l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 1706

Town of Como; authorize to impose sales tax on hotel rooms and restaurants.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on April 18, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE TOWN OF COMO TO LEVY A TAX UPON HOTELS AND MOTELS DERIVED FROM ROOM RENTALS AND UPON THE GROSS PROCEEDS OF SALES OF FOOD AND BEVERAGES AT RESTAURANTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REVENUE FROM THE TAX SHALL BE EXPENDED BY THE TOWN OF COMO TO PROMOTE TOURISM, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND GENERAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TAX SHALL BE COLLECTED BY THE STATE TAX COMMISSION AND PAID TO THE TOWN OF COMO; TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTION ON WHETHER THE TAX MAY BE LEVIED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

3 co-sponsors

Warner F. McBride, Ferr Smith, Chuck Espy

Its course

March 28 to April 18, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action9 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesMar 28 to Apr 1013 days

Local and Private LegislationMar 28 to Apr 36 days

Ways and MeansApr 3 to Apr 96 days

Local and Private LegislationApr 9 to Apr 90 days

In the SenateApr 10 to Apr 18 · stopped8 days

Local and PrivateApr 11 to Apr 143 days

FinanceApr 14 to Apr 18 · stopped4 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Mar 28 – Apr 10

  1. Mar 28Referred to the House committees on Local and Private Legislation and on Ways and Means
  2. Apr 3Reported from LP to WM in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Apr 9Reported from WM to LP in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Apr 10Passed the House

In the Senate Apr 11 – Apr 18

  1. Apr 11Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committees on Local and Private and on Finance
  3. Apr 14Reported from LP to FI in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Apr 18Died in committee in the Senate
All 9 actions, as published
  1. Mar 28Referred To Local and Private Legislation;Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Apr 3DR - TSDP: LP To WMHouse of Representatives
  3. Apr 9DR - TSDP: WM To LPHouse of Representatives
  4. Apr 9Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  5. Apr 10PassedHouse of Representatives
  6. Apr 11Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Apr 11Referred To Local and Private;FinanceSenate
  8. Apr 14DR - TSDP: LP To FISenate
  9. Apr 18Died In CommitteeSenate