Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, House.
Bobby Moak
Sponsored
Became law5
Uniform Child Abduction Prevention Act; create (ULC).
Trademarks and copyrights; revise violations, penalties and applications.
Municipal Historical Hamlet Act; create.
Gaming; clarify authority of gaming commission to regulate certain promotional activities.
Gaming; clarify that State Gaming Commission may recommend certain criminal prosecutions.
Passed the House5
Consumer protection; revise bringing of actions.
Uniform Premarital Agreement Act; enact (ULC).
Crimes; revise expunction of certain convictions.
Cause of action; create specific claim for wrongful conviction and imprisonment.
Gaming; remove obsolete and repealed language and confirm authority to conduct certain activities.
Out of committee3
Election crimes; increase fines and jail time for violation of.
Uniform law; enact for interstate depositions and discovery (ULC).
Gaming; clarify that casino marker can be prosecuted under bad check law and revise service charges for same.
In committee77
Salvage motor vehicles; provide for issuance of certificates of title.
Salvage certificate of title; revise manner by which title is obtained.
Health insurance policies; require coverage for colorectal cancer examinations.
Sexual offenses against children; revise certain provisions.
Tourism; revise definition "tourism project" for purposes of tourism project sales tax incentive program.
Income tax; revise time within which State Tax Commission must refund overpayment before taxpayer may petition for hearing.
Crimes; revise provisions relating to expunction of certain convictions.
Public improvement districts; provide notice by newspaper publication when issuing certificates of public convenience and necessity in uncertificated areas.
Deaths; require reporting to medical examiner if result from abuse or occur in long-term care facility.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of certain clothing and school supplies on third Saturday in July and first Saturday in December.
Pretrial intervention program; revise to provide keeping of nonpublic records for subsequent proceedings.
Criminal procedure; clarify expunction when court-imposed conditions are completed or cases are dismissed.
Elder death review teams; authorize counties to establish.
Professions; require continuing education for used car salesmen.
Pain Relief Act; create.
Crimes; allow certain to be expunged.
Dairy show; hold in Brookhaven in Lincoln County.
Crimes; create offense of curbstoning.
Motor vehicles; require notice to buyer that vehicle may be salvaged or rebuilt and provide penalties for violations.
Gaming Commission; authorize certain expenditures without appropriation bill, only to fund essential operations.
Whistleblower Law; provide for damages.
Appropriation; Department of Corrections to provide funding for additional field officers.
Mississippi Code; provide set to office of superintendent of each public school district.
Notaries public; increase maximum fee to $7.00.
Court reporters; additional compensation for court administrator duties to be paid from judge's support staff allowance.
Nursing homes; allow resident or resident's kin or guardian to monitor resident's room with electronic device.
Institutions of higher learning; authorize certain senior citizens to attend free.
Chancery courts; allow to hear Tort Claims Act cases remanded by appellate courts.
Justice court; provide jurisdiction over property seized for game and fish violations.
Budget; State Fiscal Officer shall not reduce budget of Gaming Commission.
Limitation of exclusion or modification of warranties to consumers; repeal.
County and municipal prosecutors; allow to carry weapons.
Mississippi Community and Junior College Transfer Grant Program; create.
Alcoholic beverages; clarify that "person" under Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law includes limited liability company.
Radar; prohibit use within 1,000 feet of posted point where speed limit is reduced.
State buildings; increase number of women's restrooms and include limited diaper changing areas.
Elected offices; increase filing fees for certain.
Offenses; prohibit destroying a motor vehicle before lienholders are notified.
Military; provide leave of absence procedure, exempt active from jury service and revise relief fund usage.
Security freeze statutes; strengthen provisions of.
Mineral rights; allow the conditional sale or lease of.
Workers' Compensation Commission; require members to be attorneys, grandfather in certain members.
Delinquent county debts; county may pay debt collector up to 50% of amount collected.
Genetic information; prohibit discrimination by health benefit plans on basis of.
Motor vehicles; establish requirements for leased and rent-to-own vehicle registration, titles and liability insurance.
Retirement medical benefits account; estaablish for state officers and employees.
Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act; enact (ULC).
Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act; enact (ULC).
Uniform Unclaimed Property Act; enact (ULC).
Criminal procedure; revise procedure to expunge certain convictions.
Trusty status offenders; revise crimes that make such offenders ineligible for additional earned time.
Wine; allow restaurant patron to remove one bottle of opened wine if certain requirements are met.
Limited Liability Act; revise (ULC).
Public officials; increase salary of circuit and chancery judges.
Security freeze; authorize consumers to place on their credit reports.
Insurance fraud; immunity for reporting.
Compensation; bring forward laws related to comp for certain judges and court personnel.
District attorneys; increase salaries of.
Economic development financial incentives; require repayment under certain circumstances.
County sheriffs; increase salaries of.
Cosmetology; revise requirements for licensure.
Local government self-insurance plans; remove certain restrictions on employee group insurance.
Mississippi Consumer Insurance Policyholder Bill of Rights; enact.
Campaign Finance Disclosure Law; clarify "contribution" and require disclosure of certain loans made to candidates.
Election courts; create with three-judge panel.
Constables; increase the lost cause fee that may be charged by.
Alcoholic beverages; patron of on-premises retailer's permit may take open bottle of wine partially consumed with meal.
Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of qualified resort area to include certain facility.
Alcoholic beverages, light wine and beer; allow any municipality in dry county to vote on legalizing sales of in the municipality.
Alcoholic beverages; authorize certain municipalities in dry counties to vote to come out from under the dry law for limited sales of.
Alcoholic beverages; revise various provisions regarding sales and permits.
Retirement; require counties to pay PERS employer contributions on net fee income of constables.
Elections; revise laws relating to voter assistance and crimes.
Mississippi Alternative Loan Act; create.
Income tax; authorize fuel cost adjustment to gross income.
Income tax; authorize an adjustment to gross income for higher education tuition, fees and other costs.
Income taxes; provide credit to contractors for homes constructed in accordance with certain Green standards.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Department of Transportation.
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Appropriation; Insurance Department.
U.S. Highway 90; designate certain highway bridge thereon as "Leo W. Seal, Jr., Memorial Bridge."
Passed the House · 3
Mississippi False Claims Act; create.
Columbia Training School property; authorize lease for ICFMR facility and for public purposes.
Clayton P. Henderson; name Marks Vegetable Processing Facility operated by Alcorn State University after.
Out of committee · 1
Labor; require certain employers to provide minimum notice to employees regarding proposed closing or mass layoff.
In committee · 10
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Motor vehicle ad valorem tax credit; increase for fiscal year 2010.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Workers' compensation; increase amount of lump sum death benefit and benefit for funeral expenses.
Mississippi Dairy Industry Stabilization Act; create.
Termite treatment contracts; specify requirements for persons engaged in termite treatment.
Insurance; require insurers to pay on a timely basis the benefits provided under certain policies or pay a certain interest.
Insurance; require explanation of flood coverage exclusion.
Driver's license; allow translation of birth certificate of foreign-born applicant to be translated by college or university.
Governmental authorities; prohibit ordinances authorizing automated recording equipment to enforce certain traffic violations.
Entertainment districts; authorize creation by counties and cities, confer tax benefits to businesses in, authorize levy of tax for.