Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Cecil Brown
Sponsored
Became law10
Nonprofit corporations; revise audit threshold amount.
Appropriation; State Department of Education - General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education.
Blind Persons' Literacy Rights and Education Act; revise to conform to changes in federal law.
Assistant teachers; require SDE to study the possibility of implementing career ladder opportunity program.
Purchasing; delete requirement for Auditor to report to Legislature regarding state agency emergency purchases.
High school Redesign Pilot Program; phase in additional sites through 2013-2014 school year.
Office of State Auditor; make technical amendments to laws affecting.
Appropriation; Mississippi Authority for Educational Television.
Appropriation; Library Commission.
Qualified equity investment tax credit; revise determination of credit and other provisions regarding.
Passed the House14
DNA; provide for testing for persons convicted of capital crimes.
DNA evidence; provide for use in capital cases.
Budget; prohibit certain actions by state agencies during current fiscal year.
School district employees; authorize voluntary dues deductions for membership in professional organizations.
CPA law; authorize permits to practice as CPA firm and provide for substantial equivalency for nonresidents.
Task force to study underperforming schools and school districts; create.
Mentor teachers; require in all schools and pay supplement for services to beginning teachers.
School boards; require extra training for members if district has failing schools or financial condition.
Education Enhancement Fund; divert portion of classroom supply funds to State School Building Fund.
Child Care Provider's Grant Program; authorize Department of Human Services to establish.
Exceptional children; those certified for ICF-MR care shall receive state assistance at same rate as for other placements.
Teachers' salaries; increase next five years and determine "living wage" for assistant teachers.
School superintendents; authorize to temporarily employ district employees pending board approval.
Sixteenth section land leases; grant immunity to leaseholders if school board develops property.
Out of committee3
Task force to study and report on the funding and implementation of universal pre-kindergarten programs; create.
Immunity; provide for canine activities.
Teachers; increase base salary scale and extend annual increments to 30 years.
In committee34
Distinctive license tags; authorize issuance to supporters of Mississippi HeARTS Against AIDS.
DNA evidence; require preservation in capital cases.
PERS; increase number of years required for retirement at any age for persons hired on or after July 1, 2008.
Elections for state officers; change day of week to Saturday.
Unmarked vehicle; allow one for agency whose chief executive officer is statewide elected official.
Retirement; PERS members with 30 years' service may receive 48 months of maximum benefit under PLSO.
Retirement; increase PERS formula to 2-3/4% for 30 years or more of creditable service.
Internal audit law; remove condition for specific appropriations to fund, and delay implementation date.
Public funds; public officials who fail to timely deposit funds are guilty of misdemeanor.
Contracts; public officials entering unlawful contract personally liable for costs of suits.
Master lease-purchase program; authorize DFA to develop program for counties and municipalities.
Education Employment Procedures; reduce probationary period and include assistant teachers.
Residential builders and remodelers; revise licensing and certain other provisions.
Distinctive license tag; authorize for supporters of Fondren Renaissance Foundation.
Retired teachers; may draw retirement and be reemployed as teachers under certain circumstances.
Mechanics and materialmen's liens; enact certain provisions regarding.
School nurses; require school districts to grant same leave allowances as allowed teachers.
Charter schools; create new process for establishing.
State taxes; Tax Commission shall report annually on overall incidence of taxes and incidence for different types of taxes.
Special children; authorize accredited auditory-oral programs to provide educational programs for.
Legislature; require tax equity note for bills or resolutions that create or impact state taxes and fees.
Assistant teachers; include under Education Employment Procedures Law.
Embezzlements; increase minimum sentencing for.
Exceptional children; revise provisions relating to the education of.
Education Enhancement Fund; portion of money in shall be used to support Public School Building Fund.
Mississippi for Educational Television; authorize certain contracts with private companies.
Teachers; extend incremental pay to 30 years and phase in full increment amount over three years.
Access to public records; revise time limit for production.
Adequate Education Program; bring forward sections for amendment.
Adequate Education Program; authorize school districts to pledge allocations as security for loans.
Mississippi Quality Education Act of 2008; create.
Mississippi Health Insurance Exchange Act of 2008; enact.
Homestead exemption; provide for certain owners of manufactured homes or mobile homes.
Income tax; authorize a deduction for contributions to qualified tuition programs.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Alcoholic beverages; revise restrictions on sale or storage within certain distance of schools and churches.
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Employer-assisted housing program; payments received under not considered gross income, authorize public employers to create.
Appropriation; Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
Appropriation; Department of Environmental Quality.
Appropriation; Governors Office - Division of Medicaid.
Appropriation; State Department of Health-support.
Appropriation; Dept. of Insurance, Windstorm Reinsurance; additional for FY2008.
City of Jackson; extend repeal date on Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Passed the House · 1
Unemployment benefits; require to be paid immediately if eligible.
Out of committee · 2
Real estate transactions; require disclosure if property used as methamphetamine lab.
Drug courts; establish in all circuit court districts.
In committee · 4
Tobacco tax and sales tax; increase excise tax on cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Cigarettes; increase excise tax on.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health Plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
City of Jackson; authorize to take necessary action to reopen Lake Hico for recreational use.