l9n/ Mississippi

2017 Regular Session

House Bill 247

Local and private bills proposing to extend local tax for third time; require direct referendum.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Local and Private Legislation Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT IF A LOCAL AND PRIVATE BILL PROPOSES TO EXTEND A LOCAL TAX THAT HAS BEEN EXTENDED TWO TIMES BEFORE THE EXTENSION PROPOSED IN THE BILL, THEN THE BILL SHALL PROVIDE FOR A DIRECT REFERENDUM TO BE HELD ON THE QUESTION OF EXTENDING THE TAX; TO PROVIDE THAT THE REFERENDUM SHALL BE HELD AT THE SAME TIME AS THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED ELECTION IN THE AREA; 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

January 3 to January 31, 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 RepresentativesJan 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 days

Local and Private LegislationJan 3 to Jan 31 · stopped28 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 Jan 3 – Jan 31

  1. Referred to the House committee on Local and Private Legislation
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published