Bills in the 2012 Regular Session, Senate.
Terry W. Brown
Sponsored
Passed the Senate1
Public Service Commission; shall have jurisdiction over rates for electricity provided by TVA directly to industrial customers.
In committee4
Excess county funds; revise manner in which they may be invested.
Beer; authorize making of homemade beer for personal, family, domestic or household uses only.
Counties and municipalities; mandate election on incurring debt for operational expenses and issuing bonds.
Sixteenth section school land; authorize long-term contracts for sale of wood fiber.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 14
Window Tint Law; exempt government fire department vehicles.
Mississippi Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act; create.
Residential Builders and Remodelers Act; revise license requirements and exemptions.
Beer; increase the amount of alcohol that it may contain from 5% by weight to 8% by weight.
Appropriation; Judicial Performance Commission.
Appropriation; Ethics Commission.
Appropriation; Finance and Administration, Department of.
Appropriation; Governor's Office and Mansion.
Appropriation; Audit, Department of.
Appropriation; Information Technology Services, Department of.
Appropriation; Personnel Board.
Appropriation; Secretary of State.
Appropriation; Treasurer's Office.
Appropriation; Debt service and bank service charges.
Passed the Senate · 3
Highways; designate U.S. Highway 82 as "Mississippi Heritage Highway."
Municipal and county law enforcement officer; allow spouse of officer killed in the line of duty to purchase officer's sidearm.
State agency personnel; exempt from certain State Personnel Board procedures.
Out of committee · 1
State agencies; prohibit radio and TV advertising to promote agency programs except in certain instances.
In committee · 2
Public Purchasing Law; lowest and best bidder on public works projects may be bidder offering lowest life-cycle costs.
Bonds; authorize to assist in the establishment of the GRAMMY Museum in Cleveland, Mississippi.