Bills in the 2013 Regular Session, Senate.
Perry Lee
Sponsored
Became law2
Public Service Commission; may not regulate management or internal affairs of certain water associations.
Driver's license suspension; revise course requirements for alternative sentencing of minor offenders.
Out of committee2
Bail; restrict for certain crimes.
Members of certain governing boards of public water systems; require continuing management training for.
In committee2
Public water authorities; provide protection from municipal eminent domain over certain certificated areas.
Antiquities Law; shall not apply if local government lacks funds to preserve significant historic site.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 28
Rural Physicians Scholarship Program; remove limitation on number of students admitted each year.
Professional licenses; certain military-trained applicants and military spouses shall receive by reciprocity when in Mississippi.
"Mississippi Student Religious Liberties Act of 2013"; enact.
Volunteer fire department; include within the scope of immunity under the Tort Claims Act.
Tourism; revise the definition of the term "tourism project" for purposes of the tourism project sales tax incentive fund.
Income tax; credit for adoption expenses is allowed in the same year that the child is claimed as an exemption.
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; Community and Junior Colleges Board - Support for community and junior colleges.
Appropriation; Corrections, Department of.
Appropriation; Emergency Management Agency.
Appropriation; Military - Support.
Appropriation; Public Safety, Department of.
Appropriation; Veterans Affairs Board.
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.
Passed the Senate · 2
Weapons; clarify definition of "concealed" and revise gun-carry permit.
Severance tax; reduce for 30 months for oil and gas produced from and after 7/1/13 from horizontally drilled wells.
In committee · 1
Adoption; expedited for readoptions of foreign-born adoptees.