l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

House Bill 365

Homestead exemption; provide additional exemption for certain persons 65 years of age or older or totally disabled.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on April 5, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-33-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT A QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER CLAIMING A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION ALLOWED FOR A PERSON WHO IS SIXTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER OR TOTALLY DISABLED SHALL BE ALLOWED AN ADDITIONAL EXEMPTION FROM ALL AD VALOREM TAXES ON AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY ON JANUARY 1, 2016, OR JANUARY 1 OF THE FIRST YEAR FOR WHICH THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER CLAIMS AN EXEMPTION ON THE PROPERTY, AND ANY INCREASE IN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY RESULTING FROM AN UPDATE IN VALUATION OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY THAT IS COMPLETED DURING THE TIME THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER OWNS THE PROPERTY; TO PROVIDE THAT IF A SUBSEQUENT UPDATE IN VALUATION OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY THAT IS COMPLETED DURING THE TIME THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER OWNS THE PROPERTY RESULTS IN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY BEING LESS THAN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTY ON JANUARY 1, 2016, OR JANUARY 1 OF THE FIRST YEAR FOR WHICH THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER CLAIMS HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR THE PROPERTY, THEN THE EXEMPTION AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE ON AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUCH LOWER ASSESSED VALUE AND ANY INCREASE IN THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY RESULTING FROM A SUBSEQUENT UPDATE IN VALUATION OF THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTY THAT IS COMPLETED DURING THE TIME THE QUALIFIED HOMEOWNER OWNS THE PROPERTY; 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

10 co-sponsors

Gary Chism, Greg Haney, Timmy Ladner, Randall Patterson, Jeffrey C. Smith, Randy Rushing, William Shirley, Ashley Henley, Richard Bennett, Larry Byrd

Its course

February 8 to April 5, 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 action8 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 8 to Mar 122 days

Revenue and Expenditure General BillsFeb 8 to Feb 1810 days

In the SenateMar 1 to Apr 5 · stopped35 days

FinanceMar 11 to Apr 5 · stopped25 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 – Mar 1

  1. Feb 8Referred to the House committee on Revenue and Expenditure General Bills
  2. Feb 18Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 25Read the third time in the House
  4. Mar 1Committee substitute adopted in the House
  5. Passed the House

In the Senate Mar 3 – Apr 5

  1. Mar 3Sent to the Senate
  2. Mar 11Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  3. Apr 5Died in committee in the Senate
All 8 actions, as published
  1. Feb 8Referred To Revenue and Expenditure General BillsHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 18Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 25Read the Third TimeHouse of Representatives
  4. Mar 1Committee Substitute AdoptedHouse of Representatives
  5. Mar 1PassedHouse of Representatives
  6. Mar 3Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  7. Mar 11Referred To FinanceSenate
  8. Apr 5Died In CommitteeSenate