l9n/ Mississippi

2012 Regular Session

House Bill 168

Municipal special sales tax; remove requirement that expenditure of revenue comply with a commission master plan.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives on May 3, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-241, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE LEVY OF A MUNICIPAL SPECIAL SALES TAX IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES, TO REMOVE THE PROVISION THAT REQUIRES A MUNICIPALITY TO APPOINT A COMMISSION THAT WILL, WITH INPUT FROM THE MUNICIPALITY, ESTABLISH A MASTER PLAN FOR ROAD AND STREET REPAIR, RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING PROJECTS AND WATER, SEWER AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS, AND THAT EXPENDITURES OF THE REVENUE FROM THE SPECIAL TAX MAY BE MADE BY THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY IF THE EXPENDITURES COMPLY WITH THE MASTER PLAN; 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

2 co-sponsors

Credell Calhoun, Alyce G. Clarke

Its course

February 7 to May 3, 2012, 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 action24 actions on 16 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 7 to Mar 1234 days

Ways and MeansFeb 7 to Mar 527 days

MunicipalitiesMar 5 to Mar 61 day

Ways and MeansMar 6 to Mar 60 days

In the SenateMar 12 to Apr 524 days

FinanceMar 26 to Apr 38 days

Back in the House of RepresentativesApr 5 to May 3 · stopped28 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Apr 5

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 Feb 7 – Mar 12

  1. Referred to the House committees on Ways and Means and on Municipalities
  2. Reported from WM to MU in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Reported from MU to WM in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  4. Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  5. Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 13 – Apr 5

  1. Sent to the Senate
  2. Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  3. Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  4. Amended in the Senate
  5. Passed the Senate as amended

Back in the House of Representatives Apr 10 – May 3

  1. Returned to the House to concur in the Senate's amendments
  2. Declined in the House to concur, and invited a conference
  3. Conferees named in the House: Rogers (61st), Calhoun and Blackmon
  4. Conferees named in the Senate: Fillingane, Flowers and Kirby
  5. Conference report filed in the Senate
  6. Conference report filed in the House
  7. Conference report adopted in the House
  8. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Buck (5th), Smith (39th) and Rogers (61st))
  9. Conference report adopted in the Senate
  10. Motion in the Senate to reconsider entered
  11. Motion in the Senate to reconsider tabled
  12. Motion in the House to table the motion to reconsider lost
  13. Recommitted in the House to the conferees for further conference
  14. Died in conference in the House
All 24 actions, as published