Mississippi Senate Bill 2504 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on January 31 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-01-31 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An Act To Create A State Lottery; To Provide That The State Lottery Shall Be Administered By The Mississippi Gaming Commission; To Provide The Powers And Duties Of The Mississippi Gaming Commission Regarding The State Lottery; To Provide For The Disposition Of Proceeds Received From The Sale Of Lottery Tickets; To Create The Mississippi Adequate Education Supplement Fund Into Which 25% Of The Proceeds Collected From The Sale Of Lottery Tickets Shall Be Deposited; To Provide That The Money In The Fund Shall Be Appropriated Annually By The Legislature To Supplement The Mississippi Adequate Education Program; To Create The Education Infrastructure Supplement Fund Into Which 75% Of The Proceeds Collected From The Sale Of Lottery Tickets Shall Be Deposited; To Provide That 15% Of The Money In Such Fund Shall Be Appropriated Annually By The Legislature To The State Board For Community And Junior Colleges To Be Allocated By Such Board For Capital Improvements At The Various Community And Junior Colleges In This State In The Amount Recommended By The Infrastructure Commission For Education; To Provide That 20% Of The Money In Such Fund Shall Be Appropriated Annually By The Legislature To The Board Of Trustees For State Institutions Of Higher Learning To Be Allocated By Such Board For Capital Improvements At The Various Public Universities In This State In The Amount Recommended By The Infrastructure Commission For Education; To Provide That 65% Of The Money In Such Fund Shall Be Appropriated Annually By The Legislature To The State Department Of Education To Be Allocated To Public Schools Located In Public School Districts In Which The Value Of One Mill Is Less Than $200,000.00 And To Provide That The State Department Of Education Shall Allocate Such Funds To Eligible Public School Districts In The Amount Recommended By The Infrastructure Commission For Education; To Provide That Funds Received By A Public School District Shall Be Used Solely For Capital Improvements To Public School Instructional Buildings And/or Construction Of Public School Instructional Buildings; To Create The Infrastructure Commission For Education; To Provide The Membership And Powers And Duties Of Such Commission; To Amend Sections 67-1-71, 75-76-3, 75-76-5, 97-33-9, 97-33-11, 97-33-13, 97-33-21, 97-33-23, 97-33-31, 97-33-33, 97-33-35, 97-33-37, 97-33-39, 97-33-41, 97-33-43, 97-33-45, 97-33-47 And 97-33-49, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; To Amend Section 27-65-111, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Exempt From Sales Taxation The Sale Of Lottery Tickets; And For Related Purposes.

State lottery; establish and use revenue from to supplement MAEP and for educational capital improvements.

Sen. Willie Simmons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-31	Senate	Died In Committee
2017-01-16	Senate	Referred To Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2017/pdf/history/SB/SB2504.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2017/html/SB/2500-2599/SB2504IN.htm