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Highway revenue bills die at deadline

Clay Chandler — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:18:51 +0000

Two bills that create new revenue for the construction and maintenance of Mississippi’s roads and highways died last week in committee. A bill filed by Rep. Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, would have increased the current 18 cent per gallon tax on gasoline. It died in the House Ways and Means Committee. A Senate bill authored by [...]

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New fairgrounds advertising bill designed to bring in revenue

Clay Chandler — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 06:01:38 +0000

Early in the last legislative session, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Cindy Hyde-Smith asked Sen. Joey Fillingane to file a bill that would allow for private advertising to appear on buildings at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds. Fillingane, a Sumrall Republican, did just that, the bill cleared the Capitol and became law July 1. Supporters now [...]

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3 dozen groups OK’d for Miss. specialty car tags

Associated Press — Thu, 31 May 2012 12:30:51 +0000

JACKSON — Jerry Latch isn’t interested in shelling out extra money to express himself with a car tag promoting a particular group or cause, but he knows plenty of people who do. “My wife has a specialty tag of some kind, but I don’t know what it is,” Latch said Wednesday from the shoe store [...]

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Litigation timeline key for Section 42 valuation fight

Clay Chandler — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:01:37 +0000

A key hearing this week in Hinds County Chancery Court could go a long way toward changing how tax assessors calculate the tax liability for Section 42 Housing Developments. The Mississippi Association of Supervisors, the Mississippi Municipal League and dozens of towns and cities have sued the Department of Revenue, in an attempt to force [...]

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Agent issues

Clay Chandler — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 06:00:16 +0000

A bill that seeks to curtail the activities of rogue athlete agents and expand Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann’s power to investigate them is headed to conference committee. House Bill 1190 was one piece of Hosemann’s business reform legislative package. At the center of the disagreement between the House and Senate is each chamber’s definition [...]

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Digital records bill perseveres

Clay Chandler — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 06:00:23 +0000

Electronically accessible government records have spread slowly across Mississippi, as only a handful of counties that could afford to do so have implemented the systems necessary to provide them. One of the parts of Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann’s business reform legislative package would set guidelines for storing those electronic documents, and at the same [...]

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Eminent domain appeal window unclear

Clay Chandler — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:00:49 +0000

On Oct. 22, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann certified that Farm Bureau’s petition to eliminate the use of eminent domain for private development had enough signatures for the initiative to appear on the statewide ballot in 2011. Hosemann’s certification amounts to an administrative ruling, and if Mississippi’s rules for administrative appeals apply, any legal challenge [...]

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