l9n/ Mississippi

2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 3201

City of Jackson; authorize the levy of an occupancy tax on hotels and motels.

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 CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, TO LEVY A TAX ON OCCUPIED ROOMS OF HOTELS AND MOTELS IN THE CITY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REVENUE FROM THE TAX SHALL BE EXPENDED BY THE CITY OF JACKSON TO FUND INCREASE IN THE COMPENSATION OF SWORN POLICE OFFICERS OF THE CITY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE TAX SHALL BE COLLECTED BY THE STATE TAX COMMISSION AND PAID TO THE CITY OF JACKSON; 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 Senate

1 co-sponsor

John Horhn

Its course

March 31 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 action3 actions on 3 days

In the SenateMar 31 to Apr 18 · stopped18 days

Local and PrivateMar 31 to Apr 1111 days

FinanceApr 11 to Apr 18 · stopped7 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 Senate Mar 31 – Apr 18

  1. Mar 31Referred to the Senate committees on Local and Private and on Finance
  2. Apr 11Reported as a committee substitute from LP to FI in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Apr 18Died in committee in the Senate
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Mar 31Referred To Local and Private;FinanceSenate
  2. Apr 11DR - TSDPCS: LP To FISenate
  3. Apr 18Died In CommitteeSenate