Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
Johnny W. Stringer
Sponsored
Became law1
Mississippi Highway 15; designate certain segment of in Jasper County as the "Tommy Bryan Hosey Memorial Highway".
Passed the House1
Speed limit; increase maximum for interstate highways and certain controlled access highways from 70 mph to 75 mph.
In committee9
Teachers and assistant teachers; increase salaries.
Employees of state institutions of higher learning; increase salaries in FY15 and FY16.
Employees of community and junior colleges; increase salaries in FY15 and FY16.
Deer processors; authorize to cover 50% of processing cost from abandoning individuals after 90 days.
State employees; increase salaries 5% during each of next two fiscal years.
Appropriation; Department of Public Safety for Highway Patrol trooper training class.
Sales tax; exempt certain sales of concrete and asphalt for use in residential construction.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers that hire veterans.
Sales tax; reduce rate imposed on retail sales of boats, motorcycles and towable camping trailers.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
Memorial highways; designate segment in Clay County as the "Representative David Gibbs Memorial Highway".
Emergency management; designate area in Haley Barbour Building as the "MCDEMA Memorial Wall".
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Fund; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel & increase benefit.
Passed the House · 6
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Oil severance tax; revise distribution between state and counties.
Sirens; clarify which vehicles may be equipped with.
Autocycles; define and exempt from helmet and motorcycle endorsement requirements.
Municipalities; revise authority to clean menaced property.
Motor fuels tax, Certain; provide continued collection of when Groundwater Protection Trust Fund reaches $10 Million for highways & bridges.
Out of committee · 1
Motor Vehicle Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund; provide funds in excess of $10 million shall be transferred for roads and bridges.
In committee · 5
Commercial driver's license; require DPS to provide for renewals in each county seat at request of board of supervisors.
Law Enforcement Officers and Fire Fighters Death Benefits Fund; increase benefit and funding for.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of gas and remove certain exemptions.
Electric vehicles; impose annual tax on.
Sales tax; reduce rate on sales of equipment to contractors for use in road construction.