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2021 Regular Session

House Bill 278

Sales tax; divert certain sales tax revenue to special fund for state park improvements.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Ways and Means Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 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 PROVIDE THAT A PORTION OF THE SALES TAX REVENUE COLLECTED ON BUSINESS ACTIVITIES ON THE PREMISES OF A MISSISSIPPI STATE PARK SHALL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE STATE PARKS REPAIR, RENOVATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND; TO AMEND SECTION 55-3-41, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CREATE THE "STATE PARKS REPAIR, RENOVATION AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FUND" AS A SPECIAL FUND IN THE STATE TREASURY; TO PROVIDE THAT MONIES IN THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED, UPON APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE, TO DEFRAY THE COSTS OF REPAIRS, RENOVATIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT MISSISSIPPI STATE PARKS; 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

Tom Miles

Its course

January 18 to February 2, 2021, 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 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days

Ways and MeansJan 18 to Feb 2 · 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.

In the House of Representatives Jan 18 – Feb 2

  1. Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published