonds; issue general obligation bonds to improve facilities owned by a certain manufacturer of musical and sound equipment.
Bonds; increase for the local governments and rural water systems improvements revolving loan fund.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 8
Memorial highways; designate portion of U.S. Highway 51 in Montgomery County as "Billy Lancaster Memorial Highway."
Distinctive license tags; authorize for various purposes.
"Troops to Teachers" Pilot Program; establish in the public schools.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance.
Appropriation; Mississippi Department of Employment Security.
Appropriation; Tax Commission.
Appropriation; MS Workers Compensation Comm.
Sebastopol Natural Gas District; authorize Leake and Neshoba Counties to participate in and revise the district's boundaries.
Passed the Senate · 16
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Medicaid program; authorize hospital assessment.
Appropriation; Department of Finance and Administration to study state tax system.
Government contracts; require labor to be performed by U.S. citizens or legal aliens.
Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
Mississippi Performance Review Act of 2008; enact.
Outside attorney fees; require review of certain contracts for.
Legal gaming; limit conduct to counties in which it is already being conducted.
Underground utility lines; require operators to be members of Mississippi One-Call System, Inc.
Local government; prohibit from placing certain restrictions on existing shooting ranges.
Bonds; remove language requiring the Dept. of Health to deposit money into a sinking fund to pay P&I on public health lab bonds.
"Mississippi Child Protection Act of 2008"; enact.
Mississippi Motion Picture Incentive Act; revise certain provisions of.
Eminent domain; restrict to direct public use.
Employer-assisted housing program; authorize for public employers; payments under not considered gross income.
Appropriation; Dept. of Insurance, Windstorm Reinsurance; Additional FY 2008.
Lauderdale County; may pay certain funds to the Good News Jail & Prison Ministry to fund chaplaincy program at detention facilities.
Out of committee · 1
State Department of Education personnel; remove from certain State Personnel Board procedures.
In committee · 6
Elections; require electors to present certain types of identification before being allowed to vote.
Abortions; prohibit in State of Mississippi.
Abortion; shall only be performed or induced by a physician with staff privileges at a licensed hospital in Mississippi.
Public assistance benefits; require applicants to verify United States citizenship or lawful presence to qualify.
Abortions; prohibit abortion of a human being based upon a determination of the gender or race of the human being.
Metal recyclers; revise regulation of.