Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 27, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.
2013 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2144
Gaming; impose 3% tax on all amounts paid or credited by gaming establishments and specify the use of the revenue.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 27-7-901 AND 27-7-903, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE TAX UPON CERTAIN AMOUNTS THAT PAID OR CREDITED BY GAMING ESTABLISHMENTS TO ALL AMOUNTS THAT ARE PAID OR CREDITED BY GAMING ESTABLISHMENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT THE FIRST $35,000,000.00 COLLECTED FROM SUCH TAX DURING A FISCAL YEAR SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE STATE GENERAL FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT 50% OF THE AMOUNT COLLECTED FROM SUCH TAX DURING A FISCAL YEAR ABOVE $35,000,000.00 SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE HIGHWAYS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO PROVIDE THAT 50% OF THE AMOUNT COLLECTED FROM SUCH TAX DURING A FISCAL YEAR ABOVE $35,000,000.00 SHALL BE DEPOSITED TO THE CREDIT OF THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC FACILITIES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND; TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC FACILITIES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE MONEY IN THE FUND SHALL BE UTILIZED TO CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP NEW PUBLIC FACILITIES AND FOR REPAIR AND RENOVATION OF EXISTING PUBLIC FACILITIES; 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
January 14 to February 27, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 14 to Feb 27 · stopped44 days
FinanceJan 14 to Feb 27 · 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.