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Home Government Legislative Update: House clears committee deadline; votes upcoming
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Legislative Update: House clears committee deadline; votes upcoming

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Rep. Jerry Turner
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February 1, 2018
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    Rep. Jerry Turner

    The House schedule was full of committee meetings this week, as next Tuesday’s deadline to have House Bills out of their corresponding committees quickly approaches.

    After Tuesday, Jan. 30, no additional bills will be added to the House calendar for consideration, and members of the House will begin meeting as a whole for longer hours to discuss the bills that made it out of committees.

    Despite the busy week of committee meetings, a few bills were introduced to the House floor for discussion.

    One bill that generated some debate was House Bill 559. The bill would authorize the Department of Finance and Administration to enter into a lease with a nonprofit for the development of a pediatric care facility for the severely disabled.Some legislators expressed concerns that the current facility would be relocated from one area of Jackson to another, but proponents said renovating the current location would be cost prohibitive to the project. The bill passed by a vote of 76-39 andwas then held on a motion to reconsider.

    Free career-tech tuition

    The Committee on Universities and Colleges introduced two bills this week. Members unanimously voted to pass House Bill 700, which would authorize the transfer of property from Delta State University to Coahoma Community College for a higher education research center. The committee also presented House Bill 405, which would establish the “Mississippi Career-Tech Scholars Program” to provide free tuition to students enrolled in certain career and technical education programs at community and junior colleges. The bill passed by a vote of 111-2.

    Auto liability changes

    Also introduced was House Bill 325, which would change the failure to have mandatory motor vehicle liability insurance from a civil violation to a criminal offense. The bill passed by a vote of 93-14.

    On Wednesday, country music star and Mississippi native Randy Houser was recognized in the House Chamber with a resolution declaring December 18, 2018, as “Randy Houser Day in Mississippi.”

    Among the groups visiting the Capitol this week were members of the Mississippi Retired Public Employees Association, the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges, the Mississippi Tourism Association, the Mississippi Association of Nurse Practitioners and the Mississippi Counseling Association.

    House bill 957 is now the property of the Mississippi senate. There it will go through committee, then on to the floor of senate for vote.

    I have been assured by senate, House, and MDE that our vocational funds are still in place. I have given an amendment to senate chairman, that will clarify it better. Hopefully they will put in in to rest everyone’s mind. This is certainly a large ticket for most of school districts I represent.

    I also discussed line-item budgeting with Speaker, we determined that will be reflected in the performance measures of the funding, that is good. Those measures will also move the numbers with performance. Example, increased enrollment will raise funding for every school.

    The Mississippi House of Representatives authored and passed the last series of pay increases for our teachers. There is a 5% teacher pay raise in the base of the funding policy, at the discretion of administration.

    We are looking forward to more constructive work by the senate, that will continue our efforts to invest in our children, the most valuable assets we enjoy.

    Please continue to pray for our endeavors to serve our constituents and Mississippi.  You can call 6623655135 (home), 601-359-9473 Jackson, email jturner@house.ms.gov.

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