l9n/ Mississippi

2016 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2965

City of Jackson; authorize to create special local improvement taxing districts.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Local and Private Committee on April 20, 2016. The 2016 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, TO CREATE SPECIAL LOCAL IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS; TO AUTHORIZE THE LEVY OF AN ASSESSMENT OF UP TO SIX MILLS ON TAXABLE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN SUCH ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF SUCH ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS; TO REQUIRE THE DISSOLUTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO SPECIFY THE USE FOR THE PROCEEDS OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT; TO ALLOW SUCH DISTRICTS TO LEVY LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE ASSESSMENT LEVY; TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS BY THE MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS CREATED A SPECIAL LOCAL IMPROVEMENT ASSESSMENT DISTRICT UNDER THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT BONDS ISSUED BY THE MUNICIPALITY UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE PAYABLE OUT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AUTHORIZED UNDER THIS ACT; TO AUTHORIZE THE DELEGATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITY UNDER THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT BONDS ISSUED UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE LEGAL INVESTMENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT BONDS ISSUED BY THE MUNICIPALITY UNDER THIS ACT SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM THE MUNICIPALITY'S DEBT LIMITATION; 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

3 co-sponsors

David Blount, Sollie B. Norwood, Hillman Terome Frazier

Its course

April 1 to April 20, 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 SenateApr 1 to Apr 20 · stopped19 days

Local and PrivateApr 1 to Apr 20 · stopped19 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 Senate Apr 1 – Apr 20

  1. Apr 1Referred to the Senate committees on Local and Private and on Finance
  2. Apr 20Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Apr 1Referred To Local and Private;FinanceSenate
  2. Apr 20Died In CommitteeSenate