l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

House Bill 1439

City of Laurel; authorize tax on hotels and motels to promote tourism.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Local and Private Legislation Committee on April 5, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI, TO LEVY A TAX UPON THE GROSS PROCEEDS OF SALES OF HOTELS AND MOTELS DERIVED FROM ROOM RENTALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERATING REVENUE TO PROMOTE TOURISM; TO REQUIRE THAT AN ELECTION BE HELD ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE TAX MAY BE LEVIED; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO PERFORM CERTAIN OTHER ACTIONS AS NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE PURPOSES OF THIS ACT; TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO DISCONTINUE THE TAX BY RESOLUTION, PROVIDED THERE IS NO INDEBTEDNESS OR OBLIGATION OUTSTANDING UNDER THIS ACT; 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

Its course

January 17 to April 5, 2022, 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 17 to Apr 5 · stopped78 days

Local and Private LegislationJan 17 to Apr 5 · stopped78 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 17 – Apr 5

  1. Referred to the House committee on Local and Private Legislation
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published