Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Perry Lee
Sponsored
Became law7
Mississippi Rating Bureau; shall publish guidelines for the grading of fire trucks.
Proprietary School and College Registration law; provide for fees and agent permits.
County supervisors; authorize to bury dead poultry in emergency situations.
University depository; extend period of contract.
Director of Mississippi University Research Authority; revise qualifications.
Dual enrolled students and dual credit students; clarify prerequisites.
Agricultural aviation; require safety markings on certain towers.
Passed the Senate5
State Board for Community/Junior Colleges; change name to "Mississippi Community College Board".
Funding mechanism for community colleges and universities based on productivity; direct Education Achievement Council to develop.
Institutions of Higher Learning; authorize Board of Trustees to pay reasonable travel expense for candidates.
Proprietary school registration; authorize national accreditation for certain schools.
City of Richland; authorize the city to acquire and convey real property in the Richland Industrial and Commercial Park.
In committee2
IHL; may waive out-of-state tuition for students on a reciprocity basis.
Student financial assistance programs; revise curriculum eligibility requirements.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 24
2011 First Extraordinary Session · Bonds; issue for Mississippi Industry Incentive Financing Revolving Fund and revise Mississippi Advantage Jobs Act.
All-terrain vehicles; require competency training and helmets under a certain age.
Blue Alert System; create.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of I-59 as "Mississippi Gold Star Memorial Highway."
Ad valorem school taxes; exempt publication requirement if no increase in ad valorem tax effort in dollars is proposed.
Feticide; revise killing or injury of an unborn child.
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Appropriation; IHL - General support.
Appropriation; IHL - Subsidiary programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Student Financial Aid.
Appropriation; IHL - University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Alcorn State - Agricultural programs.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Cooperative Extension Service.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Forest and Wildlife Research Center.
Appropriation; IHL - Mississippi State University - Veterinary Medicine, College of.
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Administrative expenses.
Appropriation; Agriculture and Commerce, Department of.
Appropriation; Egg Marketing Board.
Appropriation; Animal Health, Board of.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission.
Appropriation; Fair and Coliseum Commission - Livestock shows.
Appropriation; Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority.
Vetoed · 1
Appropriation; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
Passed the Senate · 10
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2011; create.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Concealed weapons; authorize carrying without permit by all prosecutors and coroners.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Income tax; increase credit for ad valorem tax paid on inventory.
Emerging Crops Fund; loan program for agribusinesses engaged in poultry production is separate from other loan programs in the fund.
Mississippi Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act; create.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
Mississippi Health Benefit Exchange Act; create.
In committee · 4
Mississippi Civil Rights Museum; establish commission to select site and employ director.
Bonds; authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds for construction of a Highway Patrol substation in Leflore County.
Public contracts related to a federally declared disaster; grant preference to resident contractors.
Sales taxation; exempt retail sales of school supplies during the last weekend in July.