Bills in the 2011 Regular Session, Senate.
Tom King
Sponsored
Became law5
Veterans Day; clarify public observance of.
Airport authorities; allow to use the Internet to sell surplus personal property.
Commanding officer's disciplinary punishment; remove option of trial by court martial for minor offense.
Transportation; revise requirements for certain vehicles to stop and cross railroads.
Forrest County & City of Hattiesburg; expand areas in which may acquire property for industrial purposes.
Passed the Senate2
Motor carriers/shipper indemnity contracts; create study committee.
Highways; revise requirements for trucks carrying loose material.
In committee14
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for dyslexia awareness.
Motor carriers; change incorrect reference to Interstate Commerce Commission.
CON; authorize transfer of beds from Hancock County and new CON in Lamar County.
Local System Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Fund; authorize issuance of general obligation bonds to provide funds for.
Construction projects; certain bid requirements shall not apply when funded by federal grants.
Department of Transportation; allow law enforcement employees to retain weapon upon retirement.
Law Enforcement Officers Death Benefits Trust Fund; expand coverage to include emergency management personnel.
Tuition; waive at universities and colleges for children and spouses of deceased and disabled veterans.
Airports; allow airport authority to enter into contracts without limitation of vendor's liability if commercially reasonable.
Airports; exempt parking revenue from sales tax.
Sales taxation; exempt the sale of property and services used in the improvement of realty for churches or religious association.
Homestead exemption; increase for totally disabled veterans and extend to unremarried surviving spouses of such veterans.
Sales tax; exempt sales of tangible personal property and services to the Military Veterans Association, Inc.
Local Government Freight Rail Service Project Revolving Loan Fund; increase bond authorization to fund grants from.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 10
2011 First Extraordinary Session · Bonds; issue for Mississippi Industry Incentive Financing Revolving Fund and revise Mississippi Advantage Jobs Act.
Mississippi Country and Western Music Commission; establish.
All-terrain vehicles; require competency training and helmets under a certain age.
Blue Alert System; create.
Nathan's law; increase penalty for unlawful passing of school bus.
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.
Feticide; revise killing or injury of an unborn child.
Mississippi Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide Act; enact.
Memorial highway; designate a certain segment of highway adjacent to Camp Shelby as "Chaplin Clark Polling Memorial Highway."
Passed the Senate · 7
Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act of 2011; create.
Schedule I; expand definition of cathinone derivatives and synthetic cannabinoids.
Concealed weapons; authorize carrying without permit by all prosecutors and coroners.
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.
Driving; prohibit texting and revise punishment for no license.
Memorial highway; designate certain segment of U.S. Highway 78 as "William R. 'Bill' Minor Memorial Highway."
In committee · 3
Chancery clerks; authorize, upon request, the redaction of social security numbers on recorded documents.
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for supporters of Abbie Rogers Civitan Camp.
Mississippi Check Cashers Act; extend repealer on.