Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on March 16, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.
2016 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2437
Distinctive motor vehicle license tag; authorize for World War II veterans and exempt vehicle from taxation.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-51-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A DISTINCTIVE MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE TAG TO MISSISSIPPIANS WHO ARE HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES DURING WORLD WAR II; TO PROVIDE THAT THE SURVIVING SPOUSE OF A DECEASED PERSON WHO WAS ISSUED SUCH A LICENSE PLATE OR TAG SHALL BE ENTITLED TO APPLY FOR OR RETAIN SUCH A LICENSE PLATE OR TAG ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION AND MAY CONTINUE ANNUALLY TO RENEW REGISTRATION FOR ONE SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSE PLATE OR TAG FOR AS LONG AS THE SPOUSE REMAINS UNREMARRIED; TO EXEMPT MOTOR VEHICLES FOR WHICH A DISTINCTIVE LICENSE TAG OR PLATE IS ISSUED UNDER THIS ACT FROM ALL MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES AND PRIVILEGE TAXES; TO AMEND SECTION 27-51-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT FROM AD VALOREM TAXATION CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES OWNED BY MISSISSIPPIANS WHO ARE HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS WHO SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES DURING WORLD WAR II OR THE UNREMARRIED SURVIVING SPOUSES OF SUCH VETERANS; 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 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 SenateFeb 8 to Mar 16 · stopped37 days
FinanceFeb 8 to Mar 16 · stopped37 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.