Mississippi House Bill 1775 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 29 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-03-29 - Died On Calendar
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

An Act To Authorize The Governing Authorities Of The City Of Booneville, Mississippi, To Levy An Additional Sales Tax Of Not More Than 2% Upon The Gross Proceeds Of Sales Of Hotels And Motels Derived From Room Rentals And Upon The Gross Proceeds Of Sales Of Restaurants For The Purpose Of Providing Funds To Promote Tourism, Parks And Recreation In The City; To Provide For An Election On Whether Such Tax May Be Levied; To Provide That The Proceeds Of The Tax Shall Be Equally Distributed To The Booneville & Prentiss County Main Street Association And The City's Parks And Recreation Department In Order To Promote Tourism And Parks And Recreation; To Clarify How The Proceeds Of The Tax May Be Expended For The Promotion Of Tourism And Parks And Recreation; And For Related Purposes.

City of Booneville; authorize imposition of a tax on hotels, motels and restaurants to promote tourism and recreation.

Rep. William Arnold [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-29	House	Died On Calendar
2017-03-21	House	Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2017-03-13	House	Referred To Local and Private Legislation

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/HB/HB1775.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1775IN.htm
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/HB/1700-1799/HB1775CS.htm