Bills in the 2014 Regular Session, House.
James Evans
Sponsored
In committee2
Municipal special sales tax; remove requirement that expenditure of revenue comply with a commission master plan.
Gaming; create state lottery to fund MS Burn Center, community & junior college scholarships & statewide prekindergarten program.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 1
Memorial highways; designate segment in Clay County as the "Representative David Gibbs Memorial Highway".
Passed the House · 5
Municipalities; revise authority to clean menaced property.
Bonds; authorize issuance to provide funds to assist Hinds County in construction of the Byram-Clinton Parkway Project.
Jackson State University Stadium Fund; create and impose a tax on activities and events held at the stadium to fund.
Appropriation; IHL for additions to facilities of College of Science, Engineering & Technology at JSU.
Bonds; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds for repair and renovation of the MS Coliseum and construction of a new trade mart.
Out of committee · 1
Financial literacy curriculum; require State Board of Education to revise grades for which offered.
In committee · 11
Assistant teachers; require school districts to notify of nonreemployment within 10 days after adoption of budget.
Controlled substances; revise penalty for possession of small amount of certain.
Expunction; revise.
Drug courts; revise participation requirements.
Child Care Payment System; prohibit DHS from using payment system that records time and attendance through certain methods.
State employees; provide for increase in annual compensation for those with annual salary under $50,000.00.
Appropriations, additional; Administrative Office of Courts to restore full funding of drug courts.
Sales tax; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.
Income and franchise tax; allow refundable credit for costs of purchasing/leasing & installing solar electric energy system.
Gas severance tax; include carbon dioxide within definition of gas and remove certain exemptions.
City of Vicksburg; authorize to contribute funds and in-kind maintenance services to Beulah Cemetery.