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2018 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2455

Sales tax; divert an additional amount to cities to be used to fund infrastructure projects.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 27, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.

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

28 co-sponsors

Philip Moran, Derrick T. Simmons, Nickey Browning, Chris Caughman, Chuck Younger, Juan Barnett, Joseph M. Seymour, Kevin Blackwell, Dennis DeBar, Jr., Chris Massey, David Jordan, J. P. Wilemon, Jr., Brice Wiggins, Billy Hudson, Robert L. Jackson, Terry C. Burton, J. Walter Michel, Jenifer B. Branning, Joel R.Carter, Jr., Lydia Graves Chassaniol, Bob M. Dearing, Sally Doty, Angela Burks Hill, Chris McDaniel, Chad McMahan, Sollie B. Norwood, Rita Potts Parks, Willie Simmons

Its course

January 15 to February 27, 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 action7 actions on 6 days

In the SenateJan 15 to Feb 723 days

FinanceJan 15 to Jan 3015 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 7 to Feb 27 · stopped20 days

Ways and MeansFeb 19 to Feb 27 · stopped8 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 Senate Jan 15 – Feb 7

  1. Jan 15Referred to the Senate committee on Finance
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the Senate: title sufficient, do pass as a committee substitute
  3. Feb 7Committee substitute adopted in the Senate
  4. Passed the Senate

In the House of Representatives Feb 8 – Feb 27

  1. Feb 8Sent to the House
  2. Feb 19Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  3. Feb 27Died in committee in the House
All 7 actions, as published
  1. Jan 15Referred To FinanceSenate
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do Pass Comm SubSenate
  3. Feb 7Committee Substitute AdoptedSenate
  4. Feb 7PassedSenate
  5. Feb 8Transmitted To HouseSenate
  6. Feb 19Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 27Died In CommitteeHouse of Representatives