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2013 Regular Session

House Bill 546

Municipal special sales tax; revise composition of commission that will establish master plan for use of revenue.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on March 5, 2013. The 2013 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 REVISE THE COMPOSITION OF THE 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 FOR WHICH REVENUE FROM THE SPECIAL TAX MAY BE EXPENDED AND MONITOR EXPENDITURES OF SUCH REVENUE TO ENSURE THAT THE MUNICIPALITY COMPLIES 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

1 co-sponsor

Adrienne Wooten

Its course

January 21 to March 5, 2013, 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 action11 actions on 8 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Feb 1424 days

Ways and MeansJan 21 to Feb 414 days

MunicipalitiesFeb 4 to Feb 51 day

Ways and MeansFeb 5 to Feb 50 days

In the SenateFeb 14 to Mar 5 · stopped19 days

FinanceFeb 20 to Mar 5 · stopped13 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 21 – Feb 14

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

In the Senate Feb 14 – Mar 5

  1. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Dixon, Smith (39th) and Rogers (61st))
  2. Motion in the House to reconsider tabled
  3. Sent to the Senate
  4. Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  5. Died in committee in the Senate
All 11 actions, as published