Bills in the 2016 Regular Session, Senate.
J. P. Wilemon, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law1
Town of Belmont; authorize expansion of the town's natural gas distribution system.
Passed the Senate2
Headlights; require use of when windshield wipers necessary.
City of Booneville; authorize a tax on restaurants to promote tourism and parks & recreation.
Out of committee1
Adequate education program appropriation and local school district budgets to identify program funding categories; require.
In committee6
Open primary elections; authorize for state, county and municipal offices.
SREB contract program at out-of-state college of optometry; students not required to practice in Mississippi.
Homestead exemption; provide for certain owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes.
Joint state-county work programs; MDOC to reimburse certain eligible counties for offenders participating in such programs.
Chancery clerks; revise filing fees charged for the recording of documents.
Sales tax; clarify that certain sales to schools under federal programs are exempt.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Appropriation; Gaming Commission.
Appropriation; Architecture, Board of.
Appropriation; Geologists, Board of Registered Professional.
Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Commission.
Appropriation; Accountancy, Board of Public.
Appropriation; Contractors, Board of.
Appropriation; Banking and Consumer Finance, Department of.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
Appropriation; Debt Service-Gen. Obli.
Appropriation; Development Authority, Mississippi.
In committee · 3
FY 2016; CREATE Foundation for construction of Vietnam Veteran's Wall.
Income tax; authorize a credit for active members of the United States Armed Forces.
Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah and Tishomingo Counties; authorize contributions to NE Mississippi Community Services, Inc.