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2014 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2920

Jackson State University Stadium Fund; create and impose a tax on activities and events held at the stadium to fund it.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 26, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE IN THE STATE TREASURY A SPECIAL FUND TO BE DESIGNATED THE JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY STADIUM FUND; TO PROVIDE THAT MONEY IN THE SPECIAL FUND MAY BE USED BY JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY UPON APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES RELATED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF A STADIUM ON OR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-22, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO IMPOSE A TAX OF 7% OF THE GROSS REVENUE DERIVED FROM SALES OF ADMISSIONS TO AMUSEMENT BUSINESS, ACTIVITIES OR EVENTS HELD OR CONDUCTED IN OR AT SUCH STADIUM THAT SHALL BE IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER TAXES; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT THE REVENUE FROM THE TAX LEVIED ON ACTIVITIES AT SUCH STADIUM SHALL BE DEPOSITED, WITHOUT DIVERSION, INTO THE JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY STADIUM FUND; 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

February 10 to February 26, 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 SenateFeb 10 to Feb 26 · stopped16 days

FinanceFeb 10 to Feb 26 · stopped16 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 Senate Feb 10 – Feb 26

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published