Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on January 31, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2322
Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-75, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF THE TOTAL SALES TAX REVENUE COLLECTED ON BUSINESS ACTIVITIES IN MUNICIPALITIES TO BE DIVERTED TO MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THE STATE; TO PROVIDE THAT SUCH INCREASE SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED ONLY IF SALES TAX REVENUE COLLECTIONS INCREASE A CERTAIN AMOUNT; TO DESIGNATE SUCH DIVERSION OF REVENUE AS THE ADDITIONAL SALES TAX REVENUE FOR THE MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM; TO PROVIDE THAT REVENUE RECEIVED BY A MUNICIPALITY UNDER SUCH PROGRAM SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY A MUNICIPALITY AS GENERAL FUND REVENUE AND MAY BE EXPENDED SOLELY FOR WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM PROJECTS AND ROAD, STREET AND BRIDGE REPAIR, RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING PROJECTS; 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
46 co-sponsors
Juan Barnett, Barbara Blackmon, Kevin Blackwell, Jenifer B. Branning, Nickey Browning, Terry C. Burton, Albert Butler, Videt Carmichael, Chris Caughman, Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Deborah Jeanne Dawkins, Dennis DeBar, Jr., Bob M. Dearing, Sally Doty, Joey Fillingane, Hillman Terome Frazier, Tommy A. Gollott, Josh Harkins, Angela Burks Hill, Briggs Hopson, John Horhn, Billy Hudson, Robert L. Jackson, Gary Jackson, Sampson Jackson II, David Jordan, Dean Kirby, Chris Massey, Chris McDaniel, Chad McMahan, J. Walter Michel, Philip Moran, Sollie B. Norwood, Rita Potts Parks, Joseph M. Seymour, Derrick T. Simmons, Willie Simmons, Bill Stone, Sean J. Tindell, Gray Tollison, Angela Turner-Ford, Michael Watson, Brice Wiggins, J. P. Wilemon, Jr., Tammy Witherspoon, Chuck Younger
Its course
January 16 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 SenateJan 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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.