Mississippi House Bill 1322 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 23 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-02-23 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Impose An Excise Tax On Every Sale Of A Plastic Bottle Containing A Beverage Or A Petroleum-based Product By A Retailer To A Consumer; To Provide That The Retailer Is Liable For The Tax, And The Retailer Shall Collect The Amount Of The Tax From The Consumer At The Time Of The Sale; To Provide That All Of The Revenue Collected From The Tax Imposed By This Act Shall Be Deposited Into The Environmental Cleanup Fund; To Create A Special Fund In The State Treasury To Be Known As The Environmental Cleanup Fund, Which Shall Be Expended By The Commission On Environmental Quality For The Cleanup Of Contaminated Or Hazardous Sites In The State Of Mississippi; To Provide Penalties For Violations Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Taxation; impose excise tax on sales of bottles of certain products, and designate revenue for environmental cleanup.

Rep. Earle Banks [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-02-23		Died In Committee
2011-01-17		Referred To Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2011/pdf/history/HB/HB1322.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/html/HB/1300-1399/HB1322IN.htm