Mississippi House Bill 821 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 24 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-02-24 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act Entitled The "save Our Roads Act Of 2010"; To Provide That Twenty-five Percent Of The Proceeds From An Increase In The Gasoline Excise Tax Shall Be Allocated To Fund A Loan Program Under Which Counties And Municipalities May Obtain Loans To Construct, Repair, Renovate, Rehabilitate And Improve County And Municipal Roads; To Provide That Seventy-five Percent Of Such Proceeds Shall Be Allocated To The Construction, Reconstruction, Replacement, Rehabilitation And Improvement Of State-maintained Highways And Bridges On Those Highways; To Establish The Local Governments Road Improvement Project Revolving Loan Program, To Be Administered By The Mississippi Department Of Transportation; To Require That The Maximum Amount Of A Loan Under The Program Is Fifty Percent Of The Costs Of The Specific Project For Which The Loan Is Made; To Require That The County Or Municipality Receiving A Loan Under The Program Shall Match At Least Fifty Percent Of The Costs Of The Specific Project For Which The Loan Is Made; To Amend Section 27-55-11, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Increase The Gasoline Excise Tax By Five Cents Per Gallon; To Amend Section 27-5-101, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide That Twenty-five Percent Of The Proceeds Of The Tax Increase Shall Be Deposited Into The Local Governments Road Improvement Project Revolving Loan Fund, And That Seventy-five Percent Of Such Proceeds Shall Be Deposited Into A Special Account Within The State Highway Fund, To Be Expended Solely For The Purpose Of The Construction, Reconstruction, Replacement, Rehabilitation And Improvement Of State-maintained Highways And Bridges On Those Highways; To Amend Sections 19-9-5 And 21-33-303, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.

Gasoline excise tax; increase and use additional revenues for city, county and state highways purposes.

Rep. Brad Mayo [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-24		Died In Committee
2010-01-14		Referred To Ways and Means;Transportation

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2010/pdf/history/HB/HB0821.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0821IN.htm