Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on March 12, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.
2008 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2439
Tobacco and sales tax; increase excise tax on cigarettes, reduce sales tax on certain foods and revise certain diversion.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-69-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE EXCISE TAX ON CIGARETTES; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF SALES TAX COLLECTED ON RETAIL SALES OF SUCH FOOD WITHIN MUNICIPALITIES THAT IS DISTRIBUTED TO MUNICIPALITIES, AND TO REQUIRE A PORTION OF THE MONTHLY TOBACCO TAX REVENUE TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT FUND AND THE SCHOOL AD VALOREM TAX REDUCTION FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 27-69-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR A DISCOUNT ON THE ADDITIONAL FACE VALUE OF STAMPS PURCHASED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN CIGARETTE EXCISE TAX INCREASES; TO CREATE A NEW SECTION 27-65-26, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO IMPOSE A SEPARATE SALES TAX LEVY ON RETAIL SALES OF CERTAIN FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND TO REDUCE THE SALES TAX RATE ON SUCH FOOD; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; TO IMPOSE A FEE ON NONSETTLING-MANUFACTURER CIGARETTES; TO REQUIRE MONTHLY REPORTING OF THE NUMBER AND DENOMINATION OF STAMPS AFFIXED TO PACKAGES OF NONSETTLING-MANUFACTURER CIGARETTES, THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL PACKAGES OF NONSETTLING-MANUFACTURER CIGARETTES SOLD OR PURCHASED IN THIS STATE OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTED IN THIS STATE FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION THE STATE TAX COMMISSION CONSIDERS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE IMPOSED BY THIS ACT OR TO ENFORCE THIS ACT; TO REQUIRE REGISTRATION OF NONSETTLING-MANUFACTURERS WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; TO REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE AND PUBLICATION BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF A LIST OF NONSETTLING-MANUFACTURERS THAT HAVE CERTIFIED THEIR COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED BY THIS ACT; TO GRANT PROTECTIONS FROM CIVIL LIABILITY TO NONSETTLING-MANUFACTURERS THAT COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; 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 Senate
Sponsor
5 co-sponsors
Eric Powell, David Baria, Haskins Montgomery, Vincent Davis, Bill Stone
Its course
January 28 to March 12, 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 SenateJan 28 to Mar 12 · stopped44 days
FinanceJan 28 to Mar 12 · stopped44 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.