Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
J. P. Wilemon, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law2
Memorial highway; designate MS Highway 25 in the Town of Belmont as "Mickey Gene Johnson Memorial Highway."
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of MS Highway 366 in Tishomingo County as "Roger D. Moore Memorial Highway."
In committee14
General Fund estimate; limit to 7-year average and deposit any excess into Working Cash-Stabilization Fund.
Homestead exemption; provide for certain owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes.
Adequate education program appropriation and local school district budgets to identify program funding categories; require.
Mississippi Auto Liability Insurance No Pay, No Play Act; create.
Sales taxation; exempt sales of tangible personal property at certain events conducted by churches.
School-sponsored athletic programs; any student maintaining passing grades may participate.
Seat belts; revise exemptions to cover mechanics.
Headlights; require use of when windshield wipers necessary.
SREB contract program at Southern College of Optometry; students not required to practice in Mississippi.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tags; authorize for supporters of Le Bonheur Children's Hospital.
Retirement; revise amount that disability retiree may earn from gainful employment.
Alcoholic beverage; certain advertisements for may originate in dry areas.
Animal cruelty; misdemeanor offense.
Aggravated animal cruelty; first offense a felony.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 13
2011 First Extraordinary Session · Bonds; issue for Mississippi Industry Incentive Financing Revolving Fund and revise Mississippi Advantage Jobs Act.
Mississippi Country and Western Music Commission; establish.
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of I-59 as "Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway."
Ad valorem school taxes; exempt publication requirement if no increase in ad valorem tax effort in dollars is proposed.
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Mississippi Rating Bureau; shall publish guidelines for the grading of fire trucks.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
Passed the Senate · 5
Legislative compensation for extraordinary session duties; no extra payment if Legislature is convened in regular session.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Headlights; require use during precipitation.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
Prentiss, Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Tippah, Tishomingo Counties; extend repealer on authority to contribute to NE MS Comm. Services.
In committee · 1
Mississippi Check Cashers Act; extend repealer on.