Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
J. P. Wilemon, Jr.
Sponsored
Passed the Senate1
Municipal audit; revise requirement of State Auditor.
In committee10
Homestead exemption; provide for certain owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes.
Seat belts; revise exemptions.
Adequate education program appropriation and local school district budgets to identify program funding categories; require.
School-sponsored athletic programs; any student maintaining passing grades may participate.
"Mississippi Postsecondary Textbook Pricing and Access Act of 2009"; enact to assist students in obtaining the lowest textbook cost.
Cruelty to animals; repeal seizure.
Crimes; revise misdemeanor offense of simple animal cruelty.
Crimes; revise animal cruelty and distinguish between misdemeanor and felony degrees of the crime.
D.A.R.E.; authorize counties to assess traffic violation surcharge to fund.
Public Service Commission; regulate cable and satellite television systems.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Bd. of Architecture.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Bd. of Public Accountancy.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Public Contractors Bd.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Mississippi Board of Registered Professional Geologists.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Ethics Comm.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Judicial Performance Comm.
Sales tax; revise rate on certain sales of tractors, farm implements, logging/pulpwood equipment, repair parts and labor.
Statewide monetary assessments; clarify and revise.
Crematory facilities; extend repealer and clarify retort operator qualifications.
Vetoed · 2
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Comm.
Job tax credit; authorize for cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Passed the Senate · 8
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Appropriation; Ethics Comm.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Comm.
Appropriation; Bd. of Architecture.
Appropriation; Mississippi Board of Registered Professional Geologists.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Comm.
Appropriation; Bd. of Public Accountancy.
Appropriation; Public Contractors Bd.
In committee · 4
Lobbyists paid from public funds; prohibit state agencies, universities, community colleges from employing.
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.