Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Tommy Dickerson
Sponsored
Became law5
Marine Resources; revise definition of saltwater minnow.
Regional Railroad Authority; allow to accept associate members outside its jurisdiction.
Marine Resources; exempt fishing license sales from definition of state-sources special funds.
Marine Resources; clarify marine waters where commercial fishing is prohibited.
Marine Resources; clarify the taking of shrimp for personal consumption.
Passed the Senate5
Marine Resources; allow bait camp application to be submitted at anytime.
Coastal wetlands; conform application hearings to the Administrative Procedures Act.
Marine Resources; special license tag funds deposited into seafood marketing account within Seafood Fund.
Coastal wetlands' revised review periods for amended permit applications.
Marine Resources; designate a free fishing weekend in marine waters.
In committee2
Sheriffs; bring forward law relating to annual salaries of.
Alcoholic beverages; revise definition of qualified resort area for purpose of sale in certain municipalities.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 3
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.
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Passed the Senate · 6
Legislative compensation for extraordinary session duties; no extra payment if Legislature is convened in regular session.
Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2011; create.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in certain places.
Emerging Crops Fund; loan program for agribusinesses engaged in poultry production is separate from other loan programs in the fund.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
In committee · 4
Nurse practitioner supervision by physician or dentist; revise.
Chancery clerks; authorize, upon request, the redaction of social security numbers on recorded documents.
Salaries of judges; increase/establish funding.
Public contracts related to a federally declared disaster; grant preference to resident contractors.