Mississippi Senate Bill 2849 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on January 30 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-01-30 - 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 Provide That 50% Of The Net Proceeds Collected From The Sale Of Lottery Tickets Shall Be Deposited Into The State Highway Fund And The Remainder Shall Be Used To Provide Additional Funding For The Mississippi Adequate Education Program; 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.

Lottery; authorize and provide that net proceeds go to highways and MAEP.

Sen. Thomas Gollott [R]	Sen. Philip Moran [R]	Sen. Bob Dearing [D]	Sen. Charles Younger [R]
Sen. Deborah Dawkins [D]	Sen. John Horhn [D]	Sen. Albert Butler [D]	Sen. Neil Whaley [R]
Sen. Joseph Seymour [R]	Sen. Tammy Witherspoon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-30	Senate	Died In Committee
2018-01-15	Senate	Referred To Finance

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2018/pdf/history/SB/SB2849.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2018/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2849IN.htm