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SB2001 - Economic development; provide incentives for certain economic development projects.
Josh Harkins, Joseph C. Thomas, John Horhn
Last updated 8 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 57-75-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "project" Under The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act To Include Certain Data Processing Facilities; To Revise The Definition Of The Terms "project Area" And "affiliate" Under The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act; To Amend Section 57-75-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Contracts By The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority Or A Public Agency For Certain Contracts Related To The Projects Included In This Act Shall Be Exempt From All Or A Portion Of The Provisions Of Section 31-7-13 And That Such Contracts May Be Awarded On The Basis Of Negotiation Under Certain Circumstances And To Authorize The Use Of Additional Methods Of Contracting; To Authorize The Mississippi Department Of Employment Security To Provide Project-related Jobs Data To The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority For Certain Projects; To Amend Section 57-75-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Grant The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority Certain Additional Powers And Duties With Regard To The Projects Included In This Act; To Amend Section 57-75-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds For The Projects Included In This Act And To Specify The Purposes For Which The Proceeds Of Such Bonds May Be Utilized; To Amend Section 57-75-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Protection For Certain Data Center Projects, From Surface Or Subsurface Mineral Exploration Activities; To Amend Section 57-75-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That The Board Of Supervisors Of A County And The Governing Authorities Of A Municipality May Enter Into An Agreement With One Or More Enterprises Owning And/or Operating Certain Data Center Facilities, And/or One Or More Affiliates Thereof, Providing That The County And Municipality Will Not Levy Any Taxes, Fees Or Assessments Upon The Enterprise Other Than Taxes, Fees Or Assessments That Are Generally Levied Upon All Taxpayers And To Authorize The Board Of Supervisors Of A County And The Governing Authorities Of A Municipality To Enter Into One Or More Fee-in-lieu Of Ad Valorem Taxes Agreement With The Enterprises Owning And/or Operating Such Projects; To Amend Section 57-75-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize A County In Which Certain Data Center Projects Are Located To Assist The Enterprises Establishing The Projects, And Their Affiliates, Together With Certain Public Agencies, In Defraying Certain Costs; To Authorize Such A County To Provide Funds For Such Purposes By Appropriating Money From Its General Fund Or From The Proceeds Of General Obligation Bonds Issued By The County And/or Loans, Grants And Other Funds From The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority Or Mississippi Development Authority; To Authorize Certain Public Agencies To Provide Funds For Such Purposes By Appropriating Money From Certain Sources, Including From The Proceeds Of Loans, Grants And Other Funds From The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority; To Authorize Certain Transfers And Conveyances Of Real Or Personal Property With Or Without Consideration; To Authorize Certain Public Agencies To Make Grants To Each Other In Connection With Such A Project; To Exempt The Acquisition Of Certain Real Property And/or Options To Purchase Such Real Property For Such Projects From Certain Requirements; To Authorize Certain Public Agencies To Provide Periodic Grants And Other Such Contributions Of Funds To Assist The Enterprises Establishing The Projects Included In This Act And To Enter Into Certain Agreements In Connection Therewith; To Specify The Limit Of The Terms Of Agreements Binding On Future Governing Authorities With Enterprises To Provide Firefighting, Hazardous Materials Emergency Response, Technical Rescue And Medical Response Assistance For Certain Projects; To Amend Section 27-65-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Sales Taxation Certain Sales Or Leases To Enterprises Operating The Projects Included In This Act And Certain Affiliates Thereof; To Amend Section 27-65-107, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Sales Taxation Certain Sales Of Electricity, Current, Power, Steam, Coal, Natural Gas, Liquefied Petroleum Gas Or Other Fuel To Enterprises Operating The Projects Included In This Act And Certain Affiliates Thereof; To Amend Section 27-7-30, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Income Tax Exemption For Income Arising From Certain Data Center Projects; To Amend Section 31-19-25, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Certain Provisions Regarding The Issuance Of Bonds Or Incurrence Of Other Indebtedness Shall Not Apply To The Sale Of Bonds Or Incurrence Of Indebtedness By A County In Connection With Certain Data Center Projects; To Amend Section 43-37-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Sections 27-13-5 And 27-13-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Regard To Certain Data Center Projects, The Duration Of Any Fee-in-lieu Of Franchise Tax Agreement Shall Not Extend Beyond The Date The Mississippi Franchise Tax Is Repealed And Such Agreement Shall Apply Only To New Franchise Tax Liability Connected With The Projects Included In This Act; To Provide That In The Event That The Annual Number Of Full-time Jobs Maintained Connected With Any Such Project Falls Below The Agreed Upon Amount For A Prescribed Period, The Franchise Tax Fee-in-lieu For The Project Shall Be Reduced Or Suspended Until The First Tax Year During Which The Annual Number Of Full-time Jobs Maintained Reaches The Agreed Upon Amount; To Amend Section 19-9-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 27-31-104, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Alternative Allocation Of A Portion Of Any Fee-in-lieu Of Ad Valorem Taxes For Certain Data Projects To The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Authority And/or Mississippi Development Authority To Repay Amounts Provided Thereby To Any County, Municipality And/or Public Agency To Fund Public Improvements And Related Costs In Connection With Such Project; To Provide For Incentive Payments To Entities That Incur Certain Costs For The Purpose Of Locating Certain Projects Developed Under The Mississippi Major Economic Impact Act In This State; To Provide For The Amount Of The Incentive Payments; To Provide That The Payments Shall Be Based On Certain Costs Incurred; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury Into Which Shall Be Deposited A Portion Of The State Sales Tax Revenue; To Provide That Monies In The Special Fund Shall Be Used To Make The Required Incentive Payments; To Provide That Claims For Incentive Payments Shall Be Filed With The Mississippi Development Authority; To Authorize The Mississippi Development Authority To Develop And Administer Such Incentive Program; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Section 57-1-64.2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To A Change In Subsection Designation; To Provide For The Acceleration Of Certain Public Utility Approval Requirements As Required In Section 77-3-1 Et Seq.; To Amend Sections 77-3-10, 77-3-11, 77-3-13, 77-3-14, 77-3-16, 77-3-35, 77-3-37, 77-3-39, 77-3-41, 77-3-93 And 77-3-95, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2158 - School social workers and psychologists; authorize districts to employ and receive partial state reimbursement for salaries of.
Barbara Blackmon, Bradford Blackmon
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Authorize Local School Boards To Employ Licensed Social Workers And Licensed Psychologists To Provide Services To Students In The Public Schools; To Provide That A School District That Employs At Least One Social Worker Or Psychologist For Every One Thousand Students Enrolled In The Schools Of The District Is Eligible For Reimbursement For Fifty Percent Of The Cost Of The Salary Of Each Social Worker Or Psychologist From The State Department Of Education; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2207 - State holidays; designate days of general elections for statewide offices as.
Barbara Blackmon, Bradford Blackmon
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Designate The Days Of The U.s. Presidential Election, The General State Election, And The Election Of A U.s. Senator As Legal Holidays In The State Of Mississippi; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2230 - Legal holidays; remove Confederate Memorial Day and designate June 19 as Juneteenth Freedom Day.
Derrick T. Simmons, David Blount, Robert Jackson
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Legal Holidays By Removing Confederate Memorial Day And Designating The Nineteenth Day Of June As Juneteenth Freedom Day; To Clarify When A Legal Holiday Will Be Celebrated If The Holiday Falls On A Saturday Or Sunday; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2200 - Suffrage; restore to any person disqualified by reason of criminal conviction upon completion of sentence.
Barbara Blackmon, Bradford Blackmon
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Restore The Right Of Suffrage To Any Person Disqualified By Reason Of Criminal Conviction Upon Completion Of Sentence; To Amend Sections 23-15-11, 23-15-19, 23-15-47 And 23-15-213, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2199 - Possession of marijuana or synthetic cannabinoids; amend penalties for certain convictions.
Barbara Blackmon, Bradford Blackmon
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 41-29-139, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce The Punishment For Simple Possession Of 30 Grams Or Less Of Marijuana To A Civil Penalty; To Direct The Funds Received From The Imposition Of The Civil Penalty To Be Deposited To The General Fund Of The Municipality Or County In Which The Summons For The Civil Penalty Was Issued; To Delete The Sentencing Authority Of The Court To Imprison A Defendant In The County Jail For A Second Conviction Of A Certain Amount Of Marijuana Or Synthetic Cannabinoids; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2217 - Confederate flag; direct removal of depiction from Capitol rotunda, and create commission to recommend replacement image.
Barbara Blackmon, Bradford Blackmon
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Direct The Department Of Archives And History To Cause The Depiction Of The Confederate Flag To Be Removed From The State Capitol Rotunda; To Establish A Commission To Recommend A Suitable Image To Replace The Depiction Of The Confederate Flag In The Capitol Rotunda; To Prescribe The Membership Of The Commission And To Provide For Its Organization And Meetings; To List The Commission's Prerogatives And Duties; To Require The Commission To Submit Its Written Recommendation To The Governor And The Legislature No Later Than September 30, 2024; To Provide For The Dissolution Of The Commission Upon The Submission Of Its Written Recommendation; To Amend Section 55-15-81, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Prohibits The Relocation, Removal, Disturbing, Alteration, Renaming Or Rededication Of Certain Historical Items, Structures Or Areas, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2198 - Criminal sentencing review; authorize and establish procedure for.
Barbara Blackmon, Bradford Blackmon
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Authorize A Court In A Criminal Matter To Set A Date Of Sentencing For The Review Of The Criminal Sentence; To Authorize A Court In Which Criminal Sentencing Was Entered Upon The Court's Own Motion Or Upon A Motion Of An Eligible Defendant To Reduce Or Modify The Sentence On The Ground That Such Sentence Is Greater Than Necessary To Achieve The Purposes Of Sentencing; To Provide Eligibility Requirements For A Criminal Defendant; To Provide That A Defendant Who Is Serving The Minimum Sentence Permitted Under The Criminal Law Shall Not Be Eligible To File A Motion Under This Section; To Provide That A Motion Under This Section Shall Be Referred For Determination To The Judge Who Imposed The Original Sentence Upon The Defendant Or To The Court That Imposed The Sentence If The Judge Is No Longer A Judge Of A Competent Jurisdiction; To Provide A Procedure For The Judge Reviewing The Motion; To Authorize A Renewed Motion After A Certain Amount Of Time Upon Denial Of The Motion; To Provide A Right Of Appeal; To Prohibit A Defendant From Agreeing To Waive His Or Her Right To Relief Under This Section As A Component Of A Plea Agreement; To Amend Section 99-39-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2201 - 988 Crisis Lifeline; include on licenses, state-issued photo identification and digital wallets.
Barbara Blackmon, Bradford Blackmon
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Include The Universal Telephone Number For The National Suicide Prevention And Mental Health Crisis Hotline On Any License, State-issued Photo Identification Card Or Digital Wallet; To Amend Sections 45-35-5, 45-35-53 And 45-35-71, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2231 - National Statuary Hall Selection Commission; create for recommending two new Mississippi statues at U.S. Capitol.
Derrick T. Simmons, David Blount, Robert Jackson
Last updated 7 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Create The National Statuary Hall Selection Commission To Study And Make Recommendations For The Selection Of Two New Historic Figures To Represent Mississippi In The National Statuary Hall Collection At The United States Capitol; To Provide That The Recommendations Shall Be Figures Who Bring Honor To All Mississippians And Reflect The Demographics Of The State As A Whole; To Prescribe The Membership Of The Commission And To Provide For Its Organization And Meetings; To Provide That The Commission Shall Make Written Recommendations To The Governor And The Legislature Not Later Than November 30, 2024; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Mississippi district SD-021
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Mississippi Senate
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Unfortunately I am not able to access the link you provided. However, here is a summary of key information about Barbara Blackmon, without reproducing copyrighted material: Barbara Blackmon is a former state representative in Mississippi. She previously served as Vice President of the Mississippi Optometric Association. Blackmon earned her optometry degree from the University of Houston and ran her own optometry practice for over 30 years. She decided to run for state office because she felt there was a lack of leadership and vision. Blackmon wanted to improve education, provide more access to healthcare, and expand economic opportunities. She served on committees focused on Medicaid, education, public health, and state affairs during her time as a representative. Overall, Blackmon had a long career as an optometrist before pivoting to public service as an elected official for Mississippi. She was driven by a desire to improve her community and address issues around healthcare, education and the economy.read less
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