Mississippi House Bill 35 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Provide That The Department Of Revenue Shall Annually Deposit Into A Special Fund Created In This Act An Amount Equal To A Portion Of The Insurance Premium Tax Revenue Collected From The Insurance Premium Tax Levied On The Gross Premiums On Homeowners Insurance Policies Written On Properties In This State; To Create The "county Fire Protection Assistance Fund" As A Special Fund In The State Treasury; To Provide That Monies In The Special Fund May Be Disbursed By The Department Of Insurance, Upon Appropriation By The Legislature, To Provide Assistance To Counties For Fire Protection Service Purposes; To Provide That The Department Of Insurance Shall Disburse Monies In The Special Fund To The Counties Based On The Location Of The Property On Which A Homeowners Insurance Policy Was Written That Generated The Insurance Premium Tax Revenue; And For Related Purposes.

Insurance premium tax; rebate to counties a portion of revenue generated from homeowners insurance policies.

Rep. Jay Hughes [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2019-01-11	House	Referred To Insurance;Ways and Means

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2019/pdf/history/HB/HB0035.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2019/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0035IN.htm