Mississippi Senate Bill 2144 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on February 27 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-27 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Amend Sections 27-7-901 And 27-7-903, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Extend The Tax Upon Certain Amounts That Paid Or Credited By Gaming Establishments To All Amounts That Are Paid Or Credited By Gaming Establishments; To Provide That The First $35,000,000.00 Collected From Such Tax During A Fiscal Year Shall Be Deposited In The State General Fund; To Provide That 50% Of The Amount Collected From Such Tax During A Fiscal Year Above $35,000,000.00 Shall Be Deposited To The Credit Of The State Highway Fund To Be Used Exclusively For Construction, Reconstruction And Maintenance Of The Highways Of The State Of Mississippi; To Provide That 50% Of The Amount Collected From Such Tax During A Fiscal Year Above $35,000,000.00 Shall Be Deposited To The Credit Of The Mississippi Public Facilities Capital Improvements Fund; To Create The Mississippi Public Facilities Capital Improvements Fund And To Provide That The Money In The Fund Shall Be Utilized To Construct And Equip New Public Facilities And For Repair And Renovation Of Existing Public Facilities; And For Related Purposes.

Gaming; impose 3% tax on all amounts paid or credited by gaming establishments and specify the use of the revenue.

Sen. Joey Fillingane [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-27	Senate	Died In Committee
2013-01-14	Senate	Referred To Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/SB/SB2144.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2144IN.htm