Mississippi House Bill 1542 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: Failed on February 26 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-26 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize An Income And/or Franchise Tax Credit Equal To A Certain Amount Of The Cost Of Purchasing Or Leasing And Installing Solar Electric Energy Systems; To Provide That The Credit Shall Apply To All Solar Electric Energy Systems, Whether Purchased Or Leased, Installed On Or After July 1, 2012; To Provide The Manner In Which The Credit May Be Claimed; To Provide That If The Amount Of Credit Claimed By A Taxpayer Exceeds The Amount Of Income And/or Franchise Tax Imposed Upon The Taxpayer For The Taxable Year, Then The Taxpayer Shall Receive A Refund From The Department Of Revenue For The Amount Of Such Excess; To Provide That A Homeowners' Association Or Covenant May Not Prohibit Or Restrict The Installation Of A Solar Electric Energy System, Impose Unreasonable Fees For The Installation Or Discriminate Against A Homeowners' Member For The Installation; To Award Attorney's Fees And Costs To A Person Who Prevails In A Civil Action Against An Association Or Covenant; And For Related Purposes.

Income and franchise tax; allow refundable credit for costs of purchasing/leasing & installing solar electric energy system.

Rep. Alyce Clarke [D]	Rep. Adrienne Wooten [D]	Rep. Kimberly Campbell [D]	Rep. Cecil Brown [D]
Rep. Credell Calhoun [D]	Rep. Bryant Clark [D]	Rep. Henry Espy [D]	Rep. James Evans [D]
Rep. Bob Evans [D]	Rep. Karl Gibbs [D]	Rep. Esther Harrison [D]	Rep. John Hines [D]
Rep. Gregory Holloway [D]	Rep. Lataisha Jackson [D]	Rep. Sherra Hillman Lane [D]	Rep. America Middleton [D]
Rep. Ferr Smith [D]	Rep. Sara Thomas [D]	Rep. Percy Watson [D]	Rep. Sonya Williams-Barnes [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-26	House	Died In Committee
2014-02-17	House	Referred To Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB1542.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1542IN.htm