l9n/ Mississippi

2022 Regular Session

House Bill 1733

City of Jackson; extend repeal date on convention and visitors bureau and authorize increase in hotel/motel tax.

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 AMEND CHAPTER 909, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 1999, AS LAST AMENDED BY CHAPTER 928, LOCAL AND PRIVATE LAWS OF 2019, TO EXTEND UNTIL JULY 1, 2026, THE REPEAL DATE ON THE PROVISIONS OF LAW THAT CREATE THE JACKSON CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU AND IMPOSES A TAX ON THE GROSS PROCEEDS OF SALES OF RESTAURANTS, HOTELS AND MOTELS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE BUREAU; TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, TO LEVY AN ADDITIONAL TAX IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE-HALF OF ONE PERCENT ON HOTELS AND MOTELS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE PROMOTION OF TOURISM AND CONVENTIONS WITHIN THE CITY; TO PROVIDE THAT THE ADDITIONAL TAX MAY BE IMPOSED ONLY IF APPROVED AT AN ELECTION BY 60% OF THOSE VOTING; 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

March 2 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 RepresentativesMar 2 to Apr 5 · stopped34 days

Local and Private LegislationMar 2 to Apr 5 · stopped34 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 Mar 2 – 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