Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 21, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
House Bill 661
Fire protection districts; prohibit boards of supervisors from taxing real properties annexed by municipalities.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 19-5-189, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT NO ANNEXED TERRITORY THAT IS ANNEXED BY A MUNICIPALITY AND INCLUDES A FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT SHALL BE TAXED SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE MUNICIPALITY; TO PROVIDE THAT IF THERE IS A LOSS OF AD VALOREM TAX REVENUE IN A FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT DUE TO ANNEXATION BY A MUNICIPALITY THEN THE MUNICIPALITY SHALL REIMBURSE THE DISTRICT FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS FOR THE LOSS; TO AMEND SECTIONS 21-1-27, 21-1-61 AND 21-1-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY TO THE PRECEDING SECTION; 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 8 to February 21, 2018, 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 8 to Feb 21 · stopped44 days
Ways and MeansJan 8 to Feb 21 · stopped44 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 8 – Feb 21
- Jan 8Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 21Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 8Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
- Feb 21Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives