Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Giles Ward
Sponsored
Became law2
Mississippi Country and Western Music Commission; establish.
MS Forestry Commission; extend date of repeal on authority to hire law enforcement officers to investigate woods arson.
Passed the Senate3
Legislative compensation for extraordinary session duties; no extra payment if Legislature is convened in regular session.
Emerging Crops Fund; loan program for agribusinesses engaged in poultry production is separate from other loan programs in the fund.
Mississippi Certified Interior Designer Act; create.
Out of committee1
Forestry; revise standard of negligence for liability for prescribed burns of timber.
In committee13
Ignition interlock; create DUI-restricted driver's license.
Ad valorem taxation; exempt a portion of the assessed value of egg houses, pullet houses and broiler houses.
Elective courses providing academic study of the Bible; authorize public school districts to offer.
One minute of quiet reflection at the beginning of each school day; require local school boards to provide for.
Law Enforcement Officers Death/Disability Benefits Trust Funds; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; reauthorize issuance of for supporters of the Boys and Girls Clubs.
Accreditation of nonpublic schools; direct MS. Commission on School Accreditation to recognize Assn. of Christian Schools (ACSI).
Chancery clerks; authorize, upon request, the redaction of social security numbers on recorded documents.
Birth certificate; major errors may be corrected by order of tribal court.
Real estate broker's price opinion; provide regulation of.
Forestry; enact Forest Product Fairness Act.
Sixteenth section school land; Secretary of State shall manage mineral leases, etc.
Sixteenth section school land mineral leases; conform minimum royalty.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
2011 First Extraordinary Session · Bonds; issue for Mississippi Industry Incentive Financing Revolving Fund and revise Mississippi Advantage Jobs Act.
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.
Mississippi Rating Bureau; shall publish guidelines for the grading of fire trucks.
Mississippi Transportation Commission; shall donate certain real property to the Town of Walnut Grove.
County supervisors; authorize to bury dead poultry in emergency situations.
Passed the Senate · 13
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.
"Mississippi Legislature United States Constitution Study Committee"; create to identify unconstitutional state laws.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Concealed weapons; authorize carrying without permit by all prosecutors and coroners.
Assault; create crime of indecent assault.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Charter schools; authorize open-enrollment and conversion public charter schools in the state.
Mississippi Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act; create.
Auto liability insurance; authorize Dept. of Public Safety to implement an uninsured motorist database/increase fines.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
Mississippi Health Benefit Exchange Act; create.
Ad valorem tax; local governing authorities may grant an exemption of homesteads of certain residents serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
In committee · 2
Health care certificates of need; issue for construction of PRTF and child acute care beds in certain counties.
Mississippi Check Cashers Act; extend repealer on.