MS HB1102 | 2019 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Failed on March 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Summary

An Act To Create A Mississippi Tourism Advertising And Promotion Advisory Board To Assist The Mississippi Development Authority In The Planning Of Initiatives For Advertising And Promoting Tourism In Mississippi; To Establish The Membership Of Such Board As Consisting Of Three Directors Of Convention And Visitors Bureaus In Mississippi Counties Or Municipalities And Two At-large Members From The Restaurant Or Hotel Industry; To Provide For The Appointment Of Such Board Members By The Governor, With Members Serving Terms Concurrent With That Of The Governor; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Divert One Percent Of Sales Tax Revenue From Restaurants And Hotels To The Mississippi Development Authority Tourism Advertising Fund In Fiscal Year 2019, To Be Increased To Two Percent In Fiscal Year 2020 And To Three Percent In Fiscal Year 2021 And Thereafter; And For Related Purposes.

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Title

Tourism; create advisory board and divert percentage of restaurant and hotel sales tax revenue for advertising.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2019-02-06 - House - House Passed (Y: 113 N: 5 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2019-03-05SenateDied In Committee
2019-02-20SenateReferred To Finance
2019-02-07HouseTransmitted To Senate
2019-02-06HousePassed
2019-01-31HouseTitle Suff Do Pass
2019-01-21HouseReferred To Ways and Means

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