An Act To Amend Section 27-71-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce The Privilege License Tax For Package Retailer's Permit Issued For Package Stores Located In Municipalities With A Population Of 5,000 Or Less According To The Latest Federal Decennial Census; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 3, Chapter 421, Laws Of 2019, To Reduce By $21,000,000.00 The Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For The Ace Fund; To Repeal Section 6, Chapter 492, Laws Of 2020, Which Authorizes The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds In The Amount Of $10,000,000.00 For The Ace Fund; To Create The 2023 Ace Fund Supplementary Fund In The State Treasury To Supplement The Ace Fund In Reimbursing Reasonable Costs Incurred By The Mississippi Development Authority For The Administration Of Grant, Loan And Financial Incentive Programs; To Transfer $31,000,000.00 From The Capital Expense Fund To The 2023 Ace Fund Supplementary Fund; To Amend Section 4, Chapter 460, Laws Of 2006, To Reduce By $9,280,000.00 The Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For The Department Of Marine Resources Equipment And Facilities Fund; To Amend Section 1, Chapter 454, Laws Of 2019, To Reduce By $2,500.00 The Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For Assisting Mississippi State University In Paying The Costs Of Repair And Renovation Of Buildings And Related Facilities At The Sustainable Bioproducts Complex And Repair And Renovation Of Ballew Hall And Related Facilities; To Amend Section 1, Chapter 492, Laws Of 2020, To Remove The $10,000,000.00 Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For Assisting Mississippi State University In Paying The Costs Of Phase Iii Of Construction, Furnishing And Equipping Of A New Building And Related Facilities To House The Kinesiology Department; To Amend Section 1, Chapter 480, Laws Of 2021, To Reduce By $10,180,000.00 The Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For Assisting Mississippi State University In Paying The Costs Of Phase I Of Construction, Furnishing And Equipping Of A New Building And Related Facilities To House The College Of Architecture, Art And Design; To Reduce By $6,400,000.00 The Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For Assisting Mississippi State University's Division Of Agriculture, Forestry And Veterinary Medicine In Paying The Costs Of Repair And Renovation Of, And Upgrades And Improvements To, Dorman Hall And Related Facilities; To Reduce By $4,300,000.00 The Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For Assisting The University Of Southern Mississippi In Paying The Costs Of Construction, Furnishing And Equipping Of Executive Education And Conference Center And Related Facilities On Its Gulf Park Campus, And Of Repair, Renovation, Life Safety, And Ada Code Upgrades, Furnishing And Equipping Of Campus Buildings And Facilities At The Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Halstead Campus; To Create The 2023 Ihl Capital Projects Fund In The State Treasury To Assist In Paying The Costs Of Ihl Projects For Which Bonding Authority Is Reduced In This Act, In The Amount Of The Reduction For Each Project; To Transfer $30,882,500.00 From The Capital Expense Fund To The 2023 Ihl Capital Projects Fund; To Amend Section 3, Chapter 492, Laws Of 2020, To Reduce By $320,000.00 The Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For East Central Community College; To Remove The $2,445,000.00 Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For Itawamba Community College; To Remove The $1,670,000.00 Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For Southwest Mississippi Community College; To Amend Section 2, Chapter 480, Laws Of 2021, To Reduce By $758,372.00 The Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For East Central Community College; To Remove The $2,070,016.00 Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For East Mississippi Community College; To Reduce By $2,434,814.00 The Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For Itawamba Community College; To Remove The $2,052,257.00 Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For Northeast Mississippi Community College; To Remove The $1,714,541.00 Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For Southwest Mississippi Community College; To Create The 2023 Community Colleges Capital Projects Fund In The State Treasury To Assist In Paying The Costs Of Community College Capital Projects For Which Bonding Authority Is Reduced In This Act In The Amount Of The Reduction For Each Community College; To Transfer $13,465,000.00 From The Capital Expense Fund To The 2023 Community Colleges Capital Projects Fund; To Amend Section 57-75-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce By $20,000,000.00, $60,000,000.00 And $5,000,000.00 The Amounts Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For Projects Defined In Subparagraphs (xxvi), (xxviii) And (xxx), Respectively, Of Section 57-75-5(f); To Amend Section 2, Chapter 522, Laws Of 2011, To Reduce By $3,377.00 The Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For The 2011 Mississippi Civil Rights Museum And Museum Of Mississippi History Construction Fund; To Amend Chapter 464, Laws Of 1999, As Last Amended By Section 44, Chapter 472, Laws Of 2015, To Reduce By $18,627.00 The Amount Of State General Obligation Bonds Authorized To Be Issued For The 1999 Department Of Wildlife, Fisheries And Parks Improvements Fund; To Repeal Section 3, Chapter 580, Laws Of 2007, Which Authorizes State General Obligation Bonds In The Amount Of $4,000,000.00 To Be Issued For The Grand Gulf Access Road Construction Fund To Be Spent Under The Direction Of The Mississippi Transportation Commission; To Create The 2023 Mdot Road Construction Fund In The State Treasury To Assist In Paying The Costs Of The Grand Gulf Access Road Project; To Transfer $4,000,000.00 From The Capital Expense Fund To The 2023 Mdot Road Construction Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 29-1-145, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Withhold Up To 10% Of The Proceeds From The Sales Of Tax-forfeited Properties Certified To The State To Defray The Cost Of The Removal Of Trees On Such Property Which Pose An Immediate Harm To Life Or Property On Adjoining Parcels Upon Notification Of The Appropriate Chancery Clerk Or Municipal Clerk; To Authorize The Secretary Of State To Reimburse The Municipality Wherein The Most Tax-forfeited Lands Are Located For Cleanup And Maintenance Costs On Such Property From Any Remaining Balance In The Land Records Maintenance Fund; To Amend Section 27-104-205, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt The Land Records Maintenance Fund From Certain Special Fund Transfer Requirements; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create A New Section In Title 25, Chapter 11, Article 3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Implement The "first Responders Retirement Incentive"; To Provide, For This Incentive, That Any Member Of The Public Employees' Retirement System Hired On Or After July 1, 2011, Shall Earn One Year Of Creditable Service At No Cost To Members For Every Five Years Served As A First Responder In The State Of Mississippi; To Provide That, In Order To Use This Incentive, The First Responder Must Not Have Any Felony Convictions At The Time Of Retirement; And For Related Purposes.

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".

An Act To Amend Section 25-15-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The State And School Employees Life And Health Insurance Plan To Require The State To Provide Fifty Percent Of The Cost Of The Health Insurance Plan For The Eligible Dependents Of Full-time Employees; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 43-19-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Child Support Obligations Shall Be Suspended By Operation Of Law For Persons Ordered To Pay Child Support Who Are Incarcerated Or Involuntarily Institutionalized For More Than 180 Days, With Certain Exceptions; To Provide That The Child Support Obligation Will Resume 60 Days After The Noncustodial Parent Is Released From Incarceration, And The Noncustodial Parent's Child Support Order And Obligation Will Become Enforceable On That Date; To Authorize The Department Of Human Services When Enforcing A Child Support Order To Administratively Adjust The Arrears Balance For An Order For Child Support That Was Suspended Because Of Incarceration Or Institutionalization Under Certain Conditions; To Amend Sections 93-11-65, 93-11-71 And 93-5-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Section; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 25-41-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clearly Subject The Legislature To The Provisions Of The Open Meetings Law; To Amend Section 25-41-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Option Of First Seeking Redress For A Violation Of The Open Meetings Law In Chancery Court; To Amend Section 25-61-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Penalty For A Violation Of The Public Records Act From $100.00 To $500.00; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 67-1-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "qualified Resort Area" Under The Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law; To Bring Forward Section 67-1-51, Mississippi Code Of 1972, For The Purpose Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create "the Mississippi Collaborative Response To Mental Health Act"; To Require Each Municipal And County Law Enforcement Agency To Provide Mental Health First-aid Training That Is Evidence-based And Approved By The Department Of Mental Health; To Require Each Municipal And County Law Enforcement Agency To Have At Least One Crisis Intervention Trained Officer By A Certain Date; To Provide That An Agency Which Employs Less Than Five Law Enforcement Officers May Execute An Agreement With One Or More Law Enforcement Agencies To Have A Crisis Intervention Team Officer Serve As The Officer For That Agency; To Create New Section 41-21-77.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Court Liaisons For Certain Counties; To Amend Section 41-4-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Terms Of The Members Of The State Board Of Mental Health; To Amend Section 41-19-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provision Which Regulated Regional Commissions To This Act; To Amend Section 41-19-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Each Regional Commission To Employ Or Contract With An Accountant To Manage Its Finances; To Require The Accountant To Provide An Annual Audit In Addition To Other Duties; To Provide Qualifications For Members Of The Board; To Amend Section 41-19-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Members Of The Regional Commission Shall Serve At The Will And Pleasure Of The Appointing Board Of Supervisors; To Require The Commissioners To Attend Certain Trainings As A Condition To Remaining A Commissioner; To Require Removal Of Any Commissioner Who Fails To Attend Certain Trainings Provided By The Department Of Mental Health Unless Alternate Arrangements Are Made; To Amend Section 41-21-77, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Chancery Clerk To Maintain A Record For The Number Of Persons Ordered For Admission To A Treatment Facility, The Number Of Hearings To Determine Whether A Person Should Be Admitted And The Number Of Affidavits Filed For Purposes Of Admitting A Person To A Treatment Facility; To Amend Section 41-4-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Powers And Duties Of The State Board Of Mental Health; To Require Law Enforcement Officers To Transport Persons In Crisis To The Appropriate Healthcare Facility At The Request Of The Crisis Intervention Team; To Provide That On Or Before December 1, 2023, Each County Shall Report To The Department Of Mental Health Data Relating To The Placement Of Individuals Both Before An Involuntary Civil Commitment Proceeding, And After A Hearing Where An Involuntary Commitment Order Has Been Entered; To Provide That After Making Expenditures Of At Least $2,500,000.00 Each Year To Provide Funding For County And Municipal Law Enforcement Training And Court Liaisons, The Department Of Mental Health May Expend Any Additional Funds To Provide Grants To Community Mental Health Centers For The Purpose Of Increasing Housing For Patients; To Provide That The Department Of Mental Health Shall Have All Powers Necessary To Implement And Administer The Program, And The Department Shall Promulgate Rules And Regulations Necessary For The Implementation Of The Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Chapter 1017, Local And Private Laws Of 2004, As Last Amended By Chapter 902, Local And Private Laws Of 2019, To Extend The Repeal Date From July 1, 2023, To July 1, 2027, On The Authority Of The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Baldwyn To Levy A Tax Upon The Gross Proceeds Of Hotels And Motels Derived From Room Rentals And Upon The Gross Proceeds Of Sales Of Restaurants And Sales Of Prepared Food At Convenience Stores, Which Shall Be Used To Promote Tourism And To Encourage Retired Persons To Remain In Or Relocate To The Baldwyn Area; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 49-2-131, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That In Awarding Grants In Second And Subsequent Rounds Under Municipality And County Water Infrastructure Grant Program, The Department Of Environmental Quality Shall Give Priority To Eligible Applicants That Did Not Receive Funding In Their First Round Grants To Implement Necessary Repairs To Their Existing Water And/or Sewer Systems; To Amend Section 41-3-16.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify That Certain Entities Are Eligible To Participate In The Arpa Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-41-77, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The County To Retain In The County General Fund Any Excess In The Amount Bid For A Sale Of Land For Taxes, And To Prohibit The Landowner From Requesting Payment Thereof; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 67-1-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Definition Of The Term "qualified Resort Area" Under The Local Option Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, To Include Any Facility Used As An Event Venue And Located On Pleasant Grove Drive Between One And One And One-half Miles Southeast Of Its Intersection With Harmony Drive, In A County Through Which Run Interstate 55 And U.s. Highway 84; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-65-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Sales Taxation Sales Of Tangible Personal Property And Services To Certain Community Action Organizations That Are Exempt From Federal Income Taxation Under Section 501(c)(3) Of The Internal Revenue Code; And For Related Purposes.