Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 25, 2009. The 2009 session has ended.
2009 Regular Session
Senate Bill 3181
Sales tax; revise definition of "business" to exclude food sales paid by certain declining balance debit cards.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "BUSINESS" UNDER THE STATE SALES TAX LAW TO EXCLUDE RETAIL SALES OF PREPARED MEALS AND FOOD WHEN SOLD ON THE CAMPUS OF A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR COMMUNITY OR JUNIOR COLLEGE TO A STUDENT ENROLLED AT SUCH UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR COMMUNITY OR JUNIOR COLLEGE AND PAYMENT FOR THE SALE IS MADE THROUGH THE USE OF A CARD OR DECLINING BALANCE ACCOUNT OR SIMILAR INSTRUMENT OR ACCOUNT ISSUED TO THE STUDENT BY THE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR COMMUNITY OR JUNIOR COLLEGE; 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
Its course
January 23 to February 25, 2009, 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 23 to Feb 25 · stopped33 days
FinanceJan 23 to Feb 25 · stopped33 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.