Mississippi House Bill 218 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Section 27-65-75, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That An Additional One And One-half Percent Of The Sales Tax Revenue Collected On Business Activities Within Municipalities In The State Shall Be Paid To Municipalities In The State; To Provide That Such Monies Shall Be Used For Street And Road Construction, Repair And Maintenance; To Provide That One And One-half Percent Of The Sales Tax Revenue Collected From Business Activities Outside The Municipalities In A County Shall Be Paid To The County; To Provide That Such Monies Shall Be Used For Street And Road Construction, Repair And Maintenance; To Amend Section 27-65-53, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.

Sales tax; increase diversion to municipalities and create diversion to counties, use revenue for street/road improvements.

Rep. Robert Foster [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	House	Died In Committee
2018-01-02	House	Referred To Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/HB/HB0218.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0218IN.htm