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2018 Regular Session

House Bill 711

Transportation funding districts; provide referendum to be held in each to approve sales tax for road improvements.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Transportation Committee on February 21, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A REFERENDUM SHALL BE HELD IN EACH MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT AT THE ELECTION IN 2018 ON WHETHER A .50% GENERAL SALES TAX SHOULD BE IMPOSED WITHIN THE DISTRICT TO FUND ROAD IMPROVEMENTS; TO PROVIDE THAT 25% OF THE SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT SALES TAX REVENUE SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN EACH DISTRICT AND THAT 75% OF THE REVENUE SHALL BE USED BY THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO FUND PROJECTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT; TO CREATE A DISTRICT COMMISSION WITHIN EACH DISTRICT THAT APPROVES THE REFERENDUM TO SET THE PRIORITY OF PROJECTS THAT THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL UNDERTAKE WITH FUNDS FROM THE SPECIAL SALES TAX DESIGNATED TO THE DEPARTMENT; 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

1 co-sponsor

Kathy Sykes

Its course

January 9 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 9 to Feb 21 · stopped43 days

TransportationJan 9 to Feb 21 · stopped43 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 9 – Feb 21

  1. Jan 9Referred to the House committees on Transportation and on Ways and Means
  2. Feb 21Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published
  1. Jan 9Referred To Transportation;Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Feb 21Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives