l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 1726

City of Durant; authorize to levy a tax on sales of beer, wine and alcoholic beverages in the city.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Local and Private Legislation 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 CITY OF DURANT, TO LEVY A TAX UPON THE SALE OF BEER, WINE AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN THE CITY, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVEN PERCENT OF GROSS PROCEEDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING TOURISM, IMPROVING PUBLIC RECREATION, ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUTH OF THE CITY, ATTRACTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY; TO REQUIRE THE TAX, BEFORE ITS IMPOSITION, TO BE APPROVED BY SIXTY PERCENT OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS VOTING IN A REFERENDUM ON THE QUESTION OF LEVYING THE TAX; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TAX SHALL BE COLLECTED BY THE STATE TAX COMMISSION AND PAID TO THE CITY OF DURANT; 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

Its course

April 4 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 action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesApr 4 to Apr 18 · stopped14 days

Local and Private LegislationApr 4 to Apr 18 · stopped14 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 Apr 4 – Apr 18

  1. Referred to the House committees on Local and Private Legislation and on Ways and Means
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published