Mississippi House Bill 1691 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 24 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-24 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create A New Code Section To Provide For Definitions Of Terms Associated With Imposing An Additional Sales Tax On Soft Drinks; To Amend Section 27-65-17, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Impose An Additional Sales Tax On Retail Sales Of Soft Drinks In The Amount Of One Cent Per Bottle Containing A Soft Drink; To Provide That This Additional Tax Levy Shall Be Imposed Without Regard To The Size Or Volume Capacity Of The Bottle And Without Regard To Whether The Soft Drink Contains A Caloric Or Noncaloric Sweetener; To Create A New Code Section To Provide For The Creation Of The School Health Disparity Special Fund, Into Which Shall Be Deposited The Collections Of The Additional Sales Tax On Soft Drinks; To Provide That Monies In The Special Fund Shall Be Allocated To Certain School Nurse Programs Located In School Districts Having Students With A Health Disparity When Compared To The Median Health Index Of The School Districts In The State, As Identified By The State Superintendent Of Public Education; To Provide That Those School Districts Shall Use Such Monies For Educational, Environmental And Policy Approaches That Promote Health, Nutrition And Physical Activity; To Provide That The State Auditor And The Commissioner Of Revenue Shall Audit And Establish Rules And Procedures As Necessary To Accomplish The Purposes Of This Act; To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide For The Diversion Of Sales Tax Collections Of This Additional Sales Tax On Soft Drinks Into The School Health Disparity Special Fund; And For Related Purposes.

Sales tax; levy additional one cent on soft drinks.

Rep. John Hines [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-24		Died In Committee
2010-02-19		Referred To Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB1691.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/HB/1600-1699/HB1691IN.htm