Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 4, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.
2014 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2531
Municipal special sales tax; clarify the debt may be incurred for projects and exempt from debt limitation.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-241, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF ANY MUNICIPALITY THAT LEVIES THE SPECIAL SALES TAX AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS SECTION TO INCUR DEBT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COSTS OF ROAD AND STREET REPAIR, RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING PROJECTS BASED ON TRAFFIC PATTERNS, NEED AND USAGE, AND TO PAY THE COSTS OF WATER, SEWER AND DRAINAGE PROJECTS AUTHORIZED BY THIS SECTION; TO EXEMPT GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ISSUED FOR SUCH PROJECTS FROM MUNICIPAL DEBT LIMITATIONS; TO EXTEND THE REPEAL DATE ON THIS SECTION FROM JULY 1, 2032, TO JULY 1, 2035; TO AMEND SECTION 21-33-303, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
Its course
January 20 to February 4, 2014, 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 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 20 to Feb 4 · stopped15 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.