Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Bill Stone
Sponsored
Became law2
Benton County; authorize contributions to the United Community Action Agency, Inc.
Tippah County; authorize contributions to the United Community Action Agency, Inc.
Passed the Senate3
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
Marshall County; create the Cayce Community Sewer System.
Prentiss, Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Tippah, Tishomingo Counties; extend repealer on authority to contribute to NE MS Comm. Services.
In committee17
Ad valorem taxes; revise advertising requirements when school district proposes no millage increase.
Banks; shall post owner information of ATM if machine is owned by another bank or entity.
"Mississippi" by Danny Wayne Purcell; designate as official Country Music Song of Mississippi.
Privilege license tax; local governments may reduce or waive.
Emergency 911 address; authorize counties to charge registration fee for.
Volunteer Emergency Responder Job Protection Act; create.
Health insurance; require health insurance policies and State Health plan to cover autism spectrum disorders.
Traffic citations; camera citations from another state not placed on driver's record in this state.
Mississippi Optional Sales Tax Act; enact.
M.T.A.G. and Eminent Scholars Grant programs; increase tuition assistance under.
State agencies; require to accept payment by personal check upon certain conditions.
Forest severance tax; revise to fund bonds issued by county for road repair.
Attorney's fees; owed in suits for certain failures to pay amount when due.
Real Estate Appraisers Licensing and Certification Act; revise to place appraisal management companies under the authority of.
City of Ripley; remove repeal date on tax on hotels and motels.
Suffrage; restore to Chris Mathis.
Suffrage; restore to Billy Gene Barnes.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
2011 First Extraordinary Session · Bonds; issue for Mississippi Industry Incentive Financing Revolving Fund and revise Mississippi Advantage Jobs Act.
Mississippi Country and Western Music Commission; establish.
Blue Alert System; create.
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; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Passed the Senate · 7
Tort immunity; include food donated to needy.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Task Force to Study Teacher Salaries; establish.
Agritourism; provide limited liability for persons engaged in agritourism.
Mississippi S.A.F.E. Mortgage Act; applies to activities of owner financing only as determined by HUD.