Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Kenneth Wayne Jones
Sponsored
In committee8
MAEP; increase amount of funds pledged for security for State Aid Capitol Improvement Bonds to $175.00 per pupil.
Eligibility of children in certain licensed residential facilities to receive federal education funds; provide.
School Textbook Fund; clarify purposes for which funds may be used.
Educational technology infrastructure upgrades; provide EEF sources for school districts.
Universities and community colleges; must enact policies that increase rate of CJC students transferring to IHLs.
State Employee Wellness Program; make technical amendments to.
Assault weapons; ban.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of to assist Yazoo City in the construction of the Willie Morris Parkway.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
Leflore County Correctional Facility; authorize the incarceration of federal prisoners at facility.
Public officers and employees; revise punishment for embezzlement and restrict government hiring of felons.
Madison County; increase the amount of bonds that may be issued for the Madison County Economic Development Authority.
Passed the Senate · 4
Expunction; provide procedure for certain felonies of persons under 21 years of age at the time of conviction.
State agency property; authorize DFA as central leasing agent for all state agencies.
Community/junior boards; may waive out-of-state tuition for nonresident students employed by Mississippi-based companies.
Severance tax; reduce for 30 months for oil and gas produced from and after 7/1/13 from horizontally drilled wells.
Out of committee · 1
Growth and Prosperity Act; certain businesses in high poverty census tracts are eligible.
In committee · 4
Sales tax; give municipalities the option to impose.
Public construction; IHL Board shall manage certain state-funded construction projects for campus homes for university presidents.
Teacher salaries funded under the MAEP; provide for 5% across the board increase.
Bonds; authorize for the Tammy Wynette Legacy Park Center.