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.
2011 Regular Session
House Bill 470
Sales tax; reduce rate on sales of certain food and revise diversion to municipalities.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REDUCE THE RATE OF TAX ON RETAIL SALES OF FOOD FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION NOT PURCHASED WITH FOOD STAMPS BUT WHICH WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM SALES TAX IF SUCH FOOD WERE PURCHASED WITH FOOD STAMPS; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE PERCENTAGE OF SALES TAX COLLECTED ON RETAIL SALES OF SUCH FOOD WITHIN MUNICIPALITIES THAT IS DISTRIBUTED TO MUNICIPALITIES; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 10 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 10 to Feb 23 · stopped44 days
Ways and MeansJan 10 to Feb 23 · stopped44 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 10 – Feb 23
- Jan 10Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 10Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
- Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives