l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

House Bill 611

Gaming; impose additional license fee on each gaming licensee.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Gaming Committee on February 19, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 75-76-177, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO IMPOSE AN ADDITIONAL GAMING LICENSE FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF FOUR PERCENT OF ALL GROSS REVENUE OF A GAMING LICENSEE PER CALENDAR MONTH; TO AMEND SECTION 75-76-129, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE ADDITIONAL GAMING LICENSE FEE SHALL NOT BE DEPOSITED INTO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO A SPECIAL FUND; TO CREATE THE "SPECIAL GAMING FUND TO ASSIST IN STATE AID ROAD CONSTRUCTION," A SPECIAL FUND TO BE COMPRISED OF MONIES FROM THE ADDITIONAL GAMING LICENSE FEE; TO PROVIDE THAT MONIES IN THE FUND SHALL BE USED TO ASSIST IN PAYING THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTING, IMPROVING AND MAINTAINING STATE AID ROADS IN ALL COUNTIES OF THE STATE; 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

2 co-sponsors

Donnie Bell, Greg Ward

Its course

February 1 to February 19, 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 RepresentativesFeb 1 to Feb 19 · stopped18 days

GamingFeb 1 to Feb 19 · stopped18 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 Feb 1 – Feb 19

  1. Referred to the House committee on Gaming
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published