Mississippi House Bill 1523 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Failed on February 26 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-02-26 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 71-5-353 And 71-5-355, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Create The State Workforce Investment Fund; To Provide That Money In Such Fund Shall Be Used For Administration Of State Workforce Investment Board Business, Grants Related To Training, And Other Projects As Determined Appropriate By The State Workforce Investment Board; To Provide For A Reduction In The Newly Subject Employer Rate For Unemployment Compensation Insurance For One Year; To Provide For The Distribution Of Contributions To The Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund And The State Workforce Investment Fund; To Provide For The Allocation Of The Costs Of Collection Between Such Funds; To Provide For The Transfer Of Collections To Such Funds And The Administration Of Such Funds; To Provide That A Portion Of The Funds Collected For The Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund For The Calendar Year 2014, Shall Be Used For The Development Of Certain Performance Measures For The Use Of The Fund; To Provide For A Combined Rate For Contributions To Mississippi Workforce Enhancement Training Fund And State Workforce Investment Fund; To Provide For A General Experience Rate For Unemployment Insurance Contributions Of .2% To Which Will Be Added The Employer's Individual Experience Rate; To Provide That An Employer's Total Rate For Unemployment Insurance Contributions Shall Not Exceed 5.4%; To Amend Section 71-5-453, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide The Manner In Which State Workforce Investment Fund Contributions Shall Be Handled By The Department Of Employment Security And To Modify The Manner In Which Mississippi Workforce Training Enhancement Fund Contributions Are Handled By The Department Of Employment Security; And For Related Purposes.

Unemployment compensation; create the State Workforce Investment Fund and provide for contributions to the fund.

Rep. Donnie Bell [R]

Rep. Herb Frierson [R]

Rep. John Read [R]

Rep. John Hines [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-26	House	Died On Calendar
2014-02-26	House	Title Suff Do Pass As Amended
2014-02-17	House	Referred To Appropriations

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2014/pdf/history/HB/HB1523.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2014/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1523IN.htm