Mississippi House Bill 38 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 21 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-02-21 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create The Small Town Teacher Tax Credit Act; To Authorize A Refundable Income Tax Credit For Licensed Teachers Who Are Employed By A School District In Geographic Location Defined As A "small Town"; To Provide The Amount Of The Tax Credit For Licensed Teachers With At Least Three Years Of Consecutive Service With The School District; To Provide That If The Amount Of Tax Credit Claimed By A Taxpayer Exceeds The Amount Of Income Tax Imposed Upon The Taxpayer For The Taxable Year, Then The Taxpayer Shall Receive A Refund From The Department Of Revenue For The Amount Of Such Excess; And For Related Purposes.

"Small Town Teacher Tax Credit Act"; create to authorize an income tax credit to certain licensed teachers.

Rep. Jarvis Dortch [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-21	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/HB0038.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0038IN.htm