Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 3, 2015. The 2015 session has ended.
2015 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2538
Capital City Service Area; create in Jackson and provide funding for projects in the area through a sales tax diversion.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE THE CAPITAL CITY SERVICE AREA WITHIN THE CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI; TO CREATE THE CAPITAL CITY SERVICE AREA FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY THAT SHALL BE FUNDED BY A SALES TAX DIVERSION AND ANY OTHER FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE; TO PROVIDE THAT MONEY IN THE FUND SHALL BE PAID TO THE CITY OF JACKSON TO COMPENSATE THE CITY FOR PROVIDING POLICE AND FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE IN THE SERVICE AREA, TO PAY FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SERVICE AREA AND TO PAY DEBT INCURRED FOR PROJECTS IN THE SERVICE AREA; TO CREATE THE CAPITAL CITY SERVICE AREA OVERSIGHT COMMISSION TO BE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND MAYOR OF THE CITY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COMMISSION MUST APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FROM THE CAPITAL CITY SERVICE AREA FUND AND COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ADOPTED UNDER THIS ACT FOR THE SERVICE AREA; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT 10% OF THE TOTAL SALES TAX REVENUE COLLECTED EACH MONTH ON BUSINESS ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, SHALL BE PAID INTO THE CAPITAL CITY SERVICE AREA FUND CREATED BY 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.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 19 to February 3, 2015, 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 19 to Feb 3 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 19 to Feb 3 · 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.