l9n/ Mississippi

2010 Regular Session

House Bill 1726

City of Ridgeland; authorize to impose local sales tax.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on April 28, 2010. The 2010 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 RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI, TO IMPOSE A SPECIAL SALES TAX OF NOT MORE THAN ONE PERCENT ON THE GROSS PROCEEDS OF ALL SALES OR THE GROSS INCOME OF BUSINESSES IN THE CITY DERIVED FROM ACTIVITIES TAXED AT THE RATE OF SEVEN PERCENT UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI SALES TAX LAW; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SPECIAL SALES TAX SHALL NOT BE LEVIED UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY AT LEAST THREE-FIFTHS OF THE VOTES CAST AT AN ELECTION CALLED AND HELD FOR SUCH PURPOSE; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF RIDGELAND TO INCUR INDEBTEDNESS IN AN AMOUNT NOT GREATER THAN AN AMOUNT FOR WHICH DEBT SERVICE IS CAPABLE OF BEING FUNDED BY THE PROCEEDS OF THE SPECIAL SALES TAX; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REVENUE COLLECTED FROM THE SPECIAL SALES TAX SHALL BE USED AND EXPENDED BY THE CITY ONLY TO FUND CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISCONTINUANCE OF THE SPECIAL SALES TAX UPON COMPLETION OF THE FUNDING OF THE PROJECTS FOR WHICH THE TAX WAS 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 House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

Kimberly Campbell Buck

Its course

March 2 to April 28, 2010, 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 House of RepresentativesMar 2 to Apr 28 · stopped57 days

Local and Private LegislationMar 2 to Apr 2150 days

Ways and MeansApr 21 to Apr 28 · 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 House of Representatives Mar 2 – Apr 28

  1. Mar 2Referred to the House committees on Local and Private Legislation and on Ways and Means
  2. Apr 21Reported as a committee substitute from LP to WM in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Apr 28Died in committee in the House
All 3 actions, as published
  1. Mar 2Referred To Local and Private Legislation;Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Apr 21DR - TSDPCS: LP To WMHouse of Representatives
  3. Apr 28Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives