An Act To Amend Section 27-65-241, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes The Levy Of A Municipal Special Sales Tax In Certain Municipalities, To Provide That If A Municipality Levying A Tax Under This Section Fails To Comply With Certain Audit Or Reporting Requirements And Does Not Remedy The Noncompliance Within Thirty Days After Receiving Written Notice Of Noncompliance, The Department Of Revenue Shall Withhold Payments Otherwise Payable To The Municipality Under This Section Until The Department Receives Written Notice That The Municipality Has Complied With Such Requirements; To Provide A Monthly Reporting Requirement To The Members Of The Commission; To Require Certain Expenditures From The Special Municipal Fund To Be Reimbursed To Such Fund; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 89-1-23, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Nonresident Aliens Who Are Citizens Of A Country That Is Hostile To The Interests Of The United States Or A Country That Is A Known Violator Of Human Rights May Not Hold Land, Dispose Of Land Or Transmit Land By Descent If The Land Is Located Within A Fifty (50) Mile Radius Of A Military Installation; To Define The Term "military Installation"; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create "the Microgrid And Grid Resiliency Act"; To Define Certain Terms Relating To Microgrids; To Provide That Either The Board Of County Commissioners Or Board Of Supervisors In Each County May Petition The Secretary Of State To Designate No More Than Three Areas Of Unincorporated State Land Within The County Constituting Not Less Than One Hundred Continuous Acres As A Microgrid Zone; To Provide That The Public Service Commission Shall Oversee Individual Microgrids Built Within And Outside The Microgrid Zone; To Provide For Notice And Hearing On Such Petition; To Require Microgrid Operators Within The Microgrid Zone Upon The Point Of Grid Connection To Provide Up To Twenty Percent Of Its Generation In A Demand Response Program In Order To Ensure Grid Stability; To Require Microgrid Operators Within The Microgrid Zone Upon The Point Of Grid Connection To Participate In An Secondary Frequency Response In Order To Ensure Grid Stability; To Require Microgrid Operators Within The Microgrid Zone Upon The Point Of Grid Connection To Participate In A Primary Frequency Response In Order To Ensure Grid Stability; To Provide That Provisions Of This Title, With Respect To The Public Service Commission Rate Regulation, Shall Not Apply To Rates Charged For The Sale Of Electricity To Certain Customers; To Provide That Nothing In This Act Shall Be Construed To Reduce, Modify, Eliminate Or Otherwise Alter Any Applicable Requirements Of Federal Law Or Any Local, State Or Federal Tax That May Be Imposed; To Require Microgrid Developers To Apply For A Grid Interconnection Before It Begins The Development Of The Microgrid; To Provide That Such Microgrid Developers Are Not Required To Wait For Approval Before Building Out Their Operations; To Require The Public Service Commission To Implement And Provide Programs That Enable Communities To Apply For And Operate A Community Level Microgrid; To Provide That This Act Shall Not Apply To Contracts For Utility Services Existing Prior To The Effective Date Of This Act, Except For Community Level Microgrids, Unless Otherwise Determined By The Public Service Commission; To Require The Secretary Of State And The Public Service Commission To Promulgate Any Rules And Regulations Necessary To Implement The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-31-46.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Period In Which Certain Renewable Energy Projects May Begin Construction In Order To Be Eligible For A Partial Ad Valorem Tax Exemption; To Extend The Time Period Within Which County Boards Of Supervisors And Municipal Governing Authorities May Authorize A Partial Ad Valorem Tax Exemption For Certain Renewable Energy Projects; To Amend Section 27-31-104, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Authorizes County Boards Of Supervisors And Municipal Governing Authorities To Enter Into Agreements With Certain Enterprises Granting A Fee-in-lieu Of Ad Valorem Taxes, To Revise The Enterprises With Which County Boards Of Supervisors And Municipal Governing Authorities Are Authorized To Enter Into Such Agreements; To Extend The Time Period Within Which County Boards Of Supervisors And Municipal Governing Authorities May Enter Into Such Agreements With Certain Renewable Energy Projects; And For Related Purposes.

An Act 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 Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Assist The Board Of Trustees Of State Institutions Of Higher Learning In Providing The Remainder Of The Amount, Adjusted For Inflation, That It Was Charged With Raising For A Privately Funded Endowment For Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University And Alcorn State University Under The Settlement Of Ayers V. Musgrove; To Provide That The Privately Funded Endowment Shall Be Used For Program Stabilization, Program Development And Expansion At The Three Beneficiary Universities; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-1-2, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create A Board Of Directors For The Department Of Human Services; To Provide The Makeup Of The Board; To Provide That The Board Of Directors Shall Assist And Oversee The Executive Director In Governing The Department; To Require The Executive Director Meet With The Joint Oversight Committee Of The Department At All Of Its Meetings And Provide Such Information As Requested And Answer Such Questions As Presented By The Committee About The Department; To Extend The Date Of The Repealer On This Section; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 41-19-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Number Of Members Appointed To A Regional Mental Health Commission By The Boards Of Supervisors Of The Participating Counties If The Commission Consists Of Only Two Counties That Border The State Of Alabama; And For Related Purposes.

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.

An Act To Amend Section 73-59-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For An Alternative Examination Method For Certain Persons Or Entities Applying For A License Under The Laws Regulating Residential Builders And Remodelers; To Bring Forward Section 73-59-3, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Is A Section Of The Laws Regulating Residential Builders And Remodelers, For The Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

A Resolution Recognizing And Commending Copiah County, Mississippi, Upon The Occasion Of Its Bicentennial Anniversary, Acknowledging 200 Years Of Excellence.

An Act To Amend Section 25-11-305, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That All Persons Who Become Members Of The State Legislature For The First Time On Or After July 1, 2023, And The Persons Who Become The President Of The Senate For The First Time On Or After July 1, 2023, Shall Not Become Members Of The Supplemental Legislative Retirement Plan; To Provide That From And After July 1, 2023, The Members Of The State Legislature And The President Of The Senate Shall Not Earn Any Additional Creditable Service As A Member Of The State Legislature Or As The President Of The Senate For The Purposes Of The Plan; To Amend Section 25-11-307, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That From And After July 1, 2023, The Members Of The Plan Will Not Pay The Employee's Contribution And The State Legislature Will Not Pay The Employer's Contribution For Members Of The Plan; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation Of General Funds To Alcorn State University To Defray Expenses To Upgrade Roadways And Sidewalks For Fiscal Year 2024.

An Act To Amend Section 47-5-109.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Expand The Criteria That The Department Of Corrections Utilizes When Evaluating Requests For Proposals From Interested Third Parties For Inmate Canteen Services; To Require That Such Criteria Include Pricing That Is Fair And Reasonable As Well As Comparable To Other States; And For Related Purposes.

An Act Making An Appropriation To The Board Of Supervisors Of Hinds County For The Purpose Of Funding The Construction Of A New County Jail For The Fiscal Year 2024.