House Committee on Appropriations
May 26, 2015
9:00 a.m.
Room 5
Adjourned
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATION
HCR18
STEVE CARTER
EDUCATION/FINANCE
- Provides for legislative approval of the MFP formula for the 2015-2016 fiscal year (EG +$84,762,481 GF EX See Note)
HR79
P.SMITH
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
- Creates a special subcommittee to study certain matters relative to registrars of voters (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB30
RICHARD
PUBLIC CONTRACTS
- Provides for the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget to review and take action on certain state professional, personal, and consulting service contracts and provides for deposit of certain funding from the contracts into the Higher Education Financing Fund (EN SEE FISC NOTE SD RV See Note)
HB71
MACK
SUPPLEMENTAL PAY
- Provides with respect to the determination of prior service for supplemental pay for law enforcement officers (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB80
CARMODY
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Creates the Better Highways and Higher Education Fund and dedicates a certain portion of state sales and use taxes from out-of-state vendors into the fund (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
HB81
CARMODY
FUNDS/FUNDING
- Increases the mineral revenue base for the Budget Stabilization Fund and dedicates the additional revenue to higher education and transportation (OR SEE FISC NOTE SD RV)
HB307
JACKSON
MENTAL HEALTH
- Provides relative to coverage and payment for services rendered to a person admitted under an emergency certificate (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB376
LANCE HARRIS
PROCUREMENT
- Grants public and private postsecondary institutions greater participation in receiving and monitoring contracts and federal grants (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
HB437
ROBERT JOHNSON
SUPPLEMENTAL PAY
- Provides with respect to Tunica-Biloxi tribal officers eligible for supplemental pay (OR INCREASE GF EX See Note)
HB562
HAVARD
BUDGETARY CONTROLS
- Requires the Revenue Estimating Conference to designate certain general fund money from mineral revenue as restricted and prohibits including such revenue in the executive budget (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
HB736
ORTEGO
TAX/FUELS, SPECIAL
- Provides relative to the state excise tax levied on special fuels and for the administration and collection of the tax (EG INCREASE SD RV See Note)
SB33
WALSWORTH
ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
- Places the office of telecommunications management within the office of technology services. (8/1/15) (EN -$585,000 GF EX See Note)
SB42
WALSWORTH
FISCAL CONTROLS
- Provides for the procedure for notification for certain contracts. (gov sig) (EN DECREASE GF EX See Note)
SB248
MURRAY
COMMERCIAL REGULATIONS
- Provides relative to authority to invest monies in certain investment grade commercial paper. (8/1/15) (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
OTHER BUSINESS
ANNOUNCEMENTS