An Act To Amend Section 45-6-19, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Police Chiefs And Police Officers Of Public Colleges, Universities And The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District To Receive Certain Continuing Education; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Define The Terms "governmental Entity", "utility Service" And "appliance"; To Prohibit A Governmental Entity From Enacting Or Enforcing Any Resolution, Ordinance, Regulation, Rule, Code, Or Policy To Take Any Action That Restricts Or Prohibits, Or Has The Effect Of Restricting Or Prohibiting, Any Person Or Entity From Using Any Appliance Based On The Type Of Utility Service Required To Operate The Appliance; To Bring Forward Sections 77-3-3 And 77-3-201, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Relate To The Regulation Of Public Utilities, For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Enact The Save Our Underfunded Local Schools Act Or Souls Act; To Define Terms; To Create The Save Our Underfunded Local Schools Grant Program To Be Administered By The Department Of Public Safety For The Purpose Of Ensuring School And School District Buildings Are Equipped With Safety And Security Upgrades, Including The Startup Costs Necessary For Each School District To Have A Public Safety Or Security Department; To Provide That Each School District Shall Receive A Minimum Amount Under The Grant Program; To Provide That The Remaining Funds In The Grant Program Shall Be Distributed Upon Application; To Require The Department To Promulgate Rules And Regulations To Administer The Grant Program; To Create The Souls Act Fund As A Special Fund In The State Treasury; To Provide That Monies Appropriated Out Of The Fund May Be Used To Reimburse Actual Oversight Costs Up To A Certain Amount; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Provide For The Regulation Of Nonconsensual Towing And Charges For Commercial Motor Vehicles; To Create The Commercial Vehicle Towing Advisory Committee; To Establish Regulations For Towing And Recovery Service Providers; To Establish A Resolution Process For Commercial Motor Vehicle Owners Who Dispute The Amount Of Towing And Recovery Fees And Charges; To Require The Commercial Vehicle Towing Advisory Committee To Provide Towing Rates Based On Certain Standards; To Provide For Disciplinary Action Against Towing And Recovery Service Providers For Violations; To Require Towing And Recovery Services That Have Performed A Nonconsensual Tow To Store The Vehicle In Mississippi And Allow The Vehicle Owner Reasonable Access To The Commercial Vehicle To Collect Personal Property; To Provide How A Police Officer May Utilize A Tow List; To Provide That Members Of The Committee May Not Receive A Benefit For Placing Towing And Recovery Companies On The Tow List; To Provide Procedures For What A Towing And Recovery Service Must Do Before Performing A Nonconsensual Tow; To Require Private Property Owners To Display Signage Warning Vehicle Operators Of The Potential Of Being Towed; To Prohibit The Use Of Vehicle Immobilization Devices, Except When Directed By Law Enforcement; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 37-28-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Delete The Provision That Allowed The Authorizer To Receive 3% Of Annual Per-pupil Allocations For Charter Schools; To Provide That The Legislature May Fund The Authorizer Through Specific Appropriation Thereof; To Amend Section 37-28-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise The Charter School Funding Formula To Ensure Such Calculation Is Based On Average Daily Attendance Instead Of Average Daily Membership; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 99-15-15, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require Appointment Of Counsel For Criminal Defendants In Justice Court Who Are Indigent; To Amend Section 99-15-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Set A Certain Amount As The Maximum Compensation For An Appointed Attorney In Justice Court; And For Related Purposes.

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.

An Act To Authorize The Issuance Of State General Obligation Bonds To Provide Funds To Pay The Costs Associated With Repair And Renovation Of And Upgrades And Improvements To The Walter Washington Administration And Classroom Building At Alcorn State University; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Bring Forward Section 43-13-115, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Medicaid Beneficiary Eligibility For Purposes Of Possible Amendment; To Amend Section 43-13-117, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For Medicaid Services, To Extend The Date Of Repeal On Certain Provisions; To Amend Section 43-13-145, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Provides For The Medicaid Hospital Assessment, To Extend The Date Of Repeal On Certain Provisions; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 63-21-9, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require An Owner Of An All-terrain Vehicle To Apply To The Department Of Revenue For A Certificate Of Title; To Amend Section 63-21-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Amend The Definition Of "motor Vehicle" To Include All-terrain Vehicles, And To Amend The Definition Of "all-terrain Vehicle" To Include Utility Task Vehicles, Also Known As Side-by-sides, For Purposes Of The Mississippi Motor Vehicle And Manufactured Housing Title Law; To Amend Sections 63-21-15, 63-21-29, 63-21-53, 63-21-63, 63-21-67 And 63-21-70, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Amend Section 27-31-1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Ad Valorem Taxation Any All-terrain Vehicle, As Defined In Section 63-21-5, Held By A Retailer On A Consignment Or Floor Plan Basis; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Create New Section 9-5-59, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Twenty-first Chancery Court District; To Create New Section 9-7-65, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The Twenty-fourth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce The Number Of Counties In The Tenth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce The Number Of Counties In The Sixteenth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-55, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce The Number Of Counties In The Nineteenth Chancery Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-31, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce The Number Of Counties In The Tenth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-35, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce The Number Of Counties In The Twelfth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-7-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Reduce The Number Of Counties In The Nineteenth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 25-31-5, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide Legal Assistants For The Twenty-fourth Circuit Court District; To Amend Section 9-5-36, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform; To Provide The Procedure To Fill The Office Of District Attorney For The Twenty-fourth Circuit Court District; To Provide The Procedure To Fill The Chancellorship And The Circuit Judgeship Created In This Act; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 43-15-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Authorize Certain Benefits And Resources To Be Provided To Fictive Kin Of Children And Youth In The Custody Of The Department Of Child Protection Services; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-104-7, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Exemption From The Public Procurement Review Board Certain Contracts Entered Into By The Coordinator Of Mental Health Accessibility Until 2027; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Require Appointments To State Agencies, Boards And Commission Positions To Reflect The Demographic Of The Area They Are Appointed To Serve; And For Related Purposes.

An Act To Amend Section 27-104-323, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer To The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund The Full Amount Of Any Interest Earned On Amounts In The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund That Are Remaining In The Local Fund On July 1, 2024; To Provide That Any Interest Earned On Amounts In The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund After July 1, 2024, Shall Be Deposited To The Credit Of The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund; To Authorize The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer To The Federal Government Any Funds In The Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund That Have Not Been Used For The Purpose For Which They Were Received; To Amend Section 37-106-64, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Revise Eligibility For The Skilled Nursing Home And Hospital Nurses Retention Loan Repayment Program; To Amend Section 41-3-16.1, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Direct The Department Of Health's Distribution Of Funds Appropriated To The Arpa Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program; To Require The State Fiscal Officer To Transfer Certain Funds; To Create The "arpa-mdot Maintenance Project Fund" As A Special Fund Within The State Treasury; To Direct The State Treasurer, In Conjunction With The State Fiscal Officer, To Transfer Certain Funds To The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund; To Direct The State Treasurer, In Conjunction With The State Fiscal Officer, To Transfer Certain Funds To The Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Lost Revenue Fund; And For Related Purposes.