Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on March 16, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
House Bill 1672
Professional privilege tax; impose on attorneys who practice in state, are not domiciled in and do not maintain regular place of business in state.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO IMPOSE A PRIVILEGE TAX ON ATTORNEYS WHO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE AND ARE NOT DOMICILED IN THIS STATE AND DO NOT MAINTAIN A REGULAR PLACE OF BUSINESS IN THIS STATE; TO PROVIDE A FINE FOR FAILURE TO PAY THE TAX; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REVENUE DERIVED FROM THE PRIVILEGE TAX PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ACT SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE FUND; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 27-15-251, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE STATE-WIDE PRIVILEGE TAX LAW, 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
March 8 to March 16, 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 RepresentativesMar 8 to Mar 16 · stopped8 days
Ways and MeansMar 8 to Mar 16 · stopped8 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 Mar 8 – Mar 16
- Mar 8Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
- Mar 16Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Mar 8Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
- Mar 16Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives