Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 23, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2245
Income tax; authorize counties and municipalities to collect certain debts by setoff against the debtor's income tax refund.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO ENACT THE "LOCAL GOVERNMENT DEBT COLLECTION SETOFF ACT"; TO AUTHORIZE COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES TO SUBMIT CERTAIN DEBTS OWED TO THEM TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE FOR COLLECTION THROUGH A SETOFF AGAINST THE DEBTORS' MISSISSIPPI INCOME TAX REFUND; TO PROVIDE THAT THE COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES SHALL UTILIZE THE MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF SUPERVISORS OR THE MISSISSIPPI MUNICIPAL LEAGUE, AS APPROPRIATE, AS THEIR AGENTS IN UTILIZING THIS PROCEDURE; TO PROVIDE THE AMOUNT OF THE DEBT AND INCOME TAX REFUNDS TO WHICH THIS ACT APPLIES; TO PROVIDE FOR NOTICE TO THE DEBTOR AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE DEBTOR TO CONTEST AND APPEAL THE SETOFF; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE UNDER THIS ACT; TO IMPOSE A COLLECTION ASSISTANCE FEE ON EACH DEBT COLLECTED UNDER THIS ACT; TO AUTHORIZE THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THEIR MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS THAT IS NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH AND EFFECTUATE THE INTENT OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SHALL RETAIN ITS CONFIDENTIALITY AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR THE UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OF SUCH INFORMATION; TO AMEND SECTION 27-7-83, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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
February 5 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 SenateFeb 5 to Feb 23 · stopped18 days
FinanceFeb 5 to Feb 23 · stopped18 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.