l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 1589

Professional privilege tax; impose on attorneys who practice in state, are not domiciled in and do not maintain regular place of business.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 22, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO IMPOSE A PRIVILEGE TAX ON ATTORNEYS WHO PRACTICE IN THIS STATE AND ARE NOT DOMICILED IN THIS STATE AND DO NOT MAINTAIN A REGULAR PLACE OF BUSINESS IN THIS STATE; TO PROVIDE A FINE FOR FAILURE TO PAY THE TAX; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REVENUE DERIVED FROM THE PRIVILEGE TAX PROVIDED FOR IN THIS ACT SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE FUND; TO BRING FORWARD SECTION 27-15-251, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, WHICH PROVIDES PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE STATE-WIDE PRIVILEGE TAX LAW, FOR PURPOSES OF AMENDMENT; 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

Its course

February 15 to February 22, 2017, 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 House of RepresentativesFeb 15 to Feb 22 · stopped7 days

Ways and MeansFeb 15 to Feb 22 · stopped7 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 15 – Feb 22

  1. Feb 15Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Feb 22Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Feb 15Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 22Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives