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2016 Regular Session

House Bill 1559

Sales tax; revise provisions regarding erroneous diversion to municipalities.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Revenue and Expenditure General Bills Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE HAS MADE ERRONEOUS DISBURSEMENTS TO A MUNICIPALITY AS A DIVERSION OF SALES TAX REVENUE FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS OR MORE, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT MAY BE RECOVERED OR WITHHELD FROM THE MUNICIPALITY IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS ERRONEOUSLY DISBURSED FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS BEGINNING WITH THE DATE OF THE FIRST ERRONEOUS DISBURSEMENT; TO PROVIDE THAT IF DURING SUCH PERIOD, A MUNICIPALITY PROVIDES WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE INDICATING THE ERRONEOUS DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS, THEN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT MAY BE RECOVERED OR WITHHELD FROM THE MUNICIPALITY IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS ERRONEOUSLY DISBURSED FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR BEGINNING WITH THE DATE OF THE FIRST ERRONEOUS DISBURSEMENT; TO BRING FORWARD SECTIONS 27-65-51 AND 27-65-53, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH RELATE TO THE REFUND OF SALES TAX THAT IS OVERPAID OR IMPROPERLY COLLECTED, FOR THE PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; 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

Its course

February 8 to February 23, 2016, 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 House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days

Revenue and Expenditure General BillsFeb 8 to Feb 23 · 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.

In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Feb 23

  1. Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Revenue and Expenditure General Bills
  2. Feb 23Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Revenue and Expenditure General BillsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 23Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives