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 2473
Lottery; create and use proceeds to supplement the MS Adequate Education program & fund highway construction and maintenance.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO CREATE A STATE LOTTERY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE LOTTERY SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING COMMISSION; TO PROVIDE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE MISSISSIPPI GAMING COMMISSION REGARDING THE STATE LOTTERY; TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS RECEIVED FROM THE SALE OF LOTTERY TICKETS; TO PROVIDE THAT A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS COLLECTED FROM THE SALE OF LOTTERY TICKETS SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND TO BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI; TO CREATE THE MISSISSIPPI ADEQUATE EDUCATION SUPPLEMENT FUND INTO WHICH A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS COLLECTED FROM THE SALE OF LOTTERY TICKETS SHALL BE DEPOSITED; TO PROVIDE THAT 50% OF THE MONEY IN THE FUND SHALL BE APPROPRIATED BY THE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPLEMENT THE MISSISSIPPI ADEQUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTIONS 67-1-71, 75-76-3, 75-76-5, 97-33-9, 97-33-11, 97-33-13, 97-33-21, 97-33-23, 97-33-31, 97-33-33, 97-33-35, 97-33-37, 97-33-39, 97-33-41, 97-33-43, 97-33-45, 97-33-47 AND 97-33-49, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-111, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXEMPT FROM SALES TAXATION THE SALE OF LOTTERY TICKETS; 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
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.