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2023 Regular Session

House Bill 1375

Municipal annexation; require additional services to annexed area to be completed within three years of annexation decree.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Municipalities Committee on February 28, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 21-1-27, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN A MUNICIPALITY DESIRES TO ANNEX TERRITORY, THE ORDINANCE MUST PROVIDE SPECIFIC BENEFITS AND SERVICES THAT MUST BE PROVIDED TO THE TERRITORY WITHIN FIVE YEARS OF THE COURT'S ORDERING AN ANNEXATION DECREE; TO AMEND SECTION 21-1-33, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT IF SUCH BENEFITS AND SERVICES ARE NOT PROVIDED WITHIN FIVE YEARS TO AN ANNEXED TERRITORY, THEN THE ANNEXATION SHALL BE ORDERED NULL AND VOID OR PARTIALLY ORDERED NULL AND VOID, AS THE CASE MAY BE; TO AMEND SECTIONS 21-33-1 AND 27-35-3, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT A MUNICIPALITY THAT HAS HAD AN ANNEXATION ORDERED NULL AND VOID OR PARTIALLY ORDERED NULL AND VOID, AS THE CASE MAY BE, FROM ASSESSING PROPERTY WITHIN THE FORMERLY ANNEXED AREA FOR TAX PURPOSES; TO AMEND SECTION 27-51-9, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROHIBIT A MUNICIPAL TAX COLLECTOR FROM COLLECTING AD VALOREM TAXES ON MOTOR VEHICLES LOCATED IN ANNEXED TERRITORY THAT HAS HAD THE ANNEXATION ORDERED NULL AND VOID OR PARTIALLY ORDERED NULL AND VOID, AS THE CASE MAY BE; TO AMEND SECTION 27-51-29, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT COUNTIES MAY NOT COLLECT MOTOR VEHICLE AND AD VALOREM TAXES FOR MUNICIPALITIES IN ANNEXED TERRITORY THAT HAS HAD THE ANNEXATION ORDERED NULL AND VOID OR PARTIALLY ORDERED NULL AND VOID, AS THE CASE MAY BE; TO AMEND SECTION 27-39-307, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT MUNICIPALITIES MAY NOT LEVY AD VALOREM TAXES ON PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN ANNEXED TERRITORY THAT HAS HAD THE ANNEXATION ORDERED NULL AND VOID OR PARTIALLY ORDERED NULL AND VOID, AS THE CASE MAY BE; 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

John G. Faulkner

Its course

January 16 to February 28, 2023, 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 action10 actions on 7 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 16 to Feb 722 days

Ways and MeansJan 16 to Jan 3115 days

In the SenateFeb 7 to Feb 28 · stopped21 days

MunicipalitiesFeb 13 to Feb 28 · stopped15 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 7

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 16 – Feb 7

  1. Jan 16Referred to the House committee on Ways and Means
  2. Jan 31Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass
  3. Feb 1Failed in the House
  4. Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Lamar and Steverson)
  5. Feb 7Reconsidered in the House
  6. Amended in the House
  7. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 9 – Feb 28

  1. Feb 9Sent to the Senate
  2. Feb 13Referred to the Senate committee on Municipalities
  3. Feb 28Died in committee in the Senate
All 10 actions, as published
  1. Jan 16Referred To Ways and MeansHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 31Title Suff Do PassHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 1FailedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 1Motion to Reconsider Entered (Lamar, Steverson)House of Representatives
  5. Feb 7ReconsideredHouse of Representatives
  6. Feb 7AmendedHouse of Representatives
  7. Feb 7Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  8. Feb 9Transmitted To SenateHouse of Representatives
  9. Feb 13Referred To MunicipalitiesSenate
  10. Feb 28Died In CommitteeSenate