Bills in the 2009 Regular Session, Senate.
Terry W. Brown
Sponsored
Became law4
Bureau of Fleet Management; authorize to seize vehicles in noncompliance and require more fuel efficiency.
Various deputy officials and public employees; require surety bond not less than a certain amount.
State Auditor; revise various powers and duties of.
Taxation; provide certain incentives to facilities that generate electricity through biomass or cogeneration.
Passed the Senate7
2009 Second Extraordinary Session · Deputy tax assessors and collectors; revise amount of surety bond required.
Highway; provide weight exemption for commodities transported from ports on Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
Office allowance for circuit and chancery judges; allow use for travel expenses for judicial education.
Emergency services agencies; authorize fingerprinting and criminal history checks for employees.
Executive agency personnel; remove from certain State Personnel Board procedures.
State employee wireless communication devices; exempt trial and appellate judges from regulation of.
Public construction contracts; prohibit agreements with labor organizations.
Out of committee3
Lowndes County; authorize contribution to Golden Triangle Contact Teleministry, Inc.
State Auditor; revise coursework requirements for student internship/remove salary cap on director.
Lowndes County; authorize to contribute funds annually to Lowndes County United Way.
In committee5
Mississippi Performance Review Act of 2009; enact.
Outside attorney fees; require review of certain contracts for.
Ad valorem tax; require millage rate reduction for purposes of calculating proposed increase where assessed value increases.
Employees of certain elected state and district officials; revise ceiling established for salaries of.
Retirement; elected judiciary may retire & continue in office if they waive salary or elect to receive not more than 25% of salary.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 2
Sales tax; revise rate on certain sales of tractors, farm implements, logging/pulpwood equipment, repair parts and labor.
Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; enact.
Vetoed · 1
Job tax credit; authorize for cut and sew jobs in the upholstered household furniture manufacturing industry.
Passed the Senate · 5
Memorial bridges; designate certain bridges and U.S. Highways in Jackson and Lowndes Counties.
Ad valorem tax; require millage rate reduction for purposes of calculating proposed increase where assessed value increases.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in a public park.
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; create.
Bonds; increase amount authorized for the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck Fund and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Out of committee · 1
"The Mississippi Postsecondary Public University Pricing and Truth in Tuition Act of 2009"; enact.
In committee · 4
Income taxation; exclude wages of certain full-time students from gross income.
Random nicotine testing; require for Medicaid recipients.
Unemployment compensation; delete weekly benefit increase for FY 2010.
Bonds; authorize issuance for certain state highway and infrastructure projects.