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 2639
Tourism project sales tax incentive program; include certain hotel projects in.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 57-26-1, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCLUDE CERTAIN HOTELS WITHIN THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "TOURISM PROJECT" FOR PURPOSES OF TOURISM PROJECT SALES TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 57-26-5, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE PROVISION THAT PROHIBITS, FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2014, FOR TOURISM PROJECTS THAT ARE CULTURAL RETAIL ATTRACTIONS, AND FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 2016, FOR OTHER TOURISM PROJECTS, THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FROM ISSUING CERTIFICATES DESIGNATING AN ENTITY AS AN APPROVED PARTICIPANT AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROVED PARTICIPANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM; 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 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 8 to Feb 23 · stopped15 days
FinanceFeb 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.