Bills in the 2008 Regular Session, House.
Walter L. Robinson, Jr.
Sponsored
Became law4
Commissioner of Insurance; authorize to establish bonding/insurance requirements for factory-built home licensees.
Factory-built homes; authorize Commissioner of Insurance to charge manufacturers an installation inspection fee.
Building codes; require adoption by local governments, allow fire protection funds to be used for compliance.
Small Municipalities and Limited Population Counties Fund; authorize issuance of bonds for.
Passed the House5
Insurance companies; increase certain fees collected by Commissioner of Insurance.
Commissioner of Insurance; authorize to establish expedited review procedure for life, health and accident filings.
Health insurance; remove reverter on provisions requiring reimbursement for services of marriage and family therapists.
Foreign insurance companies; authorize Commissioner of Insurance to contract with third party to assist in regulation of.
Insurance companies; include credit property as a classification of insurance.
In committee17
Municipal annexation; require election in territory to be annexed if petition signed.
Orthotists and prosthetists; allow those certified by Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification to practice in Mississippi.
Annexed territory; prohibit municipality from levying ad valorem taxes until municipal services are provided to.
Municipal annexation territory proposed; require written notice to property owners within.
Eminent domain; restrict use of.
Burn injuries; require hospitals to notify State Fire Marshal when treating individuals for.
Bonds; mandate election on issuing county or municipal bonds.
Ad valorem taxation; revise method of taxing property annexed by a municipality.
Commissioner of Insurance; create committee to study whether office should be appointed or elected.
Fire prevention; create task force to study and make recommendations regarding.
Children's Health Insurance Program; transfer administration to Division of Medicaid.
Municipal law enforcement officers; provide minimum due process for.
Law enforcement officers; require to be compensated.
Insurance; require reciprocal limitations on claim filings and claim audits.
Commissioner of Insurance; may obtain access to FBI criminal history information on insurer producer and bail agent applicants.
Bonds; revise distribution of bond proceeds between the Supplementary Rural Fire Truck and the Rural Fire Truck Fund.
Insurance companies; increase privilege license tax.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 6
2008 First Extraordinary Session · Alcoholic beverages; revise restrictions on sale or storage within certain distance of schools and churches.
Drug houses; add seizure of houses as option in proceedings to rid municipalities of.
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.
Qualified equity investment tax credit; revise determination of credit and other provisions regarding.
City of Jackson; extend repeal date on Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Passed the House · 4
Legislative subpoenas; provide for enforcement of and disallow protection of certain confidential information (PEER).
City of Jackson; authorize to collect additional privilege license tax and increase delinquent tax penalty.
Unemployment benefits; require to be paid immediately if eligible.
City of Jackson; authorize to impose additional hotel/motel tax to support police officers salaries.
Out of committee · 4
Real estate transactions; require disclosure if property used as methamphetamine lab.
Burglary of a dwelling; increase penalty for inhabited dwelling (JAX).
Drug courts; establish in all circuit court districts.
Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes; increase tax and deposit proceeds in special fund for trauma care/Medicaid.
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Cell phone; prohibit use of while driving without using hands-free accessories.
Tobacco tax and sales tax; increase excise tax on cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
Sales tax; reduce on sales of certain food.
Cigarettes; increase excise tax on.
Sex education pilot program; State Boards of Education and Health to jointly establish for public schools.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of stadium on campus of Jackson State University.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of Vicksburg Higher Education Center for Alcorn State University.
School curriculum; require all public school students to study home economics in 7th and 8th grades.
Medicaid; art therapy services shall be reimbursable under.
Department of Mental Health; authorize to contract with service provider for long-term residential substance abuse treatment.
Institute of Juvenile Justice Research in Department of Public Safety; create (PEER).
Psychologists Licensure Law; revise certain licensure requirements (PEER).
Social workers and marriage and family therapists; revise licensure law (PEER).
Mental health professionals; create administrative executive committee for (PEER).
City of Jackson; require state to provide funds to defray ad valorem tax loss due to city being seat of state government.
Sales tax; provide diversion to Jackson to defray ad valorem tax loss and increased costs incurred as seat of state government.
City of Jackson; require state provide funds to defray ad valorem tax loss & increased costs incurred as seat of state government.
Office of dropout prevention; require annual report to Legislature to include certain information (PEER).
DNA; require sample for any adult convicted of a felony.
Bonds; authorize issuance for construction of wellness, learning and fitness center at Alcorn State University.
Motor vehicle liability insurance; increase distribution to municipalities of fines levied on persons for failure to show proof of.
State & School Employees Health Insurance Management Bd.; authorize to estab. irrevocable trust for funding retiree benefits.
State and School Employees Health Insurance Management Board; authorize to establish lifetime maximum benefit for retirees.
Personal Service Contract Review Board; require approval of state agency advertising procurements (PEER).
CON; issue for PRTF beds and child/adolescent psychiatric beds in Washington County.
Income tax; authorize a credit for health insurance premiums paid by a small business for employees.
Income tax; authorize a credit for costs of installing certain energy efficient products in homes.
City of Jackson; authorize to take necessary action to reopen Lake Hico for recreational use.
Taxation; increase various taxes to fund state government.
Sales tax; exempt sales of hybrid electric vehicles.
City of Jackson; remove repeal date on Jackson Convention and Visitors Bureau.