Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Education Committee on March 28, 2012. The 2012 session has ended.
2012 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2762
Educational technology infrastructure upgrades; provide certain funding sources for school districts.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION FINANCE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-151-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ISSUE STATE AID EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT BONDS AND TO PROVIDE THE AMOUNT THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY PLEDGE FROM ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM FUNDS FOR REPAYMENT OF THE BONDS AND EARMARK THESE PROCEEDS FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS AND TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-59-101, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO ISSUE SHORT-TERM NOTES FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS AND TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-59-107, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE THE AD VALOREM TAX LIMITATION ON SHORT-TERM NOTES; TO AMEND SECTION 37-43-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE TEXTBOOK FUND MAY BE UTILIZED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS AND TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE; TO AMEND SECTION 37-61-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT INCREASED SALES TAX COLLECTIONS FROM INTERNET SALES SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT FUND AND EARMARKED FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES, ELECTRONIC TEXTBOOKS AND TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE; TO AMEND SECTION 27-67-4, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE FOR THE COLLECTION OF TAXES ON INTERNET SALES; 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
February 20 to March 28, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 20 to Mar 28 · stopped37 days
EducationFeb 20 to Mar 28 · stopped37 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.