Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, House.
Pat Nelson
Sponsored
Passed the House1
City of Horn Lake; extend repeal date on hotel and motel tourism tax.
Out of committee1
School bus turnarounds; authorize school district superintendents to request county maintenance.
In committee2
Board of supervisors; revise time required to call an emergency meeting.
Driver's license; provide that veteran may be identified by distinctive symbol, character or endorsement.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 5
Child Protection Act and Child Rape Protection Act; enact.
DeSoto County; authorize contributions to Hernando Civic Center and Hernando Youth Sports.
DUI; create child endangerment provision.
Blind Persons' Literacy Rights and Education Act; revise.
City of Hernando; authorize contribution to Hernando Civic Center, Inc., and/or Hernando Youth Sports, Inc.
Passed the House · 2
Gun buy-back programs; prohibit.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Out of committee · 1
Public Safety Verification and Enforcement Act; create.
In committee · 14
DeSoto County; authorize contribution to the DeSoto Health and Wellness Center, Inc.
Open preferential primaries; establish.
Salary increases for legislators; effective for term of office after term in which salary increase is given.
Classroom supply funds; require annual allotment before November 1 to full-time and part-time teachers.
Armed robbery; provide for minimum prison sentence of 10 years.
Extracurricular and athletic activities; require students to maintain a 2.0 weekly grade point average for participation.
Instruments of record; require to be in the English language.
Counties; revise the number of times property can be cleaned and increase amount of expenses for cleaning.
Counties and municipalities; authorize to recover actual costs of enforcing an ordinance, zoning law or regulation.
Counties and municipalities; revise procedures for notice of public budget hearings and revise public notice form.
Ad valorem tax; authorize counties and municipalities to exempt vehicles of military personnel who receive imminent danger pay.
City of Olive Branch; authorize to work on portions of Stateline Road located in Tennessee.
MS Health Care Industry Zone Act; create and provide certain tax incentives for qualified businesses located in.
George county; authorize to issue bonds for a recreational complex and impose a sales tax to retire bonds.