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SB2647 - Mississippi Comprehensive Coastal Conservation and Restoration Act of 2024; enact.
Mike Thompson, Philman A. Ladner, Scott DeLano
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act Entitled The "mississippi Comprehensive Coastal Conservation And Restoration Plan Act Of 2024" To Declare Legislative Findings And Purpose; To Create A Technical Advisory Board (tab) To Develop And Annually Revise A Comprehensive Plan For Restoration, Construction, Storm Protection, Habitat Construction And Restoration, And Water Quality Projects On The Mississippi Gulf Coast; To Provide For The Composition Of The Technical Advisory Board And Its Organization; To Prescribe The Duties And Responsibilities Of The Technical Advisory Board; To Require State And Local Agencies To Cooperate With The Functions Of The Technical Advisory Board; To Require An Annual Report; To Amend Sections 49-15-305, 49-2-13 And 29-15-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2648 - Mississippi Department of Marine Resources; authorize oyster lease reconfiguration and make technical amendments.
Mike Thompson
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Sections 49-15-17, 49-15-27, 49-15-37, 49-15-38, 49-15-46, As Amended By House Bill No. 1007, 2024 Regular Session, And 49-15-47, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Technical Revisions To The Powers And Duties Of The Mississippi Department Of Marine Resources Relating To Oyster Cultivation Leases, The Seafood Fund, The Oyster Production Preserve Account And The Coastal Preserve Account; To Authorize The Department Of Marine Resources To Reconfigure Oyster Lease Areas And To Revise Permitted Areas And To Provide Protest Procedures By Oyster Lease Applicants; To Prescribe Criminal Penalties For Any Person Violating The Provisions Of The Oyster Bottom Lease Program; To Amend Section 51-11-105, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Remove The United States Army Corps Of Engineers From The Existing Lower Pearl River Restoration Project Agreement; To Repeal Section 27-19-56.27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes A Special License Tag For Supporters Of The Mississippi Seafood Industry; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Passed
SB2658 - Radar; authorize use of by sheriffs with limitation on the number of equipped patrol vehicles.
Mike Thompson
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 63-3-519, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Sheriff And His Deputies In Any County To Use Radar Speed Detection Equipment Upon The Public Streets, Roads And Highways Within The County, Lying Outside The Limits Of Any Incorporated Municipality; To Prohibit The Sheriff From Installing Radar On More Than A Certain Percentage Of The Patrol Vehicles In The County; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2653 - Design-build method of contracting; extend repealer for use by State Port Authority.
Mike Thompson
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Amend Section 59-5-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Date Of Repeal On The Provision Authorizing The State Port Authority At Gulfport To Use The Design-build Method Of Contracting For Certain Purposes; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2654 - MS Department of Marine Resources; clarify hearing procedures and establish compliance officer.
Mike Thompson
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Create An Administrative Hearing Procedure For The Mississippi Department Of Marine Resources; To Amend Section 49-15-401, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A Compliance Officer Within The Department Of Marine Resources; To Amend Section 49-15-403, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define The Powers And Duties Of The Compliance Officer; To Amend Section 49-15-411, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Harmless Error In Complying With Procedural Requirements; To Amend Section 49-15-417, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Change Commission To Department; To Amend Sections 49-27-33 And 49-27-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Recommending Authority Of The Commission; To Amend Section 49-27-37, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Written Recommendations Of The Commission Incorporating Its Findings And Reasons And To Clarify The Executive Director's Final Decision-making Authority; To Amend Section 49-27-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Further Clarify The Commission's Recommending Authority And The Executive Director's Final Decision-making Authority; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SR80 - Commend extensive judicial career and service of Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Jim Greenlee on occasion of his retirement.
Nicole Akins Boyd, Tyler McCaughn, Mike Thompson
Last updated 5 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
A Resolution Commending The Extensive Judicial Career And Service Of Mississippi Court Of Appeals Judge Jim Greenlee Of Oxford, Mississippi, On The Occasion Of His Retirement.
STATUS
Passed
SB2711 - Tourism; create the Mississippi Golf Association Grant Program.
Mike Thompson
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Create The Mississippi Golf Association Grant Program To Be Used To Make Grants For The Purpose Of Creating, Enhancing, And Revitalizing Mississippi Golf Courses; To Provide That Such Fund Shall Be Administered By The Mississippi Development Authority; To Prescribe Certain Conditions On The Allocations From The Fund; To Prescribe Eligible Costs For Which Monies From The Fund May Be Allocated; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2795 - Designate the Kemp's Ridley as the "Official State Sea Turtle of the State of Mississippi."
Mike Thompson
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Designate The Kemp's Ridley, The Most Endangered Sea Turtle In The World, As The "official State Sea Turtle Of The State Of Mississippi"; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2794 - Department of Tourism; create.
Mike Thompson
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Create The "mississippi Tourism Reorganization Act"; To Create The Mississippi Department Of Tourism; To Require The Governor To Appoint, With The Advice And Consent Of The Senate, An Executive Director Of The Department Of Tourism; To Prescribe The General Powers And Duties Of The Department Of Tourism And The Executive Director; To Authorize The Department Of Tourism To Establish A Program Of Grants To Be Matched By Tourism Entities In The State; To Authorize The Department Of Tourism To Sell Advertising And Other Tourism Promotional Information And To Create The Mississippi Department Of Tourism Advertising Fund; To Create The Mississippi Tourism Association Marketing Advisory Board To Assist The Department Of Tourism; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Divert A Portion Of Sales Tax Revenue Collected From Restaurants And Hotels Into The Department Of Tourism Advertising Fund Instead Of The Mississippi Development Authority Tourism Fund; To Repeal Section 57-1-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides General Powers And Duties Of The Mississippi Development Authority With Respect To Tourism; To Repeal Section 57-1-60, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes The Department Of Economic And Community Development To Establish A Program Of Grants To Finance, Promote And Advertise Local Tourist Attractions; To Repeal Section 57-1-61, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Transfer Of Functions Of The Travel And Tourism Division Of The Agricultural And Industrial Board To The Department Of Economic Development; To Repeal Section 57-1-63, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Transfer Of Powers And Duties Of State Agencies Relating To Tourism To The Mississippi Development Authority; To Repeal Section 57-1-64, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes The Mississippi Development Authority To Sell Advertising And Other Tourism Information And Creates The Mississippi Development Authority Tourism Advertising Fund; To Repeal Section 57-1-64.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Creates The Mississippi Tourism Association Marketing Advisory Board To Assist The Mississippi Development Authority; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
SB2780 - Authority of Secretary of State to approve leases located on Public Trust Tidelands; clarify.
David Blount, Mike Thompson, Brice Wiggins
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
An Act To Define State Jurisdiction Over Public Trust Tidelands And The Authority Of The Secretary Of State To Approve Leases Located On Public Trust Tidelands; To Amend Sections 7-11-11, 29-1-107, 29-15-1, 29-15-3, 29-15-5, 29-15-9, 29-15-10 And 29-15-13, Mississippi Code Of 1972, And To Codify Section 29-15-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Declare Legislative Intent Relative To Public Trust Tidelands, To Clarify The Requirement Of A Separate Lease From The Secretary Of State To Rent Land On Public Trust Tidelands Property, To Clarify That The Lease Needed To Move On Shore Is One With The State Or The State Port At Gulfport, To Revise Definitions, To Provide That State-held Tidelands Subject To Public Trust Are Prescribed In Tidelands Maps And Boundary Agreements And Court Orders Confirming The Maps, To Confirm All Authority Over Tidelands In The State Unless Specifically Severed Or Given To A Specific State Agency Or Political Subdivision, To Confirm Authority, Management And Administrative Control Over Tidelands In The Secretary Of State, To Clarify That Only Specific Action By The Legislature Can Divest The Secretary Of State Of Such Management And Control, To Provide That All Uses Of Public Trust Tidelands For Any Gaming Purposes By A Person Possessing Or Applying For A Gaming License Shall Require A Tidelands Lease From The State Through The Secretary Of State And Be Subject To Annual Rent, To Further Clarify That The Secretary Of State Is The Trustee Of The Public Trust Tidelands, To Further Clarify That A Tidelands Lease With The Secretary Of State Is Required For Use Of The Tidelands And That State Agencies And Political Subdivisions Exercising Littoral Or Riparian Rights Also Require A Tidelands Lease, To Provide That These Sections Control All Other Statutes, To Confirm State Ownership And Control Of Tidelands In The Secretary Of State Unless Clear Title Or Control Was Divested, To Provide That Administrative Costs, Legal Fees And Lost Ad Valorem Taxes Shall Be Paid Out Of The Public Trust Tidelands Fund, To Clarify The Need For A Tidelands Lease Even If Rent Exempt, To Clarify That The Use Of Tidelands For Municipal Harbors Requires A Tidelands Lease With The Secretary Of State, And In Conformity Thereto; To Amend Sections 59-7-405 And 59-15-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That If The Use Of The Public Trust Tidelands Is To Construct, Own, Hold, Maintain, Equip, Use, Control And Operate At Seaports Or Harbors, Wharves, Piers, Docks, Warehouses, Cold Storage Facilities, Water And Rail Terminals, Airplane Landing Fields And Strips, And Other Structures And Facilities Needful For The Convenient Use Of The Same In The Aid Of Commerce Navigation And Land, Including The Dredging Of Channels And Approaches To The Facilities, The Local Municipal Governing Authority Shall Have Exclusive Control Of The Leased Premises, And All Revenues Generated Therefrom Shall Be Used To Maintain, Repair Or Improve The Leased Property, To Provide That The Local Governing Authority Shall Not Lease, Sublease, Rent Or Provide Access For Any Gaming Purposes Under This Authority And To Provide That If The Use Of Public Trust Tidelands Is To Acquire, Purchase, Install, Rent, Lease, Mortgage, Incumber, Construct, Own, Hold, Maintain, Equip, Use, Control And Operate Recreational Parks And Harbors For Small Water Craft, The Local Municipal Governing Authority Shall Have Exclusive Control Of The Leased Premises And All Revenues Generated Therefrom Shall Be Used To Maintain, Repair Or Improve The Leased Property; To Amend Sections 75-76-67, 87-1-5, 97-33-1, 97-33-7, 97-33-17, 97-33-25 And 97-33-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Define And Clarify The Authority Of The Mississippi Gaming Commission In Determining Legal Gaming Sites And Preliminary Site Approval And To Clarify Areas Authorized For Gaming Casino Operations And The Authority Of The Commission To Regulate Minimum Size, Minimum Improvements And Other Project Requirements; And For Related Purposes.
STATUS
Failed
BIOGRAPHY
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Senator from Mississippi district SD-048
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Mississippi Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Mike Thompson was born in St. Helena, California on January 24, 1951. He served as an aide to then-state Senator Milton Marks until 1976 when he won election to the California State Senate. Thompson was elected to the US House in 1998, where he serves on the House Ways and Means Committee. He lives in St. Helena with his wife Janet. They have two sons.read less
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Mississippi Senate from Mississippi
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