Bills in the 2010 Regular Session, Senate.
Tom King
Sponsored
Became law3
Department of Finance & Administration; may transfer real property located on North West Street to MS Transportation Commission.
Highways; create the "John Paul Frerer Bicycle Safety Act."
Bonds; authorize issuance for state highway and county road and bridge improvements.
Passed the Senate3
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Highways; revise requirements for trucks carrying loose material.
Transportation; allow MTC to assess a fee for certain surplus right-of-way and uneconomic remnant property sales.
Out of committee3
Mississippi Armed Forces Museum; designate as Mississippi's official state military history museum.
Tort Claims Fund; exempt MDOT from participation.
Transportation; authorize MDOT to make certain expenditures without an appropriation bill.
In committee15
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Department of Transportation; allow law enforcement employees to retain weapon upon retirement.
Noncitizens; define requirements for issuing driver's license or nondriver ID.
"Austin James Watkins" Out-of-Home Abuse and Neglect Investigations Unit in the Department of Human Services; establish.
CON; authorize transfer of beds from Hancock County and new CON in Lamar County.
Law Enforcement Officers Disability Trust Fund; expand coverage to include disability benefits for emergency management personnel.
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children and spouses of deceased and disabled veterans.
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel.
Airports; allow airport authority to enter into contracts without limitation of vendor's liability if commercially reasonable.
Airports; exempt parking revenue from sales tax.
Radar; authorize use by sheriffs and municipal police.
Operation Lifesaver; create statewide monetary assessment for benefit of.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to the Military Veterans Association, Inc.
Sales taxation; exempt the sale of property and services used in the improvement of realty for churches or religious association.
City of Petal; authorize to provide a reduced rate for water and sewer service to senior citizens and certain veterans.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 9
2010 Second Extraordinary Session · Synthetic cannabinoids; revise Schedule I to include.
Self-administration of prescription asthma/anaphylaxis medication by students; clarify policy.
State veterans home; repeal law which establishes the amount of contribution paid by veteran residents of.
Mississippi Industries for the Blind; authorize to establish a nonprofit foundation.
Mississippi Public Health Laboratory; name for Dr. Ed Thompson.
Armed Forces Absentee Voting Law; make changes to comply with federal law.
State Employee Wellness Program; establish.
Wildlife; require the Department of Wildlife to provide reasonable access in WMAs for handicapped hunters.
Rural Fire Truck Acquisition Assistance Program; authorize an additional round for counties and municipalities.
Passed the Senate · 5
Concealed weapons; remove prohibition against carrying in a public park.
Income tax; authorize a credit for taxpayers who are first-time homebuyers of a principal residence in this state.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
Animal cruelty; revise.
"Mississippi Strategic Planning and Performance Budgeting System Act of 2010"; enact.
Out of committee · 1
School students with asthma; require all school districts to take certain actions relating to.
In committee · 2
Abortions; prohibit in State of Mississippi.
Sales tax; authorize a sales tax holiday for retail sales of hunting supplies.