Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
J. P. Compretta
Sponsored
Became law3
Homestead exemption; extend time dwelling houses destroyed in certain counties by Hurricane Katrina are considered homes.
Appearance bond; clarify notice to bail agent for defendant to appear before court.
Public improvement districts; revise make-up and manner of selecting board members.
Vetoed1
Crimes; revise offense regarding metal theft.
Passed the House4
Bail agents; clarify submission of proof of continuing education.
Implied consent; clarify.
False reporting of a crime; include law enforcement.
Highway patrol retirement fund; provide additional funding.
In committee14
2008 First Extraordinary Session · County utility authority; allow use of quick take for certain purposes.
Department of Employment Security, Office of Governor; delete repealer on statutes creating.
Forfeiture of bond; revise.
District attorney legal assistants and criminal investigators; provide additional for certain circuit court districts.
Mississippi Residential Property Insurance Underwriting Association; expand purpose of.
Radar; allow Highway Patrol to use in cities over 15,000; designate court where case heard and fines paid.
State crime lab; revise funding.
Due process policy; require municipalities to adopt.
Mandatory Reporting of Sexual Crimes Against Minors Act; create.
MS Emergency Management Agency; transfer powers and duties to Department of Public Safety.
Abortion-inducing drug; prohibit the prescribing or use of unless FDA protocol is satisfied and drug label is followed.
Abstinence Education and Fetal Awareness Education Act; create.
Abortion; shall only be performed or induced by a physician with staff privileges at a licensed hospital in Mississippi.
Ad valorem tax; exempt certain real property designated as wetlands under the federal Clean Water Act.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 4
U.S. Highway 90; designate portion in City of Pass Christian as "James C. Simpson, Sr., Memorial Highway."
U.S. Highways; designate Highway 61 as "Highway 61, the Blues Highway," designate certain rest area along Highway 49.
Employer-assisted housing program; payments received under not considered gross income, authorize public employers to create.
State Port at Gulfport; authorize use of design-build method of contracting for certain purposes.
Out of committee · 1
Mortgage loans; illegal to close without a law license.
In committee · 4
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Metal theft; revise offense.
Deeds of trust; substitute trustee in foreclosure proceeding on must be Mississippi resident.
MS Windstorm Underwriting Association; increase diversion of insurance premium tax revenue used to assist with reinsurance.
Bonds; increase amount of bonds authorized for a space, science and education center in Hancock County.