Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Finance Committee on February 2, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2844
Local option taxes; require renewal to be placed on ballot, instead of being subject to approval only by the Legislature.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT ANY LOCAL TAX WHICH IS TO BE COLLECTED AND PAID TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE IN THE SAME OR SIMILAR MANNER THAT STATE SALES TAXES ARE COLLECTED AND PAID, WHETHER AUTHORIZED UNDER THE GENERAL LAW OR UNDER A LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAW OF THIS STATE, BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT FOR THE APPROVAL OF AT LEAST 60% OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS WHO VOTE IN THE ELECTION OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BOTH FOR INITIAL IMPOSITION AND FOR CONTINUATION OR RENEWAL; TO SPECIFY THAT NOTICE REQUIREMENTS SHALL BE THE SAME FOR A VOTE ON THE CONTINUATION OR RENEWAL OF A TAX AS FOR A VOTE ON ITS INITIAL IMPOSITION; TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PROPOSED LOCAL TAX FAILING TO RECEIVE THE REQUIRED 60% APPROVAL SHALL NOT BE IMPOSED, AND THE AUTHORITY FOR ANY EXISTING LOCAL TAX FAILING TO RECEIVE THE REQUIRED 60% APPROVAL SHALL LAPSE ON THE DATE OF ITS REPEAL; TO AMEND SECTION 27-65-241, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; 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 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 SenateJan 18 to Feb 2 · stopped15 days
FinanceJan 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.