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Referred Bills (326)
Rural Water Oversight Committee; create and prescribe duties of.
School districts; require to test liquefied petroleum gas piping systems in their facilities.
Community Public Wastewater System Infrastructure Sustainability Act; create.
Municipal utilities; revise composition of the commission.
Municipally owned energy distribution system; expand oversight.
Mississippi Video Service Act; create.
Tishomingo County Water District; revise provisions relating to compensation and reimbursement.
Mississippi Energy Infrastructure Fund; create.
Community college performance contracts; exclude certain from 20-year payback provision.
Wastewater treatment and rural water associations; bring forward provisions related to.
Inadequacy of water service; authorizing the PSC to cancel a municipality's certificate upon findings of.
BEAM; amend definitions for "applicant" and "eligible project" and add "retail end user."
Wastewater Treatment System Infrastructure Sustainability Act; enact.
Community Drinking Water Infrastructure Sustainability Act; enact.
Public utility; include Hinshaw natural gas pipeline systems in the definition of.
Telephone solicitors; revise certain provisions regarding Medicare Advantage & Supplement plans.
Public Utilities Staff; remove from the provisions of the MS Budget Transparency and Simplification Act.
Public Service Commission; remove from the provisions of the MS Budget Transparency and Simplification Act.
Statewide Utility Tax Reform Act; create.
Misappropriation of funds in connection with the payment of utility services; create crime of.
Town of Walnut; provide debt forgiveness for certain utility customers.
BEAM Act; make certain revisions to.
Anti-Spoofing; bring forward sections that regulate.
Public utilities; require at least 45 days between reading of meter and bills rendered for any utility service.
Natural gas piping systems; require testing in school facilities.
Water well contractors; exempt from continuing education if 65 or older or with at least 20 years experience.
Utility shutoffs; revise Governor's authority regarding.
Smart meters; provide utility customers with option to decline installation of.
Cell location information; require wireless service providers to disclose to law enforcement under certain circumstances.
Wastewater disposal systems; reduce time by which SDH must determine feasibility or suitability of establishing in subdivisions.
Holly Springs Utility Department Board; establish.
Electric Power Association Law; bring forward entirely and amend election provisions of.
Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Standard; amend penalties.
Underground and submerged utility lines and facilities; revise requirements for excavators and utility operators.
Natural gas piping systems; require testing in school facilities.
Municipal ordinance for granting of utility franchises or use of streets; remove municipal approval of.
Public Water Authorities; expand the definition of qualified corporation.
Telephone solicitors; revise certain provisions regarding Medicare Advantage and Supplement plans.
Municipalities and counties; authorize to purchase water associations.
Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Standard; revise penalty that may be assessed against public utility for violation of.
Public Service Commission; authorize to intervene in, arbitrate and/or mediate rate conflicts between water associations and rate payers.
Statewide Utility Tax Reform Act; create.
Nuclear generating plants; repeal provisions of law that provides ad valorem tax exemption for.
Electrical utilities; authorize certain large customer supply and service agreements with customers have MDA approved project.
Public Service Commission; remove from the provisions of the MS Budget Transparency and Simplification Act.
Local municipal water authorities and water associations; authorize to bottle and sell certain water.
Public Utilities Staff; remove from the provisions of the MS Budget Transparency and Simplification Act.
Excavation; provide exception to notice requirements for certain excavation that occurs because of electric power generation activities.
Electric vehicle charging stations; prohibit retail electric suppliers from recovering costs from ratepayers.
Emergency management; bring forward sections for possible amendment relating to utility specific state of emergency.
Water districts; authorize Public Service Commission to investigate fairness of rates and to mediate disputes between districts.
Holly Springs Utility Department Board; establish.
Wastewater disposal systems; reduce time by which SDH must determine feasibility or suitability of establishing in subdivisions.
Wastewater treatment and rural water associations; bring forward provisions related to.
Utility shutoffs; revise Governor's authority regarding.
Electric Power Association Law; bring forward entirely and amend election provisions of.
Emergency communications districts; require to implement text-to-911 services by a certain date.
Public Service Commission; extend date of repeal on.
BEAM; prohibit from accepting gifts or other benefits from any broadband service provider, vendor, or contractor.
Telephone solicitors; prohibit from making any solicitation regarding Medicare Advantage Plans and Medicare supplements.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; set to repeal on July 1, 2024.
Acceptance or offer of gifts; revise provisions relating to.
Electronic bids; authorize public utilities to provide system for submittal of as additional option.
Excavation; revise procedures and required white lining in certain stances.
County authorization to assess emergency telecommunications service charge; extend date of repeal on.
Utility Service; prevent government restrictions based on energy source required.
Inadequacy of service; authorizing the commission to cancel a municipality's certificate to provide service upon findings of.
PSC and Public Utilities Staff; clarify ability to receive campaign contributions or participate in political activity.
Public utilities contracts; allow certain bids to be submitted electronically.
Mississippi Capitol Region Utility Act; enact.
Telephone solicitors; prohibit calls regarding Medicare supplements and to consumers opting out of all calls.
Public Utilities Staff; remove from the provisions of the MS Budget Transparency and Simplification Act.
Public Sevice Commission; remove from the provisions of the MS Budget Transparency and Simplification Act.
Excavation; revise procedures and require white lining in certain stances.
Public Service Commission; extend repealer on its creation and powers and duties.
Applications for certificate of public convenience and necessity for new transmission facilities; bring forward provisions of law relating to.
Broadband; revise the defintion of "equipment used in the deployment of broadband technologies" for certain purposes.
Public utilities; require owners or operators of to be responsible for maintaining underground lines up to the meter.
Municipally owned or operated electric utility; revise provisions relating to adequacy of service and receivership.
Utility Service; prohibit governmental entity from enacting any regulation that restricts the use of any appliance based on the type of.
Power lines; prohibit a person from placing objects on.
Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi; require director to appoint administrator to establish local technology planning teams.
Public Service Commission; revise jurisdiction for municipal owned utilities for rate increases for customers more than a mile from municipal boundary.
Broadband equipment speed; increase to FCC requirement regarding ad valorem tax exemption.
Utility shutoffs; revise Governor's authority regarding.
Emergency communications districts; require to implement text-to-911 services by a certain date.
Electric Power Association Law; bring forward entirely and amend election provisions of.
Counties; authorize to designate ARPA funds to rural water and sewer associations for infrastructure projects.
Municipal water, wastewater and sewer services; require equity based billing based on use of.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; transfer enforcement authority to Attorney General's office.
Executive Director of Public Utilities Staff; remove Public Service Commission from the process of appointing.
Excavations; provide for impending emergencies and extend notification period for.
Statewide master agreements and utilization of information technology acquisitions made by other entities; authorize.
Electric vehicles; authorize charging by nonutilities.
Public Utilities Staff; authorize certain personnel to be filled by consulting contract.
Mississippi Capitol Region Utility Act; create.
Regulation of public utilities; exempt distribution of water by eligible homeowners association to its own residents from.
Electric transmission infrastructure; maintain state jurisdiction over integrity of.
Department of Information Technology Services; require to report ransomware incidents and revise provisions related thereto.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; extend repealer on.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; transfer enforcement authority to Attorney General's Office.
Electric vehicle charging; allow by non-utilities while maintaining consumer protections.
Municipal waterworks; ensure just, reasonable and transparent billing in.
Electric transmission infrastructure; prescribe requirements for issuance of certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Mississippi Broadband Accessibility Act; create.
MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Board; extend repealers on.
Excavations; provide for impending emergencies and extend notification period for.
Homeowner associations that provide water to its residents, certain; prohibit PSC from providing certain regulation of.
Excavators; require to mark proposed excavation area with white paint, flags or stakes before notifying Mississippi 811.
Power lines; prohibit a person from placing objects on.
Broadband equipment speed; increase to FCC requirement regarding ad valorem tax exemption.
Utility shutoffs; revise Governor's authority regarding.
Mississippi Emergency Communications Act; create.
ARPA Rural Water Associations Infrastructure Grant Program; clarify that certain entities are eligible to participate in.
Emergency communications districts; require to implement text-to-911 services by a certain date.
Electric Power Association Law; bring forward entirely and amend election provisions of.
Public Service Commission; require to mandate annual filings by rural water associations.
Department of Information Technology Services; require to report ransomware incidents and revise provisions related thereto.
Mississippi Broadband Accessibility Act; create.
Mississippi Emergency Communications Act; create.
Mississippi Broadband Expansion Act; enact.
Public Service Commission; remove from the provisions of the Mississippi Budget Transparency and Simplification Act.
Mississippi Broadband Expansion Act; create.
Utility shutoffs; revise Governor's authority regarding.
Municipally-owned electric utility, certain; possesses same powers as rural EPA and may enter certain interlocal agreements.
Public Service Commission; require to mandate annual filings by rural water associations.
Electric Power Association Law; bring forward entirely and amend election provisions of.
Public utilities; authorize rate-regulated electric utilities to permit broadband provider use of the electric delivery system.
Wireless Communication Commission; remove ITS control over.
Emergency Telecommunications Services (911); extend repealer on.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on provision requiring deposit of fees to State General Fund.
Public utilities; authorize rate-regulated electric utilities to permit broadband provider use of the electric delivery system.
Public Service Commission; may contract with federal agencies for the collection of data and mapping of broadband availability.
Public officers and employees; revise policy regulating personal use of state-owned wireless communication devices.
Mississippi Broadband Accessibility Act; create.
Public Service Commission; remove from the provisions of the Mississippi Budget Transparency and Simplification Act.
Municipally-owned utilities and other utilities; authorize accounting system accommodation of certain customer uncollectible debt.
Mississippi Emergency Communications Act; create.
Broadband Enabling Act; require electric cooperatives to annually file certain documents with PSC and State Auditor.
Rate-regulated natural gas public utilities; require to provide PSC with periodic budgeting and accounting statements.
Wireless communication devices and plans; revise provisions regulating by personnel of state agencies.
Broadband services; provide for certain participation of investor owned electric utilities in the expansion of in the state.
Telecommunications Fraud Prevention and Utility Infrastructure Protection Act; create.
Electric Power Association Law; bring forward entirely and amend election provisions of.
PSC; extend repealers, remove Motor Carrier Law references, treat renewable purchases like other power purchases.
MS 811 Law; provide for notifications through the Positive Response Information System (PRIS).
Mississippi Emergency Communications Authority Act; create.
Excavations; require use of the Positive Response Information System (PRIS) when marking the location of underground facilities.
Public Service Commission; extend repealers and make certain revisions to.
Motor Carrier regulation; update and streamline.
Wireless Communication Commission; remove ITS control over.
Telecommunications Fraud Prevention and Utility Infrastructure Protection Act; create.
CMRS Board; bring forward code sections regarding and related to.
Underground Facilities Damage Prevention Board; revise laws regarding.
Ms Video Service Act; establish.
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; include certain investor owned public utilities in.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on requirement that fees be deposited into State General Fund.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; add "political calls" as prohibited under the act.
Public Service Commission; extend repealers on its creation and authority to hire attorneys for certain proceedings.
Mississippi Emergency Telephone Service Charges Study Committee; create.
Electric Power Association Law; bring forward entirely and amend election provisions of.
Caller ID Anti-Spoofing Act; conform to federal law and revise penalties.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; revise to include text messages and solicitations for charitable contributions.
MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Board; extend repealer on.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; increase maximum civil penalties for violations of.
MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Board; extend repealers on.
Spoofing; provide that violation of is a violation of MS Telephone Solicitation Act.
Bonds; create rural counties and municipalities cellular and broadband grant program and authorize issuance of bonds.
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
Electric power associations; authorize secondary purpose of providing broadband services.
Electric Power Association Law; bring forward entirely and amend election provisions of.
Natural gas public utilities; require to provide PSC with periodic budgeting and accounting statements.
E911; revise laws regarding CMRS Board and collecting of charges for.
Statewide emergency network; require Department of Health to create to enhance communications with hospitals in times of disaster.
Broadband services; authorize electric power cooperatives to provide for.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; delete exceptions to.
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
Emergency phone service and enhanced wireless emergency phone service; bring forward sections for possible amendment.
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; add "political calls" as prohibited under the act.
Rural broadband initiative; create.
Mississippi Broadband Enabling Act; create.
Public Service Commission; extend repealers/clarify enforcement authority and jurisdiction.
Emergency Telecommunications Services (911); extend repealer on.
Public Utilities Act; clarify that customer deposit is included in definition of "rate."
Emergency telephone service/collection of charges; extend repealer on.
Local government capital improvements revolving loan program; include municipal natural gas facilities.
Public Service Commission; extend repealers on its creation and authority to hire attorneys for certain proceedings.
Public Utilities Staff; limit powers to supporting PSC and PSC staff.
Broadband internet; create committee to study for rural areas of the state.
Office of Residential and Small Business Advocate; establish.
Northeast Mississippi Natural Gas District; authorize to expand its gas distribution services into certain portions of Lee and Monroe Counties.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; delete exceptions to.
Cell site simulator device; require law enforcement agencies to obtain warrant before using.
Chickasawhay Natural Gas District; delete prohibition on distributing funds to municipalities within.
Local governments capital improvements revolving loan program; include municipal natural gas facilities.
Emergency phone service and enhanced wireless emergency phone service; bring forward sections for possible amendment.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; add "political calls" as prohibited under the act.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; increase penalties for violations of.
Mississippi Emergency Telephone Service Charges Study Committee; create.
Anemometer towers; extend repealer on safety marking requirements for aviation purposes.
Natural gas public utilities; authorize those that are rate-regulated to undertake economic development activities.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on.
Certain electric or natural gas public utilities; authorize to undertake economic development activities.
Safety marking requirements on certain anemometer towers; extend repealer on.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on.
Wireless E911 service charges; revise the disbursement of.
Telecommunication; provide certain activity is a deceptive trade practice and require PSC to respond to complaints regarding in 7 days.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; revise definition of consumer to include business that may be solicited.
Railroads; establish procedure for crossing of by utilities.
Public Utilities Regulatory Assessment; clarify amount and deposit into the State General Fund.
Cell site simulator device; require law enforcement agencies to obtain warrant before using.
Public utilities; require approval of sewer district to take certain actions.
Local governments capital improvements revolving loan program; including municipal natural gas facilities.
Commercial Mobile Radio Service charge; distributions to CMRS Fund and emergency communications districts; revise.
Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training; authorize to transfer excess funds to Law Enforcement Officers Training Fund.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; add "political calls" as prohibited under the act.
Emergency phone service and enhanced wireless emergency phone service; bring forward sections for possible amendment.
Excavation of underground utilities; provide exception for certain activity by government entities in rights-of-way.
Public Service Commission; extend repealers on its creation and authority to hire attorneys for certain proceedings.
Electric Power Association Law; provide additional provisions applicable to generation and transmission cooperatives.
Electric power associations; revise regulatory laws.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; expand to include cellular telephones.
Electric Power Association Law; provide additional provisions applicable to generation and transmission cooperatives.
Electric power associations; revise regulatory laws.
Excavation of underground utilities; provide exception for certain activity by government entities in rights-of-way.
Commercial Mobile Radio Service charge; distributions to CMRS Fund and emergency communications districts; revise.
Agreement pertaining to moving utility lines; authorize counties and cities to enter into with utilities for certain permitted projects.
Jackson County Utility Authority; reconstitute board of directors and revise provisions relating to the boards.
Telecommunications service providers; provide that disclosing certain contract provisions in advertisement is a deceptive trade practice.
Excavation of underground utility lines; revise enforcement relating to pipeline facilities.
Jackson County Utility Authority; reconstitute board of directors for.
Board of Emergency Telecommunications Standards and Training; authorize to transfer excess funds to Law Enforcement Officers Training Fund.
Telephone Solicitation Act; revise to include text messages and telephone facsimile solicitations as prohibitions under.
Emergency phone service and enhanced wireless emergency phone service; bring forward sections for possible amendment.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; add "political calls" as prohibited under the act.
Telephone solicitations; expand to include certain political phone calls.
Jackson County Utility Authority; revise terms, appointments and procedures of board.
Public utilities; require approval of sewer district to take certain actions.
MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Board; require approval of Public Service Commission to exercise certain powers.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; provide that online pharmacies are not exempt from.
Certain electric power associations and electric public utilities; authorize to undertake economic development activities.
Public Service Commission; may not regulate management or internal affairs of certain gas or electricity public utilities.
Excavations near underground utility facilities; revise regulations of.
Utility districts; revise board of certain, and provide that designated member of certain has same voting power as mayor.
Diamondhead Water & Sewer District; board members shall be appointed by City of Diamondhead.
Excavations near underground utility facilities; revise regulations of.
Municipally owned waterworks; prohibit from charging higher rates to certain customers in another municipality.
Public Service Commission; shall not have jurisdiction over the internal affairs of cooperative gas or electric power associations.
Public utilities; remove requirement that shall pay municipalities fee from gross revenue.
Telephone Solicitation Act; revise to include text messages and telephone facsimile solicitations as prohibitions under.
Mississippi Connecting Rural Places Study Committees; create.
MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; repeal.
Public Facility Alternative Energy Task Force; create.
Generation and transmission electric power associations; authorize to undertake economic development activities.
DEQ; require to prepare certain report before submitting the state implementation plan regarding electric generating units.
Municipally owned waterworks, certain; prohibit charging of higher rates to customers living within 1 mile of municipal corporate.
MS Gulf Coast Region Utility Board; require approval of Public Service Commission to exercise certain powers.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; add "political calls" as prohibited under the act.
Reliable and Affordable Electricity for Mississippi Act; create.
Municipalities; authorize to regulate and prohibit placement and continued use of private water wells within municipal utility service area.
Telecommunications towers and antennas; require certain to have markings for aviation safety.
Public Service Commission; repeal authority to use alternate method of cost recovery on certain power generation.
Utility cooperatives; include industrial customers in calculation of percentage of gross revenue sales paid to municipalities.
Enhanced Wireless Emergency Telephone Service (E-911); bring forward for purposes of possible amendments.
Certificates of public convenience and necessity for uncertificated areas in public improvement districts; revise notice for.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; provide that online pharmacies are not exempt from.
Wireless Communication Commission; bring forward sections creating commission for purpose of amendment.
Regulation of underground excavation; exclude routine railroad maintenance activities from.
Public Utilities Staff; remove requirement to appoint a communications engineer.
Emergency telephone service/collection of service charges; extend repealer on.
Electric power associations; revise procedure to amend the certificate of incorporation.
Electric power associations; bylaws may allow members to vote electronically.
Electric power associations; allow corporate name to include words "electric cooperative."
Dual Party Relay System; define "telecommunications" and add member to advisory committee.
Public Utilities Staff; conduct survey of state universal service funds/report with recommendations.
Regulation of underground excavation; exclude routine railroad maintenance and require State Fire Marshal to enforce.
Emergency communications districts; authorize municipalities to establish.
MS One-Call System; prohibit liability from attaching to excavators who do not receive timely markings of underground utilities from.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; revise to include text messages and telephone facsimile solicitations as prohibitions under.
Mississippi Public Utility Rate Mitigation and Reduction Act; repeal.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; provide that online pharmacies are not exempt from.
Regulation of underground excavation; exclude routine railroad maintenance and require State Fire Marshal to enforce.
Enhanced Wireless Emergency Telephone Service (E-911); bring forward for purposes of possible amendments.
Regulation of underground excavation; exclude routine railroad maintenance activities from.
Wireless Communication Commission; remove the Department of Information Technology Services from.
Certificates of public convenience and necessity for uncertificated areas in public improvement districts; revise notice for.
Rural broadband initiative; create.
Statewide rural broadband access plan; implement to allow rural local exchange companies to better serve rural consumers.
Utility cooperatives; include industrial customers in calculation of percentage of gross revenue sales paid to municipalities.
Public Service Commission; abolish and transfer duties to the Department of Public Utilities.
Public Service Commission; repeal authority to use alternate method of cost recovery on certain power generation.
Public Service Commission; may not regulate management or internal affairs of certain water associations.
Tunica county; may enter into contracts to fund capital costs to extend natural gas services.
Wireless communication devices; authorize use of by certain faculty members or agents of various divisions of MSU Extension Services.
Public Service Commission; may regulate rates for electricity provided by TVA directly to industrial customers.
Public Service Commission; extend repealer on its creation and ability to hire attorneys for certain proceedings.
Public Service Commission; remove authority to regulate rates of shared utilities in municipalities.
MS Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on.
Certification requirements for telecommunicators; extend repealer on.
MS Wireless Communication Commission; revise authority regarding local government entities.
Regulation of excavations near underground utility facilities; revise.
Public Service Commission; remove ability to regulate rates of certain utilities and cooperatives that operate within municipalities.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; extend repealer on.
Gulf Coast Region Utility Act; revise various provisions of.
Public Service Commission; extend repealer on its creation and ability to hire attorneys for certain proceedings.
Sales tax; exempt sales of water and sewer services by public utility owned/operated by municipality or other governmental entity.
Mississippi Public Utility Rate Mitigation and Reduction Act; create.
Public Service Commission; may establish multi-year rate recovery plan for certain new electric generating facilities.
Rural broadband initiative; create.
Vehicle-charge providers; allow in any certificated electric utility service area under certain conditions.
Public utilities; clarify that percentage of gross revenue paid to cities shall be based on all customer sales within cities.
Public utilities; revise jurisdiction of Public Service Commission to include certain technological services.
Regulation of excavations near underground utility facilities; revise.
Enhanced Wireless Emergency Telephone Service (E-911); bring forward for purposes of possible amendments.
E911 service charge; authorize increase of.
Commercial Mobile Radio Service (CMRS) emergency telephone service charge; revise distribution of.
Public water authorities; provide protection from municipal eminent domain in certificated areas.
Public Service Commission; may not regulate management or internal affairs of public utilities.
Public Service Commission; repeal authority to use alternate method of cost recovery on certain power generation.
Television advertisements; prohibit broadcast at higher decibel levels than preceding television program.
Mississippi Telephone Solicitation Act; provide further restrictions on those soliciting consumers.
Water and sewer systems; provide same certificated area protection as other utilities.
Public water authorities; provide protection from municipal eminent domain over certain certificated areas.
Members of certain governing boards of public water systems; require continuing management training for.