Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 2, 2010. The 2010 session has ended.
2010 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2798
Alcoholic beverages; authorize the wholesale sale of wine by private entities.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 67-1-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS FOR THE SALE, FRANCHISE, LICENSE OR LEASE OF THE STATE'S WHOLESALE ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH DISTRIBUTING AND SELLING WINES; TO PROVIDE THE MANNER IN WHICH SUCH CONTRACTS SHALL BE LET BY THE DEPARTMENT; TO AUTHORIZE RETAIL PERMITEES TO PURCHASE WINE FROM A WHOLESALE WINE PROVIDER WHO IS AUTHORIZED TO MAKE SUCH SALES; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH PROVIDERS SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO IMPORT, DISTRIBUTE AND SELL WINES TO PERMITTEES IN THIS STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE WHOLESALE WINE PROVIDER SHALL COLLECT ALL EXCISE AND SALES TAX DUE UPON SUCH SALES; TO PROVIDE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, THROUGH THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL DIVISION, SHALL REGULATE THE WHOLESALE PRICES OF ALL WINE SOLD BY PRIVATE ENTITIES; TO PROVIDE THAT A PRIVATE ENTITY AWARDED THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO DISTRIBUTE WINE PURSUANT TO THIS ACT IS IMMUNE FROM ANTITRUST ACTION SO LONG AS THE ENTITY IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S RULES AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS; TO AMEND SECTION 27-71-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE EXCISE TAX APPLIES TO WINE SOLD AT WHOLESALE BY A PRIVATE ENTITY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PER GALLON EXCISE TAX LEVIED ON A CASE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES SHALL BE DETERMINED PROPORTIONALLY IF THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN A CASE IS LESS THAN A GALLON; TO AMEND SECTIONS 27-71-5, 27-71-11, 27-71-15, 27-71-23, 67-1-5, 67-1-9 AND 67-5-13, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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 18 to February 2, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 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.