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2011 Regular Session

House Bill 134

Gasoline excise tax; increase and use additional revenues for city, county and state highways purposes.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 23, 2011. The 2011 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT ENTITLED THE "SAVE OUR ROADS ACT OF 2011"; TO PROVIDE THAT TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE PROCEEDS FROM AN INCREASE IN THE GASOLINE EXCISE TAX SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO FUND A LOAN PROGRAM UNDER WHICH COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES MAY OBTAIN LOANS TO CONSTRUCT, REPAIR, RENOVATE, REHABILITATE AND IMPROVE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL ROADS; TO PROVIDE THAT SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF SUCH PROCEEDS SHALL BE ALLOCATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, REPLACEMENT, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF STATE-MAINTAINED HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES ON THOSE HIGHWAYS; TO ESTABLISH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM, TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; TO REQUIRE THAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF A LOAN UNDER THE PROGRAM IS FIFTY PERCENT OF THE COSTS OF THE SPECIFIC PROJECT FOR WHICH THE LOAN IS MADE; TO REQUIRE THAT THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY RECEIVING A LOAN UNDER THE PROGRAM SHALL MATCH AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THE COSTS OF THE SPECIFIC PROJECT FOR WHICH THE LOAN IS MADE; TO AMEND SECTION 27-55-11, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE GASOLINE EXCISE TAX BY FIVE CENTS PER GALLON; TO AMEND SECTION 27-5-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE TAX INCREASE SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT REVOLVING LOAN FUND, AND THAT SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF SUCH PROCEEDS SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO A SPECIAL ACCOUNT WITHIN THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND, TO BE EXPENDED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, REPLACEMENT, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF STATE-MAINTAINED HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES ON THOSE HIGHWAYS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 19-9-5 AND 21-33-303, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM TO 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 House of Representatives

Its course

January 4 to February 23, 2011, 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 House of RepresentativesJan 4 to Feb 23 · stopped50 days

Ways and MeansJan 4 to Feb 23 · stopped50 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 Jan 4 – Feb 23

  1. Jan 4Referred to the House committees on Ways and Means and on Transportation
  2. Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 4Referred To Ways and Means;TransportationHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives