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HB712 - Youthful Offender Law; enact.
Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Create The Youthful Offender Law; To Authorize Any Circuit Court To Sentence An Offender As A Youthful Offender, Under Certain Circumstances, If The Offender Committed An Offense Before The Age Of Twenty-one And Is At Least Eighteen Years Of Age Or If The Offender Is A Juvenile Delinquent Who Has Been Removed From The Jurisdiction Of The Youth Court; To Provide Certain Sentencing Options That The Court May Impose On The Youthful Offender; To Amend Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section And To Extend The Date Of Repeal On That Section, And To Amend Section 47-5-138, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1828 - Appropriation; IHL to increase university faculty salaries closer to the SREB average.
Jeffery Harness
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act Making An Appropriation To The Board Of Trustees For State Institutions Of Higher Learning For The Purpose Of Increasing University Faculty Salaries To An Amount Closer To The Southern Regional Education Board (sreb) Average For Those Salaries For The Fiscal Year 2025.
STATUS
Failed
HB668 - Courts; require to establish certain minimum guidelines.
Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Require Each Circuit, Chancery, Justice, Municipal, County And Youth Court To Establish Safety Guidelines For The Purpose Of Protecting Judges, Staff, And Any Member Of The Public Present In Court Buildings During Legal Proceedings; To Provide The Minimum Requirements For The Guidelines; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB746 - Public defenders; increase compensation for.
Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 99-15-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Compensation For Indigent Counsel; To Bring Forward Section 25-32-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Compensation For Public Defenders, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 25-3-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides The Compensation For Judges And District Attorneys, For Purposes Of Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB737 - Teachers, retired; authorize to be employed full time and continue receiving retirement allowance.
Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Create New Section 25-11-126, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Persons Who Are Receiving A Retirement Allowance From The Public Employees' Retirement System And Who Were Employed As Public Schoolteachers At The Time Of Their Retirement May Be Employed As Full-time Teachers In Public School Districts And Choose To Continue Receiving The Retirement Allowance During Their Employment As Teachers After Retirement; To Provide That Those Persons Shall Not Be Contributing Members Of The Retirement System And Shall Not Receive Any Creditable Service For The Period During Which They Receive A Retirement Allowance During Their Employment As Teachers; To Provide That Those Persons Shall Receive The Salary Authorized For Teachers With Zero To Three Years Of Teaching Experience With A Class A Certification For The Duration Of Their Employment As Teachers After Retirement; To Provide That Those Persons Shall Not Receive Automatic Credit For Years Of Experience In Determining Compensation And Shall Not Be Entitled To Any Supplements, Salary Increases Or Annual Experience Increments; To Amend Sections 25-11-105, 25-11-127, And 37-19-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Provisions; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB706 - Nuclear generating plants; revise distribution of payments made in-lieu ad valorem taxes.
Jeffery Harness, Robert L Johnson, Christopher Bell
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 27-35-309, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Portion Of The Payments Made By A Nuclear Generating Plant In-lieu Of Ad Valorem Taxes Shall Be Paid To The Claiborne County School District; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB672 - Nuclear generating plants; revise distribution of payments made in-lieu of ad valorem taxes.
Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 27-35-309, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That A Portion Of The Payments Made By A Nuclear Generating Plant In-lieu Of Ad Valorem Taxes Shall Be Paid To Claiborne County, Mississippi, To Be Used By The County For Economic Development Purposes In The County; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB1065 - Parole eligibility; revise for minors who committed offenses while under the age of 18.
Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 47-7-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If A Person Was Under The Age Of Eighteen At The Time He Or She Committed A Violent Offense And Such Person Is Not Otherwise Eligible For Parole At An Earlier Date, Then The Person Shall Be Eligible For Parole Once He Or She Has Reached Twenty-one Years Of Age; To Amend Section 47-7-3.2, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB705 - Nuclear generating plants; repeal provisions of law that provides ad valorem tax exemption for.
Jeffery Harness, Robert L Johnson, Christopher Bell
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Amend Section 27-35-309, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Repeal The Provision Of Law That Exempts From Ad Valorem Taxation Any Nuclear Generating Plant Located In The State Which Is Owned Or Operated By A Public Utility Rendering Electric Service Within The State And Which Is Not Owned Or Operated By An Instrumentality Of The Federal Government, And That Provides For Such A Public Utility To Make Payments In Lieu Of Ad Valorem Taxes; To Bring Forward Sections 19-9-151, 19-9-153, 19-9-155 And 19-9-157, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To In-lieu Payments To Counties In Which Nuclear Generating Plants Are Located, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 27-39-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes Counties To Levy Ad Valorem Taxes For Maintenance And Construction Of Roads And Bridges, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 27-39-320, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Limitations On Increases Of Ad Valorem Tax Revenues, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 33-15-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Grand Gulf Disaster Assistance Trust Fund, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-57-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes And Provides The Procedure For The Levy Of Certain Ad Valorem Taxes For School District Purposes, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-151-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Determination Of Annual Allocations To School Districts For Operation Under The Mississippi Accountability And Adequate Education Program Act Of 1997, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Bring Forward Section 37-151-87, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relates To The Reduction Of Local Supplement Or Support From Ad Valorem Taxation Under The Mississippi Accountability And Adequate Education Program Act Of 1997, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
HB663 - Commercial driver's license; remove prohibition for nonadjudication of.
Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 63-11-30, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The Prohibition For Nonadjudication Of A Commercial Driver's License; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Mississippi district HD-085
COMMITTEES
Mississippi House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Jeffery Harness is from Bean Station, Tennessee. He received his B.S. degree from UT Martin. Harness served in the Army National Guard. He is a Quality Engineer. Harness has served as a County Commissioner for Grainger County. He is involved with the NRA, Farm Bureau, and many local civic groups.read less
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